I'll be in Las Vegas over the 4th of July and would like to know what kind of fireworks displays can I expect to see from the casinos? Or ... as someone who loves this country, are there any special 4th of July events happening in Las Vegas?

Have there ever been follow-up stories about big jackpot winners (like Megabucks)? I just wonder if or how their lives have changed.

In your opinion, what were the greatest LVA Top Ten deals of all time?

I live in Las Vegas, and from time to time book hotel rooms for friends, or relatives. It seems quite a few hotels have extra fees that are collected at check-in, and are not included in the room rate. Hotels will call these charges "resort fees," "energy surcharges," etc. Can you please list the hotels that have such fees, and the amounts please?

With the North Strip booming, will the Jolly Trolley make a comeback?

Not a question, but a comment on QoD 5/31/07. You wrote, "Thousands of people have complained to the Health Department, which not only has no enforcement teeth (its agents are unarmed) ..." What would you have them do, shoot us smokers on sight? Maybe prison would be a good option- - "Whaddaya in for?" "Me? Smoking a cigarette." I always loved Vegas because it was one of the last true refuges for smokers. Guess I'm too un-PC. Maybe, with any luck, all us smokers will die off in a great mass extinction. That would make the rest of you real happy. Let freedom ring.

I just got a new job, and to celebrate, I want to take my husband to Vegas for a three-to-four-day weekend. I want to stay on the Strip -- any suggestions? Haven't been to Vegas since July 1998, so we look forward to it.

We were out the other night and sat at a table in a poker bar area of Planet Hollywood. There were four of us and we had eight drinks. What's the proper tip? A buck a drink or 15%?

What's up downtown? My sister, a friend, and I were out late the other night and wanted to grab dinner around 10:30. It seems all the restaurants were closed ... last seating at 9 or 10 even in the casinos. Any suggestions for late-night sit-down grub downtown?

I will be in Las Vegas Sept. 10-16 and would like to get into a low cost Texas Hold 'em tournament. Could please let me know where I might do that? I appreciate your assistance.