Sushi Yamaguchi

Now, this is what sushi places used to look like.

Kid Rock ringing in new year at The Pearl

Randy rap-rocker Kid Rock rings in the new year at The Pearl at the Palms on Dec. 31. Tickets are $130, $205 and $255 and go on sale at noon Saturday at The Pearl box office, 4321 W. Flamingo, and Ticketmaster outlets.

Eastside Cannery hosts $35,000 slot tournament

The Eastside Cannery is running a free $35,000 November Rain Slot Tournament from 9 a.m.-7 p.m. Thursday through Nov. 9. All C.A.N Club members receive one daily entry. At the end of each day of play, the top five scorers win $100-$500 in cash and (along with the next five scorers) will advance to the finals at 7 p.m. on Nov. 9. The 27 final prizes include $100-$10,000 cash, plus all tournament participants will be automatically entered into a drawing awarding 51 players $50-$1,000. Winners need not be present at the drawing, but must claim their prizes by midnight.

‘The Real Deal’

It’s easy to tell whether “The Real Deal” is your kind of show — if “show” is even the right word.

MOVIES

OPENING THIS WEEK

Border Grill has specials for Day of the Dead

The Day of the Dead, the Mexican celebration honoring departed loved ones, is being celebrated through Nov. 7 at Border Grill at Mandalay Bay, 3950 Las Vegas Blvd. South. Food specials include pozole, stuffed squash flowers and Oaxacan chicken mole. …

The Spin Doctor

When it comes to Vegas, Deadmau5 has a system:

Looking for Laughs

Like so many comedians, Rodney Carrington tells jokes about genitals and breasts. Offstage, his goal is to be a good husband, friend and dad, and to live a fairly normal life in Tulsa, Okla. These two lifestyles don’t have to be in conflict, but they are.

Vegas Reflections

As fashion statements go, George Knapp’s 1982 Halloween costume was definitely smoking hot.

Tricks and Treats

From costume contests to nightclub parties, Vegas venues offer variety of Halloween events.

Fest Bets

Fest-ward, ho!

‘Changeling’

If less is more, then it stands to reason that more is less.

Obama, Titus, Derby the right candidates for this time

Because more than one-third of Clark County voters have already cast ballots, the final turnout for early voting — which ends Friday — could rise to more than half of the electorate.

It’s going to get worse before it gets better

It started with the grass. The couple living next door — nice people, considerate neighbors — had a run of bad luck. The man lost his job. The woman got cancer. They couldn’t keep up with their mortgage payments.

State Senate in the balance

The multimillion-dollar TV and direct-mail smear campaign waged against Nevada state Sens. Bob Beers and Joe Heck by the state Democratic Party, and now apparently by some local police and fire unions, has been a marvel of distortion.

Average Joe

Joe the Plumber rose to fame after telling Sen. Barack Obama that he planned to buy a small business and was worried that he’d be forced to pay higher taxes if the Democrat won the White House.

Casino owner seeks rebates

The company redeveloping the Lady Luck hotel-casino is seeking a rebate of 75 percent of its sales tax from planned development adjacent to the old downtown post office, a city official said.

IGT’s cost-cutting steps overshadow lower profits

Profits earned by slot machine giant International Game Technology were cut in half during the fourth quarter, but Wall Street wasn’t focused on results.

IN BRIEF

Lawyer: Nightclub case put off until December

Judge slates hearing date

District Judge Timothy Williams on Thursday set a Jan. 30 date for a fairness hearing on a proposed $90 million settlement in a construction-defect case involving alleged faulty plumbing fixtures in some 36,000 homes around Las Vegas Valley.

Gaming companies still struggle

For the second straight quarter, results from its casino in Macau lifted Wynn Resorts Ltd. to an increase in profits.

Travel group predicts fewer trips

The recession that’s battering the Las Vegas hospitality economy is likely to continue through 2009 and could worsen, according to a national travel forecast.

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