Edward Von Tobel Jr., a Las Vegas business pioneer and part of the founding family of Von Tobel Lumber, has died at the age of 96.
One last sip of ’09. (Think of it as a fine whine.)
There’s no accounting for taste — or a complete and total lack thereof. With this in mind, here are my favorite discs of 2009:
In keeping with an anything goes theme for New Year’s Eve in Las Vegas, Carmen Electra might let someone talk her into wearing a bikini when she hosts “Billboard’s New Year’s Eve Live” at Mandalay Bay’s beach tonight.
Tonight is New Year’s Eve, but if you’re planning a quiet night at home and leaving the madhouse crowds to the braver (or stupider) among us, check out newyears.earthcam.com. You can watch live webcams of Times Square and other locations around the world (in 2009, the Strip was one of the locales) as a whole new decade dawns, all while wearing your comfy pants from the sanctuary of your home.
Bpong.com brings the World Series of Beer Pong for the second consecutive year to the Flamingo Las Vegas Saturday through Monday.
After Friday, the holidays are officially over, which means all those family-oriented activities you’ve been doing since November are, too.
For the most part, 2009’s trends didn’t shake out too poorly. We’ve definitely seen far worse years. For instance, the year entire families decided to rock Crocs together on vacations. Or, the year skunk stripe highlights stunk up the beauty industry. That’s not to say the past year didn’t see some horrifying looks. Sure, we had some bad ones, but the list of good trends far outweighs it.
New Year: Miracle Mile Shops at Planet Hollywood Resort is celebrating the arrival of 2010 by launching a daylong countdown to midnight on the center’s Strip-side LED screens. At the top of every hour today, the center’s LED screens will feature a countdown and happy 2010 message as various cities throughout the world enter the new year. The first countdown and celebration message will occur at 1 p.m. as the clock strikes midnight in Moscow. The screens also will broadcast Miracle Mile Shops’ holiday video messages.
You’ve waited all year for this night. The one day of the year you can smooch a stranger and not make excuses for it. The reason push-up bras exist. It’s New Year’s Eve and you’ve had your go-get-’em-girl outfit ready for weeks. Hey, someone has to give 2010 a warm welcome.
The ownership of tens of billions of dollars worth of art and other goods currently moving “in global commerce” could be thrown into doubt if a lawsuit seeking the return of a Vincent Van Gogh painting is successful, Yale University asserts in a recent court filing.
The start of each new decade launches a federal head count. Census workers want every person accounted for, even if they’re in the United States illegally.
A trustee in charge of liquidating bankrupt energy-drink company Xyience Inc. is suing a company affiliated with Fertitta Enterprises and wants the court to seize the energy-drink company on behalf of the Xyience estate.
Calvin Regan, the Small Business Administration lending leader at Silver State Bank, found a new home for his team at Nevada Commerce Bank after Silver State Bank was seized in September 2008.
Nothing’s funnier on New Year’s Eve than popping the cork on a bottle of champagne and watching it bonk someone in the head. That always cracks everybody up.
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