RJTV: Snow coming to Las Vegas? and checking the detention basins

RJtv for Tuesday is online now featuring photos of works crews digging through snow on Mount Charleston and the weather forecast that includes a chance of snow in Las Vegas. You’ll also see aerial footage of a nearly full Regional Flood Control District detention basin following last week’s rain.

Statewide, Clark County taxable sales rise

The Nevada economy is starting to sound like a locomotive finally climbing out of a deep valley, as the state recorded its fourth consecutive month of higher taxable sales than a year ago.

HOLIDAY TRAVEL: East Coast storm could strand air passengers for days

An East Coast blizzard that has forced more than 6,000 flight cancelations will leave many travelers stranded through the end of the week. Runways were expected to reopen Monday evening at several major airports in the Northeast. But flights into and out of Philadelphia, New York and Boston left hundreds of thousands of people scrambling for a way home.

‘Little Fockers’ tops holiday weekend box office

NEW YORK — On a weekend when Hollywood competed with Christmas gatherings and fierce snow storms in the Northeast and Southeast, “Little Fockers” was no. 1 at the box office. The third installment of the Ben Stiller, Robert De Niro series of in-law comedy was to earn $34 million over the three-day weekend, and $48.3 million since opening on Wednesday.

Chrome OS gives a peek at computing future

SAN FRANCISCO — What if nearly everything you usually keep on your computer – photos, documents, music and software – was stored online? Your machine would be speedier and perhaps less vital because you could simply use another machine to recoup your digital life should you lose your laptop. This premise – somewhat scary, yet liberating – is behind Google Inc.’s upcoming Chrome OS, which will make notebook computers more like netbooks than most actual netbooks.

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