A man drowned and was found dead at the hot tub at Buffalo Bills resort in Primm Nevada, south of Las Vegas.

Clark County approved plans to begin reconstruction of the Sahara property. The exterior will be completely overhauled and renewed to include the removal of the roller coaster and rethemed. Pedestrian friendly, nightclubs, small convention space, and beer garden. Removing 78 rooms?

Services for Audrey Holmes, the mother of Clint Holmes was held on Saturday. Audrey passed away on Oct 12 in Las Vegas.

The Once Tiffany Theater, then the Gladys Knight Theater, is now just the Tropicana Theater. Recycled Percussion is the only act in the house.

Mandalay Bay will need to spend $20 million to correct 3,000 doors on it's rooms that are not in compliance with the federal disability law. They are trying to sue the architect consulting firm.

Canpartners Realty is pushing for a swift foreclosure of Hooters, in which they hold 97% of it's debt.

Musical director, arranger, composer, and keyboard player of the Four Tops, George Roundtree died in Las Vegas at 61 years old. He had been with the band over 30 years.

The sports book at the Venetian has reopened after a $30 million, 3 month renovation that features a 100 foot long high definition video screen.

Taxi loadings at McCarran last month hit an all time 63 year record. October had over 322,000 loadings, and is on pace for a one year record.

Pedestrian accidents lately are at alarming numbers. 3 children in a crosswalk, residential jaywalking retired school teacher, homeless, and trick or treaters are all victims. Vehicles driven by drunks, speeders, a UPS truck, and a little old lady are mowing down the pedestrians. One pedestrian was struck down in a hit and run, and run over by a second car. Several weeks ago we were rated as the 6th worse city for pedestrians. We might have gained a few markers lately.

In an unrelated story, at least 11 wild burros have been killed as the result of being struck on the road by vehicles on SR 159, which is West Charleston leading out to Red Rock Canyon and on around to Blue Diamond.

Dale Jarrett Racing Adventure signed a deal for 34 days of driving school at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in 2012 now that the exclusive Richard Petty Driving Experience contract has expired. Petty will still operate, as well as open wheel and exotic car driving schools.

A 19 year old man was arrested in connection with assault and rape of a 65 year old maid at Ballys. He may be involved in more than this one case.

A 22 year old man won the World Series of Poker at The Rio to the tune of 8.7 million dollars. His Ace of Spades and King of Clubs beat out a Ten and Seven of Clubs of the second place chump who only got 5.4 million dollars. Third place barely got 4 mil.

The Tropicana and Stratosphere posted 3rd quarter numbers to show it slowly decreasing it's loss vs last year. Overall, the strip continues to lose gaming revenue. IGT is reporting that it doubled it's earnings this quarter.

11-11-11 was a huge success for wedding chapels and other businesses that help celebrate around town.

Steve Wynn's tip policy that requires workers share tips with management does not comply with state law according to a state judge. The case will probably end up in Nevada Supreme court.

The Las Vegas Sin came home with a 2-0 record for their first home game of the season in the Lingerie Football League. The Sin won, 28-20, in an upset against the defending champions, LA Temptations. Next is a home game against the 2-1 Green Bay Chill.

The largest Veterans Day Parade west of the Mississippi was held in Las Vegas on Friday. It was the last attendance of the Pearl Harbor Association, including the Las Vegas chapter, which is being disbanded due to deteriorating health of remaining members.

Ethyl M's lights its 18th year with 600,000 lights in it's Christmas holiday show. The event is open from dusk till 10pm. If you wear 3D glasses, you can see snowflakes. They are almost finished with a solar farm that will power the event next year.

The Venetian's holiday ice rink with a recyclable polymer surface, opens on Monday.

Clark County garage sale this Saturday includes dozens and dozens of cop cars, school busses, computer equipment, construction and maintenance equipment, surplus from govt agencies as far away as St George UT, as well as unclaimed items left at the airport.

Clark County will reduce the number of limo companies serving McCarran airport from 6 to 4. The biggest loser is CLS which will have to lay off about 200 employees.

Faith Lutheran High School was evacuated on Thursday when a chemistry experiment went awry, causing "excessive smoke". School resumed after firefighters and a hazmat team cleared the building for use.

A fire at the Lady Luck caused minimal damage when a light ignited a nearby piece of plywood. Damage was limited to a small section on the outside of the second floor.

