Delgado, Liberty sink Green Valley

Amanda Delgado took the court Friday with a league championship on her mind, and she didn’t intend to let anything stop her from reaching that goal.

Priscilla testy over redhead in ‘Viva’

When Priscilla Presley was brought in recently to offer her perspective on Cirque du Soleil’s nearly completed version of “Viva Elvis,” one of the scenes struck a nerve.

Oink, oink

Although they represent less than 2 percent of federal government spending each year, pork-barrel “earmarks” are the most visible tip of the iceberg when it come to selfish, wasteful, special-interest looting of the federal treasury to benefit congressional hometown pals.

Green buses good regardless of cost

So the Review-Journal thinks that the Clark County School District’s new biodiesel-electric hybrid bus “doesn’t pencil out” based solely on fuel savings (Tuesday editorial).

Ex-Planet Hollywood owner sticking around

Restaurateur Robert Earl’s 5½-year run as a Strip resort owner came to an end Friday when Harrah’s Entertainment completed its acquisition of Planet Hollywood Resort.

IN BRIEF

Billionaire corporate raider Carl Icahn completed a $150 million purchase of the unfinished Fontainebleau Las Vegas late Thursday.
Icahn, through New York-based Icahn Enterprises, paid $106 million for the 3,889-room Strip project and $45 million in financing fees during bankruptcy proceedings.

Strip benefits from baccarat

The two-week-long Chinese New Year celebration is in full swing on the Strip. But to casino operators, a five-month stretch at the end of last year seemed like a giant baccarat game.

HORSE RACING

Post Time 12:30 p.m.

ON TV/RADIO

■ Siena at Butler, 8 a.m., ESPN2 (31), KBAD-AM (920)

Woods cheated on his wife, not us

Stones haven’t been cast. It has been more like boulders flung ashore by tsunami waves, the ones standing nearly 30 feet high and weighing 1,600 tons.

Fired union official faces theft charges

A 42-count criminal complaint has been filed against the former general manager of a Las Vegas city government employees’ union accusing her of theft, attempted theft and manipulation of the union’s computer systems.

Simple suggestion could save state as much as $470 million

Michael McGhee worked for a month on an idea about how to save money for Nevada. The lifelong Nevadan showed up at 9 a.m. for a legislative meeting Thursday and waited patiently until public comment began at 4 p.m.

Couple killed in crash mourned

The first date for Louis Madden and Karen Hicks didn’t exactly go as planned, daughter Meagan Madden recalled.

Will banks flood home market with foreclosed homes?

Q: What’s your take on this silent inventory of homes that banks are supposedly sitting on? Do you think we’re going to see thousands of homes not currently listed for sale flooding the housing market this year? If so, what will that do? — Wendy D., Las Vegas

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