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A 78-year-old man from Arizona died Monday after his vehicle was struck by a driver who ran a red light near East Sahara Avenue and Commercial Center, Las Vegas police said.

Las Vegas-based Wynn Resorts plans to spin off shares in its Wynn Macau casino into a separate initial public offering that will be traded on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, several wire services reported late Monday.

Construction Inspector Marc Veneroso shovels floodwater debris while working at state Route 157 and Echo Road in Kyle Canyon today. Photo by Craig L. Moran .

An anonymous donor gave $260,000 to a nonprofit group so that the 76-year-old Boulder Dam Hotel can reopen for business on Wednesday, Sara Denton, a friend of the woman, confirmed Monday.

The Republican National Committee began airing television ads in Nevada and two other states today attacking President Barack Obama’s plans for health care reform.

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Trials could be delayed for hundreds of people claiming to be victims of the Endoscopy Center of Southern Nevada. The company has filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy. That means there will be a sell-off of assets to pay debtors.

When you fall behind on your bills, as is common in this economy, the people you owe will try hard to get their money. Some of them will pass that job on to collection agencies, experts in pressuring you to pay up.

There was a lot of weather-related activity Monday morning over the Mount Charleston area, starting with lightning and the threat of wildfires.

Casino marketers are learning how to weather the recession storm. That's the theme at a Casino Marketing Conference happening over the next few days at the Paris Hotel and Casino.

A collision between a 2005 Jeep Liberty and a 2009 Ford Focus killed a 78-year-old man visiting Las Vegas this afternoon, Metro Police said. The Jeep, driven by 54-year-old Eloisa Taqueban of Las Vegas, was going west on Sahara Avenue and failed to stop a red light at Commercial Center Drive about 3:07 p.m. Monday, eyewitnesses told police.

Improv comedy veteran Matt Donnelly, a recent transplant from New York City, is throwing his hat into the improv comedy ring with a unique type of show. Matt Donnelly’s Celebrity Tarot Lounge will blend comedy, mystery and a key Las Vegas ingredient: celebrity secrets. The celeb scoop won’t be coming via paparazzi spies but rather from tarot card readings.

There was no relief from the heat, or the red-hot star sightings, in Las Vegas this weekend.

CityCenter’s Mandarin Oriental Las Vegas is accepting applications to fill more than 500 jobs, the hotel announced today. The non-gaming, luxury hotel will be hiring for a variety of positions including in food and beverage, hotel operations, spa and fitness, finance, facilities and security.

Thunderstorms have been bringing numerous warnings of flash floods, strong winds and hail this afternoon to areas south of the Las Vegas area.

Metro Police say a father brought his 5-year-old child into Spring Valley Hospital with a critical gunshot wound. Police don't know where the child was originally shot but are trying to find more details. Eyewitness News will have more tonight at 11.

If it seems too good to be true, it probably is. The experts often use that old adage to warn about internet scams, but as the crooks become more sophisticated, common sense may not be enough to keep consumers from becoming victims. Especially when the threat looks more like a legitimate business.

Metro says the cameras at Fremont and 15th Street are on and monitored 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Still, they say that's not the only reason people are seeing a decrease in crime in the area, much like the rest of the city.

A vehicle accident claimed a life on Monday. It happened on Sahara and the entrance to the Commercial Center.

You only have a few days left to take advantage of some major discounts at a valley grocery store about to close its doors.

Dozens of flood channels have been built to keep us safe. However, illegal dumping into those washes...could cause even more flooding and contamination of our water supply.

A high-tech way to steal your most personal information is skyrocketing in the valley. Metro is confiscating more skimmers than ever. The devices illegally record the information from the back of your financial card. They're most commonly found at gas pumps, ATM machines and in restaurants.

Metro Police say a 5 - year - old boy was dropped off at the hospital with a gunshot wound to the head. Police don't know where the shooting happened. Watch Action News Live @ 11 with Steve Wolford & Nina Radetich for more on this developing story.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The drug industry's trade group and one of the nation's biggest pharmaceutical companies reported spending more money than other health care organizations on lobbying in the second quarter of this year....

WASHINGTON (AP) — A House committee has approved a new voluntary insurance program meant to help families with the costs of long-term health care.

