CORRECTION
CORRECTION

Jane Ann Morrison’s Monday column was unclear about Claudine and Shelby Williams being the first to open a buffet on the Las Vegas Strip. In her oral history, Claudine Williams said the first Las Vegas Strip buffet was started at their Silver Slipper Casino. A misplaced clause in the column incorrectly made it sound like she was referring to the Holiday Casino. However, historians credit the late Herb McDonald for starting the first Las Vegas Strip buffet, starting with a “chuck wagon” of mostly cold cuts at the El Rancho Vegas in 1946.

Tyson’s daughter dies at age 4

PHOENIX — The 4-year-old daughter of boxer Mike Tyson died at a hospital Tuesday, a day after her neck got caught in a treadmill cord at her Phoenix home, police said.

Obama’s pick
Obama’s pick

On Monday, Barack Obama became the first Democratic president in 15 years to nominate a justice to the U.S. Supreme Court, selecting the reliably liberal Sonia Sotomayor to replace the outgoing David Souter.

Judicial ethics and secrecy
Judicial ethics and secrecy

The kind of political shenanigans that play out every day in the legislative and executive branches of government — conflicts of interest, pay-to-play allegations, ethical missteps — are intolerable within the judiciary. Judges must ensure all who come before them are treated fairly and impartially under the law. Judges must be beyond reproach.

RESTAURANT REPORT
RESTAURANT REPORT

Antojitos El Cejas, 3380 E. Russell Road, received 20 demerits May 11. Violations included chemicals not stored properly. GRADE: B

Some cheaper wines taste as good as costly ones

You try to avoid getting the least-expensive wine on the list, because you don’t want to look like a cheapskate. But maybe you shouldn’t be so quick to dismiss those rock-bottom bottles, because the wine directors and sommeliers who choose them give them the same consideration they give their more expensive wines.

Grapples can be found all over valley
Grapples can be found all over valley

Grapples — apples that taste like grapes — are indeed available in local stores, readers assure Jean Lappin, although she may want to wait a while to get the best of the crop.

Traditional Chinese is high on the menu at Food Express II

Behind the blackjack tables at Palace Station awaits a lesson for many Americans who think they like traditional Chinese food. At Food Express II, only the language on the menu concedes to Western influence. Here — as back in owner Chi Leung’s Cantonese hometown — pork is served with skin, rice is brown only because it’s fried, and chop suey … what’s that?

Airport passenger slide not as steep in April

Nearly 3.6 million people arrived and departed at McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas in April, a 5.9 percent decline from the same month last year.

IN BRIEF

Harrah’s plans to sell $1 billion in new debt

Obama touts projects like Nellis solar installation as part of economic recovery efforts
By MOLLY BALL/ RJ

President Barack Obama squinted up at one of the thousands of solar panels at a Nellis Air Force Base installation he toured Wednesday morning, listening as Sen. Harry Reid and base commander Col. Howard Belote told him about the photovoltaic array that supplies a quarter of the base’s electricity.

President Obama at Nellis AFB – view the slide show

Gibbons and Goodman disappointed that Obama didn’t say ‘magic words’

Both the governor of Nevada and the mayor of Las Vegas declared themselves disappointed Wednesday after President Barack Obama only sorta kinda said it’s good to come to Las Vegas. They had been hoping for a stronger endorsement of business and convention travel to Las Vegas.

Video: Gov. Gibbons speaks with Review-Journal editorial board

Sherman Frederick’s blog:
Obama gives no apology to Las Vegas; shame on Harry Reid

Nevada Patriot: No, Joe Brown didn’t switch parties
Nevada Patriot: No, Joe Brown didn’t switch parties
John L. Smith

Astute observers at Wednesday’s appearance at Nellis Air Force Base by President Barack Obama surely noticed an interesting character in the crowd of military personnel and Democrats.

Gibbons says something gracious about President
Gibbons says something gracious about President
John L. Smith

Although he didn’t meet with President Barack Obama this week, Gov. Jim Gibbons said he “liked” the idea of the Commander in Chief coming to Southern Nevada to tout the solar panel success story at Nellis Air Force Base.

Adelson rips Weidner
Adelson rips Weidner
John L. Smith

When Las Vegas-based freelance writer Steve Friess interviewed Las Vegas Sands boss Sheldon Adelson Friday for an upcoming New York Times story on the opening of the company’s Bethlehem, Pa., casino, he received a blast from the mercurial gaming mogul.

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