TURKEY DAY GETAWAY

Since her mother died last year, Californian Laura Rains hasn’t felt like celebrating a traditional Thanksgiving.

Escaping Reality

Fading fortunes stopping you from hitting the road this holiday season?

MISSING LINKS

If you’re having a little turkey anxiety today, you know the Butterball help line is there for you. But now you can sign up for text message alerts from the company. Among the hints are tips on buying and thawing your bird — Here’s a hint: You probably should’ve already done this — recipes, cooking tips and an option to directly connect you to the help line when things start going horribly wrong. Visit tinyurl.com/5ff6ld to sign up.

SHOW US YOUR PURSE

• Who? Chelsea Pendleton of Henderson

Messing with Style

Someone’s been playing in Rachel Zoe’s closet. Hint: She made up one half of “Will and Grace.”

STYLE SCOOP

• High Profile Hair: ElevenSpa Vegas, the 20,000-square-foot spa located behind H&M at Town Square, has announced a partnership with celebrity hairstylist Ken Paves. Paves, who styles the locks of Eva Longoria, Jessica Simpson and Jennifer Lopez, to name a few, is the latest celebrity hairstylist to grace Las Vegas with a salon. Both ElevenSpa Vegas and The Ken Paves Salon at Eleven will celebrate their grand opening in January.

Deck the Dress

If you think of party invitations as just one more source of stress during the holidays than you’re going about it all wrong. Look at it the same way you do trimming the tree. A little sparkle here, a lot of dazzle there, pop that final touch on top and it’s a done deal.

Suit Up

Every year gaming insiders flock to G2E, the gaming convention at the Las Vegas Convention Center, for a sneak peek at the latest the industry has to offer. Although it may not be the main draw, the Ultra Lounge Uniform Fashion Show always causes quite the stir.

For what do we give our thanks?

As our modern gladiators chase a pigskin down the field in Detroit, Dallas and Philadelphia, we settle into our living rooms, loosen our belts and remind the little ones this is the day we echo the thanks of the Pilgrims, who gathered in the autumn of 1621 to celebrate the first bountiful harvest in a new land.

IN BRIEF

NEW YORK

Sierra Club says ruling jeopardizes coal plants

Prospects for three billion-dollar, coal-fired power projects in Nevada are dimming because of an appeals decision on a power project in Utah, according to the Sierra Club. Yet an attorney for one of the Nevada projects sees no reason the Nevada environmental agency cannot issue final air permits for the project despite the ruling.

Report: Perini project safety lacking

A vast majority of workers surveyed at the CityCenter and Cosmopolitan construction sites believe Perini Building Co. and its subcontractors think workplace safety is not as high of a priority as meeting construction deadlines, a workplace safety analysis group concluded in a preliminary report on safety issues at the two worksites.

Lanni passing on MGM Mirage board

Outgoing MGM Mirage Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Terry Lanni has decided to sever all ties with the casino operator he has headed for the past 13 years.

Station Casinos downgraded after seeking debt exchange

Moody’s Investors Service on Wednesday downgraded Station Casinos’ probability of default rating from Caa2, or in poor standing, to Ca, or extremely speculative, a day after the gaming company announced it was seeking a private debt exchange.

Future power lines, pipelines will cut across wildlife refuge

WASHINGTON — Despite the pleas of nature advocates earlier this year, the Desert National Wildlife Refuge will be included in 1,622 miles of federal land crisscrossed by future power lines and pipelines.

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