‘Leaves’ gets a little better as it goes

Las Vegas Little Theatre’s “House of Blue Leaves” reminded me of an important rule in play-going: Don’t give up hope until you see the second act.

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Former ringside physician dies

Dr. Donald Romeo liked to joke about the thousands of lives he touched by saying, “I took care of them from the womb to the tomb.”

RoadRunners edge short-handed Wranglers

With eight players in the American Hockey League and two others out with injuries, the Wranglers are short-handed — and it showed in a 2-1 loss to Phoenix on Monday at the Orleans Arena.

Local recruit gets Rebels’ attention

A buzz spread through the small gym as Victor Rudd played with the basketball as if it was a yo-yo. Echoes bounced off the walls while he put on a big-time show.

Lightweights head UFC bill

The main event of Saturday’s Ultimate Fighting Championship card in London is an intriguing lightweight fight between Joe Stevenson and Diego Sanchez.

This photographer can rock and roll

A Vegas snapshot: The Doobie Brothers came to town Saturday for a concert, and while they were here, they decided to pose for a new set of press kit photos. They called in a heavy hitter of entertainment photojournalism: Jim (expletive) Marshall.

Berkley traveling this week to Taiwan, Macau

WASHINGTON — Rep. Shelley Berkley is in Taiwan this week after being invited to attend ceremonies marking 30 years of a U.S. diplomatic policy with the island republic, her office said.

Buckley: Stimulus bill will plug only part of budget hole

CARSON CITY — Legislative fiscal analysts calculated that state government will net about $480 million in federal economic stimulus funds that can be used to plug part of a $1.8 billion hole in the governor’s budget, Assembly Speaker Barbara Buckley said Monday.

Groups at odds over U.S.-funded wildlife kills

RENO — Conservationists argue in a new report that U.S. taxpayers should stop subsidizing a $100 million program that kills more than 1 million wild animals annually, a program ranchers and farmers have defended for nearly a century as critical to protecting their livestock from predators.

Officials: ID theft lab found

What began as a murder-for-hire investigation ended with authorities breaking up what is thought to be the largest identity theft laboratory in Nye County history, a county sheriff’s official said Monday.

UMC affiliates asked to cut fees

In an attempt to save money, University Medical Center administrators have asked medical groups and contracted health care providers to consider taking less to help lower the public facility’s growing debt.

Cleveland Clinic signs on with Lou Ruvo Brain Institute

The city of Las Vegas has flirted with the nation’s premier academic medical centers for years. Now that courtship finally has produced a long-term relationship. Under an agreement between one of the world’s best-known institutes of medicine and medical research and the Lou Ruvo Brain Institute, the Cleveland Clinic will operate a brain center in Las Vegas.

Nuclear industry calls for fallback plan for Yucca Mountain

WASHINGTON The government affairs arm of the nuclear industry on Monday called for President Barack Obama to convene a blue ribbon nuclear waste commission, a move that could be a first step toward forming alternatives to burying radioactive power plant fuel at Yucca Mountain.

UMC getting two donations worth $1 million

The revamped University Medical Center Foundation will present $1 million to UMC on behalf of UnitedHealth Care of Nevada and the Tony and Renee Marlon Charitable Foundation today.

Police clear resident who shot intruder

Las Vegas police will not pursue charges against a northeast valley resident who fatally shot a home intruder over the weekend, authorities said Monday.

Equal rights panel faces possible cuts

CARSON CITY — State officials warned Monday that proposed staffing cuts for the Nevada Equal Rights Commission will increase the time needed by the panel to resolve job discrimination claims, prompting criticism from a lawmaker.

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