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Las Vegas Little Theatre's "Wonder of the World" has many moments of hilarity, but it makes the same basic mistake that felled "Is He Dead?," the group's most recent production: It starts at too high a pitch. Full Story »

Rainbow Company's take on "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat" plays a lot differently with a cast of (mostly) children. As half the world must know, the early Andrew Lloyd Webber/Tim Rice musical is about the adventures of a young Biblical prophet whose father, Jacob, favors him over his 11 other sons. That makes things tough on Joseph, whose brothers plot to kill him. By the end ... Full Story »

At Mount Charleston, Fred Mendoza pulled his 4-year-old son on a sled and, with a slight shove, sent the smiling youngster shooting downhill and into a snowdrift. Full Story »

CARSON CITY -- State officials briefed legislative leaders Monday on the budget outlook, as Gov. Jim Gibbons eyed the possibility of calling a special session to deal with a projected shortfall. Full Story »

SPARKS -- One of most stirring symbols of the American West -- wild horses thundering freely across the range -- could be heading east. Full Story »

CARSON CITY -- Nevada's unemployment tax rate will be kept at 1.33 percent in 2010, although the state probably will pay out nearly $1 billion more in benefits than it receives in taxes during the year, a top state jobs official said Monday. Full Story »

• Longtime Las Vegas attorney Howard Douglas Clark is not Douglas H. Clark, an attorney mentioned in a report published last week regarding lawyers who face disciplinary proceedings. Full Story »

People want their day in court, and more than ever they want to represent themselves in a judicial system that can be expensive, intimidating and confusing. Full Story »

• A story in the Nevada section of Monday's Las Vegas Review-Journal incorrectly identified a new school opening in 2010 to serve students with learning disorders. The correct name is Lexis Preparatory School Las Vegas. Full Story »

Oscar Goodman has 'em right where he wants 'em: watching Oscar Goodman. Full Story »

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A local nonprofit is seeking help with its annual program aimed at making sure hundreds of needy families have a happy holiday this year. Full Story »

WASHINGTON -- With time growing short, Senate Democratic liberals are seeking expansion of two federal programs, Medicare and Medicaid, as part of a compromise that drops a government insurance option from health care legislation sought by President Barack Obama, several lawmakers said Monday. Full Story »

George Wallace once again is running a toy drive at his Flamingo shows, collecting gifts for the children of HELP of Southern Nevada. Full Story »

If Roshunda Abney is telling the truth about being ignored for hours at University Medical Center's emergency room before she gave birth prematurely last week, Clark County Commissioner Lawrence Weekly wants to know why it happened. Full Story »

Felony charges against Lt. Gov. Brian Krolicki -- criticized as a political prosecution by his defenders -- were dismissed Monday after a District Court judge ruled prosecutors failed to show specific evidence that a crime was committed. Full Story »

A time capsule filled with dozens of what someday will be considered historical items will be buried at 11 a.m. today as the final tribute to Clark County's centennial. Full Story »

The state has received an $11.8 million federal grant to help Nevadans who are struggling to pay their energy bills. Full Story »

NAVAL STATION NORFOLK, Va. -- Two Navy SEALs accused in the mistreatment of an Iraqi suspect in the 2004 slayings of four U.S. contractors were arraigned in military court Monday, and one SEAL said he was gratified by support from the public and some members of Congress. Full Story »

Some Clark County managers will get pink slips stuffed in their holiday stockings and some rank-and-file workers probably will be laid off sometime after New Year's Day to help offset plummeting tax revenue, county officials said Monday. Full Story »

Their tunes came salted with 31 flavors of death: roasting in the electric chair, succumbing to the slow, blood-draining decay of chemical dependency, getting hunted down without mercy by nightmarish nasties, enduring the synapse-sizzling shock of war. Full Story »

T iger Woods always loved playing with the big boys. Full Story »

The official silence from the Senate Ethics Committee and U.S. Department of Justice makes watching the investigation into alleged corruption by Sen. John Ensign, R-Nev., a little like watching interpretive dance: lots of stuff is happening but it is tough to say what it means. Full Story »

CARSON CITY -- When the economy soured late in 2007, Nevada families decided to cut back on spending. Full Story »