Las Vegas Review-Journal (Las Vegas, NV) articles from January 2004

Las Vegas Review-Journal (Las Vegas, NV) archives from January 2004

NEW YEAR'S CELEBRATION: No Fear Here.(news)
January 1, 2004... BYLINE: RICHARD LAKE, REVIEW-JOURNAL A night of celebration capped a week of apprehension Wednesday as throngs of people set their fears aside on a peaceful night that included the largest fireworks show in Las Vegas history. As the...

Terror investigations not new to Las Vegas.(news)
January 1, 2004... BYLINE: J.M. KALIL, REVIEW-JOURNAL Las Vegas has been repeatedly linked to terrorism, most recently last week when media outlets reported that foreigners wanted to crash French jetliners here. In the past four years, there have been at...

Boy, 16, charged in fatal crash.(news)
January 1, 2004... BYLINE: FRANK CURRERI, REVIEW-JOURNAL A Green Valley High School sophomore was charged Wednesday with drunken driving and involuntary manslaughter in connection with a November accident that killed three teenage passengers. Sean...

OPEN MEETING LAW: Minutes reveal deliberation.(news)
January 1, 2004... BYLINE: ERIN NEFF, REVIEW-JOURNAL At the end of a closed two-day personnel session that led to the demotions of two community college executives, university system Regent Marcia Bandera asked her colleagues to stop deliberating. ...

Psychics foretell prosperous '04 for many in LV.(news)
January 1, 2004... BYLINE: HENRY BREAN, REVIEW-JOURNAL Two out of three psychics agree: 2004 will be a good year, especially in Las Vegas. A decidedly unscientific survey of local psychics revealed mostly guarded optimism for 2004, at least from the few...

Desert plants unharmed by snow.(news)
January 1, 2004... BYLINE: JULIET V. CASEY, REVIEW-JOURNAL Local plant experts said Wednesday the surprise snowfall that blanketed the valley Tuesday morning didn't harm palm trees or other desert plants. "The reality was that is wasn't as cold as it...

Rebels looking ahead to Mountain West Conference opener vs. Utah.(sports)
January 1, 2004... BYLINE: STEVE CARP, REVIEW-JOURNAL The UNLV men's basketball team still has a game against Division III Occidental remaining before Mountain West Conference play begins. But the Rebels, coming off an easy victory against overmatched...

TRIVIA QUIZ: All Roads Lead Here.(living)
January 1, 2004... BYLINE: JOAN WHITELY, REVIEW-JOURNAL Contrary to what you may see in TV commercials, what happens here does not stay here, if the deed is wild, wacky or weird enough. Las Vegas emerges in the national media -- all levels of it, from...

Restaurant figures likely to sizzle.(business)
January 1, 2004... BYLINE: MATTHEW CROWLEY, REVIEW-JOURNAL Is the best path to a job market recovery through Americans' stomachs? Economists wonder. Although the U.S. employment fell 0.2 percent in 2003, employment at restaurants, defined by the Bureau...

Consumer Advocate Challenges Nevada Power's Retroactive Billing Plan.
January 1, 2004

NEW YEAR'S TRAGEDY: Las Vegas house fire kills four.(news)
January 2, 2004... BYLINE: ADRIENNE PACKER, REVIEW-JOURNAL An early morning fire that swept through the second story of a Spring Valley home Thursday killed three family members and a neighborhood child who was spending the night. A couple, their...

New Year's arrests rise sharply.(news)
January 2, 2004... BYLINE: ADRIENNE PACKER, REVIEW-JOURNAL Droves of extra law enforcement officers assigned to Las Vegas on New Year's Eve anticipated terrorist activity, but instead spent much of the night rounding up mischievous revelers for minor crimes....

Water limits taking effect.(news)
January 2, 2004... BYLINE: LISA KIM BACH, REVIEW-JOURNAL Limitations on water use have become more severe for Las Vegas Valley residents and businesses with the coming of the new year. Drought conditions that have depleted Lake Mead and increased area...

