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What you need to know about driving to California this summer

​Hard to believe, isn’t it, that we’re closing in on the Memorial Day weekend, the unofficial kickoff to the summer travel season. It won’t be long before we’re setting the cruise control, telling the kids in the back seat to be quiet and avoiding the wackos who get in our way on the interstate.​ SoCal is calling. The beaches. The cool ocean breezes. Beverly Hills. The gridlocked freeways.

By blabbing first, Wark cuts best deal for himself

Disgraced political wheeler-dealer Steve Wark proved the benefits of being first to turn on co-conspirators in one of Las Vegas’ biggest fraud cases involving local homeowners associations.

Orange is the color of Nevada construction season

Thanks to a new Regional Transportation Commission program that starts today, motorists will be armed with information that might ease the pain of a cone-filled commute.

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Sanctions hit lawyer Glen Lerner where it hurts most

Sanctions by a federal judge in New Orleans knocked Glen Lerner off hundreds of cases involving a 2010 oil spill. The sanctions hit the heavy hitter where it hurts — no clients, no fees.

Piracy precautions serious business on cruise ships

It was a little shocking, when boarding the Amsterdam in Dubai, to see the barbed wire on the third deck, the first open deck pirates could possibly board. Then there were the water hoses, pointed down toward the water line.

MGM’s Fight of the Century will be Traffic Jam of the Century

Fight traffic alert: People who want to get a sniff of fight night ambience are being warned that the MGM Grand is not the place to be Saturday unless you have a ticket to get inside the arena to watch Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather make history.

Flight plans altered after birds strike jetliner

I almost needed that obituary I wrote for myself. Writing about it before I left on vacation was clearly tempting fate.

Why you should write your own obituary

A few friends looked horrified when I said I had written my pre-obit. Some of them were the same folks who thought I was foolish to plan a vacation in the Middle East.

State audits reveal eye-opening issues at Nevada agencies

State auditors have found the Department of Education needed to do far more and in revoking licenses of employees with criminal histories. And they found the Department of Public Safety folks did not have a plan to fix dozens of problems identified.

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