Nevada’s scattered small towns observe the national birthday on July 4 in ways that reflect their individual heritage, yet incorporate activities traditional across the country.
She was 15, walking home from school, when a friend pulled out a cigarette and offered her one.
Here are a few things in news, entertainment and popular culture that we’ve been talking about lately.
Despite what you might have heard, the sitcom isn’t dead.
I don’t understand why it’s so hard to make a great Indiana Jones game. The movies have ranged from very good to classic, and they’re perfectly suited to be video game-ized — with their rolling boulders, hissing snakes and fisticuff Nazis: all the ingredients for fun, bang, boom.
Carmen Ruest laughs that the “Mystere” theater now seems familiar and almost cozy.
Hard money lender Mike Shustek helped finance the growth of Southern Nevada during the boom years but he drew more regulatory flak than a dive bomber.
One thing Artie Wu knows for sure is that mama knows best.
HOT TOWN: Casino operators have prepared for what they expect to be a long summer. As the recession continues to hurt casino revenues and visitor numbers, gaming companies are offering lots of hot deals to attract more tourists and keep them spending.
The $8.5 billion CityCenter, billed as the most expensive private commercial development in U.S. history, was a few hours from shutting operations on the morning of March 27.
Although some industry insiders and observers have had second thoughts about the wisdom of private equity’s entry into the gaming industry, Harrah’s Entertainment chief Gary Loveman isn’t one of them.
Don’t count Janney Montgomery Scott gaming analyst Brian McGill as someone who believes the opening of CityCenter will be good for Las Vegas.
SONOMA, Calif. (AP) — Kasey Kahne gave struggling Richard Petty Motorsports a much-needed boost Sunday, holding off Tony Stewart at Infineon Raceway to snap a 37-race winless streak.
Kahne was met in Victory Lane by Richard Petty, who made his first trip as a car owner in more than a decade. A Petty-owned car had not won a race since John Andretti’s victory at Martinsville in April, 1999.
“I feel just as good as he does,” said The King, clad in his trademark cowboy hat and sunglasses. “It’s great, man. It’s great.”
The Legislature passed a $781 million tax increase and delivered it to Gov. Jim Gibbons late this afternoon, barely meeting a 5 p.m. deadline and starting the wait for Gibbons’ expected veto.
After a week of intense negotiations between Republicans and Democrats, the tax package finally came to a vote in the state Senate this afternoon, winning approval by a 17-4 margin. All 12 Democrats plus five Republicans voted for the bill.
Also from the Political Eye Blog:
• Gibbons receives tax bill
• Assembly passes tax bill
• Senate passes tax bill with sunsets
• Tax compromise proposed in Senate
• Senate passes tax bill with sunsets