A wildfire near Reno cancelled school classes and football games and created multiple smoke problems all around the Reno area. Many people have been evacuated and several homes have been destroyed.

Free WiFi will be available at the Las Vegas Convention Center starting next year. For a faster speed, convention goers can pay a $12.95 per day fee. And for $99.95 per day, you can get "exhibitor grade WiFi access".

Sapphire Gentlemen's Club has won approval from the county to build a swimming pool, which seems to be the latest fad to expand upon the nightclub/dayclub thing on the strip. If successful at Sapphire, expect all the strip joints to join in.

Dos Caminos, the upscale Mexican restaurant at the Palazzo, suddenly closed down on Monday. There has been an ongoing landlord/merchant battle brewing for quite some time.

The Western casino, on the eastern end of the tourist part of Fremont Street will close down on Jan 16, 2012, citing lack of demand for business. The owners will hang on and see what options come their way.

The Cosmopolitan, ranked on Fodor's as one of the best hotels in the world, reported a third quarter loss of $58.5 million, while the Cannery which hardly ranks with anyone outside the city, showed a profit.

The Original Pancake House in Aliante Station and the one in Green Valley Ranch Station have closed as Stations decided to expand on their own branded Grand Cafe, which has been brought back at other Stations locations. There are still two great Original Pancake Houses not associated with resorts in town that serve up a huge and hearty breakfast.

The on again-off again public offering of Caesars Entertainment, is now moving forward in an on again move.

The Las Vegas Sin beat the LA Temptation 28-20 and are undefeated in the Lingerie Football League. Their next game is against the Green Bay Chill in Las Vegas. The Lingerie Bowl IX is scheduled for Feb 5.

Hundreds and hundreds of people hit Mt. Charleston for the official first day of the ski season on Friday. Thousands are expected this weekend. There are about 15 inches of real snow and some man made snow on the mountain.

Wow, this one is chocked full of news! Thanks Joe!

Why the cut back on limo service to LAS?

As for the lingerie league, have you been to a game? Our team the Baltimore Charm seems to loose a lot! I have yet to see a game! It's on my list though.

Western Casino, "on the eastern end of the tourist part of Fremont street" your joking, right? I've never been inside this casino. And I doubt I ever will!

Too many limos, not enough customers. I guess they are taking cabs.

I have not been to a LFL game, but I have been to some of the press functions.

I thought you had been to the Western in some of your brave explorations.

Got as far as the parking lot of the western, but was put off by the urine smell, and left.

A parking garage fire at Planet Hollywood destroyed 3 cars last Saturday afternoon. Nobody was injured.

Harrah's is being charged nearly $500,000 in entertainment taxes because the music in The Range Steakhouse is more than ambiance music which is not taxable.

Clark County has given the Occupy Las Vegas movement a 90 day extension for use of public land between Swenson and Paradise. They can use the land until Feb 20.

A 28 year old man was charged with arson after he threw several lit matches onto casino chairs as he left the SunCoast. Damage was minimal.

Arguments were made in a $700 million lawsuit accusing Fontainebleau execs of fraud by hiding cost overruns and other problems from lenders.

Metro Police shot and killed an armed suspect that the gang unit was was chasing through a residential area.

The Las Vegas Monorail board agreed to work on a new plan to emerge from bankruptcy after it's last proposal was denied by a bankruptcy court.

The Hudson Group plans to build an upscale shopping mall at McCarran airport to be open in 2013. It will be in the
D-Concourse, in the tram lobby area.

Rumor has it that Fox has expressed interest in buying the Las Vegas Night Court TV show that I reported on last week.

Police busted a meth lab in a Budget Suites motel room on Las Vegas Blvd, near Windmill Lane.

A court ruled that the Silver Nugget in North Las Vegas was not liable to a man that was killed in a bar fight at the casino bar. The court said the shooting was not foreseeable and the Silver Nugget took basic precautions to insure safety of it's guests.

Recycled Percussion was forced to postpone their attempt to set a record with a 24-hour concert after one of the players became ill.

500 of the more than 2,300 rooms set for an extreme makeover at the Flamingo will be available for guests starting Jan 2, 2012. The renovation of the rooms should be completed by the end of 2012.

