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In Las Vegas, Al Gore says renewable energy economy ‘taking off’

The Strip was hit by “An Inconvenient Truth” Friday, as former Vice President Al Gore opened the National Clean Energy Conference in Las Vegas with an alarming vision of an unfolding global climate crisis.

 
NDOT considers funding for projects near Raiders stadium site

The Nevada Department of Transportation is still examining how to pay for a series of freeway improvements across the Las Vegas Valley, including a pair of projects meant to relieve traffic if a stadium for the NFL’s Raiders is built on Russell Road, just west of Interstate 15.

 
Former Bellagio craps dealer pleads guilty in scam against casino

Former Bellagio craps dealer James R. Cooper Jr. pleaded guilty Tuesday to one count of felony theft for his role in what prosecutors described as a two-year, $1 million craps scheme.

 
Las Vegas visitors board gets look at ‘Summer is Vegas Season’ ads

Members of the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority’s board of directors on Tuesday got their first look at four television ads as well as some of the eight public service announcements that will be viewed by millions of passengers filing through McCarran International Airport’s security checkpoints.