Classic postcards keep memories of Las Vegas full of life

They’re affordable, always appreciated gifts for the folks back home, souvenirs that are sturdy enough to last long after the vacation has ended, and, as the cosmic odometer ticks off the years, a valued reminder of good times long ago.

COMING IN THIS WEEK’S LAS VEGAS BUSINESS PRESS

FUTURE UP FOR BIDS: An upcoming bankruptcy court auction could bring hotel-casino sales that would reshape Station Casinos and the locals gambling market.

Five obscure entrepreneurs in Southern Nevada who make it work

Steve Wynn, who is credited with revolutionizing the Strip casino resort business, has become the personification of Las Vegas. Yet hundreds of thousands of successful, but obscure, business owners and professionals are also redefining Southern Nevada’s economy.

HORSE RACING

TODAY AT HOLLYWOOD PARK

Hauck’s recruiting pitch a hit with locals

UNLV’s football recruiting figured to take a hit this offseason after recruiting coordinator and linebackers coach Ty Gregorak was arrested in early May and forced out of the program.

Three Up, Three Down

They put John Robinson on a pedestal Saturday, which is the last place he would want to be. This is a man who would not play a triangle if it called attention to himself, much less blow his own trumpet.

RANKING THE REBELS: 30 – George Ackles

George Ackles, Years: 1988-89, 1990-91 Career highlights: The center was one of four players to start every game in 1990-91, when the Rebels finished 34-1, with the loss coming in the Final Four.

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BASEBALL

THIS WEEK

Monday

Poker contender almost folded on college

It’s a good thing Joseph Cheong didn’t fall in love with poker until his last year of college. He might not have ever finished school.

Top News

Witnesses continue to come forward with differing accounts of a police shooting in front of a Summerlin Costco store that left an armed customer dead.

Reporters’ Notebook

Marshals at the Regional Justice Center reacted quickly Wednesday morning when a bomb threat was called in to the massive downtown courthouse.

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