Big Dog Brewing Company earned one of the 15 "ultimate cheeseburger" titles from the Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board. The burger contains Angus chuck, bratwurst, Cheddar cheese, pepper jack, poblano peppers, bacon, pickles, fried onions, and ranchero sauce, on a pretzel bun.

An 11 girl was struck by a car on her way to school, and a 16 year old was hit by a car Friday night in an alarming level of stupidity by pedestrians not knowing how to cross a street. OTOH, 64 traffic citations were issued to drivers who failed to stop for pedestrians in a sting operation by Metro. The pedestrians were cops dressed as Turkeys, big orange construction cones, and other visible costumes that would attract attention of a normal driver.

Metro set up a DUI checkpoint at Fremont and Sahara late Wednesday. Some wonder why Metro would post these checkpoints in advance. It's the law, otherwise it would be entrapment…according the rule books here.

Cy Waits, who was arrested with Paris Hilton, outside of the Wynn resort has successfully completed the terms of his sentencing, and his case is closed. Paris has completed her one year probation.

The Gold and Silver Pawn shop known for the TV show Pawn Stars is offering jobs to out of work NBA basketball players.

MGM has pulled the plug on Viva Elvis saying the show will likely be replaced at the end of 2012.

The Opportunity Village Magical Forest Christmas decorations came to life for the holiday season when Mayorette Goodman flipped the switch to start the holiday. The display includes lights, train ride for the kiddies, and more.

A 16 year old who was shot in the shoulder, fled the scene in a car from North Las Vegas and crashed near downtown.

A Fitzgerald security officer who monitored security cameras was denied Workers Comp after he fell from a chair when trying to prop his legs up on the table.

Las Vegas Fire and Rescue are patting themselves on the back after a mostly boring Thanksgiving Day. They credit extensive warnings for the low accident rate. In other news, a homeless man was severely burned when the dumpster he was sleeping in caught fire.

The Las Vegas Hilton will get a new name after losing it's license to use the Hilton name. The new name will be LVH.

North Las Vegas City Hall has closed up shop and moved to it's new $137 million digs just down the street at 2250 Las Vegas Blvd.

It's interesting that Cirque is pulling the plug on VIVA ELVIS, which I enjoyed, yet the horrid CHRISS ANGEL BELIEVE is still playing.

I thought VIVA ELVIS was terrible and the night we saw it the JailHouse Rock set failed to work so that the lead singer had to carry on in the dark all by himself.

Sae the La Reve show last Friday night and although the 'setting' was quite spectacular and the performers tried their best to entertain, I was not impressed.

I fail to see any enjoyment when performers jump from hign spaces into a pool of water, but I gotta say that i did enjoy how the curtains 'moved' and the lighting effects.

I'd buy the DVD if it showed how the whole thing was accomplished. Especially how it all worked under water.

I wonder how long it will take for people to tire of these Cirque performances? ANd when something completely new will come to Las Vegas.

Any original ideas?

Will, I'm Cirque'd out myself!

Lee. Likewise ..... and I have family members wheo are Cirque performers.

Las Vegas Rock and Roll Marathon sold out this year and will be run on Sunday afternoon. Watch for road closures.

Baby drowned. North Las Vegas, trailer, dad was home, mom at work, 5 other kids in trailer, drowned in cooler filled with water. The water was being used to flush toilets since water to trailer was cut off. The other kids were taken into protective custody.

Two shot, one dead at Deja Vu strip club, next to the Orleans.

The 30 year old heavy rock band Motley Crue is saying they signed a limited resident gig at the Hard Rock.

A former Deputy DA who was arrested on drug charges worked out a plea deal, but the judge stepped aside saying it was a much better deal than the cases he has prosecuted.

Steve Wynn will be in the owners booth of the New England Patriots on Sunday to discuss a possible Boston casino resort. Sheldon Adelson and Caesars are both looking at the Boston market through other means. All three have their eyes on Miami also.

A man was run over by a semi truck in the Indian Springs Casino, north of Las Vegas as he was trying to hook up a trailer.

December brought very high winds, cold temps, and precipitation to the area. Mt Charleston got a lot of snow, Red Rock Canyon saw a good snowfall, and most of the city got mist and heavy winds. The weekend calls for freezes.

An idiot hiker wasted tax dollars by hiking on the mountain and getting caught in the mountain blizzard and had to be rescued the next day.

The Beach Boys are working on a plan to build a "Good Vibrations" restaurant in Ballys.

