Silver State polls show Obama lead

Riding a wave of discontent with the Bush administration and the economy, Barack Obama has taken a decisive lead in Nevada, according to an Associated Press-GfK poll released Wednesday.

Obama plans another Southern Nevada trip

Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama will be back in Southern Nevada on Saturday morning, his campaign announced Wednesday.

‘We’ll be friends for a good time now’

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Neither LaQuan Phillips nor Corben Brooks knew the kind of friendship that awaited them at Shriners Hospitals for Children Northern California.

IN BRIEF

NEW MEXICO ARREST

Detective: Mother under suspicion

The mother of 6-year-old Cole Puffinburger might have been involved in the boy’s kidnapping, a Las Vegas police detective said Wednesday.

GOP incumbents hold fundraising advantage

Two Republican state senators battling for their political lives raised more than double the money their Democratic opponents did since the August primary, according to campaign finance reports that were due this week.

DREAMS DEFERRED

Spinal cord injuries sideline, don’t stop high school senior.

‘Lefty’ Rosenthal was an FBI snitch

Back before he was mayor of Las Vegas, when he was the city’s leading mob attorney, Oscar Goodman insisted he didn’t represent snitches.

He represented Frank Rosenthal. Now that Rosenthal is dead, three former law enforcement sources with first-hand knowledge confirmed what was long suspected. Lefty Rosenthal was an FBI informant, whether his attorney knew it or not.

Contest bolsters Las Vegas musician

It began with modestly lit video footage of an empty bed, a pair of guitars leaning against the mattress, and it has yet to end.

‘Beauty and the Beast’ works better second time around

Signature Productions’ remounting of Super Summer Theatre and P.S. Productions’ “Beauty and the Beast” has a lot of slapstick. And based on the screaming enthusiasm of children during a recent performance, this emphasis makes the Disney musical especially appealing to kids. The stunning visuals and wonderfully broad, comedic acting make this the sort of show that could hook young people on theater for life.

‘Naked Las Vegas’ challenges people’s views of humanity

It’s startling to open a book and see page after page of naked people simply standing before a plain curtain, allowing the camera to capture every detail of those body parts that are usually camouflaged by the flattering cut of a pair of slacks or a fat-taming billowy shirt.

Dark Days

Lavert Benefield pivots his office chair as he prioritizes the phone calls he intends to make this morning. His pinstripe suit conceals rock-hard abs sculpted by thousands of hours at 24 Hour Fitness.

QUICK TAKES

Steel starts blog

Blues Rock with a Touch of Jam

Scott Rhiner and the Moanin’ Blacksnakes are one of Vegas’ most fiery blues bands, smokin’ like a forest fire. Rhiner himself breaks down these bad boys.

Missing Links

It’s a special Halloween edition of Missing Links. Think of it as “Missing Links of Terror.”

The Bright Side of the Dark Side

Afraid of the Goth trend? Don’t be. If it immediately brings images of Marilyn Manson groupies and the Bride of Frankenstein to mind, you’ve got the wrong idea.

Fancy Feet

Giuseppe Zanotti designed what is arguably his most recognizable shoe on a tablecloth at a fish restaurant. Considering the context, the surprising part isn’t that he turned out a sandal bedecked by a gutted fish; it’s that he managed to make it sexy. So sexy, the shoes nearly upstaged an otherwise naked Kim Cattrall in “Sex and the City: The Movie.”

SHOW US YOUR BAG

Who? Eduard Davis of central Las Vegas

HERE & NOW

TALK TO ME

Regional cooperation

It seems that no political or economic force is strong enough to derail planners’ dreams of a mass-transit utopia.

‘A goodbye boondoggle’

Regardless of who wins Tuesday’s election, there will be a new president in the White House come January — one who promises, “Change is coming.”

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