Ronald McDonald House honors Southwest Airlines at gala

Southwest Airlines was honored at the Ronald McDonald House of Greater Las Vegas’ 10th anniversary gala Oct. 25 at the Rio. Since 1985, Ronald McDonald Houses across the country have been the primary corporate charity for Southwest Airlines. Southwest employees regularly host dinners at McDonald Houses in cities served by Southwest, as well as a golf tournament in Phoenix and Dallas.

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For people who make a living mining laughs out of current events, a presidential election is Christmas, Halloween and your best birthday ever all wrapped up into one.

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Shows pack spooky punch with exploding heads, demon hunters

Neither can lay claim to the title of the scariest thing on TV — after a couple of minutes of CNBC’s stock ticker, I spent the other day hiding under my bed — but nobody does spooky quite like “Fringe” (9 p.m. Tuesdays, KVVU-TV, Channel 5) and “Supernatural” (9 p.m. Thursdays, KVCW-TV, Channel 33).

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Like a great earthquake, the real estate bust and credit crunch have shaken, buckled and driven huge cracks in the foundation of Southern Nevada’s banking sector.

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