Las Vegas Review-Journal (Las Vegas, NV) articles from March 2002

Las Vegas Review-Journal (Las Vegas, NV) archives from March 2002

Labor Law Expert from Los Angeles Advocates Arbitration to Resolve Disputes.
March 1, 2002

Las Vegas-Based Mandalay Resort Group Posts Quarterly Loss.
March 1, 2002

Las Vegas Casino Operator MGM Mirage May Seek Approval to Exit Utility System.
March 1, 2002

Nevada Utility Reaches Deal to Use Wind Power.
March 1, 2002

Nevada Regulators Deny Utility's Request for Payback Extension.
March 1, 2002

Study says fallout from nuclear tests killed 11,000.(news)
March 1, 2002... BYLINE: REVIEW-JOURNAL An estimated 11,000 people living in the United States after 1951 have died from cancer caused by radioactive fallout from nuclear weapons tests in Nevada and elsewhere, according to a study being prepared by the...

HEALTH INSURANCE: Squeezed physicians quit plans.(news)
March 1, 2002... BYLINE: JOELLE BABULAREVIEW-JOURNAL Las Vegan Deanne Rood cried when she found out her obstetrician would no longer accept her health insurance and might not deliver her baby. Rood had complications with her first pregnancy and credits...

Recordsrevealsevenoffenses.(news)
March 1, 2002... BYLINE: GLENN PUITREVIEW-JOURNAL A man accused of raping a woman at a northwest Las Vegas park was convicted of at least seven prior sex offenses, but he was under no formal supervision at the time of his arrest, court records show. ...

Panel begins deliberations in Mosley case.(news)
March 1, 2002... BYLINE: CARRI GEER THEVENOTREVIEW-JOURNAL Seven members of the Nevada Judicial Discipline Commission began deliberations Thursday to determine whether District Judge Donald Mosley has committed various ethics violations. During her...

LED TECHNOLOGY: City approves upgrade of traffic signal bulbs.(news)
March 1, 2002... BYLINE: MICHAEL SQUIRESREVIEW-JOURNAL Las Vegas has a bright idea. Last week the Las Vegas City Council approved replacing all of the conventional incandescent bulbs that light the city's traffic signals with brightly glowing...

Plea agreement talks at impasse.(news)
March 1, 2002... BYLINE: GLENN PUITREVIEW-JOURNAL A man accused of causing a wreck that killed three people, including an 8-year-old boy, is expected to go to trial Monday after authorities said plea agreement negotiations have faltered. Clark County...

Four counts added to complaint against Mack.(news)
March 1, 2002... BYLINE: REVIEW-JOURNAL Prosecutors have amended their misdemeanor complaint against Las Vegas City Councilman Michael Mack to include four additional counts. The councilman now faces five counts of violating the city ethics code. The...

Mayor adds name to list of state lottery supporters.(news)
March 1, 2002... BYLINE: JAN MOLLERREVIEW-JOURNAL Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman joined a growing list of public officials in Nevada who believe a statewide lottery would help the state solve its budget problems. "I think we need it," Goodman said,...

SKY-DIVING ACCIDENT: Victim's mistakes led to death, expert says.(news)
March 1, 2002... BYLINE: GLENN PUITREVIEW-JOURNAL A sky-diving expert testified Thursday that award-winning sky diver Vic Pappadato was solely responsible for his death in 1998. Raymond Ferrell, an expert sky diver and the owner of Prestar, an aviation...

Man enters guilty pleain robbery.(news)
March 1, 2002... BYLINE: REVIEW-JOURNAL A man who was shot in the face as he attempted to carry out a robbery at a Las Vegas home pleaded guilty to several charges Thursday. John Dimick, 31, pleaded guilty to five counts, including burglary and...

McCartney to play MGM Grand Garden in April.(news)
March 1, 2002... BYLINE: REVIEW-JOURNAL Paul McCartney will perform in concert April 5 and 6 at the MGM Grand Garden arena. He's touring for the first time since 1993. Thursday's announcement of the concerts confirmed a month's worth of speculation...

