LV cuts costs, goes greener with aid

Las Vegas spotlighted plans to put solar panels on top of carports at city buildings Wednesday, an $11 million plan funded mostly by federal stimulus money that’s projected to cut the city’s electrical costs by $300,000 a year when fully in place.

March appointed to Henderson council

At times it resembled a hiring event for a new resort on the Strip: They all were dressed in their best business attire, and there were way more applicants than jobs available.

LV doctor suspicious

Dr. Vicki Mazzorana, whose abortion clinic was ordered Tuesday to cease operations, said Wednesday that she was afraid anti-abortion groups might have targeted her place of business.

Man tells of seizing gunman

A gunman had just finished firing more than a dozen rounds from a balcony at New York-New York when he came face to face with Justin Lampert, a National Guardsman who spent a year in Iraq clearing roadside bombs.

CATCHING THEIR DRIFT

Drift,” a new exhibit at the tiny Winchester Cultural Center Gallery, showcases the paintings and drawings of local artists Leah Craig and Janet Greek.

MISSING LINKS

Only have the budget for fast food, yet want to make a special dinner that’s unforgettable? Check out www.fancyfastfood.com. It’s not exactly easy, but the site will show you how to make sushi with a dinner from Popeye’s, a breakfast quiche using Burger King food and chow mein using a Domino’s pizza.

The Days of Our Knives

The gal? She feels pretty. Oh so pretty. She feels pretty and witty and bright. And she pities any girl who isn’t her tonight.

Kil Jaden singer says band ‘sounds like nothing you’ve ever heard before’

They’re one of the more popular draws among hard-hitting Vegas bands, and they’re still steadily on the rise. For some time now, Kil Jaden has been packing ’em in at joints such as The Cheyenne Saloon, building a name for themselves for their equally tuneful and aggressive attack. With a new album coming out, singer/guitarist Brian Kil Jaden gives us the inside scoop on the band.

Vegas band takes step forward

The opportunity was as big as the stage they stood on, and the dudes took advantage.

Mandalay Bay hosts UFC Fan Expo

Fans of mixed martial arts can get their fill during the Ultimate Fighting Championship Fan Expo at Mandalay Bay on Friday and Saturday.

TRAVELING MADE SIMPLE

When you get to a certain point of the summer in Las Vegas, everything moves indoors. Blame the invention of central air conditioning. For some of you, it means lots of bad TV and tighter fitting denim. For others, it translates to weekend getaways.

HERE & NOW

HIS STORY

Style Scoop

Style Scoop

Pedi, Set, Go

Nothing kills the fashion buzz brought on by a beautiful pair of sandals like neglected feet. If tightening your beauty budget has made your bed mate long for the soft touch of a Brillo pad, we have some advice. Either sport ankle boots through the Las Vegas summer or learn the art of the home pedicure.

Fine and Dandy

Discover your inner ‘Great Gatsby’

Time for a second ‘stimulus’?

This country’s businesses, consumers and workers are desperately fighting the Dumpster fire that has engulfed the shredded American economy. They’d spit on the flames if they could get close enough.

Water, water everywhere

Consumers know less about the water they buy in bottles than the stuff they can drink virtually free from the tap because the two are regulated differently, congressional investigators and nonprofit researchers said in new reports this week.

Fontainebleau files motion to leave offices

Fontainebleau Las Vegas employees have moved into new offices in Las Vegas while the developer tries to get the bankrupt Strip project back on track.

IN BRIEF

WASHINGTON

Sands: Macau back in play

Las Vegas Sands Corp. executives used Wednesday’s topping-off ceremony for the casino operator’s $5.5 billion resort in Singapore to announce intentions to restart development of the company’s projects in Macau.

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