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Article: Las Vegas sees stars in NBA weekend.
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- The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, PA)
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- February 13, 2007
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Byline: Joe Juliano
LAS VEGAS _ Entering the sunny and spacious 10th-floor office of Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman, one finds a crown resting to the left side of his desk and a throne where he sits to do his work and, on this day, conduct an interview.
"It's a great time to be king," he jokes.
Goodman, a Philadelphia native who made his name as a colorful defense lawyer representing reputed mob figures all over the United States, likes to call himself "the happiest mayor in the universe." His happiness quotient, however, has jumped to the nth degree this week as NBA's All-Star Weekend approaches.
For the first time in the midseason ...