UNLV football players avoid suspensions.(sports)
March 1, 2002... BYLINE: MARK ANDERSONREVIEW-JOURNAL Despite a call for a harsher penalty, eight UNLV football players involved in two weekend incidents each were given 15 hours of community service by athletic director John Robinson on Thursday. The...

Jeff Burton seeks another big payoff.(sports)
March 1, 2002... BYLINE: JEFF WOLFREVIEW-JOURNAL Don't snicker when Jeff Burton talks about Roush Racing's team concept. He's serious about how he and his Roush teammates -- Mark Martin, Matt Kenseth and Las Vegan Kurt Busch -- don't keep secrets when...

UNLV 73, AIR FORCE 66: Rebels find new way to win.(sports)
March 1, 2002... BYLINE: STEVE CARPREVIEW-JOURNAL Just when it looked like UNLV was going to change its ways and play 40 minutes of consistent basketball, the Rebels reverted to their usual selves. Not that their 73-66 win over Air Force on Thursday at...

Cougars handLady Rebelsfirst home loss,jumble seedings.(sports)
March 1, 2002... BYLINE: MARK ANDERSONREVIEW-JOURNAL Brigham Young was the last team to defeat UNLV at the Thomas & Mack Center, and the Cougars looked right at home again Thursday. They continued their mastery over the Lady Rebels, winning 64-48...

Herrera comes from sixthfor World of Outlaws win.(sports)
March 1, 2002... BYLINE: JEFF WOLLARDREVIEW-JOURNAL He didn't do it the easy way, but Johnny Herrera pulled off his first World of Outlaws sprint-car victory of the season Thursday night at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Herrera, who started the A feature...

Independent Spirit.(weekly)
March 1, 2002... BYLINE: DOUG ELFMANREVIEW-JOURNAL The stereotype of Ani DiFranco is that of a big-mouth, liberal folk singer who founded a thriving independent record label and stuck it to the money-grubbing music industry. The deal with this...

Spears coming back to town for at least one arena show.(weekly)
March 1, 2002... BYLINE: REVIEW-JOURNAL Britney Spears is returning to town, this time performing at the Mandalay Bay Events Center on May 24 and possibly May 25. This weekend, only the May 24 show is going on sale. Tickets are $45.50, $75.50 and $95.50....

MOVIE REVIEW: The Power of Two.(weekly)(Review)
March 1, 2002... BYLINE: CAROL CLINGREVIEW-JOURNAL In "Iris," we watch a rare, resplendent and sometimes spiky flower blossom with palpable intensity. During the course of the movie, we watch that same flower wither with heartbreaking inevitability....

Local film makes debut.(weekly)
March 1, 2002... BYLINE: REVIEW-JOURNAL "Clover's Movie," a drama filmed in Las Vegas by local filmmaker Marko Sakren, will premiere Saturday at Regal Cinemas' Village Square 18. "Clover's Movie" focuses on a young filmmaker (Brandon Dooley) with a...

Music Icon.(weekly)
March 1, 2002... BYLINE: KEN WHITEREVIEW-JOURNAL Virtuoso pianist John Browning joins the Las Vegas Philharmonic as it presents a program of classic works by Ludwig van Beethoven, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Robert Schumann Saturday in Artemus Ham Hall at...

Large Medium.(weekly)
March 1, 2002... BYLINE: KEN WHITEREVIEW-JOURNAL Even Leslie Rankin is surprised by what she does. An artist who works with large pieces of glass, Rankin doesn't look like someone who would use what appears to be dangerous material. "The biggest...

Expert advocates arbitration to resolve disputes.(business)
March 1, 2002... BYLINE: HUBBLE SMITHREVIEW-JOURNAL Joe Beachboard watched as employers made the same mistakes over and over again in violation of national labor laws, often leading to costly litigation of workplace lawsuits. That's why he started the...

