Las Vegas Sun

October 7, 2008

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Steve Marcus

Plans to build Plaza Las Vegas, a replica of the famed New York hotel, on the site of the former New Frontier are on hold.

Ruling: Plaza can’t have name all to itself
GAMING: Replica of N.Y. landmark planned for Strip site passes trademark test
Tue, Oct 7, 2008 (2 a.m.)
By Liz Benston
The Plaza trademark infringement lawsuit wasn’t, from a legal standpoint, about whether the famed Plaza Hotel in New York is more popular than or superior to the Plaza in downtown Las Vegas. Yet in a broader sense, that’s what it was all about.
Now, how about the stock market?
Checking Back : They looked ahead. Did they hit the jackpot?
By Brendan Buhler
When the economy zags down and financial companies drop like moths from a bug zapper, the odds are that no one knows what is going on.
Corrections officer fired for alleged plot loses his appeal
Looking in on: Carson City: Planned assault among charges
By Cy Ryan
Hearing Officer Ann Elworth-Winner ruled last week that there was “reliable, substantial and probative evidence” to support the firing of Irvin Blake, a 14-year employee in the prison system, for allegedly plotting against two co-workers.
No place to sit, take notes
DAILY MEMO: JAILS : During long meeting with violent client, lawyers find out how tough a lockup can be
By Jeff German
Jails holding members of the white supremacist prison gang the Aryan Warriors are having a hard time balancing security concerns and constitutional rights.
Pharmacist Khanh Pham was inspired to join the project by her humble upbringing and by observing patrons at her pharmacy who couldn't afford needed medication.
Volunteers forge ahead with plan to treat uninsured
Health Care: Group has solid funding start, backing of local hospitals, and hundreds of professionals committed to its cause
By Marshall Allen
On Monday, Dr. Florence Jameson had proclaimed a miracle: About $600,000 in donations and pledges had been made to Volunteers in Medicine of Southern Nevada to help extend health care to those who can’t afford it.
Off-road race kicks up dust in the desert
Off-road race kicks up dust in the desert
A moment captured:
By Tiffany Brown
A spectator clocks speeds of racers leaving a pit stop area along the off-road course north of Alamo.
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Jim Erbes and his son Andy, 13, of Scottsdale, Ariz., take a break from touring Las Vegas at the corner of the Strip and Tropicana Avenue on Monday. Erbes, a retired university professor, said the family had considered a trip to the Dominican Republic but decided to vacation closer to home because of the economic downturn.
They’re cutting back, but they're having fun
THE ECONOMY: Visitors determined to have a good time don’t want to hear financial news
By Mike Trask
Jim Erbes came to Las Vegas because of the economy, not despite it. He cut his vacation with his wife and son from $5,000 worth of airfare and resort stays to a 310-mile drive from Scottsdale and two days at the Excalibur for $63 each.
Potential advertisers watch as the M Lightship passes the under-construction M Resort on Wednesday. The blimp will fly for six hours a night, five days a week (unless it's off promoting the M out of state). M owner Anthony Marnell hopes ad sales will help pay for the blimp's lease.
Up in the sky, a (moving) sign of suddenly desperate times
THE ECONOMY: Developer uses blimp to promote $1 billion suburban resort
By Brendan Buhler
Anthony A. Marnell III, scion of a Las Vegas construction empire, is standing on the top floor of the $1 billion resort he is building and of which he is chairman and chief executive, and it is hard not to feel a little sorry for him.
Claim Palin was union member hard to pin down
ELECTION 2008: Obvious sources don’t know, but that isn’t end of the story
By Michael Mishak
When Sen. John McCain introduced Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as his running mate in August, he described her as a former union member, someone who “understands the problems, the hopes and the values of working people.”
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