LIVERMORE, Calif. – Conrad Bain, who starred as the kindly white adoptive father of two young African-American brothers in the TV sitcom “Diff’rent Strokes,” has died.
The Nevada State Development Corp. said Tuesday that it refinanced more than 30 small business loans valued at $87.2 million last year, with the help of local banks. The federal refinance program, which ended in September, allowed businesses to refinance loans at interest rates as low as 4.29 percent.
Jim deProsse has been appointed administrator of the Nevada Housing Division beginning Jan. 22, the Nevada Department of Business and Industry announced Tuesday. He replaces former administrator Charles Horsey, who retired after 30 years of state service.
MELBOURNE, Australia – Agnieszka Radwanska extended the best winning streak of the year to 11 matches as she rolled into the third round of the Australian Open with a 6-3, 6-3 victory over Romania’s Irina-Camelia Begu today.
Candace Bailey has real estate and hotel-management businesses. In her spare time, she participates in triathlons. Eating right became a problem, so she founded My Healthy Meal, which opened in Summerlin in mid-December and had a grand opening earlier this month.
Personal and business ties that date back more than a decade between Steve Wynn and Japanese gaming magnate Kazuo Okada could come to hurt the lawsuit brought by Wynn Resorts Ltd. to validate the forced redemption of Okada’s stake in February.
LOS ANGELES – Dwight Howard had 31 points and 16 rebounds, Kobe Bryant also scored 31 points, and the Los Angeles Lakers beat the Milwaukee Bucks 104-88 Tuesday night for their second straight win after a six-game skid.
The number of Americans playing fantasy sports has grown by 2 million annually for the past two decades, transforming what was once the pastime of a few devoted baseball fans into a lucrative business, generating more than $3 billion annually in total revenues, according to an industry analyst.
Dan Meis loved playing sports while growing up in Windsor, Colo. In 1985, he earned an architecture degree at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Now the Venice, Calif.-based architect is designing UNLV’s proposed domed football stadium/mega-event center for private developer Majestic Realty.
It was two years ago, and San Diego State’s basketball team was in the midst of its best season in school history, a campaign that would end in the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament and with a record of 34-3.