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 LAS VEGAS (AP) - The casinos certainly look pretty much the same on the inside, but the cities around them are quite different, and for the die-hard Miss America fans who've been trekking to Atlantic City, N.J., for years, the pageant's move to Las Vegas is a breath of fresh air.
There's shopping and Celine Dion and Barry Manilow shows and the bustle of the neon-trimmed Strip to keep busy with during the weeklong buildup to Miss America (8 p.m. EST Saturday, Country Music Television), far more than the aging honky-tonk boardwalk in Atlantic City has to offer.
Finally, someone is showing a little love for down-on-her-luck Miss America, between the advertisements plastered all over the host Aladdin Resort & Casino, the exhaustive promotions sponsored by CMT and the warm reception given pageant folks here.
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