Man arrested in child’s death

A 31-year-old Las Vegas man with a history of child abuse allegations and convictions was arrested Tuesday in the 2007 homicide of his son, according to a Las Vegas police report.

CORRECTIONS

• The events for Lincoln County High School’s 100th anniversary are being held Friday, Sept. 25 and Saturday, Sept. 26, not this weekend as reported in Thursday’s Jane Ann Morrison column.

UMC chief urges closing rehab center

University Medical Center aims to take a small bite from its growing debt by closing a physical rehabilitation center in North Las Vegas.

Lawsuit threat gets no support

CARSON CITY — Tempers flared once again Wednesday between legislators and the governor’s administration staff members over who controls federal stimulus dollars.

Mistrial ruled in case of starved baby

ELKO — A judge declared a mistrial in the retrial of a northeast Nevada woman whose 7-month-old daughter starved to death in 2005.

Wounded Ireland still delivers

Kathy Ireland and her “Dancing with the Stars” partner Tony Dovolani rehearsed foot moves in a private space at World Market Center on Thursday.

‘It’s Time For Change’

Standing on stage with tears in her eyes, speaking to hundreds of her fellow Las Vegans, Gloria Madrid was glad to tell her story to a crowd that cared.

Murder-suicide discovered in LV

Las Vegas police discovered the valley’s fourth incident of murder-suicide or attempted suicide in 12 days Thursday afternoon when they walked into the home of a recently deceased husband and a wife who had been dead for possibly two years.

‘The Informant!’

You’ve gotta love a guy who dubs himself “Agent 0014 — because I’m twice as smart as James Bond.”

Stations, Fiestas giving away Smart cars; Palms offering Mustangs

Both this weekend and next, Station and Fiesta casinos will be giving away 20 Smart cars. Drawings will take place at 8:15 p.m. on Friday, Saturday and Sept. 25 and 26 at Palace Station, Boulder Station, Texas Station, Sunset Station, Santa Fe Station, Green Valley Ranch, Red Rock Resort, Aliante Station, Fiesta Rancho and Fiesta Henderson for one Smart fortwo coupe (or $7,500) as well as nine other prizes ($250-$1,000 cash or free play). Boarding Pass and Amigo Club members receive five free electronic entries per day when they swipe their cards. Additional entries can be earned playing the machines, at the tables or at live poker. Entries can only be used the week they were earned and at the casino where they were earned.

Tickets available for Wine Affair

The UNLV Wine Affair is from 7 to 10 p.m. Sept. 25 at Green Valley Ranch, 2300 Paseo Verde Parkway in Henderson. Tickets, which include food and beverage samples, wine-and-food pairings, a cigar-rolling demonstration and a wine-blending class and competition, are $125 in advance, $150 at the door. Proceeds support scholarships at the William F. Harrah College of Hotel Administration at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. For tickets, visit unlvtickets.com or call 739-3267. …

‘Sgt. Pepper Live’

It was a little kitschy, a little PBS pledge week and a lot of proof that we have become our parents.

Steve Miller Band playing the Joint

Veteran rockers the Steve Miller Band hit The Joint at the Hard Rock Hotel on Oct. 24.

Joint Production

"Creeping like a communist, it’s knocking at our doors! Turning all our children into hooligans and whores! Voraciously devouring the way things are today! Savagely deflowering the good ‘ol USA!" — "Reefer Madness"

MOVIES

OPENING THIS WEEK

Loving Las Vegas

Las Vegas’ own Floyd Mayweather says he’s thought about opening a strip club in Vegas. He’s a big fan of Oscar Goodman, lawyers and judges in town. And in a wide ranging interview, he shares his picks for best strip club and best show on the Strip (just before he boxes Juan Manuel Marquez Saturday at the MGM Grand Garden arena).

HEIDI’S PICKS

Heidi’s Picks is a weekly selection of restaurant suggestions from Review-Journal critic Heidi Knapp Rinella.

Aranya Thai Bistro

You know how employees of Thai restaurants traditionally will ask how spicy you’d like your food, on a scale of 1 to 10? Aranya Thai Bistro didn’t ask us, and what we were served would, on a spiciness scale, rank around 1.

Celebrity visitors set Pure apart from other Vegas clubs

Since opening New Year’s Eve 2004, Pure has been a magnet for celebrities such as Lindsay Lohan, Shaquille O’Neal, Usher, Kevin Federline, Chris Tucker and others. Paris Hilton held a naughty birthday party there in February. Those big names and their escapades help Pure stand apart from dozens of other Vegas nightspots.

Las Vegas natives The Killers return to town with less to prove

They’re the biggest band to ever herald from Las Vegas, which, to borrow a line from comedian Doug Stanhope, is kind of like being named the world’s prettiest Denny’s waitress: not exactly the most esteemed designation, considering the hit or miss history of rock ‘n’ roll in this town.

The Baucus plan

The Democratic chairman of the Senate Finance Committee on Wednesday offered specific legislation under which the federal government would take over the health care industry.

Too far from the tree

There’s delicious irony in the downfall of the taxpayer parasite known as ACORN. After years of intimidating politicians and businesses and nurturing widespread voter registration fraud, the “community organizers” were not done in by a law enforcement action or accounting scandal. They were blown up by an amateur hidden-camera sting that was so over the top their Democratic sugar daddies in Washington couldn’t ignore the corruption anymore.

IN BRIEF

Ex-Southwest Gas exec chosen for commission

MGM Mirage project’s value may go down

MGM Mirage, building the largest development on the Strip with partner Dubai World, may write down the value of the $8.5 billion CityCenter project and its condominiums.

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