In Brief

VICTIM THROWN FROM VEHICLE

Area schools plant gardens to teach science and nutrition

Through a special program, teachers and young students are planting gardens at schools throughout Clark County to teach kids how to grow vegetables and other healthy foods. This program is aimed at improving diets and getting exercise for the students.

Correction

In an April 4 Review-Journal story on behavioral profiles of Clark County School Board members, Emergenetics vendor Dale Erquiaga was quoted as saying he charged $59 for each of those profiles. Erquiaga says the figure he told the newspaper was $69.

Angle weighs run against Reid in ’10

Republican Sharron Angle, a former assemblywoman from Reno, is exploring the prospect of running against U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid in 2010.

Court releases pawn shop shooting video

More evidence in the case of a Las Vegas pawn shop owner facing murder charges for fatally shooting a thief was made public Friday.

Consulting work

Assembly Bill 463, proposed by Assemblywoman Debbie Smith, D-Sparks, has received its first reading in Carson City.

Senate committee OKs bill regulating trust companies

Independent retail trust companies pose at least as big a risk to the public as Nevada’s financially struggling banks and credit unions, a state regulator said Friday.

Small businesses hang tight to staffs

A new report shows that employees of smaller companies might be having an easier time hanging on to their jobs during the recession.

Severed cable disrupts Embarq service

About 2,500 Embarq customers in Southern Nevada were without phone or Internet service Friday, the result of severed communications lines.

Office vacancy climbs higher

Everybody’s gazing into the crystal ball to see what the future holds for commercial real estate in Las Vegas and all they can see is uncertainty, research analyst Dave Dworkin of Grubb & Ellis brokerage said.

MGM Mirage said to win waiver

MGM Mirage won a waiver from lenders to pay about $70 million on its CityCenter project without partner Dubai World, staving off for now a possible bankruptcy filing by the development.

In Brief

Fatburger in Nevada, California seeks haven

Religion Notes

EASTER SERVICES, ACTIVITIES

BOXING: WILLIAMS DOMINATES WRIGHT

Paul Williams, left, easily defeated Winky Wright tonight at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, winning a unanimous decision in a middleweight fight. There was no title on the line.



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