Lynyrd Skynyrd BBQ & Beer restaurant has opened in the Excalibur.

The Excalibur is now hiring for a new Buca di Beppo restaurant that will replace the old Italian joint they had.

NFR has started and the cowboys are in town. Most live music has turned country and most restaurants are serving big helpings of meat and potatoes.

For the first 100 years of the Nevada Supreme Court, it heard about 10,000 cases. It began picking up in 1977 and will hit 60,000 cases early in 2012.

Officials in California and Nevada are working together to host the 2022 Winter Olymics in Lake Tahoe. They were held there in 1960.

Cirque Du Soleil's Michael Jackson: The Immortal opens in Vegas this week. I've already turned down free tickets 3 times. They are on sale at all the discount places.

Cirque Week has started with workshops/seminars, parties, and special shows up and down the strip. I will report on that after it's over.

The top 12 NASCAR drivers got to drive their cars up and down the LV Strip on Thursday. During a show off demonstration in front of the TI, the #39 car blew an engine, blew a tire spinning through engine debris and exploded in flames.

MGM is suing four individuals and 2 companies for trademark infringement for online poker site names such as luxorpoker.com, mgmpoker.com, and ariapoker.com.

Clark County will hear a proposal on Dec 20 that would ban the feeding of pigeons. That includes placement of food scraps that will reasonably result in the lingering, roosting, and/or congregating of feral pigeons.

The Chicago Cubs will face the Texas Rangers at Cashman Field in Las Vegas on March 17 & 18 of next year. It will be the 11th appearance by the Cubs and the first for the Rangers.

A bankruptcy judge is tired of looking at Hooters proposals to emerge, so the resort will be auctioned off. Hooters has opened Joystixx, an adult video game bar.

The Cavern Club, aka the birthplace of The Beatles, is suing the Hard Rock for opening a small events room here called the Cavern Club.

Harry Reid's son Josh will now be the Henderson City Attorney following a controversial vote after the former City Attorney resigned following a serious DUI.

A 43 year old woman who failed to appear in court in a case involving notarizing real estate documents without the signer present was found dead in her home. This case was about to open up tens of thousands of "robo-signing" documents.

Pete Rose, who sells autographs at The Mirage and The Forum Shops, is now selling copies of the documents that banned him from baseball. For only $500, you can have a copy of his walking papers.

The Palms has signed a deal to allow Cantor Gaming to operate a new sports book with wireless gaming devices at their property.

A Utah man who was facing federal charges of charging consumers for products they never received was arrested for writing $100,000 in bad checks to the Wynn.

Two subcontractors have joined Perini in blocking the destruction of the Harmon Tower at City Center.

A man at the Palace Station placed a maximum 40 cent bet into a video Keno machine and hit the progressive for $100,076.25.

N9NE Group founder Scott DeGraff was found dead in an apparent suicide in Aspen Co. He had been facing serious financial difficulties.

A helicopter crashed into the mountains just west of Lake Mead. 5 people were killed.

Police are looking for a man that stole money canisters from 2 casino employees transporting a money cart in an elevator at the CircusCircus.

The 65th traffic fatality of the year in Las Vegas occurred when an 82 year old man stepped onto the street and was struck by a pick up truck.

Indy car series will not have a scheduled race in 2012. However, they are getting newly designed car in 2012 and have scheduled tests at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

McCarran airport used to have a clinic. They closed the clinic and contracted out medical services to AirportMD a company partially financed by dog beater Michael Vick. Now, AirportMD has taken their money and closed down shop. The county is considering a contract with a local doctor to provide limited services.

Bone chilling 20s struck the early morning hours this week. Hello December.

Three more notaries were named in a "robo-signing" scandal on foreclosures.

22 poker players are willing to ante up a million dollars apiece for a poker tournament.

Former NBA star Antoine Walker was sentenced to 5 years probation and ordered to pay $750,000 in debt to Caesars, Planet Hollywood, and Red Rock resorts.

A tour bus driver suffered a "medical episode" and crashed into a car and another bus. None of the other 51 people were injured.

The Southern Nevada Water Authority is discussing ways to implement a rate hike that will pay for a third water intake at Lake Mead. They are considering a flat rate, a variable rate, and a combination or the two.

The Mayorette flipped a big switch to turn on the lights and a Santa rode down the zip line, signaling that Fremont Street is in the holiday mood.