TALE OF TWO STATIONS: Casino projects handled differently.(news)
January 2, 2004... BYLINE: ADRIENNE PACKER, REVIEW-JOURNAL Opponents of Station Casinos' proposed resort in Summerlin base part of their argument against the proposed 300-foot tower on the way another of the gaming company's casinos in Henderson took shape....

HOUSE OF BLUES NEW YEAR'S EVE SHOW: Ballads age well for Goo Goo Doll.(news)
January 2, 2004... BYLINE: DOUG ELFMAN, REVIEW-JOURNAL There were a lot of New Year's Eve choices in Las Vegas. The Strokes poured into the Cox Pavilion. Metallica crept into the Hard Rock. Styx and other long-ago stars were abundant. And DJs spun at...

COMING UP ROSES: USC stakes claim to No. 1.(sports)
January 2, 2004... BYLINE: MARK ANDERSON, REVIEW-JOURNAL PASADENA, Calif. -- Take that, BCS. Southern California, ranked first in both major polls, made a strong statement Thursday that it deserved the outright national championship, even though the best...

Leinart answers questionsregarding his inexperience.(sports)
January 2, 2004... BYLINE: MARK ANDERSON, REVIEW-JOURNAL PASADENA, Calif. -- Not only did Southern California quarterback Matt Leinart have the difficult task of following Heisman Trophy winner Carson Palmer this season, he also hadn't thrown a pass in a...

Defense keeps Michigan down.(sports)
January 2, 2004... BYLINE: MARK ANDERSON, REVIEW-JOURNAL PASADENA, Calif. -- Southern California's defensive strategy worked so well that coach Pete Carroll wasn't about to divulge its secrets. "I wouldn't tell you (before), and I'm not telling you...

Cher and Cher Alike.(weekly)
January 2, 2004... BYLINE: DOUG ELFMAN, REVIEW-JOURNAL Cher says that her current tour will be her "farewell" tour. She has said that each of the three times this "farewell" tour has come to Las Vegas, including this weekend. So the Review-Journal --...

Different Role.(weekly)
January 2, 2004... BYLINE: KEN WHITE, REVIEW-JOURNAL Paul Sorvino is best known for his career as an actor, but another side of him is on display at the Art de Vignettes commercial gallery in the Fashion Show mall. Sorvino creates sculptures in a...

Storied Past.(weekly)
January 2, 2004... BYLINE: KEN WHITE, REVIEW-JOURNAL They killed 12 people, including nine lawmen, in a crime spree that spanned only two years. Yet 70 years later, the criminal exploits of Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow still have a hold on the popular...

RESTAURANT REVIEW: Season's Best.(weekly)(Review)
January 2, 2004... BYLINE: HEIDI KNAPP RINELLA, REVIEW-JOURNAL Bravo for seasonal menus and may they continue to be increasingly popular, someday as common in restaurants as intransigent (and transient) wait staff. The reason I -- and most other people...

GAME DORK: A Real Bore.(weekly)
January 2, 2004... BYLINE: DOUG ELFMAN, REVIEW-JOURNAL You could say that your favorite acting job of all-time was Madonna's portrayal of a mean, rich person in "Swept Away." You could also assert that Jessica Simpson is the greatest singer of all time. And...

WORLD MARKET CENTER: Downtown home complex delayed.(business)
January 2, 2004... BYLINE: ERIK C. HUEY, REVIEW-JOURNAL The debut of the World Market Center in downtown Las Vegas has been delayed six months until July 2005. While leasing of the first phase of the multi-showroom complex is complete, the delay is...

Hits on JobConnect Web site serving Las Vegas Valley top 6 million in 2003.(business)
January 2, 2004... BYLINE: ERIK C. HUEY, REVIEW-JOURNAL The number of visitors to the Nevada JobConnect Web site has doubled since 2002 with the total visits reaching more than 6 million in 2003. In October, traffic to the nearly 2-year-old job database...

