Upbeat start for furniture mart

The 2010 Winter Las Vegas Market opened Monday with what organizers said could be the highest registered attendance in recent years.

Gaming executive says New York ties helped AEG win Aqueduct deal

Longtime gaming executive Larry Woolf said there’s a simple explanation why a partnership that includes his Navegante Group won the right to operate a potentially lucrative casino at New York City’s Aqueduct Race Track.

Harrah’s may tap Macau

Harrah’s Entertainment could be close to breaking into the lucrative Macau market with the purchase of a third-party’s interest in a gaming company already operating in the Chinese enclave, according to a gaming analyst.

Extra staff to fight foreclosures

The Department of Housing and Urban Development is sending eight additional employees to Las Vegas to help the city deal with the home foreclosure crisis, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., announced Monday.

Hall of Famers to headline UFC 109

The main event on Saturday night’s UFC 109 card at Mandalay Bay marks the first time two members of the Ultimate Fighting Championship Hall of Fame will meet in the cage.

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Gorman’s Humm linked to Colts’ inglorious past

Almost three decades have passed since David Humm of Las Vegas was Jim Sorgi, at least the Jim Sorgi who does not have a strained right hamstring and has been placed on injured reserved for the Super Bowl. Only David Humm

Foothill stops Coronado despite Glanz’s 52 points

Evan Roquemore had watched Coronado’s Brandon Glanz lead his team back from a 20-point halftime deficit to cut the lead to two midway through the fourth quarter.

Business friendly

Businesses need all the help they can get these days. Businesses brave enough to launch or expand in this economy deserve even more — a standing ovation and a bear hug, for starters.

The unfair burden is shouldered by taxpayers

I agree that during this ongoing state budget crisis there is a group of citizens shouldering an unfair burden. But that group is the taxpayers who are struggling to put food on their tables and roofs over their heads while at the same time paying for the fat salaries and exorbitant benefit and retirement packages of government employees.

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Local power utility NV Energy filed its latest integrated resource plan Monday with the state Public Utilities Commission.

Grand plan pitched to Arizona county

KINGMAN, Ariz. — A team of Phoenix-based architects and builders on Monday shared their vision of a unique use of the west end of the Grand Canyon with Mohave County supervisors.

Nevada National Guard’s mission in Arizona ends

CARSON CITY — The Nevada National Guard’s mission in Arizona has ended just as its deployment in support of Haitian earthquake recovery effort began.

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RECKLESS DRIVING ALLEGED

Trial delayed in officer’s slaying

The trial of six men charged in connection with the November slaying of a Las Vegas police officer at his North Las Vegas home was delayed until next year.

Two arrests in homeless man’s death

Two homeless men have been arrested and charged in connection with the beating death of another homeless man, according to an arrest report released Monday.

Survey invites attorneys

Invitations to participate in the 2010 Judicial Performance Evaluation were mailed Monday to all attorneys licensed to practice in Nevada and having business addresses in Clark County.

State won’t raid county, city coffers

CARSON CITY — Gov. Jim Gibbons pledged Monday to local government officials not to tap into city and county coffers as he looks for ways to reduce spending to cover a $900 million state budget shortfall.

Anonymous tip leads police to body of missing woman

The body of a missing Las Vegas woman was found over the weekend in a stolen pickup, and investigators think her now-deceased fiance was responsible for her death.

Possible loan from China bank keeps high-speed rail plan alive

Backers of a proposed magnetic levitation train that would ferry passengers between the Los Angeles area and Las Vegas announced Monday that a $7 billion loan from China hinges on the U.S. government’s support for the project.

Sky may be falling over Yucca

WASHINGTON — After two decades of strife between Nevada and the federal government, the end may be in sight for Yucca Mountain following a series of critical moves Monday by the Obama administration.

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