Casino says it may opt out.(business)
March 1, 2002... BYLINE: JOHN G. EDWARDSREVIEW-JOURNAL MGM Mirage, the Strip casino operator, confirmed Thursday that it filed a letter of intent, indicating that it might seek state approval to opt out of Nevada Power's regulated electric utility system...

RENEWABLE ENERGY: Utility reaches deal to use wind power.(business)
March 1, 2002... BYLINE: JOHN G. EDWARDSREVIEW-JOURNAL Nevada Power Co. announced Thursday that it signed an agreement for its largest commitment to wind power generation in Southern Nevada to date. It is awaiting state regulatory approval of the...

PUC denies utility's request for extension.(business)
March 1, 2002... BYLINE: JOHN G. EDWARDSREVIEW-JOURNAL State regulators Thursday rejected Nevada Power's proposal to spread the cost of a $922 million energy rate case over six years, saying the law clearly limited the recovery period to three years. ...

Consumers Get Right to Sue over Incorrect Credit Data.
March 2, 2002

Japan Airlines Resumes Tokyo-Las Vegas Nonstop Flight Service.
March 2, 2002

NASCAR Race Brings in Millions to Las Vegas Tourism Coffers.
March 2, 2002

Mitsubishi Seeks Approval to Build Goodsprings, Nev.-Area Energy Plant.
March 2, 2002

Two Nevada Public Relations Agencies to Merge.
March 2, 2002

HOUSING AUTHORITY : Man says he paid Herrera.(news)
March 2, 2002... BYLINE: JANE ANN MORRISONREVIEW-JOURNAL A California man said he paid Dario Herrera $1,250 to help him win a Las Vegas Housing Authority public relations contract worth $84,000, then lost the deal and saw the county commissioner claim part...

Yucca Mountain water rights issue heats up.(news)
March 2, 2002... BYLINE: KEITH ROGERSREVIEW-JOURNAL It's crunch time for water at Yucca Mountain. Saying there is only enough left for the next five weeks, a government lawyer urged a federal judge Friday to act quickly on a case involving permits for...

Program helps children who struggle with English.(news)
March 2, 2002... BYLINE: JULIET V. CASEYREVIEW-JOURNAL Miriam Rodriguez, who operates an after-school program for low-income families, says she fears Clark County schools are letting too many children whose parents don't speak English fall behind. "My...

Man cleared in case.(news)
March 2, 2002... BYLINE: GLENN PUITREVIEW-JOURNAL A man who claimed he shot two people in self-defense was cleared by a jury of murder and attempted murder charges Thursday. Christopher A. Thomas, 24, was on trial this week in the February 2001...

LAS VEGAS POLICE: Officer arrested, faces felony drug charges.(news)
March 2, 2002... BYLINE: GLENN PUITREVIEW-JOURNAL A Las Vegas police officer is facing nine felony charges after his colleagues say they found narcotics in his home. Sean Curd, 29, is the third Las Vegas officer in less than a month to face felony...

Man acquitted of murder in 2001 shooting.(news)
March 2, 2002... BYLINE: REVIEW-JOURNAL A Clark County jury has acquitted a local man of a murder charge stemming from a 2001 shooting. Clark County Deputy Special Public Defender Dayvid Figler said Anthony Biddle was cleared Thursday afternoon in the...

Inmate who attempted to hang self last month dies.(news)
March 2, 2002... BYLINE: GLENN PUITREVIEW-JOURNAL An inmate who attempted to hang himself at the Clark County Detention Center nearly two weeks ago has died, authorities confirmed Friday. The Thursday death of Anthony Bentel, 22, of Las Vegas, has...

WINSTON CUP: Bodine alone in front of pack.(sports)
March 2, 2002... BYLINE: JEFF WOLFREVIEW-JOURNAL Race teams have done nearly everything to get exposure when trying to find a sponsor. Todd Bodine topped them all on Friday afternoon at Las Vegas Motor Speedway when he won the pole for Sunday's NASCAR...

