‘Folies Bergere’ ends run tonight

Lark Williams was a 20-year-old showgirl with a touring “Folies Bergere” troupe when she heard the most dreaded words in show business.

Former professor dies at 78

Stephen Nielsen, former UNLV Department of Communications director and longtime professor, died Wednesday of pneumonia. He was 78.

Senate panel votes to ban driver texting

CARSON CITY — A bill to prohibit motorists, including police and emergency personnel, from text-messaging on cell phones while behind the wheel won committee approval Friday and now moves to the full Nevada Senate.

Shooting man called only option

Three Las Vegas police officers testified Friday that they had no other option but to shoot their guns at an armed man who refused to put down his weapon during a downtown confrontation in February.

Power-of-attorney bill urged for seniors

CARSON CITY — A state Senate panel was urged Friday to approve a power-of-attorney measure aimed at protecting Nevada seniors from abuses by caregivers and, in some cases, their own children.

Select most limited items first

DEAR GAIL: We want to redecorate our master bedroom and don’t know where to start. Do we buy things as we see them or is there a specific order? — Agnes

Reality chick

When it comes to decorating interiors, Genevieve Gorder knows homeowners are looking for designs that are comfortable and livable.

Toll Brothers to sell model residences

Toll Brothers at MacDonald Highlands, a staff-gated community in Henderson, is selling three fully furnished and professionally decorated model homes.

Buyers need to research community’s rental restrictions

NOTE: Susan Naumann, president of the Greater Las Vegas Association of Realtors, has forwarded me a question from a Las Vegas Review-Journal reader. Naumann writes the semimonthly column, “On The House Q. & A.,” for the Review-Journal’s real estate section. Each year the trade group’s president is the guest columnist and fields real estate-related questions from the public. She punted it to me this week because it concerns a homeowners association-related question. So here goes.

RESALE HOMES REPORT

Editor’s note: Listings include the resale home’s parcel number. Occasionally, the address listed is the home buyer’s mailing address and not the actual location of the home. Check the parcel number to make sure.

Southern Highlands features golf

Nestled in the foothills surrounding one of Nevada’s finest golf courses are the communities that make up Southern Highlands Golf Club.

Rhodes Homes golf courses swing into to spring

Spring is in full swing and golfers at the Rhodes Ranch and Tuscany communities are dusting off their clubs and looking to play at a few rounds.

Pardee goes totally EnergySmart

Last April, Pardee Homes announced that new homes in Southern Nevada will be upgraded to the company’s new EnergySmart standards that exceed local, state and national codes for energy efficiency, according to Klif Andrews, division president, Pardee Homes of Nevada.

Don’t cancel, work with us

MILWAUKEE — Hotel companies long steadfast in requiring business clients to forfeit deposits when they cancel or scale back events, are starting to soften their stance.

Gibbons appoints two Nevada lawyers to Gaming Commission

CARSON CITY — Prominent Las Vegas lawyers Joe Brown and John Moran Jr. were named Friday by Gov. Jim Gibbons to the powerful state Gaming Commission, which oversees Nevada’s multibillion-dollar gambling industry.

Union-backed ‘card check’ bill seeks GOP support

WASHINGTON — Supporters of the union-backed “card check” bill are courting Republicans anew after a key GOP senator announced this week that he was going to oppose it, Sen. Harry Reid said.

IN BRIEF

LV Sands lays off 283 employees

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