Traffic death alters plans for State of State

CARSON CITY — The Junior Reserve Office Training Corps program cadets who were scheduled to serve as the color guard and sing the national anthem at Gov. Jim Gibbons’ State of the State speech at 6 tonight have called off the appearance.

Slain doctor cared for anyone in need

Paul Makabenta was in the Philippines when he received the phone call telling him that his physician wife of 24 years was slain by a patient at her Las Vegas office Monday.

Reid, Ensign seek more Yucca cuts

WASHINGTON — Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., said Wednesday he has no hesitation about arranging a new round of deep budget cuts in the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste project, even as they might displace more Nevadans during a recession.

GOP chairwoman blasts AG over Krolicki case

CARSON CITY — State Republican Party Chairwoman Sue Lowden accused Democratic Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto on Wednesday of operating under a “partisan double standard.”

Gibbons’ pick for tourism chief left out

CARSON CITY — The man who Gov. Jim Gibbons last month appointed to serve as state Tourism Commission director was not among six finalists that commissioners chose Wednesday to fill the position.

Buckley warns ‘cuts, cuts, cuts’ will harm state

Assembly Speaker Barbara Buckley told a business group Wednesday that continuing to “cut, cut, cut” the state budget in response to revenue shortfalls will damage Nevada in the long run.

Murder charges filed in girl’s death

The man facing child endangerment charges after his 6-year-old daughter was accidentally shot and killed on New Year’s Eve is now facing murder charges.

Galardi free after serving 18 months

Former strip club mogul Michael Galardi is living and working in the San Diego area after being released from federal custody, his lawyer said Wednesday.

IN BRIEF

LAS VEGAS SHOOTING

Day care had state, city licenses

A North Las Vegas day care where a toddler drowned Tuesday was licensed with both the city and the state and passed a July inspection, officials said Wednesday.

THE HUMAN EXPERIENCE

There’s no place like home.

MISSING LINKS

You’ve probably been living under a rock if you haven’t seen Shepard Fairey’s iconic print of President-elect Barack Obama. Now your own photo can get the same treatment at obamicon me.pastemagazine.com. Just upload a picture and choose the word you’d like to be underneath it. There is a gallery to browse others’ creations, or you can e-mail it to a friend.

Clifford The Big Red Dog to visit museum

For most kids — for most adults, even — the arrival of a 25-foot-tall dog to Las Vegas would be horrific, something out of a Stephen King novel.

Trojan Source

Beware of Greek plays bearing gifts.

Artists combine efforts in Springs Preserve gallery exhibit

Las Vegas artists Linder Alterwitz-Mizrahi and Heather Protz have teamed up to exhibit their photography in a show that opens Saturday at the Springs Preserve, 333 S. Valley View Blvd.

Sex star may give burlesque a try

The new marquee stars of 2009? Rest assured that in an austere season, we’re not talking about the likes of Bette Midler and Cher anymore.

Fairness Doctrine would hurt talk radio

Paraphrasing the pop song: “You talk too much right-wing propaganda, you worry me to death. You talk too much conservative ideology, you even worry my pet.”

Style Scoop

Haute Home: Starting today, Robb & Stucky Interiors will host in-store design seminars at 2 p.m. every Thursday through the end of the month. Topics range from Designonomics: Make Every Design Dollar Count, Furniture Fashions for 2009: High Points from High Point and Warm, Cool — Powerful: The Emotional Quality of Color Colors Your World. Robb & Stucky is located at Town Square. To make a reservation for the seminars, RSVP at 531-0531, option 4.

HERE & NOW

SHOE ON THIS

SHOW US YOUR PURSE

Who? Katie Kelley of Henderson

Taking a Risk on Fashion

Only a few celebrities at the 66th Annual Golden Globe Awards missed the white out memo.

Workin’ It

A job interview these days is on par with a lottery win. If you’re fortunate enough to secure one, we suggest pulling out all the stops. Embellished resumes aside, we’d like to address what to wear to meet your potential next boss.

‘Spending unabated’

As Gov. Jim Gibbons prepares to deliver his State of the State address tonight, it’s fair to say that his two years in office have been eventful, if not tumultuous.

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