Week in Review, Aug. 13-17
CJ the chimpanzee has been shipped off to a primate sanctuary in Oregon, but not before one last bout of monkey business in Las Vegas.
The chimp had to be tranquilized by Animal Control officers on Aug. 11 after she escaped from her cage for the second time in a month.
On July 12, she and another chimp named Buddy got out, forcing police to close down the north valley neighborhood where they were living.
CJ was tranquilized and returned to captivity, but Buddy was shot and killed by a Las Vegas police officer when the chimp approached onlookers near Ann Road and Jones Boulevard .
After CJ's second escape was foiled last weekend, she was transported to the Southern Nevada Zoological-Botanical Park and then loaded onto a truck for her one-way trip out of the Silver State.
CJ finally arrived at the Chimps Inc. sanctuary in Bend, Ore., on Friday, ending a local saga that made national headlines.
Monday
Forbuss remembered
Nevada leaders and power brokers mourned the loss of Robert Forbuss, a well-known Las Vegas businessman, educator and elected official who died Sunday at age 64 after a battle with ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease.
The Nevada native graduated from Bishop Gorman High School and later taught there in the 1970s. He went on to serve on the Clark County School Board before launching a successful career in business and consulting.
An elementary school in southwest Las Vegas was named in his honor in 2006.
Tuesday
Vegas debut for VP pick
Fresh off his selection as Mitt Romney's running mate, GOP vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan appeared at a rally in Las Vegas and vowed to put the country back on a healthy economic track.
Ryan, making his Nevada campaign debut, criticized President Barack Obama and his policies and said Romney has a plan to boost jobs, reform taxes, reduce the debt and protect Americans' futures.
Wednesday
Hockey player charged
A former player for the National Hockey League and Las Vegas Wranglers is accused of molesting his stepdaughter over a four-year period, beginning when the girl was 12 in 2008.
Michael McBain, who played for the Tampa Bay Lightning from 1997 to 1999 and the Wranglers from 2003 to 2008, faces five counts of sexual assault, two counts of lewdness with a child, and two counts of open or gross lewdness.
Thursday
New life for coal plant
A coal-burning power plant 50 miles north of Las Vegas has been granted new life by federal regulators one week after Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid declared it a "dirty relic" that should be shut down.
Under new rules adopted by the Environmental Protection Agency, NV Energy will be required to upgrade emission controls at its Reid Gardner Generating Station but won't be forced into an expensive retrofit that could have shuttered the aging plant.
Friday
Judge: killer label OK
Justice of the Peace Eric Goodman struck down a motion from murder suspect Nathan Burkett's lawyer, Alzora Jackson, that would have forced Las Vegas police to remove videos and statements in which officials called the man a serial killer.
Clark County prosecutor Mark DiGiacomo argued police had no responsibility to remove a video identifying Burkett as a potential serial killer because doing so would inform the public and could lead to future cases.
Police on Thursday did take down a YouTube video in which homicide Lt. Ray Steiber called Burkett an "animal."
NUMBERS
$1 million
A rough - and conservative - value given for a collection of more than 2,500 limited edition sneakers set to go on display (but not on sale) downtown Aug. 30.
12 percent
Nevada's jobless rate in July, up from 11.6 percent in June but down from 13.8 percent in July 2011 and the recession peak of 14 percent.
350
How many workers could lose their jobs Nov. 18, when three restaurants inside Mandalay Bay are set to close.
$142.86
The maximum County Commissioner Tom Collins could wind up paying in fines for each of the seven shots he is alleged to have fired on his North Las Vegas property July 3.
QUOTES
"My sister used to tell me all the time, 'Tell your friend to stop staring at me.' It made her uncomfortable."
Bobby Joe Jenkins, talking about a neighbor he had more than a decade ago, a man named Nathan Burkett, now described by Las Vegas police as a potential serial killer. Jenkins' sister, then 33, vanished in 1999 and has not been seen since.
"We could be like Steven Horsford who's not doing anything with that community and, you know, pretend we're black and maybe try to get some votes if that's where it is."
Danny Tarkanian, Republican congressional candidate, in controversial comments made during a recent GOP event. In a written response, a "disappointed" Horsford said he will be judged by what he delivers for all people, not by the color of his skin.
"I wouldn't give them it if they offered me a trillion dollars."
Russell Gullo, the 88-year-old owner of a dilapidated downtown property who is fighting the city's push to oust him from his longtime home and compensate him to the tune of $1.7 million
MULTIMEDIA
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VIDEO: Motion to limit media coverage of murder case denied by judge
SLIDE SHOW: Hispanic markets in Las Vegas
VIDEO and SLIDE SHOW: GOP vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan in Las Vegas
SLIDE SHOW: Shoe museum opening in Las Vegas
SLIDE SHOW: Elvis drug controversy lives on
SLIDE SHOW: August graduates
