Officials allow nonthreatening fire in remote Nevada region to burn

RENO — While armies of firefighters battle wildland blazes across much of the West, federal crews are watching from the sidelines as a 12-day-old wildfire burns unchecked in a remote wilderness area in northeast Nevada.

Dean rallies crowd for Obama

Even when appearing with a Hollywood actor and a Los Angeles Laker, Democratic National Committee chairman Howard Dean was the biggest celebrity to about 80 UNLV students and Democratic activists who gathered Wednesday to rally support for presidential candidate Barack Obama.

Furry Fun — For Now

It has been four years since the pitter-patter of tiny paws were heard at Siegfried & Roy’s Secret Garden but the sound is back, multiplied by five.

QUICK TAKES

Cast your vote for TV’s memorable moments

Yeller Bellies singer talks of true country

The Yeller Bellies’ hellacious, 100-proof foot stomp is more fun than an open bar. Well, almost. Singer/mandolinist Rob “Yeller” Bell sounds off on true country and the best places in Vegas to get loaded.

Primm venue giving away tickets

If your name is Cher, it’s a good summer in Las Vegas. Everyone else had to work a little harder.

Star Catchers dance a hip-hop fairy tale

A fairy tale of a high-energy kind will be presented Friday when the Winchester Star Catchers perform “A Hip-Hop Fairy Tale” at Winchester Cultural Center, 3130 S. McLeod Drive.

STAR OF THE CLASS

The bad news for parents of tweens: Your children are celebrity crazed, like the rest of America. The good news: Their celebrity obsessions all dress with decency. If ever there was a justification to celebrate this fact, it’s back-to-school shopping time.

Show Us Your Purse

Who: Heather Little

Put Your Dorm in Fine Form

For college coeds back-to-school shopping takes on an entirely new meaning. Now, they have to hunt for bedding instead of backpacks, shelving units as opposed to shoes and desks rather than denim.

HERE & NOW

POSITIVI-TEE

Cold cases

In late 1942 and early 1943, government agents arrived on the doorsteps of numerous poor farmers in eastern Kentucky, informing them that the Army needed their land — 36,000 acres in all — to build the training facility now known as Camp Breckenridge.

Rich man, poor man

John McCain and Barack Obama each appeared Saturday — separately — at Saddleback Church in Orange County, Calif., where they fielded questions from pastor Rick Warren.

Power panel rentals possible

Homeowners, small businesses and schools may yet get a chance to rent solar power panels, rather than having to buy the power generation gear for tens of thousands of dollars.

IN BRIEF

WARRENVILLE, Ill.

Tropicana, unions reach accord

Tropicana Entertainment’s top executive delivered on a promise to quickly resolve an impasse with the Culinary union by reaching a tentative agreement on a new contract Wednesday after less than five hours of meetings.

Consolidation of suppliers urged

Bally Technologies ended its fiscal year with a 380 percent increase in profits and a 32 percent increase in total revenues — in other words, the perfect time to consolidate operations with another rival slot machine company, said analysts for one Wall Street investment firm.

INSIDE BUSINESS

Construction company names staff positions

Sands exec calms Macau fears as opening looms

A week before the opening of Las Vegas Sands’ newest $1 billion addition to Macau’s Cotai Strip, company President Bill Weidner downplayed Chinese media reports that the government wants to slow visitation into the gambling enclave.

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