Casino operator MGM Mirage says the primary contractor for its newly completed joint venture, the $8.5 billion CityCenter complex in Las Vegas, intends to file mechanic’s liens to collect on $492 million in construction bills.
Dealers and Wynn Las Vegas are getting closer to an agreement on a union contract, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
NEW YORK – After a smashing return, Jay Leno appears headed to a battle with David Letterman for late-night television supremacy.
The Nielsen Co. says Leno averaged 5.6 million viewers last week, his first back at NBC’s “The Tonight Show” following the ill-fated prime time experiment.
With the ink barely dry on a measure aimed at balancing the budget, the state has been hit with a pair of lawsuits over a move to tap money collected for a shelved wastewater project in the Las Vegas Valley.
CARSON CITY — Amid concern that legal action could put state spending in the red again, Gov. Jim Gibbons today signed the bill that reduces spending by state agencies, raises fees and makes other changes to cover a revenue shortfall of more than $800 million.
WASHINGTON — Sen. Harry Reid’s wife Landra underwent successful surgery Friday for a broken neck suffered in a car crash, with doctors saying her outlook is “very good” and that she could be released from a Washington-area hospital in a few days.
LOS ANGELES — Teen power won out on “American Idol” as Katie Stevens claimed a place in the top 12 while a more experienced singer got the ax. Stevens, 17, earned viewer support even though the show’s judges were disappointed earlier this week by her performance of “Breakaway” that Randy Jackson likened to karaoke.
WASHINGTON — Over the years, “Little Billy” learned much from America’s top minds. Secretaries of state, touched by the 10-year-old’s handwritten letters, wrote back advising him how to settle a treehouse dispute with his sister. O.J. Simpson’s lawyer told him how to get off the hook on accusations he destroyed a doll.
CHICAGO — Too much cancer screening, too many heart tests, too many cesarean sections. A spate of recent reports suggest that too many Americans – maybe even President Barack Obama – are being overtreated.
Catcher Rankings/Projections
1. Joe Mauer, Twins: .341 average, 24 HRs, 100 RBIs. One of most complete players in MLB. Hit for power last season and could see more in 2010. He’s worth a late first-round pick.