Las Vegas Review-Journal Inside Business Column.
January 2, 2004

Home Complex Project in Las Vegas Delayed.
January 2, 2004

Visitors to Nevada's JobConnect Website Double since 2002.
January 2, 2004

Madison's story is one of love, death, survival.(news)
January 3, 2004... BYLINE: RICHARD LAKE, REVIEW-JOURNAL Madison Martin, who is 7 years old, begins talking the moment he is introduced. "This is my true story, and I want the whole world to know about it," he says, sitting on the floor of his...

Teen under house arrest after crash that killed three friends.(news)
January 3, 2004... BYLINE: FRANK GEARY, REVIEW-JOURNAL A teenager arrested in connection with a November crash that killed three of his friends had a blood-alcohol level more than twice the legal limit for adults, a prosecutor said Friday. Juvenile Court...

Audit shows Deane continues to violate law.(news)
January 3, 2004... BYLINE: FRANK GEARY, REVIEW-JOURNAL Clark County Recorder Frances Deane continues to violate state law by providing preferential treatment to title companies that supported her 2002 campaign, according to a county audit released Friday. ...

Witness: Aircraft's nose was tilted up.(news)
January 3, 2004... BYLINE: GLENN PUIT, REVIEW-JOURNAL A witness to a Christmas Day plane crash that killed six people told authorities the plane was tilted at an unusual, upward angle moments before the tragedy, according to a new federal report. The...

CHRISTMAS DAY ACCIDENT: NLV plane crash victims buried.(news)
January 3, 2004... BYLINE: BRIAN HAYNES, REVIEW-JOURNAL In life, 12-year-old Jack Maini often helped carry his soccer teammates to victory. But on Friday, it was his teammates who carried him. With tears in their eyes, four of Jack's teammates,...

Hillary Clinton dismissed, again, from Flowers' lawsuit.(news)
January 3, 2004... BYLINE: CARRI GEER THEVENOT, REVIEW-JOURNAL For the second time, a federal judge in Las Vegas has dismissed Hillary Rodham Clinton from a lawsuit that accused her of conspiring with two men to defame Gennifer Flowers during the 1992...

Longtime boxing judge to retire.(sports)
January 3, 2004... BYLINE: KEVIN IOLE, REVIEW-JOURNAL Art Lurie, whose career as a boxing judge and referee spanned from Sugar Ray Robinson to Sugar Shane Mosley, said Friday he is retiring his post as a judge with the Nevada Athletic Commission. Lurie,...

Basic boys upend Centennial.(sports)
January 3, 2004... BYLINE: REVIEW-JOURNAL Victor Armendariz scored 14 points, all in the fourth quarter, as Basic's boys basketball team rallied for a 52-49 victory over host Centennial on Friday. Armendariz hit a 3-pointer with 30 seconds remaining to...

PHONE BATTLE: War of words on the line.(business)
January 3, 2004... BYLINE: JOHN G. EDWARDS, REVIEW-JOURNAL Bob Jankovics, manager of a competitive telephone service, pointed to a jumble of wires in an open metal box behind an apartment building near Sahara Avenue and Las Vegas Boulevard. An inch of...

Las Vegas' Golden Nugget Buyers Face First License Vote.
January 3, 2004

Sprint Denies Competitor's Claims of Las Vegas-Area Infrastructure Neglect.
January 3, 2004

House-hauling business on the move.(news)
January 4, 2004... BYLINE: HENRY BREAN, REVIEW-JOURNAL With enough steel, muscle and Ivory soap, Lee Sorenson can bring new meaning to the phrase "there goes the neighborhood." Sorenson moves houses for a living, and lately, business is booming. As...

Judge's two bail rulingsin slayings criticized.(news)
January 4, 2004... BYLINE: GLENN PUIT, REVIEW-JOURNAL For the second time in recent weeks, a Las Vegas judge is facing criticism from prosecutors for what they say are low bail amounts set for people charged with murder. In November, Las Vegas Justice of...