North Las Vegas Fire Department is burning though it's overtime budget trying to back fill manpower lost on budget cutbacks.

Don't throw you Sports Illustrated away just because it ha Duke's Mike Krzyzewski on the cover. Keep digging back to page 32 where you will find a 3 page spread on the Runnin' Rebels.

Casino winning, tourist numbers, show takes, and restaurant business in Las Vegas were all up in October.

The Stations "hot dog girl" photo, used in it's sports book promos is going to court. Stations claimed that they contracted the photographer to shoot photos for them and Stations would retain all copyrights. The photographer says he never assigned the copyright of the photo to Stations.

Metro police shot and killed a man who tried to break into someone else's home, left the scene, came back, tried to run from officers, rammed a patrol car with his car, failed to comply in a 30 minute standoff, Burned out both tires trying to escape being boxed in by other patrols cars, etc.. This the 18th OIS, 12th fatal.

Crash investigators have finished on site investigation, collected evidence and are moving everything to a warehouse in AZ to complete the study of the Sundance helicopter.

68 year old Barry Manilow going under the knife for hip and legs after his 1000th Vegas show this week.

State attorney general has ruled that booting the wheels on illegally parked cars is illegal, except by cops.

This years fireworks show will be about 15,000 more bangs to it as the Trop joins in on the festivities. The other hotels are the Stratosphere, Venetian, TI, Caesars, PHo, Aria, and MGM. The 8 minute and 36 seconds of fireworks will include firework patterns and color configurations.

The Reno IHOP that was the scence of a mass shooting back in early September was reopened on Thursday

The Bellagio making a change to the fountain show line up. Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds(The Beatles), Billy Jean(Michael Jackson), and In The Mood (Glen Miller) songs are being added with new dancing water choreography. This is the first change in 6 years. The fountain shows are every 30 minutes during the day and every 15 minutes at night.

The Nevada DMV asked for 30 more people on it's budget to ease the average 70 minute wait time. They were awarded 20.

Watch for commercials in January from Callaway Golf. They are filming this week. Watch for a golf green in the Mirage Volcano, at the Bellagio, and a rooftop to rooftop golf game.

Two school age kids shot themselves in an attempt at suicide in unrelated events on Wednesday. A 10 year old boy is dead and a 13 year old girl is in critical condition.

A 55 year old man was arrested for killing his wife. They were in an argument in a local restaurant parking lot and the man ran her over with his pick up truck, then went home to take a nap. When police interrupted his nap, he said she was crazy.

Oscar's Beef Booze & Broads has opened inside the Plaza Hotel.

A Las Vegas doctor who lost his license for refilling and taking patients drugs was given his license back on the condition that he undergoes drug testing and have his practice inspected regularly.

Clark County sold 9000 acres of land near Laughlin to a Chinese backed company to build a solar farm. The project is supposed to create thousands of jobs and inject billions of dollars into the economy.

A Las Vegas man got his 15 minutes of fame after being arrested for shooting his gun outside of the Chinese consulate in downtown Los Angeles.

A reality TV show is seeking Las Vegas residents to star in a new show featuring the trials and tribulations of pregnancy where both the mother and daughter are pregnant at the same time.

The Cosmopolitan will open a new wedding chapel next week dubbed a Pop-Up Wedding Chapel. It will have open glass walls where tourists can gawk, be open to the strip, and handle everything from faux weddings, pet weddings, renewals, or real weddings.

Phil Ivey's wife is suing the 8 time poker champion and his lawyers for trying to cheat her out of her fair share of his fortune.

President Obama signed a bill that distributes power from the Hoover Dam for the next 50 years. Nevada would get about 25% of the power. But it is still unclear exactly what happens if the lake levels fall below a point where the dam can produce electricity.

Mystere is taking it's winter break now after 18 years and over 8500 performances. When it reopens on Feb 11, it will have a trapeze act from Zed (a Tokyo show that closes on New Years Eve) replacing the high bar finale. It is also adding a solo aerial act and will restage and re-choreograph the Chinese poles. Another Zed act will be added to the doomed Viva Elvis show.

A "secret Santa" donated a million dollars to the United Way specifying that the money goes to local needy families.

Attention whore and boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr could not buy his way out of jail when a plea deal landed him with a 6 month jail sentence. He will spend 90 days if all goes well. He will report to jail after the holidays.

