Interim housing director passed over

The on-again, off-again director of various local housing authorities will soon be leaving the public housing business. Again.

Candidate Angle says she’s no jersey girl

For months I’ve heard vague details of a story involving current GOP Senate hopeful Sharron Angle and an incident in the early 1990s involving black jerseys and the Tonopah High football team.

Hoover bypass span nears completion

During a media tour on Thursday, the four-lane Hoover Dam bypass bridge was supporting vehicles.

‘The Switch’

There must be something in the water. Or something in the air. Something that might account for the recent arrival of not one, not two, but three movies in which artificial insemination plays a pivotal role.

Timberlake benefit returns Oct. 23

“Justin Timberlake and Friends, a Special Evening Benefiting Shriners Hospitals for Children,” returns to the Planet Hollywood Theatre for the Performing Arts on Oct. 23, with Christina Aguilera, Diddy-Dirty Money, Lady Antebellum, Salt-N-Pepa, Selena Gomez & The Scene, T-Pain and Freesol.

Heidi’s Picks

Heidi’s Picks is a weekly selection of restaurant suggestions from Review-Journal critic Heidi Knapp Rinella.

Festival featuring pears, apples planned for Whole Foods

The University of Nevada Cooperative Extension Orchard and Whole Foods Market will host their Pear and Early Apple Festival from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday at Whole Foods at 8855 W. Charleston Blvd.

Palm

Show off your short film talents

Can you pull your shorts off? We’ll be the judge of that. The R-J is still accepting submissions for its Online Film Festival. Movies will be judged on their creativity, not their budgets.

Movies

opening this week

Artisan dives into the local pool party scene

The hotel carved a niche as a boutique hangout where the valley’s coolest hipsters came to sip cocktails and listen to music.

‘Ariann Black: Secrets’

Magician Ariann Black tells audiences that when she was a child, her mom took her to a store to buy her first magic trick. The man behind the counter said, “Magic is for boys, not girls. Why don’t you buy your girl a nice doll?”

Don’t Miss It

Pelosi wants hearings?

Nancy Pelosi’s world revolves around threats and retribution. It’s how the Democratic House speaker keeps her caucus in line, and how, despite driving congressional approval ratings to unprecedented lows, she has managed to remain in charge of the lower chamber despite being overwhelmingly unpopular in many parts of the country.

Arizona escapee caught at campground

PHOENIX — An escaped state prison inmate and his fiancee who have been on the run for weeks were captured Thursday in northeastern Arizona after being spotted by Forest Service workers, officials told The Associated Press.

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