PROPOSED ORDINANCE: Residential test drives targeted.(news)
January 4, 2004... BYLINE: MICHAEL SQUIRES, REVIEW-JOURNAL With a dozen car dealerships doing business near their homes, residents of the neighborhood near Sahara Avenue at Decatur Boulevard say they feel like they live in the middle of a test track. ...

Man, 75, arrested in stabbing death.(news)
January 4, 2004... BYLINE: BRIAN HAYNES, REVIEW-JOURNAL Many of Oscar J. Webb's neighbors always thought he was strange. Now Las Vegas police say the man who called himself O.J. is a killer. Police arrested the 75-year-old Friday in the stabbing...

Goodman would be big fish in governor's race.(news)
January 4, 2004... BYLINE: ERIN NEFF, REVIEW-JOURNAL A recent statewide poll highlighted a political whale many Democrats don't seem to see amid the three other big fish already patrolling the waters of the 2006 governor's race. But without a doubt,...

LOOKING AHEAD: Growing Pains or Growing Anger or Developing Problems.(news)
January 4, 2004... BYLINE: DAVE BERNS, REVIEW-JOURNAL The fate of the 311 Boyz and the defendants in the Galardi money-for-political-favors scandal will receive much of the coming year's local news coverage. The war on terrorism, the economy and this year's...

Guiding light gone, Beck still shines.(sports)
January 4, 2004... BYLINE: STEVE CARP, REVIEW-JOURNAL So many good things have happened in Romel Beck's life lately, he's not sure where to begin. Is it that the 6-foot-7-inch small forward is averaging 14.2 points for the UNLV basketball team, which is...

Handicapper picks Broncos to prevail with running, defense.(sports)
January 4, 2004... BYLINE: MATT YOUMANS, REVIEW-JOURNAL The pressure is on Indianapolis Colts quarterback Peyton Manning to produce his first playoff victory today, and if he fails, the critics will label him a postseason bust for at least another year. ...

Durangorallies pastCoronado.(sports)
January 4, 2004... BYLINE: REVIEW-JOURNAL Tywain McTyer had 19 points and Lamar Falley added 15 as Durango High School rallied for a 67-59 home victory over Coronado on Saturday. Durango trailed 42-36 after three quarters but outscored the Cougars 31-17...

Pets need special care and surroundings to survive in city.(living)
January 4, 2004... BYLINE: JOAN WHITELY, REVIEW-JOURNAL Southern Nevada schoolchildren soon will be guessing when Mojave Max, one of the desert tortoises at Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area, is going to emerge from winter hibernation. Tortoises...

THREATENED SPECIES: Helping Mother Nature.(living)
January 4, 2004... BYLINE: JOAN WHITELY, REVIEW-JOURNAL Betty Burge of Las Vegas can't think of an animal more endearing than the desert tortoise. "There's hardly an animal that you can walk up to in the wild, that's this big that's nonthreatening. Even...

Wheelchair Foundation works to improve mobility of Nevadans.(living)
January 4, 2004... BYLINE: JOAN WHITELY, REVIEW-JOURNAL The Nevada chapter of the Wheelchair Foundation has passed out 1,200 free, new wheelchairs since it was established in 2001, reports John Williams, the chapter's director. "That's all we do, is...

REVIEW-JOURNAL STOCK-PICKING CONTEST: Star Gazers.(business)
January 4, 2004... BYLINE: JOHN G. EDWARDS, REVIEW-JOURNAL Three-time stock pick winner David Ehlers is returning to the Review-Journal contest with a tip for investors: Put your money on gaming equipment manufacturers. His stock pick last year,...

Las Vegas Review-Journal Business Calendar Column.
January 4, 2004

Las Vegas Review-Journal Nevadan At Work Column.
January 4, 2004

Las Vegas Review-Journal Conventions Column.
January 4, 2004

Las Vegas Review-Journal Gaming Column.
January 4, 2004

Florida officials warned Galardi.(news)
January 5, 2004... BYLINE: ADRIENNE PACKER, REVIEW-JOURNAL Longtime strip club entrepreneur Jack Galardi and his managers received several warnings about prostitution inside Galardi's Florida businesses before Tampa police raided his clubs in December. A...

