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Two-day conference on creating clean energy technology held at UNLV.
First order of business: Reduce all the air pollution caused by everyone who attended.
This year’s “Vegas to Reno” race doesn’t go through Vegas or Reno.
If you think that’s bad, get this: That’s not the real Eiffel Tower, or Empire State Building, or ...
Las Vegas version of New York’s Plaza Hotel postponed.
Wait—it’s not the real Plaza Hotel? Man, this just keeps getting worse and worse.

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08.21.08
12 a.m.

Parting words

By Spencer Patterson

They stood 6-5, with the afros 6-9, hated Tommy Lasorda and charged steak sandwiches to the Underhills’ tab. Okay, they didn’t really, but like the Chevy Chase flick with which they shared a name, popular local band Fletch are a thing of the past. Read more...

 

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08.21.08
12 a.m.

Chill Out!

By Deanna Rilling

The temperature is 23 degrees Fahrenheit, and you’re surrounded by ice. The bar, walls, seating—everything is carved from blocks of Canadian ice. And it’s all in the middle of a casino in the Las Vegas desert. Read more...

 

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08.21.08
12 a.m.

Sweet hypocrisy

By Josh Bell

An important part of watching MTV’s reality sensation My Super Sweet 16 is wishing horrible, unpleasant things on the bratty, pampered teenagers who whine and throw fits about petty, insignificant things and demand royal treatment from their family members and anyone around them. Read more...

 

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08.21.08
12 a.m.

Cool Bus!

By Stacy J. Willis

We’ve innocently come to revel in our hatred of the U.S. president, and the Vegas sun is trying to kill us. The 28-ton blue bus with an enormous George Bush face on the side is parked off of Sunset Road, but the doors to its promising insides—“exhibits on how disastrous Bush/Conservative policies are”—aren’t open yet. Read more...

 

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08.21.08
12 a.m.

Mic me

By Matthew Scott Hunter

I’ve tagged along on karaoke nights before, but none quite like this. Sure, there’s the usual database of 70,000 songs (including a large Korean selection), and there’s the requisite private room with dual microphones, but between the couch and the screen that will inevitably broadcast the lyrics of Elvis Presley and The Righteous Brothers, there’s an elevated stage with a stripper pole. Read more...

 

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08.21.08
12 a.m.

Preservation at a price

By Spencer Patterson

The next time you’re standing in the historic Huntridge Theatre, you might be picking up a pair of flip-flops. Not at a band’s merchandise table; the 44-year-old building at the corner of Charleston and Maryland isn’t coming back as a concert venue. Last Wednesday at a neighborhood meeting, owner Eli Mizrachi unveiled plans to turn the structure and its adjacent property into a 38,000-square-foot retail and office complex, which he hopes to open sometime in 2009. Read more...

 

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08.21.08
12 a.m.

The Rocker

By Josh Bell

Is it possible for a movie to actually kill rock n’ roll? Probably not, but The Rocker certainly comes close. Read more...

 

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08.21.08
12 a.m.

Ron’s report

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For nearly 25 years, Ron Futrell was the face of KTNV Channel 13. His laid-back, friendly demeanor, coupled with solid sports reporting and an instantly recognizable voice, made the 51-year-old father of four welcome into thousands of homes each night. But it’s been a rough summer for Futrell. After finding out his contract with the station would expire in December, and after a late-night car accident and his subsequent arrest July 25, which ended with his firing from the station for “serious misconduct,” Futrell’s nice-guy image has taken a shellacking. Read more...

 

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