Outdoor activities around Southern Nevada

Red Rock Canyon: On Monday, take an easy, 1-mile hike to Lost Creek and, to get in the Halloween spirit, stop along the way to hear spooky tales of the Southwest; for ages 5 and older. Also on Monday, enjoy Pine Creek at night on a moderate, 3-mile hike; for ages 10 and older. On Oct. 30, explore the Calico Hills and Tanks on a strenuous, 3-mile hike that includes rock scrambling; for ages 15 and older.

New businesses: But don’t forget companies barely hanging on

The firm currently has only seven employees. Nonetheless, the recent decision of Walls 360 — a graphic arts firm that licenses images from children’s books and video games to make life-size wall art — to relocate from San Francisco to Las Vegas is welcome news to a city that’s struggled with both its image and the financial effects of the Great Recession for more than three years.

Bookmark

Here is a listing of events designed for book lovers. Information is subject to change or cancellation without notice. Additions or changes to this listing must be submitted at least 10 days in advance of Sunday publication to Bookmark, Las Vegas Review-Journal, P.O. Box 70, Las Vegas, NV 89125. For more information, call 383-0306.

Courtesy often victim of obsession with digital devices

If technology causes people to commit social faux pas with each other, is it really rude, or not a faux pas at all, but simply agreed-upon behavior by all parties concerned? Not always.

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If spirit moves you, visit spookiest spots in Southern Nevada

Las Vegas can be a pretty scary place, and not just for the reasons — eerily hypnotic video poker machines, vanishing home values, those zombielike smut peddlers on the Strip — you’d imagine.

Mountain View notches football win over Needles

Matthew Larson and Trevor Van Kempen combined for 277 yards rushing and two touchdowns Saturday to help Mountain View’s football team to an 18-12 win over visiting Needles, Calif.

Hendrick cars pack Talladega front row

TALLADEGA, Ala. — For the first time since Dan Wheldon’s fatal accident, the focus was back on the racetrack.

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Coming In This Week’s Las Vegas Business Press

COVER STORY: From high-end Strip resorts to mobile food trucks, touch-screen technology in smartphones and tablet computers is making doing business as easy as flicking a finger.