Rebels'seniorslookingfor more.(sports)
March 2, 2002... BYLINE: STEVE CARPREVIEW-JOURNAL It is supposed to be the culmination of a career, a time to reflect on what has been accomplished. But the five UNLV seniors who will be honored before tonight's basketball regular-season finale have...

Lady Rebels face Utes in key MWC finale.(sports)
March 2, 2002... BYLINE: MARK ANDERSONREVIEW-JOURNAL One of the UNLV women's basketball team's most impressive victories this season occurred at Utah, a team that dominated the Lady Rebels the previous three seasons. Regina Miller's team must do it...

FRESNO STATE: Tarkanian weighs coaching future.(sports)
March 2, 2002... BYLINE: STEVE CARPREVIEW-JOURNAL You can hear the anguish in Jerry Tarkanian's voice as he speaks above the din of the bouncing basketballs on the practice floor. Tarkanian is finishing his seventh season at Fresno State and said...

Massive local bettingon Busch lowers value.(sports)
March 2, 2002... BYLINE: KEVIN IOLEREVIEW-JOURNAL Kurt Busch is going to have a lot more betting tickets written on him today and Sunday for the UAW-Daimler Chrysler 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway than he may get in any NASCAR race all season. That's...

SAM'S TOWN 300: Jeff Burton wins Busch pole.(sports)
March 2, 2002... BYLINE: MARK ANDERSONREVIEW-JOURNAL Jeff Burton's past success at Las Vegas Motor Speedway is impressive enough. Friday he added another accomplishment at the speedway, winning the pole position for today's Sam's Town 300 NASCAR Busch...

Buschqualifiesthird,set to go.(sports)
March 2, 2002... BYLINE: JEFF WOLFREVIEW-JOURNAL Kurt Busch looked as if he was ready to start the UAW-DaimlerChrysler 400. His eyes seemed to wonder why he had to wait almost a day and a half for Sunday's NASCAR Winston Cup race at Las Vegas Motor...

Mark Kinser firstin Outlaws feature.(sports)
March 2, 2002... BYLINE: JEFF WOLLARDREVIEW-JOURNAL World of Outlaws sprint-car veteran Mark Kinser is from Oolitic, Ind., but he always feels right at home in Las Vegas. Kinser started from the pole and led all 25 laps Friday to win the A-feature...

Consumers get right to sue over incorrect credit data.(business)
March 2, 2002... BYLINE: CHRIS DI EDOARDOREVIEW-JOURNAL The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals used a Las Vegas case Friday to give consumers across the West the right to sue companies that add incorrect information to consumers' credit history. The...

Japan Airlines resumes LV nonstop flight service.(business)
March 2, 2002... BYLINE: HUBBLE SMITHREVIEW-JOURNAL Showgirls from the Riviera hotel greeted about 260 Japanese visitors as they arrived Friday at McCarran International Airport aboard Japan Airlines, marking the return of nonstop air service from Tokyo....

TOURISM: Big wheels, big wealth.(business)
March 2, 2002... BYLINE: HUBBLE SMITHREVIEW-JOURNAL Race banners advertising beer specials and NASCAR sponsors hang from just about every bar and lounge within a 2-mile radius of Las Vegas Motor Speedway as Sunday's UAW-DaimlerChrysler 400 approaches. ...

Nevada Power exit list getting longer.(business)
March 2, 2002... BYLINE: JOHN G. EDWARDSREVIEW-JOURNAL Three more companies made clear Friday they plan to abandon Nevada Power and buy their electricity from the utility's competitors. Station Casinos, Coast Hotels and Casinos and the operator of...

Public relations agencies will merge.(business)
March 2, 2002... BYLINE: REVIEW-JOURNAL Dunn Reber Glenn Marz, an advertising and public relations agency, announced Friday it is acquiring the Creative Group to form one of the largest advertising and marketing agencies in Nevada. Terms of the merger...

