Gaming not relying on Nevada

Las Vegas gaming companies will need to look for new markets to expand to because the building boom that took place locally over the past 20 years won’t be replicated, Boyd Gaming Corp. Chief Executive Officer Keith Smith said Wednesday.

Letters sought for Walker’s holiday giveaway

Walker Furniture is seeking letters on behalf of individuals and families in need in Clark County for the company’s 16th annual Home for the Holidays program. As in years past, the company will be supplying needy families with a houseful of brand-new furniture in time for the holiday season.

Harsh desert sun can damage apples

: I kept an article you wrote about apple trees from June 2007. From what I have read, they need to have full sun. I have space on the east side of the house which gets shade. Will they do OK there? It is between the house and the street and I was thinking that some shade in summer will keep the fruit from getting baked in the sun.

Local events

Nov. 19

BRIEFS

Home expert to visit Lowe’s

Certain crafts require adept skills of professionals

DEAR DESIGNER: I plan to remodel my guest bathroom. My husband and I are handy but we’ve never done a project like this before. In order to save money I want to call in experts only as needed. Which professionals will give me the biggest bang for my buck? — Althea

Sleep like a baby

Luxurious, comfortable bedding that cradles your body as you sleep doesn’t have to cost a fortune.

Green building practices expand globally

Diversity helps build strength and resiliency. Nowhere was this more apparent than at last week’s Greenbuild conference in Phoenix, Ariz. More than 28,000 people from around the world gathered to share, learn and plan for the continued acceleration of green building practices.

New product

Be green and clean

Jets coach not afraid to shed tears

If any NFL coach had cause to cry Sunday, it was New England’s Bill Belichick, whose ill-fated decision to go for it on fourth-and-2 from his 28-yard line cost his team the game in a 35-34 loss at Indianapolis.

FISHING REPORT

• LAKE MEAD — Anglers continue to find slow fishing, though the Vegas Wash area continues to produce stripers and catfish. Stripers have been hitting bait as well as top-water lures, and the cats are taking worms and anchovies. Shad have been seen in the Boulder Harbor area, where anglers in boats and on the fishing pier have caught stripers. Just north of the Hemenway launch ramp is also productive.

Brazilian answers critics, claims title

Jose Aldo’s explosive knockout power got him a title shot, but the 23-year-old Brazilian still had some questioning his all-around game.

Oscar-winning ending

When it seemed UNLV was hitting rock bottom, sophomore guard Oscar Bellfield was full of hope.

HORSE RACING

TODAY AT HOLLYWOOD PARK

IN BRIEF

SOCCER

The Meadows eyes new dynasty

Austin Brown and Josh Raimist were elementary school students at The Meadows when its high school football team won a fifth straight Class 2A state title in 2001.

ON TV/RADIO

BASKETBALL

Mindset change buoys Griffin

It’s a night Forrest Griffin clearly would like to forget.

Carter, UNR taught lesson by archrival

First-year UNR coach David Carter could only chalk it up as a “learning experience.” Unfortunately for him, the lesson came against archrival UNLV.

Pahranagat Valley, Coleville explosive

It’s not often a high school quarterback passes for 490 yards and 10 touchdowns and his team loses by 54 points.

Breach of etiquette in hunting season can be frustrating

Imagine that you put in your time and hard-earned gas money to locate an area that holds quail or chukar. Then imagine that you make the long drive to that newfound honey hole and begin hunting only to learn that your every move is being closely monitored and copied by an SUV full of yahoos you don’t know from Adam.

IN BRIEF

MICHAEL JACKSON INVESTIGATION

Board rejects pardon for man who killed father as 15-year-old

Conan Pope, who killed his abusive father at age 15, had hoped for a pardon so that he could join the military and help support the child he and his girlfriend are going to have. But his two allies on the Pardons Board couldn’t beat a salient fact of his post-prison life — heroin. On a 6-2 vote, the board rejected giving a pardon to Pope.

Courts to assess indigent costs

Crime does pay, it seems. The Nevada Supreme Court has told district judges in Clark County to charge fees to defendants who are represented by the public defender’s office or otherwise represented free of charge.

Watching surgeon reinforces faith that doctors care

Using a miniature version of a crochet hook, Dr. Vasana Cheanvechai carefully stripped the varicose veins in the back of the calves of a patient. To her medical intern, it looked like the vascular surgeon was pulling spaghetti out in inch-long pieces.

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