Allegiant Travel Co. flight attendants voted in favor of union representation, ending the company’s status as one of the few in the airline industry with a completely independent work force.
ATLANTA — The U.S. teen birth rate in 2009 fell to its lowest point in almost 70 years of record-keeping – a decline that stunned experts who believe it’s partly due to the recession. The birth rate for teenagers fell to 39 births per 1,000 girls.
LOS ANGELES — Lindsay Lohan isn’t the only one authorities are investigating over a late night spat with a rehab worker. Experts say the facility where she is being treated and its former employee will also receive some scrutiny. A spokesman for the California Department of Public Health confirmed the agency was conducting an investigation at Betty Ford.
Residents of Mount Charleston are facing a chilly three-day wait before power is restored after one of the worst winter storms in recent memory, officials said.
WASHINGTON — More than half of Americans age 25-29 live in households with cell phones but no landline phones. A report on phone use also found that the younger children are, the likelier they are to live in homes that have only wireless phones. That suggests younger parents are showing increasing comfort relying only on cell phones.
Black Gaming agreed to pay $60,000 to settle age discrimination claims filed by two employees at its CasaBlanca hotel-casino in Mesquite.
The off-Strip Westin, hit by recession and heightened competition, is in foreclosure and expected to revert to the lender without a fight.