Mitsubishi seeks approval to build gas-fired energy plant.(business)
March 2, 2002... BYLINE: JOHN G. EDWARDSREVIEW-JOURNAL Some independent power producers are shelving projects as the price of electricity slumps in the West, but a subsidiary of Japan's Mitsubishi Corp. is seeking approval to build another 500-megawatt...

Las Vegas Review-Journal Business Calendar Column.
March 3, 2002

Las Vegas Review-Journal Nevadan At Work Column.
March 3, 2002

Las Vegas Review-Journal Gaming Chips Column.
March 3, 2002

IN DEPTH: LEASE NOW!(news)
March 3, 2002... BYLINE: JEFF WOLFREVIEW-JOURNAL Revolutions per minute, miles per hour and margin of victory. For auto racing's team owners, on-track terminology is not as critical to winning today's NASCAR Winston Cup stock-car race in Las Vegas as...

IN DEPTH: NASCAR SPONSORSHIP: Unusual sponsor drawn to sport.(news)
March 3, 2002... BYLINE: JEFF WOLFREVIEW-JOURNAL Ten years ago, it would have been difficult to imagine a chain of health food stores investing millions to reach what was believed to be a beer-guzzling, cigarette-smoking, fast food-eating audience. The...

IN DEPTH: Race sponsors choose separate tracks.(news)
March 3, 2002... BYLINE: JEFF WOLFREVIEW-JOURNAL This weekend's NASCAR races at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway pair two distinctly different sponsors with contrasting methods for achieving what both hope will be big dividends from their considerable...

City planners eyeoverhaul of signs in business areas.(news)
March 3, 2002... BYLINE: JAN MOLLERREVIEW-JOURNAL The commercial district around Charleston Boulevard and Eastern Avenue is largely unremarkable in a valley where strip malls are as ubiquitous as slot machines. Fast food franchises, budget motels, a...

HIGHER EDUCATION: Henderson college at crossroads.(news)
March 3, 2002... BYLINE: NATALIE PATTONREVIEW-JOURNAL A lingering Nevada State College fund-raising goal of $50 million-plus. A change of address taking the campus farther from the valley's densest population spots. A leadership void. A lack of basic...

Doctors' futures hinge on hearing.(news)
March 3, 2002... BYLINE: JOELLE BABULAREVIEW-JOURNAL Obstetrician Guy Torres plans to stop delivering babies in October. Longtime surgeon Eugene Porreca has left his practice, sent resumes to other states, and is getting ready to put his home up for...

REVIEW: DiFranco's eclectic music delivers the goods.(news)(Review)
March 3, 2002... BYLINE: DOUG ELFMANREVIEW-JOURNAL The tattoo of a necklace peaked over the top of her shirt. She stood on the dusky stage, confident but not cocky. Wearing pulled-back dreadlocks. Holding a microphone with strong guitar arms. She was just...

Retired Air Force colonel O'Connell dies.(news)
March 3, 2002... BYLINE: REVIEW-JOURNAL A retired U.S. Air Force colonel who led an undercover operation during the Korean War and arrested a fellow airman for selling military secrets died on Wednesday. John O'Connell was 83. O'Connell, a Las Vegas...

Public asked to help ID body.(news)
March 3, 2002... BYLINE: REVIEW-JOURNAL Police are asking for the public's help in identifying the body of a woman found dead in a remote area near Sunrise Mountain last month. Las Vegas homicide detectives are assigned to the case, but the woman's...

WORTHY ADDITIONS TO ANY BOOKSHELF: Las Vegas, where history is now.(opinion)
March 3, 2002... BYLINE: REVIEW-JOURNAL Las Vegas represents so many things to so many different people that I sometimes wonder whether a definitive history of this place will ever be written. Some see it as the consummate post-industrial factory town...

