Housing analyst predicts Las Vegas may be among first to emerge from slump (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Las Vegas may be among the first markets to emerge from the housing slump clutching the nation as monthly sales have picked up and prices appear to be reaching the bottom, a local housing analyst predicted today.

Las Vegas Sands blames Beijing and Macau for halt on casino project (Channel NewsAsia)
HONG KONG : The Chinese and Macau governments were partly to blame for Las Vegas Sands' decision to halt work on a huge casino project, the US gaming giant's president told a newspaper Wednesday.

Las Vegas Sun (Las Vegas Sun)
The multi-talented Terry Fator comes to the Las Vegas Hilton for three shows in one weekend.

Jaywalking Las Vegas man dies after being hit by car (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
A Las Vegas man died Sunday night after he jaywalked across Desert Inn Road west of Maryland Parkway and was struck by a car, Las Vegas police said. The 59-year-old man was hit by the 75-year-old driver of a 1997 Honda Accord about 8 p.m. after he entered a right travel lane, police said.

Las Vegas woman selected for Obama's transition team (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
WASHINGTON -- Rose McKinney-James, a longtime Las Vegas business and political figure, lobbyist and renewable energy consultant, is part of President-elect Barack Obama's transition team.

Worries subside for Las Vegas Sands (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Las Vegas Sands Corp., which owns the Palazzo, above, believes it has enough capital resources to fund operations and fulfill development plans. Photo by Duane Prokop .

North Las Vegas robbery suspects captured on camera (Las Vegas Sun)
Tue, Nov 18, 2008 (3:06 p.m.) Two men, one dressed as a woman, walked into the Super Pawn at 1611 Las Vegas Blvd. North and robbed the store at gunpoint about 7 p.m. Sept. 25, North Las Vegas Police Department officers said.

RoadRunners Win Wild 7-6 Shootout Over Las Vegas (OurSports Central)
PHOENIX, Ariz. - Ashton Rome scored a hat trick and added another goal in the shootout to lead the Phoenix RoadRunners past the Las Vegas Wranglers 7-6 Tuesday night in front of 2,085 fans at US Airways Center.

Las Vegas Sands Has `All the Money' Needed for Singapore Casino (Bloomberg)
Nov. 18 (Bloomberg) -- Las Vegas Sands Corp. has enough money to finish Singapore's first casino without help from the city-state's government or billionaire Kwek Leng Beng after the company raised $2.1 billion, President William Weidner said.

Standout Las Vegas guard commits to Kansas (Sports Illustrated)
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) -- Elijah Johnson, a standout shooting guard from Las Vegas, Nev., has signed a letter of intent with Kansas.