The Intersection

Lead Photo From courtroom to bookshelf

Stacy J. Willis | Wed, Dec 31, 2008 (midnight)

When Margaret Rudin was on trial for killing her husband, Ron Rudin, in 2001, she wrote a poem. It begins with what she prayed for most: to have the legal proceedings move forward in “days of unclouded truth.”

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Lead Photo Not so hot

Richard Abowitz | Wed, Dec 31, 2008 (midnight)

This year Adult Entertainment Expo organizers expect to bring 30,000 porn professionals and their fans to town. But this year, the usually frivolous and party-filled convention is faced with a series of shadows.

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Dream zone

Lauri Quinn Lowenberg | Wed, Dec 31, 2008 (midnight)

The other night I dreamed about one of my students who is seven years younger than me and a bit of a class clown. He is not someone I find attractive so it was a complete surprise to dream of having satisfying sex with him. What is going on?

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Suggestion box: Enjoy free money

Las Vegas Weekly Staff | Wed, Dec 31, 2008 (midnight)

t’s a sorry time for our country, especially for our schools, but there’s a way to change that. If only anyone was taking advantage of it.

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Lead Photo Feeding the city

T.R. Witcher | Wed, Dec 31, 2008 (midnight)

On a chilly Christmas Eve morning, Julie Murray, the CEO of Three Square Food Bank, and her staff were on the job well before 8 a.m., readying their giant warehouse for its daily ritual.

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Peggy plots your planets

Peggy Allison | Wed, Dec 31, 2008 (midnight)

Make your travel plans. Reach for higher knowledge. Yes indeed, the red carpet flows your way.

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The Help Desk

Las Vegas Weekly Staff | Wed, Dec 31, 2008 (midnight)

Las Vegas Philharmonic executive director fired.
Why couldn’t it have been the guy with the cymbals?
Fry’s former executive charged with stealing more than $60 million to pay off gambling debts.
Wow! Fry’s has $60 million to steal? Recession, our foot.
New building codes mean fireworks will not be launched from rooftops of Strip hotels this year.
It’s all part of the city’s “We Can’t See Your Vegas From Here” campaign.

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Lead Photo In the margins

Steve Friess | Wed, Dec 24, 2008 (8:30 p.m.)

A few weeks ago, I was staring at Steve Wynn while he went on about his theories as to why the economy was in the shitter when I noticed something far more interesting to me. “Your eyes are sparkling,” I interrupted,

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Lead Photo Naming the dead

Stacy J. Willis | Wed, Dec 24, 2008 (midnight)

In 2005, 75 people died on the streets here; in 2006, 78; in 2007, 51; and this year, 48. On Thursday evening, volunteers gathered at the Homeless Memorial Candlelight Vigil to remember those who were lost this year.

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Lead Photo Of frozen butts and Hasselhoff

Stacy J. Willis | Wed, Dec 24, 2008 (midnight)

International recording and TV star and onetime Vegas resident ... wait for it ... David Hasselhoff, looking every bit as Hasselhoffy as in your dreams in a black leather jacket and combed curls, sang the national anthem; his appearance alone was worth $30.

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Tiny little rant: We’re the bosses

Las Vegas Weekly Staff | Wed, Dec 24, 2008 (midnight)

When we heard a mortgage broker in town had to close up shop because she couldn’t renegotiate her mortgage with her bank, we thought, what hope is there for the rest of us?

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Lead Photo Union rules

T.R. Witcher | Wed, Dec 24, 2008 (midnight)

Admittedly, it feels like a sign of the economic times, when the Culinary Union, the 55,000-member collective of hospitality workers, decides to pick a fight with City Hall.

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Lead Photo Reaching out

T.R. Witcher | Thu, Dec 11, 2008 (midnight)

It’s often two steps forward and one step back in the Vegas cultural community. It may seem that art has taken a step back, but UNLV’s Department of Art is trying to push forward with the announcement of plans to create an arts advisory board by next spring.

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Lead Photo The best ever?

Scott Raab | Thu, Dec 11, 2008 (midnight)

I saw the news of Greg Maddux’s retirement on a crawl, and I told my wife, and she asked how old he was, and I said 45, because his MLB career lasted 23 seasons.

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Lead Photo Eclipsed by the competition?

Richard Abowitz | Thu, Dec 11, 2008 (midnight)

The Solar Convention proved one thing: The future of solar is not sunny.

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A&E

Mamma Mia!, by the numbers!
How many yards of Spandex have been used in the construction of costumes for The Dynamos in the Mandalay Bay production of Mamma Mia!?
Still fab-“O”-lous at 10
O quietly marked its 10th anniversary in 2008. Far from dating, however, the show remains a timeless experience; even its technology still impresses.
Paint the town
The three-story building at 601 E. Fremont, at the edge of Downtown’s Fremont East District, has seen duty as a Sears store and a fingerprinting lab used by Metro. It was almost the site of a 10,000 square-foot nightclub.

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Cocktail of the Week Dec 31, 2008
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The Bearded Clam

A verrry distant cousin of the Mojito, the Caipirinha and the Batida is the Bearded Clam, created by Frankie's Tiki Room by bartender Alice Hartling. In a pint glass, muddle ...
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