Driver, 16, dies after being ejected from truck in crash.(news)
January 5, 2004... BYLINE: REVIEW-JOURNAL A 16-year-old motorist was killed early Sunday morning after a pickup he was driving crashed on Hollywood Boulevard, south of Sahara Avenue, Las Vegas police said. Dustin Hall of Las Vegas was ejected from the...

Scheduling tactic props up Rebels' RPI.(sports)
January 5, 2004... BYLINE: STEVE CARP, REVIEW-JOURNAL It's easy to explain why Occidental, a Division III school in Los Angeles, appears next on UNLV's basketball schedule. Three words: Ratings Percentage Index. As most fans have become aware, the RPI is...

HOT QUARTERBACKS MEET: Eagles picked to halt Packers.(sports)
January 5, 2004... BYLINE: MATT YOUMANS, REVIEW-JOURNAL Green Bay's Brett Favre and Philadelphia's Donovan McNabb had a miserable first month of the season. Both quarterbacks were battling injuries and hearing insults as their teams staggered to 2-2 starts....

CHILD ETIQUETTE: Letter Perfect.(living)
January 5, 2004... BYLINE: JOAN WHITELY, REVIEW-JOURNAL With a wry laugh, Marilyn Kristal of Las Vegas estimates her success rate for receiving thank-you notes from grandchildren for gifts she has given them is about 50 percent. "I could kill some of my...

NEWSMAKERS: Las Vegan's pooch shows off agility skills at national event.(living)
January 5, 2004... BYLINE: MONIQUE FRIGARD, REVIEW-JOURNAL When Kimberly Sisak attended the Magical Mutt Show at the Excalibur eight years ago, she never thought she would be jumping through hoops to train her dogs. Luckily, it was just the dogs going through...

PITCHING LAS VEGAS: Tech Haven.(business)
January 5, 2004... BYLINE: ERIK C. HUEY, REVIEW-JOURNAL Portland, Ore.'s potential loss may result in the Southern Nevada's gain. Through the help of the Vegas Valley Angels, a local technology venture capital organization, several tech companies in...

Work starts on police substation.(business)
January 5, 2004... BYLINE: HUBBLE SMITH, REVIEW-JOURNAL Southern Nevada general contractor Carson Taylor Harvey has begun construction of the $3.9 million North Las Vegas police substation at Washburn Road and Allen Lane. Water and sewer lines are...

Group of Angels singing praises of Las Vegas.(business)
January 5, 2004... BYLINE: ERIK C. HUEY, REVIEW-JOURNAL The state of venture capital is alive and well in Las Vegas, said Vegas Valley Angels Chairman Mark Brennan. Brennan recently said his group has increased its level of outreach to new technology...

Las Vegas Review-Journal Inside Business Column.
January 5, 2004

Las Vegas Review-Journal The Online Guy Column.
January 5, 2004

Las Vegas Review-Journal Real Estate Column.
January 5, 2004

Venture Capital Group Sings Praises of Las Vegas Investment Climate.
January 5, 2004

Britney Spears' 55-hour marriage annulled.(news)
January 6, 2004... BYLINE: GLENN PUIT, REVIEW-JOURNAL Men, don't give up on that fantasy just yet: Britney Spears is a single woman again. On Monday, a Clark County judge annulled Spears' surprising Saturday morning union to longtime friend Jason Allen...

SCANDAL AFTERMATH: Council to set worker guidelines.(news)
January 6, 2004... BYLINE: MICHAEL SQUIRES, REVIEW-JOURNAL The City Council is set to tackle the question at the center of its recent scandal involving Assemblyman Wendell Williams: How should city officials deal with the lawmakers they employ? At...

Teen in custody until February hearing.(news)
January 6, 2004... BYLINE: FRANK CURRERI, REVIEW-JOURNAL Sean Larimer, a 16-year-old charged in connection with a November car wreck that killed three teenagers, will be confined to the Clark County Juvenile Detention Center for at least the next five weeks,...