A 5-year-old boy has been critically shot, Las Vegas Metro police say.

North Las Vegas police shoot a pit bull to death in the 5300 block of Krista Alethea Street.

Viewers rant about Sen. John Ensign's scandal and post offices closing across the Las Vegas Valley.

The triple digit temperatures can be especially hard on pets as they have a much more difficult time cooling off in the heat.

The Fremont Street Experience is blasting off NASA style. The downtown Las Vegas overhead light show is heading to space with a NASA Experience on Monday and Tuesday.

At the July 14 Pahrump Town Board meeting, board member Mike Darby asked John Shea, vice president of Pahrump Valley Disposal, if there had been any discussion about single-sided pickup.

* July 20 and 22, 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Parents must have immunization records. Nevada Check Up, Medicaid, the uninsured and cash or check payments are welcome.

One ticket matched all five numbers and the mega number in Wednesday's drawing of the California Super Lotto, with a payout of $10 million. The next jackpot will be at least $7 million.

Many attendees at Tuesday's Pahrump Town Board meeting commented on the recycling options presented by John Shea, vice president of Pahrump Valley Disposal (PVD).

MARK SMITH / PVT Ash Meadows Visitor Services Manager Christina Nalen, above, shows the way along the under-construction boardwalk, with pillars for "shade sails," below, around and by King's Pool. A grand opening is hoped for sometime this fall.

Wynn Las Vegas dealer Daniel Baldonado has been waiting for this day for nearly three years.

Western Architectural hired Jessie McCaskill as business development manager. Gensler of Nevada hired Brett Robillard as a senior designer.

As the economy sputters and joblessness climbs, armchair economists scratch for scapegoats. "Wall Street got greedy," shouts one side. "Homebuyers were reckless," cries another. But author federal Judge Richard Posner disagrees.

Diner food for a business lunch? Why not? It's quintessential comfort food, and in this economy who, even tangentially connected to the business world, couldn't use a little comfort food? Numerous readers had contacted me to sing the praises of Shari's Diner, so off we went.

What's in a name? As much as Keep Memory Alive can get for it, that's what. As the Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health admitted its first patients last week, the nonprofit has started shifting its focus from development to a more intense fundraising effort and expanding its scope.

To hear Ronald Corso say it, the music industry has become a cruise ship, always slow to turn and outmaneuvered by smaller motorboats representing independent music entrepreneurs.

Your favorite local rock musicians are whores.

Six years ago, Vegas electronic music producer and later Macro-Fi collective founder John K., aka Professor Def, knew his own local scene and little else. Like the similarly aligned friends with whom he traded and collaborated -- Mike Biggs, whatFOUR and Dü -- the beats were internal and the motivation fairly insular. Then came the outside influence.

Maybe you haven't noticed it so much, but when this live music fan, usually nursing guitar-smashed eardrums after hours of rock 'n' roll bloodshed, stumbles to his car in the early-morning darkness of a dive-bar parking lot, he spends increasingly less time ripping flyers from his windshield and throwing them on the ground in disgust at all the lame band names (Dirty Sanchez, for example). ...

According to infallible and completely hunch-based CityLife statistics, 50 local music collectives fail in this town for every one that succeeds -- that is, survives its own indolence and infighting long enough for its name to be recognized by more than just the friends and family of its members. One major difference between failure and success? Belief in the product, man. Hence the ballsy, ...

Boulder City police have closed U.S. 95 between Railroad Pass and State Route 165 because dust from the dry lake bed has reduced visibility.

The ultralight plane pilot who died in the crash of the aircraft on Thursday southeast of Las Vegas was Jeffrey Michael Stitt, a UNLV associate professor in the English Department.

After sitting vacant for nearly two years, Sun City Anthem’s Trumpets Restaurant is on track to reopen after the Henderson Planning Commission issued it a conditional use permit Thursday night.

A man who was sleeping when a fire broke out at his house in Henderson was awakened by smoke detectors and managed to escape without injury, fire officials said. Two pet cats were killed, but a dog survived the fire, which was reported about 9:45 a.m. Thursday on Chesney Drive, near Pebble and Pecos roads, according to the Henderson Fire Department

Helen Margaret Williams of Meadview Ariz., died July 6.