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Berkley-Adelson feud has potential to alter politics on a national level
April 24, 2012 – 3:00 am | Comments Off
Berkley-Adelson feud has potential to alter politics on a national level

In the years since he had employee Shelley Berkley escorted from the building after a high-profile falling out, Las Vegas casino mogul Sheldon Adelson has spent a fair amount …

Inefficiency should not be mandated
April 24, 2012 – 3:00 am | Comments Off
Inefficiency should not be mandated

Liberals have asserted on these pages that mandating health insurance is the same as mandating auto insurance.

State back at drawing board on comp meals tax but says casinos must pay
April 24, 2012 – 1:00 am | Comments Off
State back at drawing board on comp meals tax but says casinos must pay

The Nevada Taxation Department is going back to the drawing board to rework a regulation imposing a sales tax on complimentary meals that casinos give to players. The rewriting of the regulation won’t postpone the tax, which took effect Feb. 14 …

Congress close to deal on transportation bill, freeing $45M for Nevada
April 24, 2012 – 1:00 am | Comments Off
Congress close to deal on transportation bill, freeing $45M for Nevada

After spending months moving at a snail’s pace, Congress is fast approaching a final agreement on a highway bill.

The Cheesiest Thing We’ve Read All Year (that really curdled our hair)
April 23, 2012 – 11:00 pm | Comments Off
The Cheesiest Thing We’ve Read All Year (that really curdled our hair)

“The cheeses here rival those at Guy Savoy and Joël Robuchon .” – Max Jacobson (writing about the good-not-great selection of cheeses at Morels in SEVEN magazine) In any käse, to make up for taste …

O’Shea’s Parking Garage To Be Imploded May 1st
April 23, 2012 – 11:00 pm | Comments Off
O’Shea’s Parking Garage To Be Imploded May 1st

According to internal memos, Caesars Entertainment is planning on imploding the O’Shea’s parking garage shortly after O’Shea’s closes on April 30th. The implosion is scheduled to take place between 1 and 2am on May 1, 2012. It looks like Caesars is going full…

Peep The New(ish) Caesars Palace Ad
April 23, 2012 – 11:00 pm | Comments Off
Peep The New(ish) Caesars Palace Ad

Caesars Palace is running some new advertising on the basic cable. Fortunately for us, they put it up on the YouTube. Take a peep: My first impression is that the advertisement is clever, without being too clever…

Police: Man paid undercover cop $2,000 to kill wife as birthday gift
April 23, 2012 – 11:00 pm | Comments Off
Police: Man paid undercover cop $2,000 to kill wife as birthday gift

Metro Police arrested a man accused of plotting to kill his wife and paying an undercover officer $2,000 to do the job as his 32nd birthday gift. Jorge Victorino-Vazquez, 32, of Las Vegas was arrested on charges of solicitation…

Southwest making loyalty program interchangeable with AirTran
April 23, 2012 – 11:00 pm | Comments Off
Southwest making loyalty program interchangeable with AirTran

Members of Southwest Airlines’ Rapid Rewards loyalty program got a new benefit today — the ability to use their points on AirTran flights.

Two local seniors among prestigious National Merit Scholarship winners
April 23, 2012 – 9:00 pm | Comments Off
Two local seniors among prestigious National Merit Scholarship winners

Two Clark County School District students were recently named among the 2012 National Merit Scholars, a prestigious honor bestowed to just 1,000 distinguished high school seniors across the nation each year. Last week, Northwest Career and Technical Academy senior Kevin Jia-Shi…

State ruling on rural water is challenged in court
April 23, 2012 – 9:00 pm | Comments Off
State ruling on rural water is challenged in court

Opponents say a state ruling permitting nearly 84,000 acre-feet of water to be pumped from rural Nevada to Las Vegas will jeopardize ranching, farming, mining, recreational activities and even interfere with worship at burial and other sacred Indian sites

Like a ‘Hangover’ for Senior Citizens, Starring Michael Douglas
April 23, 2012 – 7:00 pm | Comments Off
Like a ‘Hangover’ for Senior Citizens, Starring Michael Douglas

The movie “The Hangover” brought “wolf packs” of bachelor parties to Las Vegas in search of wildly epic ways to lose control (and, maybe their…