Spicy Tuna Sushi

We figured we’d have to wait to get into Spicy Tuna Sushi early on a recent weeknight. As it turned out, we figured wrong. There was no wait at all, and I’m mystified as to why that was the case.

Vote tells White House to change direction

Recent election results in Massachusetts, New Jersey and Virginia should send a message to the White House and Congress: America is going in the wrong direction.

Protecting speech

Last March, the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in a case involving “Hillary: The Movie” — a conservative attack on Hillary Clinton.

Turn out the lights?

I’d like to say it was fun while it lasted but, honestly, it wasn’t all that fun.

On the money

Unionized Clark County employees packed Tuesday’s commission meeting to show solidarity against an advisory report that calls for cuts to their ever-growing wages.

McCarran traffic tumbles in 2009

The number of passengers using McCarran International Airport in 2009 fell 8.2 percent compared with 2008 — the single-largest one-year percentage drop.

Analyst: Area home prices to remain near bottom in 2010

Look for this year to mirror 2006 with zero percent appreciation and home prices skipping along the bottom, housing analyst Larry Murphy said Thursday at his quarterly Crystal Ball presentation.

Unfinished businesses across Las Vegas raising ire

What was to be a routine item on the Clark County Zoning Board’s consent agenda Wednesday turned into a discussion about urban blight and what kind of message all the unfinished projects around town are sending.
Wyndham Vacation Resorts received a three-year extension until May 2013 to resume construction on its Desert Blue project, which includes a gaming overlay.

IN BRIEF

Indictments issued over foreclosure rescue scam
Nevada Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto announced on Thursday indictments against three people who operated a foreclosure-rescue scam in Las Vegas under the business name of Rescorp.

M sedan tops wish lists

If top-line automobiles are all about providing the stuff that dreams are made of, the new Infiniti M will have you talking in your sleep.

Where’s the convenience in convenience stores?

How many times have you seen a building on a corner lot being cleared out to make way for a filling station? It seems like they’re popping up everywhere. Did you blink? Oh! There’s another one.

Mesquite show draws national entries

More than 800 drivers and their classic cars from 15 states, including Hawaii and New York, converged on four Mesquite hotel properties this past weekend for the annual Mesquite Motor Mania 2010 car show.

The correct move

Reid to back Bernanke for second term

WASHINGTON — Sen. Harry Reid announced this afternoon he will vote to give Ben Bernanke a second term as chairman of the Federal Reserve, putting a stop to speculation whether he wanted Bernanke to stay on the job. … Reid, D-Nev., issued his thumbs up only after meeting with Bernanke on Thursday and getting an assurance the top official at the Fed — an independent entity that controls the nation’s money supply by setting short-term interest rates — will do more to make credit available.

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