Dealing with difficult times

In the past few weeks the newspaper has been getting smaller — due to a decline in advertising lineage.

Blago-a-mano:Reid gets KO’d

The “decisions Reid makes this week could become a lasting measure of his tenure as majority leader.”

METHOD BEHIND HER MADNESS

Experts say police pull over red cars more than any other vehicle. Stoplights and stop signs are also red for a reason. Red catches the eye better than any other color.

Gold Butte now in the spotlight, worth checking out

The remote corner of Clark County known as Gold Butte remained unknown to most Nevadans until a recently proposed congressional act brought it unusual attention. The long-ignored region lying south of Mesquite, east of the Virgin River and the Overton arm of Lake Mead and west of the Arizona border, may gain recognition and protection under the Gold Butte National Conservation Area Act, HR 7132.

BACK TO BARTERING

For wife and husband Amanda and Shannon Barr, marriage brought with it a whole set of new, and sometimes expensive, responsibilities.

Out There

HIKES

R-VOICE

OLIVIA SCOTT

Travel Briefs

WASHINGTON

BOOKMARK

Here is a listing of events designed for book lovers. Information is subject to change or cancellation without notice. Additions or changes to this listing must be submitted at least 10 days in advance of Sunday publication to Bookmark, Las Vegas Review-Journal, P.O. Box 70, Las Vegas, NV 89125. For more information, call 383-0306.

Language games sharpen tongue

Believe me, I’d rather be playing “Call of Duty: World at War” than “My Word Coach,” because in the online version of “World at War,” I just earned my level-65 general stripes, and that means I finally get to burn up Nazis with a flamethrower. Fire!

THE BOOK NOOK

Check out recent reviews of these books online:

Water Cooler

Here are a few of the things in news, entertainment and popular culture that we’ve been talking about lately.

It seems to take a lifetime to let everything go

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” is a film about a man who is aging in reverse. He is born with the metabolism, skin, cataracts, arthritis and relative vitality of a man in his late 80s. His life ends some 90 years later as a newborn.

Sweeping away secrets on computers tough

Your computer files say more about you than you probably want said. And identity thieves are listening closely.

NOTHING NEW

2009 is 11 days old, and that mist you see hanging over the valley is the dust of thousands of ambitious, and now disintegrated, New Year’s resolutions.

Crazy Benny looking for acts

Crazy Benny. Sounds like a used-car dealer. And with his red fedora, he looks like a guy who hawks them on TV.

That hum you hear comes from gadget expo bursting with buzzwords

Buzzwords are the “in” thing these days, especially if you’re hanging out at the 2009 International Consumer Electronics show. That’s CES for those in the industry, and probably the buzziest of words if you have a product and you’re looking for coverage and exposure.

COMING IN THIS WEEK’S BUSINESS PRESS

BATTLE AHEAD: The Employee Free Choice Act, a federal law that could come before Congress this year, would make it easier to certify unions. Observers say the law would drop barriers to organization that made it tough for unions to pursue smaller companies. Some small-business leaders are concerned.

BUSINESS CALENDAR

HOUSING SEMINAR

Executive exodus continues at Progressive

The departure of Progressive Gaming Chief Financial Officer Heather Rollo may be the final nail in the coffin of the casino technology provider.

SELLING THE GREAT OUTDOORS

The owner of a rough-and-tumble downtown Las Vegas casino is expanding his reach to the bucolic, alpine environment of Mount Charleston, and he’s betting his customers will follow.

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