Caesars Palace shootings. Numerous shootings on the Strip. Car bombs at Luxor. NBA All Star weekend. Madman opens fire in the New York-New York casino. 2007 was the year when all hell broke loose in Las Vegas. Frankly, it's a miracle of modern PR how all these violent episodes haven't impacted the tourism business in Las Vegas. We, as a culture have accepted shootings and violence as a part of every day life, and this - above and beyond the carnage in Vegas - may truly be the worst news of all.