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Car seller targeting the credit-challenged

Las Vegans who complain about driving in the metropolitan area should ponder the predicament of low-income, small-town residents who have no car and no access to intracity bus or taxi service.

IN BRIEF

Gasoline prices have declined every day for a week locally and nationally, but are more than 40 percent higher than a year ago.

Nevada Fight Fraud Taskforce warns of fundraising scam

The Nevada Fight Fraud Taskforce is warning Las Vegas residents to be wary of a potential fundraising scam soliciting donations for their local police departments.

IN BRIEF

Indictments issued over foreclosure rescue scam
Nevada Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto announced on Thursday indictments against three people who operated a foreclosure-rescue scam in Las Vegas under the business name of Rescorp.

Unfinished businesses across Las Vegas raising ire

What was to be a routine item on the Clark County Zoning Board’s consent agenda Wednesday turned into a discussion about urban blight and what kind of message all the unfinished projects around town are sending.
Wyndham Vacation Resorts received a three-year extension until May 2013 to resume construction on its Desert Blue project, which includes a gaming overlay.

Analyst: Area home prices to remain near bottom in 2010

Look for this year to mirror 2006 with zero percent appreciation and home prices skipping along the bottom, housing analyst Larry Murphy said Thursday at his quarterly Crystal Ball presentation.

McCarran traffic tumbles in 2009

The number of passengers using McCarran International Airport in 2009 fell 8.2 percent compared with 2008 — the single-largest one-year percentage drop.

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