The delay of a $734 million expansion at the Mohegan Sun casino in Connecticut says as much about the economic state of the gaming industry as the Aug. 1 announcement by Boyd Gaming Corp. that it was halting construction of the $4.8 billion Echelon.
FAMILY MATTERS: As much as family-owned businesses have been romanticized over the years as the backbone of the economy, data prove the ventures are fragile. The magazine Family Business Review reports that fewer than one-third of family-owned companies survive to the second generation.
Canyon Springs, Boulder City, Palo Verde, Silverado win league meets.
: We are thinking of planting trees, three African sumac in back of our house facing east and Japanese blueberry in front of the house facing west. Is it wise or should I wait for fall?
: I have a light set in my backyard, which is plugged into an electrical outlet that has two silver flaps to cover the plugs. The system works fine except that I get very nervous when it rains. My fear is that the water will run into the electrical outlet and zap the system. Are my fears unfounded?
Recycling is as easy as red (aluminum, tin cans, plastic bottles), white (newspapers, magazines) and blue (glass bottles). But what about black (fax machines), brown (motor oil), purple (cell phones) and gray (televisions)?
The smallest room in the house is usually the one seen by the most people — and that’s the powder room. In today’s lifestyle and modern homes, the powder room is considered an essential. Most of us prefer not to have our guests using our personal bathrooms, hence the popularity of a powder room.
First it was the Super Bowl champion Giants who stuck it to their loyal fans. Now it’s the Jets’ turn.
A roll call of the nation’s top college quarterbacks would not include Riley Skinner. But the Wake Forest junior is as solid as the team surrounding him.
After much deliberation and haggling, Oscar De La Hoya and Manny Pacquiao will fight Dec. 6 at the MGM Grand Garden in what will be the final fight in De La Hoya’s Hall of Fame career.