‘Housewives’ star energizes strip club

Here’s a night in the life of a famous model and TV star who has it all, sort of, kind of, not really.

Former Rebel Hoffman ends week in style

He didn’t catch Webb Simpson, but Charley Hoffman was just fine with a fourth-place finish Sunday in the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open at TPC Summerlin.

Becker leads Crusaders’ bid for repeat title

Faith Lutheran’s girls golf team begins its quest for a second consecutive Division I-A state title today at Canyons Golf Club in Mesquite.

EDITORIAL: Nellis case again shows government waste

The Coalition and Irregular Warfare Center was launched at Nellis Air Force Base in 2006 with the charge of finding ways to counteract the improvised explosive devices and roadside bombs that were killing and maiming American troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. Unfortunately, as is the case with far too many government entities these days, the warfare center’s primary mission became plowing through piles of taxpayer money.

Ex-Senate candidate Angle works to shut down insurance exchanges

Sharron Angle, a former Republican U.S. Senate candidate and Tea Party darling, has found a new way to keep busy: A campaign to get states, including Nevada, to abolish their health care exchanges created as part of the new federal health care law.

Commercial properties seeing some better times

Revival of Southern Nevada’s commercial market is a work in progress, although 2013 has brought a spate of big deals.

Kenyan soldiers shown looting mall in security video

Men in fatigues walked out of a store in Nairobi’s Westgate Mall like ordinary shoppers, holding plastic bags heavy with unknown items after Islamic extremists staged an attack. Others looked behind counters as they descended into the shopping center to fight the militants, and lifted items.

Filipino sultan who invaded Malaysian region dies

A Philippine sultan whose armed followers invaded a vast Malaysian region, sparking a security crisis that left dozens of people dead earlier this year, died Sunday of multiple organ failure. He was 75.

Webb Simpson wins Shriners Open by six strokes

Only one person was going to beat Webb Simpson on Sunday in the final round of the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open.

 
Argentine commuter train slams into station, 80 hurt

An Argentine commuter train slammed into the end of the line Saturday morning at the same station in Buenos Aires where 52 people were killed in a similar crash last year. This time there was no immediate report of deaths, but at least 80 people were injured.

Republicans jump into lieutenant governor’s race

Republicans Sue Lowden and Mark Hutchison already are scurrying around rural Nevada to make known their candidacies for lieutenant governor.

Neglected old Australian woman suffers brutal fate

By the time the ambulance showed up to the house, the old woman’s screams were, as the paramedics would later tell it, already at a 10 out of 10.

Strip club offers gigs to performers from The Act

A Las Vegas strip club is offering a home for the sometimes-scandalous performers who lost their jobs when the controversial nightclub The Act shut down a week ago under threats of legal pressure.

Utah woman sentenced to 30 years in NV shooting

A Utah woman has been sentenced to 30 years in prison in the shooting of a woman during a botched carjacking in Nevada.

For the Record, Oct. 21

A weekly log of business bankruptcies, commercial and industrial lease transactions, and new business licenses in Clark County.

Executive Calendar, Oct. 21

A weekly listing of events put on by professional organizations, educational groups and local chambers of commerce.

Hundreds attend police K-9 Trials at Orleans

Odin looked around with nervous excitement at the arena before him. The Sunday morning air was crisp. The obstacle course was set, a dummy laid limply on the ground, and the judges sat with pens poised above score sheets. He saw the gesture to begin his routine, and he did…on all four legs.

Small says Town & Country Bank is poised for growth

There’s no denying that there are fewer community banks in Southern Nevada today than before the recession. Several of the survivors still operate under the watchful eye of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. and have changed their executive teams.

On the Move, Oct. 21

Announcements of new hires, promotions and professional awards. Want to see your accomplishment here? Send your information to bizbriefs@reviewjournal.com.