City Hall closures

Local government officials have assured the public they’re focused on preserving “essential services,” a budget-cutting catch phrase intended to reflect the elimination of frills and the preservation of only core municipal functions.

Global warming?

In modern public relations, half the battle is won if you can get the media to embrace your choice of wording.

Restaurant Report

All Star Donuts, 3650 E. Flamingo Road, received 19 demerits Dec. 16. Violations included food items at improper temperature. GRADE: B.

Red Wine of the Year – Lapostolle Casa Cabernet Sauvignon 2007

This year was another banner one for the wine consumer. Prices continued to tumble. After years of profiteering by producers, especially in the $30-80 per bottle range, they have now come to terms with the fact that people demand to drink well for less. The new psychological barrier for retail wine is clearly $10 per bottle.

Molycorp shares swing after China cuts rare-earths quota

China’s announcement that it is cutting rare-earths export quotas caused shares of rare earth mining company Molycorp Inc., which is restarting mining in Mountain Pass, Calif., to rise and then fall Tuesday.

In Brief

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

Horse Racing

TODAY AT SANTA ANITA PARK

Lady Rebels tumble to Cal State Bakersfield

The UNLV women’s basketball team led by double digits in the first and second halves, but lost to Cal State Bakersfield 66-63 to open the Rainbow Wahine Invitational in Honolulu.

Teammates’ televised brawl bites Bulldogs

Practice had just ended, and as the Mississippi State players left the floor at the Orleans Arena on Tuesday, everyone appeared to be in a jovial mood.

Basketball could use a few Pointers

They played a men’s college basketball game at South Point Arena on Tuesday and there wasn’t one dunk over the 40 minutes. There was half a dunk.

Wranglers rocked as fans rock

Mini Kiss and the Midnight Wranglers. A match made in Las Vegas hockey heaven for a season-high crowd of 5,505 that turned out at the Orleans Arena for the Wranglers’ eighth annual midnight game. Las Vegas lost 5-3, but the game was almost an afterthought to the promotion itself.

Nevada’s growth wasn’t so great

Much has been made of Nevada’s phenomenal growth. But in actual numbers of people added in the last decade we’re No. 10. Texas, California and Florida each added more people than the entire current population of Nevada, which is 2,700,551, according to census figures.

Cosmopolitan condo owners still upset

Buyers of condominiums at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas will get the chance to tour and close escrow on completed units next month, according to a company spokeswoman and lawyer representing a number of investors. But an attorney for about 150 condominium buyers they still haven’t received all the required real estate disclosures.

Primm hotel-casino primps

If the Fontainebleau had been completed, guests might have paid more than $200 a night for a room. But designer desks, chairs, dressers and night stands slated for the Strip hotel ended up at Buffalo Bill’s in Primm, where rooms go for $29 to $39 a night.

Bored with bubbly? Try these holiday drinks

What will people in Southern Nevada be drinking on New Year’s Eve? “Champagne. That’s definitely the way to go,” said Catherine Pawelek, co-owner of Elements Kitchen & Martini Bar. But if Champagne seems a little boring, bartenders are standing by with a Las Vegas buffet’s worth of holiday drinks.

Lakeside Grill adds ‘fun factor’ to food

Diners are sure to find some timeless favorites on the menu of Lakeside Grill, which opened Oct. 28 at Wynn Las Vegas, 3131 Las Vegas Blvd. South.

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