Caesars offers look at The Linq

Caesars Entertainment Corp. showed off its $550 million vision of urban renewal Tuesday.

Heller committed to fixing financial reform

Now that the effects of the recession are beginning to recede, many people are feeling safer and more secure about the economy again.

Economy, jobs wilt under Obama’s policies

President Barack Obama is traveling the country to give speeches on the economy and jobs, and he has stated some verifiable truths. The problem, though, is his belief as to what has caused those truths.

Merit pay

“Step” pay increases will be replaced by a merit pay system beginning in 2014 at Nevada’s community colleges. Additionally, as reported Sunday by the Review-Journal’s Yesenia Amaro, the higher education system’s four-year institutions will restart their merit-pay programs, which have been frozen since 2009 because of a lack of funding.

UFC’s White glad for healthy fighters, big shows

UFC President Dana White has healthy fighters, pleased television partners and a tantalizing slate of upcoming fall fights. It’s a big change from last year, when White spent untold months scrambling to replace injured stars and plugging holes in an ambitious schedule that devolved into a patchwork slate for mixed martial arts’ dominant promotion.

Actress Eileen Brennan dies at 80

LOS ANGELES — Eileen Brennan, who went from musical comedy on Broadway to wringing laughs out of characters in such films as “Private Benjamin” and “Clue,” has died. She was 80.

Las Vegas startup business headed by 22-year-old CEO

On Monday, the College of Southern Nevada received 750 backpacks from Revive, making it the largest order the local company has fulfilled to date. CEO Jonathan Santos said that’s just the beginning.

Change that fits to a tee

A golf center on Las Vegas Boulevard south of the Strip is undergoing a major rebranding.

In: TaylorMade Golf Experience.

Out: Callaway Golf Center.

Nevada conservative group fined over 2010 Assembly election

The conservative group Citizen Outreach has been fined $10,000, plus attorneys fees and costs of $7,600, for failing to file campaign expense reports detailing the source of funds to pay for mailers criticizing then-Assemblyman John Oceguera in his 2010 re-election campaign.

Judge denies Sands’ bid to throw out jury verdict

A Hong Kong businessman is one step closer to collecting a multimillion-dollar award from Las Vegas Sands Corp., the largest U.S. casino company.

Macau aims for another Vegas staple: boxing

A Chinese fighter’s victory at a Macau showdown brings the world’s top casino market a step closer to challenging Las Vegas for dominance of another Sin City staple: big-time boxing matches.

Nevada nuclear waste challenge: DOE officials thought they had a deal

The Department of Energy thought it had reached an agreement that would have cleared the way for highly radioactive uranium waste to be shipped into Nevada and buried at its national security landfill, Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz told Congress on Tuesday.

Lawsuit seeks to halt Reno road project

Critics of a major road project linking southeast Reno to Sparks have filed a federal lawsuit seeking to halt construction.

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Wine: Nuschese Primitivo IGT

Pahrump roads a sepia-toned mess after massive storm

Residents of Pahrump were on Tuesday still trying to clean up from Sunday’s massive storm, which dropped nearly three inches of rain on the town over the course of a couple hours.

Police looking for Nellis Boulevard robber

Las Vegas police are asking for the public’s help in finding an armed robbery suspect.

The man, believed to be in his 30s, is accused of robbing several restaurants in the 3000 block of North Nellis Boulevard and in the 2200 block of South Nellis, police said.

Embattled businessman Ramon DeSage, charged with tax evasion, owes IRS $31 million

High-rolling Las Vegas businessman Ramon DeSage, indicted earlier this year in a scheme to defraud investors of roughly $190 million, was charged in a new indictment Tuesday with tax evasion. The superseding indictment charges DeSage with failing to report to the Internal Revenue Service more than $87 million in income for the tax years 2006 through 2009.

 
Utah football player, Texas A&M lineman among three killed in crash

A Texas A&M freshman lineman and an incoming member of the University of Utah football team died in a single-car rollover crash in the high desert of northern New Mexico.

UNLV should look locally to replace Livengood

Fiscally speaking, something those at UNLV should always be cognizant of in a responsible manner, one dollar spent in pursuing anyone other than two local names to replace Jim Livengood would be colossal waste.

Multimedia Games report rise in third-quarter profits

Slot machine manufacturer Multimedia Games said Tuesday the company grew third-quarter profits after generating the company’s first sales into Atlantic City, while expanding its presence in Las Vegas.