Lee's Runway Liquor Store that won the right to open at McCarran Airport baggage area must begin construction this year to avoid default on the contract.

Best Buy has completed testing in Las Vegas for store layout design and that plan will now be used nationwide. The Las Vegas design includes a tiled center runway aisle, with carpeted areas on both sides with interactive kiosks, as well as new sight lines and signage.

Nevada Gaming Commission has approved the nation's first regulations for internet poker. This is only one small step in the plan that might someday offer legal online poker within the state.

Las Vegas City Hall will offer free parking to battery powered cars that get recharged from external electrical outlets. This includes the Chevy Volt and Nissan Leaf, but does not include existing Ford, Honda, and Toyota hybrids.

A new Bon Jovi video show will debut at the Fremont Street Experience on New Years Eve. The show will have a permanent spot in the daily line up between Don McLean and the Doors.

The CEO of Amonix Inc, which has a solar array manufacturing plant in North Las Vegas was killed in a plane crash near York Pennsylvania.

A drunk driver crashed into a Metro police cruiser that was stopped at a red light on Friday morning. The officer should be okay.

Layaway Angels have landed in Las Vegas, paying off layaway accounts for 60 strangers at a local Kmart.

The 13 year old girl who shot herself last week has died from the self inflicted gun shot wound.

A juvenile jaywalker was struck but not killed this week on Boulder Highway.

Around Thanksgiving, police officers dressed as turkeys, construction cones, and other highly visible items did a sting operation to catch motorists failing to yield to pedestrians. This week, Metro gave out 65 tickets to motorists failing to yield to Santa Claus.

The TSA in Las Vegas is under fire for confiscating a cupcake from a woman claiming that the frosting could be an explosive.

Carluccio's, has reopened for lunch and dinner.  They were in the old Liberace Plaza.  They are now on Eastern, near 215.

Henderson police stole Metro's limelight shooting a 53 year old man that was threatening to kill himself.

Fire at the Atlantis Casino in Reno did little damage and nobody was injured.

A Colorado man who going home from a winning trip to Las Vegas  found 2 envelopes of cash at McCarran airport in Caesars Palace envelopes, each containing $5000.  He spent weeks tracking down the owner and finally made the connection and returned the money to an El Paso Tx man.

The Old Homestead restaurant at Caesars Palace has opened in the old Nero's location under the Forum Tower.

Local rapper William Drayton, aka Flavor Flav, has released a signature vodka on sale locally and in 4 other states.  He hopes to open a fried chicken restaurant on north Nellis Blvd in February.

Fans of the Circus Circus Buffet will be excited to know that they just opened a new omelet station where you can order omelets how you like them.  This should bring them up to 1975 standards.

The Hilton is undergoing it's re-branding as the HILTON letters are being removed from the signs out front. No signs of LVH yet.

Jubilee will be hiring dancers in January.  Girls must be at least 5' 8" and guys must be at least 6' tall.  Dance, ballet, and jazz training helpful.

NV Energy, our local power company says rates will rise in January by about 8%.

The Nevada Supreme Court ruled that blood alcohol levels may be inadmissible in court if a method known as retrograde extrapolation is used to compute the level hours after an event to reflect numbers at the time of the event.

A man and woman jaywalking on Boulder Highway, near the Cannery were struck down by a pick up truck.  The woman died.

Paris Hilton has been notably absent from Las Vegas nightclubs since she and boyfriend Cy Waits were arrested in front of the Wynn.  She is now been spotted in Encore and Palms nightclubs, with Cy's twin brother.

Sears and Kmart initiated nationwide closures of many stores.  None were from Nevada, Utah, or Arizona…so far.

The lion habitat at the MGM will shut down on Jan 31 to make room for ???

The Skating Aratas had a mishap at the V theater this week when Jenny passed out and flew into the crowd sending 2 people to the hospital.  Nobody was seriously injured and the team will continue the act when Jenny's sore right thumb heals.

This timely video was made shortly before the accident.  New Year resolution from the skating Aratas, formerly at Absinthe, now with V. http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=zwjPjRT4XXo

McCarran airport should pass the 40 million passenger number this year, a benchmark that would indicate a tourism recovery.

A speeding Lincoln LS lost control on Frank Sinatra Drive and slammed into the Luxor parking garage in a spectacular crash on Saturday.