Are sports betting syndicates fact or fiction?

I would love to do a cigar bar crawl -- maybe with cigar factory tours -- during the day, then enjoy various piano bars at night. (Going off-Strip and/or away from downtown would be okay.) You commented on this in March 2006; could you please print an update?

My little blues & soul band is looking to relocate and find a regular playing gig in Vegas. We may also require day jobs - any tips or suggestions for finding work in Vegas, as well as what skills or experience are most sought-after in and around Vegas?

The World Series of Poker bracelets, who makes them? What do they cost and what are their metal and stone makeup?

We're planning a surprise 40th birthday party for a friend in 2008 and want to celebrate it at a lounge/club/restaurant that has an outdoor terrace with a Strip view. We know of Voodoo Lounge, Pure, and Tangerine. What others have a great view of the Strip?

How does one get a job with the Las Vegas Advisor -- doing the research for the questions submitted?

Some of us older folks who visit Las Vegas regularly don't and can't make the late night club scene ... the one starting out after midnight! But we do eat out. So do the celebrities who frequent the city and the clubs. So what are the most popular Las Vegas eating spots for celebrities, which might perhaps provide a chance of seeing one?

Following yesterday's "Worst of 2006" readers' poll results, today we present your positive memories and uplifting experiences of Las Vegas in 2006. We hope these will set the tone for the upcoming year and that 2007 is filled with big wins, gastronomic delights, happy coincidences, and a healthy dose of good luck and laughs all round.

OMG! We received such an incredible response to our New Year's Day poll, often in essay-like proportions, that it's taken us even longer than usual to sort through all your feedback. Issues of space limitation dictated that we had to do a lot of editing and whittle down the answers we used, just to make the answer of vaguely manageable proportions. Even so, we've had to split it into two parts: Today, you can read about some of the horror stories that you'd rather forget about; tune in tomorrow for the antidote with the best of the "best of's."

What can you tell us about the citizen police academy in Las Vegas. Do regular people really get to ride around in cop cruisers and fight crime?