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Harmony offers collections

Harmony Homes is featuring the Rivendell and Alpian Meadows collections in the Mountain’s Edge master plan.

Mortgage rates climb this week

Mortgage rates rose for the third straight week in Bankrate’s weekly survey.

After accepting offer, agent advises to still show home

Q: We have accepted an offer on our home, but our agent wants us to continue to show our house. So, does that mean we can accept another offer if a higher bid comes in? — T.C.

Greater Las Vegas Association of Realtors presents awards

The Greater Las Vegas Association of Realtors presented awards to eight members who were recognized for their service to their community, their association and their profession.

Reader should be able to obtain fee information

Before I address questions, I want to share a Web site I found. It is dirweb.state.nv.us. It can be very useful for association managers and boards to verify if vendors have workers’ compensation when they are doing work on properties.

Take active role in trade-up sale

Financing a trade-up move is far more difficult now than it was before the economic meltdown of fall 2007. Today’s guidelines require such buyers to qualify to carry two mortgages, to have verifiable income and have enough cash for a down payment.

Summerlin residents attend Hometown Holidays event

According to Lezlie Barnson-DeNardin, director of community relations for The Summerlin Council, thousands of Summerlin residents attended Hometown Holidays, a two-evening annual holiday celebration held Dec. 2-3 at The Gardens Community Center.

New AD working fast to hire coach

UNLV’s search for a new athletic director dragged out, but the man now running the department apparently is making sure the search for a new football coach is handled quickly.

Steelers stumbling but could be set to regroup

Almost everything Pittsburgh Steelers coach Mike Tomlin says carries an authoritative tone. Tomlin is a confident leader, and when he talks, his words resonate.

IN BRIEF

BOXING

Dad pulling for Saints over Peyton

As the New Orleans Saints and Indianapolis Colts each close in on a 16-0 regular season, former Saints quarterback Archie Manning appears to be pulling more for his former team than for his son, Colts quarterback Peyton Manning.

ON TV/RADIO

BASKETBALL

Motivated UCF right at home

Before the bowl dominoes started falling and dismantling some teams’ postseason plans, Rutgers coach Greg Schiano had created a schedule centered around a post-Christmas matchup against a team from a major conference.

Fighter confident, no doubt about it

Donald Cerrone has hit the couch to try to get past a problem that has plagued his last few fights.

HORSE RACING

TODAY AT HOLLYWOOD PARK

Rebels not looking at Hawaii yet

As tempting as it is to daydream about an impending trip to Hawaii, junior guard Derrick Jasper insists UNLV’s basketball team is not looking beyond tonight.

CORRECTIONS

• Because of incorrect information from Las Vegas City Hall, there was an error in a Dec. 10 article about jobs created by local government agencies expected to receive federal grants through the Recovery Act of 2009. The city of Las Vegas is not expected to create or retain any temporary, full-time construction jobs by the end of the year. The jobs aren’t expected until after the Las Vegas City Council awards the construction work, a matter scheduled for March, according to a city official.

Trump fires back about CityCenter

Donald Trump isn’t going away quietly after getting zinged by a top MGM Mirage executive.

Teacher at center of uproar not in class

Lori Sublette, the teacher at Northwest Career and Technical Academy accused of denying the Holocaust in a class, did not come to school Friday.

Lowden reveals deep pockets

WASHINGTON — A potential challenger of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is disclosing stock holdings valued at more than $50 million, revealing that she has resources available for a campaign.

School official finalist for Milwaukee post

Robert Alfaro, an associate superintendent for the Clark County School District, is one of three finalists to become the superintendent of Milwaukee Public Schools, according to the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel.

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