Las Vegas News and Events (November 20, 2009)

  • Strip’s Slots-A-Fun evacuated for suspicious package
    • Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:28:00 -0000 - Metro Police and the Las Vegas bomb squad have evacuated a Las Vegas Strip casino after a suspicious package was found at 1:18 p.m. today.
  • Joint venture will acquire Hughes Center owner
    • Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:19:00 -0000 - A big nationwide real estate deal announced today includes the high-end, 115-acre Hughes Center office and business complex in Las Vegas. Its owner, Crescent Real Estate Equities Limited Partnership of Fort Worth, Texas, has been taken over by Barclays Capital, part of London-based banking giant Barclays Bank Plc.
  • Man enters insanity plea in fatal 2008 shooting
    • Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:01:00 -0000 - A man charged with fatally shooting another man he accused of sleeping with his wife and sexually assaulting his 6-week-old baby pleaded not guilty today to murder by reason of insanity.
  • ‘New Moon’ star talks ‘Twilight’
    • Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:09:00 -0000 - Ashley Greene says “Twilight” fans can expect more action and emotion in “New Moon.” The latest installment of the “Twilight” series opens in theaters today.
  • 3 arrested in teen’s robbery, fatal shooting plead not guilty
    • Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:06:00 -0000 - Three people accused in the robbery and fatal shooting of a 19-year-old man last month in the western Las Vegas Valley pleaded not guilty today to the felony charges against them.
  • Police: 3 arrested in officer’s death have gang ties
    • Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:45:00 -0000 - An 18-year-old North Las Vegas man has been released from University Medical Center after an alleged exchange of gunfire that left a Metro Police officer dead Thursday morning at his North Las Vegas home.
  • Berkley Square neighborhood on National Historic Register
    • Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:29:00 -0000 - The Berkley Square Neighborhood, the first subdivision in Nevada built by and for African-American residents in west Las Vegas, has been listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
  • Two more CityCenter structures earn high green ratings
    • Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:04:00 -0000 - Mandarin Oriental and Veers have both reached the high environmental standard, bringing the total of LEED Gold certified facilities to six. Others include Crystals retail district, Vdara, ARIA’s hotel tower and separately, its convention center and theater.
  • Henderson firefighters battle garage blaze
    • Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:49:00 -0000 - When Henderson firefighters arrived at a residence near Boulder Highway and Racetrack Road about 7:45 p.m. Thursday, flames and smoke from a garage had engulfed a vehicle parked in the driveway.
  • H1N1 flu vaccine clinics scheduled
    • Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:29:00 -0000 - The Southern Nevada Health District is offering H1N1 flu vaccine clinics at three high schools from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday for priority groups.
  • Vegas company to pay $1 million to settle Arizona case
    • Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:19:00 -0000 - Global Cash Access Holdings Inc. of Las Vegas on Thursday disclosed details about its agreement with Arizona gaming regulators, saying it will pay $1 million to settle an investigation involving actions years ago involving the company’s founders.
  • SEC sues former gaming exec for alleged insider trading
    • Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:42:00 -0000 - The Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday sued former gaming executive R. Brooke Dunn, charging he and a friend were involved in illegal insider trading of the securities of Shuffle Master Inc. of Las Vegas.
  • Senator to host fundraiser for Harry Reid in New Orleans
    • Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:17:00 -0000 - WASHINGTON — The Louisiana senator who secured a $100 million bonus in Medicaid payments for her state in the proposed Senate health care bill will host a fundraiser for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid next month in New Orleans, the Times-Picayune is reporting this morning.
  • Station Casinos, lenders agree to rent decrease at 4 properties
    • Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:51:00 -0000 - Station Casinos Inc. and key lenders have reached an agreement to temporarily slash the rent that Station pays to lease from itself four of its most valuable hotel-casinos.
  • 10,000 Nevadans daily to get pro-Harry Reid robo-call
    • Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:29:00 -0000 - WASHINGTON — The progressive group that ran TV ads critical of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s leadership as it pushed him to include the public option in the health care bill now says it has the leader’s back as he potentially comes under pressure to change the bill as the health debate begins in the Senate.‬‪
  • At 13 percent, jobless rate falls for first time this year
    • Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:08:00 -0000 - CARSON CITY – For the first time in more than a year, the jobless rate fell in Clark County but a state official says the economic problems of Nevada are far from over.
  • Lewis Black, Kenny G and UFC fighters in Las Vegas for weekend
    • Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:01:00 -0000 - It will be quite the mixed bag of star sightings and celebrity hostings in Las Vegas this weekend, as a range of comedians, musicians, and MMA fighters are all expected to come to town.
  • Las Vegas Valley to warm up into the 70s
    • Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:30:00 -0000 - Pull out the sunglasses and head outside this afternoon - Las Vegas will be sunny and warm today, hitting a high of 73 degrees.
  • Don’t allow states to opt out of public health care option
    • Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:00:00 -0000 - What good is any bill that purports to reform health care if states can opt out of the public option?
  • Vacancy rate for medical office buildings remains stable
    • Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:00:00 -0000 - The medical office market, even though it is slumping, is outperforming the rest of the local commercial sector because it doesn’t have the same level of distressed properties facing foreclosures, industry analysts said.