Alicia Keys to play Mandalay Bay

Pop/R&B star Alicia Keys headlines the Mandalay Bay Events Center on April 9, with Robin Thicke and Melanie Fiona.

Vestin Group wins California court case

A California superior court judge on Thursday ruled in favor of two real estate investment trusts managed by Mike Shustek’s Vestin Group and against class action plaintiffs seeking a $70 million judgment.

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John Staluppi on Thursday named the buyers of his local Planet Hyundai dealership.

Investors told boss of lender can’t pay

A trustee on Thursday told creditors that the personal bankruptcy case of former USA Capital President Joseph Milanowski would yield little or no recovery of losses suffered when the hard-money lender collapsed in 2006.

Vancouver, world celebrate opening of XXI Winter Olympics

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — In time-honored tradition, the show went on. Despite the training-run death earlier in the day of a luger from the country of Georgia, the Olympics’ opening ceremonies unfolded in a mostly jubilant atmosphere tonight, with an upbeat crowd filling BC Place Stadium..

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Business leaders ask Goodman to soften Obama rhetoric

Members of the Ward 5 Chamber of Commerce called Friday for Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman to step back from his criticisms of President Barack Obama, citing worries that the remarks could inflame racist sentiments against the president during his visit here next Thursday and Friday.

Coroner identifies 4-month-old boy killed in ax attack

The Clark County coroner’s office has identified the 4-month-old boy killed by a Las Vegas man wielding an ax Thursday as Damian Avila Castro.