Goodmans go nonpartisan, stay mum

Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman voiced some harsh criticism of party politics but wouldn’t say if he would try to improve the system by running a nonpartisan campaign for governor.

The Donald slams new megaresort

Donald Trump and MGM Mirage management won’t be exchanging Christmas cards.

List of homeless who didn’t survive the streets totals 42

The Clark County coroner’s office has released its grim annual list of homeless people who died during the year. The office compiles the list before an annual December vigil, organized by homeless outreach workers, to memorialize those who died with few or no one to mourn or remember them. Similar events are taking place nationwide this month.

The Clark County coroner’s office has released its grim annual list of homeless people who died during the year.

Nonstop to Strip? Forget about it

We’ll start today off with one more situation that falls into the “You Can’t Get There From Here” category. Well, you can, but it’s somewhat of a pain.

Gibbons asks for bigger cuts

CARSON CITY — Concerned Nevada’s economy is getting even worse, Gov. Jim Gibbons announced Tuesday that he wants state agency directors to prepare lists showing how they would reduce their spending by as much as 10 percent beginning in March.

Nevada Test Site workers move closer to compensation

Former Nevada Test Site workers from the years of underground nuclear testing moved a step closer Tuesday to getting special status that will allow them to receive compensation for cancers without having to endure tedious dose reconstructions.

County OKs patient charges

Clark County now can be reimbursed for up to 1,000 patients transported by firefighters a year.

State urged to investigate hospital

The attorney for the woman who alleges a lack of care at University Medical Center led to the death of her baby has called for a criminal investigation by the state attorney general’s office.

Water, water everywhere

In the past, the U.S. Supreme Court has tended to “split the baby” in deciding how far the Environmental Protection Agency and the Corps of Engineers can go in enforcing the Clean Water Act.

Meanwhile …

What would most Americans do without Congress to guide them? Could they even tie their own shoes?

Mina offers dancing, cuisine of the Philippines

The heyday of the classic supper club may have ended, but that hasn’t stopped Mina Alfafara from taking the classic combo of upscale dining and dancing to a new, exotic level.

Flavors of the Season

When Caroline Kelliher thinks of Christmas desserts she thinks of panettone, the fruit-studded traditional Italian Christmas bread.

RESTAURANT REPORT

Ciao Ciao Apizza Angelato, 4460 S. Durango Drive, received 20 demerits Nov. 30. Violations included employee personal beverages and items not stored properly. GRADE: B

Peppermint bark ice cream found

Considering how addictive peppermint bark is, I can’t even imagine it in ice cream. But now Virginia Fergen and the rest of us can try it, thanks to sharp-eyed readers on both sides of the valley. Jan Pacini found it at Vons at 1940 Village Center Circle in Summerlin and Maureen McCoy at Albertsons at 201 S. Stephanie St. in Henderson. …

More foreclosures on horizon, say analysts

A cloud of foreclosures will hang over Las Vegas for at least a couple of more years and median prices will continue to fall in 2010, most likely by double digits, executives from two California-based real estate tracking firms said Tuesday.

IN BRIEF

Commission poised to reject bid to review gas rate decision

Rose nightclub owners want lease deal kept

The owners of the embattled Privé nightclub at Planet Hollywood Resort will ask a judge today to enforce a lease agreement for a new nightclub in Mandalay Bay’s retail center, Mandalay Place.

Sahara closing some towers

The Sahara has closed two of its three hotel towers for the winter season because of low demand, but the casino and other attractions will remain open, a property spokeswoman confirmed.

Grand Entrance

After 16 days of preliminaries, the main event has arrived.

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