Kings of Leon steadily evolving

They trimmed their beards, which means they no longer look like a bunch of Foghat roadies circa 1976 or a pack of stoner yetis.

Getting into the Game

Interactive poker joins stand-up comedy act in pair of new shows.

Food and music combine for Bite of Las Vegas

The 12th annual Bite of Las Vegas food and music festival is scheduled from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Oct. 18 at Desert Breeze Park, 8275 Spring Mountain Road. Some 45 restaurants are expected to participate, offering tastes in $1 to $5 portions. Admission is $8 for adults, free for children 5 and younger, and those attending can get $1 off the admission price with a donation at the gate of canned food for the City Mission of Las Vegas. Also, $1 from every ticket sold will be donated to the mission. For more information, visit www.biteoflv.net or call 889-5100. …

‘Kid Who Ran for President’ intrigued playwright

It’s only fitting that “The Kid Who Ran for President,” a musical adaptation of a couple of popular Dan Gutman books, should be having its world premiere at the Rainbow Company. Its book, music and lyrics were written by a former Rainbow member.

Boyd Gaming introduces B Connected players club

As of Oct. 1, Boyd Gaming’s three downtown casinos (California, Fremont and Main Street Station) have a new consolidated players club called B Connected that not only lets members earn and redeem points at those casinos, but also earn and redeem points at the Gold Coast, Orleans, Suncoast and Sam’s Town, plus the six Boyd casinos in Louisiana, Mississippi, Indiana and Illinois. Members earn one point for every dollar coin-in and every 1,000 points can be redeemed for $1 in cashback. All unredeemed point balances from the former Players Gold cards have been transferred to the B Connected system, but members must pick up a new B Connected card in order to earn and redeem additional points.

Chicago

Forgive the guys in Chicago if they sounded a little tired in places.

Opting out

Should you be punished for paying your own way and deciding not to participate in a government program?

Encouraging voter fraud

Would the IRS encourage people of undetermined backgrounds to stand outside shopping malls and grocery stores and offer to mail residents’ completed tax returns just weeks before the filing deadline? Would the DMV want these same people to set up camp in front of libraries and post offices and hand out change-of-address forms, then offer to submit them to the state, as required by law?

IN BRIEF

NEW YORK

STILL ON A LOSING ROLL

On the day the Dow Jones industrial average reverted to 2003 numbers, Nevada’s casino win fell back to 2006 levels.

LOCALS RETREAT

The stock market looks like a war zone, whether it’s viewed at the grass-roots level of individual investors, from the perspective of local public companies or in the market averages.

INSIDE BUSINESS

HemoTherapy Center opens for business

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