California transplant is always a man of action

When Rich Hopkins got word of his 30-year high school reunion in San Diego recently, he checked out pictures of long-ago classmates – as they are now.

Low-tech horse race game has loyal following

Several times a day, horse fans gather around two race tracks in Las Vegas to play the ponies. It doesn’t matter that these tracks are sealed under glass or that the five horses and their riders are plastic electro-mechanical pieces, all a couple of inches tall.

COMING IN THIS WEEK’S BUSINESS PRESS

COVER STORY: Small Business Administration loan activity is still just a shadow of what it was during the boom years, but it has rebounded from the nadir of two years ago.

LVCVA to consider renaming McCarran airport

When it comes to promoting Las Vegas tourism, City Councilman Steve Ross would like to follow an example most recently set by Bozeman, Mont.

RJ apps available to access content

The Las Vegas Review-Journal today introduces iPad, iPhone and Android smartphone applications for subscribers to access content on the go.

Prepaid debit cards growing in popularity

The emergence of new types of consumers and the acceptance of prepaid financial services post-recession are driving banks to enter the lucrative prepaid debit card industry, a business traditionally dominated by alternative financial services companies such as Green Dot Corp. and Western Union Co.

Fans’ indifference doesn’t dull U.S. women’s success

When they speak of those who display greatness, of a state of superiority and possessing qualities better than all others, they rarely include any mention of regret. People shouldn’t have to apologize for being so good.

WEEK IN REVIEW: Reporters’ notebook

As Judge James Bixler moved through his morning calendar early last week, he came across a familiar defendant’s name.

WEEK IN REVIEW: Top news

A 65-year-old man police are calling a possible serial killer was booked Tuesday into the county jail in connection with the deaths of two women found strangled in West Las Vegas 16 years apart.

Fears for missing sister renewed in slayings case

He was a man with a bad leg and a big smile, and Bobby Joe Jenkins didn’t think much about him when things went bad in the summer of 1999.

Property owner has will to stay in downtown Las Vegas

Las Vegas city officials have been willing to vacate street and park space, buy entire blocks and even move out of their own city hall in the name of reviving downtown. But they haven’t been able to move Russell Gullo.

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