Moncrief rift with council grows.(news)
January 6, 2004... BYLINE: MICHAEL SQUIRES, REVIEW-JOURNAL A news release distributed by Councilwoman Janet Moncrief, calling for other council members to join her in revoking the liquor license of the topless club Cheetah's, angered her colleagues and might...

Henderson council meetings move.(news)
January 6, 2004... BYLINE: HENRY BREAN, REVIEW-JOURNAL Starting tonight, the Henderson City Council will move its meetings down Water Street to the Henderson Convention Center, making way for ongoing renovations at City Hall. Council members are expected...

PERCHLORATE CONTAMINATION: Approval sought for 24 monitoring wells.(news)
January 6, 2004... BYLINE: KEITH ROGERS, REVIEW-JOURNAL American Pacific Corp. expects to get approval tonight from the Henderson City Council for 24 wells to monitor the contaminant perchlorate in groundwater layers near the old plant site where the...

Attempted murder of officer alleged.(news)
January 6, 2004... BYLINE: FRANK CURRERI, REVIEW-JOURNAL A 39-year-old man accused of attempting to run over a Henderson police officer Saturday with his car has been arrested, police said. Howard Anthony Dipietro of Las Vegas was booked Sunday on one...

Mother sentencedin child abuse case.(news)
January 6, 2004... BYLINE: GLENN PUIT, REVIEW-JOURNAL A mother who authorities allege did nothing to prevent her 3-year-old boy from being beaten to death was placed on probation Monday. In July, Essence Caldwell's son, Steven, was taken to Sunrise...

Cheney will attendfund-raiser in LV.(news)
January 6, 2004... BYLINE: ERIN NEFF, REVIEW-JOURNAL Vice President Dick Cheney will visit Las Vegas next week to raise money for Rep. Jon Porter's re-election efforts. The 11 a.m. Thursday luncheon at Bellagio costs $250 per person. For an additional...

Plutonium-tainted waste to leave test site Wednesday.(news)
January 6, 2004... BYLINE: KEITH ROGERS, REVIEW-JOURNAL Department of Energy officials said the first truck hauling up to 42 drums of plutonium-tainted waste will leave the Nevada Test Site on Wednesday, heading on a southern route through California, across...

Californian dies in I-15 single-vehicle wreck.(news)
January 6, 2004... BYLINE: REVIEW-JOURNAL A California man was killed Monday evening when he lost control of his car on Interstate 15 near Craig Road, the Nevada Highway Patrol said. The 5:20 p.m. accident closed southbound lanes of I-15 for hours. ...

Navy reserve to send 34 more to Iraq.(news)
January 6, 2004... BYLINE: REVIEW-JOURNAL Thirty-four Navy reservists from Las Vegas will leave Wednesday for a year's duty in Iraq, a Navy Reserve spokesman said. The group of sailors, which includes several women, are from Cargo Handling Battalion 14...

Galardi sentencing hearing postponed.(news)
January 6, 2004... BYLINE: ADRIENNE PACKER, REVIEW-JOURNAL A sentencing hearing in San Diego for former strip club owner Michael Galardi was postponed Monday and rescheduled for April, a source in the U.S. attorney's office said. Galardi will not be...

NLV councilwoman to challenge Kincaid-Chauncey.(news)
January 6, 2004... BYLINE: ADRIENNE PACKER, REVIEW-JOURNAL North Las Vegas City Councilwoman Shari Buck is expected today to announce her plan to challenge embattled Clark County Commissioner Mary Kincaid-Chauncey. Buck confirmed Monday that she plans to...

Lawsuit against Galardialleges $1 million stolen.(news)
January 6, 2004... BYLINE: MICHAEL SQUIRES, REVIEW-JOURNAL Michael Galardi may have stolen as much as $1 million from the corporation that owns the Las Vegas topless club Cheetah's, a lawsuit filed on Monday alleges. The lawsuit, which seeks to recover...