NASCAR WINSTON CUP SERIES: Busch could makecareer move today.(sports)
March 3, 2002... BYLINE: JEFF WOLFREVIEW-JOURNAL Greg Maddux, Andre Agassi, Kurt Busch. Don't chuckle. The 23-year-old Winston Cup driver has more in common with Maddux -- a likely baseball hall of famer -- and Agassi -- one of tennis' all-time greats...

Jeff Burton runs circlesaround Vegas field again.(sports)
March 3, 2002... BYLINE: JEFF WOLLARDREVIEW-JOURNAL By the end of the first lap of Saturday's Sam's Town 300 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, the competition knew Jeff Burton had a car capable of winning. Burton knew it more than a month ago. Starting...

Third place is a charm for UNLV.(sports)
March 3, 2002... BYLINE: STEVE CARPREVIEW-JOURNAL Seven minutes were left at the Thomas & Mack Center Saturday when word came from Colorado that Brigham Young had lost to Colorado State in overtime. The Cougars' defeat meant that UNLV had finished in...

Utes leave Lady Rebels speechless.(sports)
March 3, 2002... BYLINE: MARK ANDERSONREVIEW-JOURNAL The UNLV women's basketball team stayed behind closed doors for 45 minutes, and coach Regina Miller's voice boomed through the walls from time to time. Afterward, Miller didn't let her players talk,...

NASCAR NOTES: Bodine earns race sponsorship.(sports)
March 3, 2002... BYLINE: JEFF WOLFREVIEW-JOURNAL When Todd Bodine won the pole for today's NASCAR Winston Cup race at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway, it was hard to imagine having an unsponsored car leading the start of the nationally televised race. ...

Steve Kinser nets his first Outlaws victory of season.(sports)
March 3, 2002... BYLINE: JEFF WOLFREVIEW-JOURNAL Sprint-car legend Steve Kinser rolled onto the half-mile dirt oval at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on Saturday without a World of Outlaws victory to his credit in 2002. But he's called the King of the...

CONTEST: Quarter Backs.(living)
March 3, 2002... BYLINE: JOHN PRZYBYSREVIEW-JOURNAL Nevada is a state of showgirls, nuclear waste, Elvis Presley, weird flora and even weirder fauna all set against a mountainous panorama. It's a state of slot machines, poker chips and royal flushes...

Used computers can be either dumped or donated.(living)
March 3, 2002... BYLINE: JOAN WHITELYREVIEW-JOURNAL You know you have too many personal computers when: A. Practically every room of the home -- except the bathroom, maybe -- has a computer station, yet you don't use them all. B. All your relatives...

Family Resource Center gives a helping hand to neighbors.(living)
March 3, 2002... BYLINE: JOAN WHITELYREVIEW-JOURNAL The Family Resource Center, 4412 S. Maryland Parkway, offers a safety net for the residents of its at-risk neighborhood. It is designed to serve people who live in the neighborhood bounded by Flamingo...

NEVADAN AT WORK: ROSSI RALENKOTTER: Vice president of marketing, Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority.(business)
March 3, 2002... BYLINE: HUBBLE SMITHREVIEW-JOURNAL Rossi Ralenkotter feels fortunate to be carrying the tourism torch for Las Vegas, the greatest leisure destination in the world, as far as he's concerned. He's a hometown product whose father was a...

Las Vegas Review-Journal In Business Column.
March 4, 2002

Las Vegas Review-Journal The Online Guy Column.
March 4, 2002

Big Crowd, Big Fun.(news)
March 4, 2002... BYLINE: GLENN PUITREVIEW-JOURNAL Perched in the infield atop a worn camper with beers in hand, Gary Brueske and Troy Briesch never got to see Pamela Anderson making the rounds at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway on Sunday. No matter. ...

URBAN-RURAL CLASH: City closes in on pig farm.(news)
March 4, 2002... BYLINE: JULIET V. CASEYREVIEW-JOURNAL Pigs and people might not make ideal neighbors. But Robert Combs and his family say they're committed to being neighborly pig farmers. Combs, owner of RC Farms, raises 6,000 pigs that consume...