http://blogs.lasvegasnow.com/strip Just another Blogs.lasvegasnow.com weblog Sat, 19 Jul 2008 12:54:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A girl is in a coma Friday night -- 48 hours after a roller coaster ride. The 12-year-old went into full cardiac arrest at Circus Circus on Wednesday evening and now he family of Catlynne Shaw is thanking an off-duty firefighter for bringing her back to life. She was not ... http://blogs.lasvegasnow.com/strip/2008/07/19/8701552/ UNLV is offering to buyout hundreds of faculty and staff members as it copes with mandatory budget cuts. The university notified all employees Friday it's instituting a voluntary separation package with nearly 300 hundred faculty and staff members. Officials say the moves could save the university as much ... http://blogs.lasvegasnow.com/strip/2008/07/19/8701535/ Emergency crews rushed to Circus Circus after a young girl stopped breathing on a ride. The 12-year-old was on the Adventure Dome rollercoaster and stopped breathing as the ride came to an end. When medical crews arrived to the scene, the girl showed no signs of life. ... http://blogs.lasvegasnow.com/strip/2008/07/17/8688894/ We've all heard the bad news about layoffs, gas prices and the cost of everything going up. A bright spot has emerged thanks to two major casino companies. Between Wynn Las Vegas and Station Casinos, 6,500 new jobs will be filled by the end of this year. The bulk ... http://blogs.lasvegasnow.com/strip/2008/07/16/8687584/ They are the eyes, ears and last line of defense for our airways -- we trust air traffic controllers with our lives. But people are quitting or retiring in record numbers, and at McCarran, officials say safety often takes a back seat to the bottom line. The summer travel ... http://blogs.lasvegasnow.com/strip/2008/07/16/8687021/ There were reports of heavy smoke in a storage room at Bally's Las Vegas on the 20th floor. The fire started from an AC motor in the employee break room. Broken motor materials created heavy smoke. Clark County Fire called out a second alarm because the fire was in a ... http://blogs.lasvegasnow.com/strip/2008/07/14/8674222/ Casino mogul Steve Wynn says hiring will begin Sunday for 5,300 positions at his new Encore resort on the Las Vegas Strip. Wynn tells The Associated Press he sees good and bad in the current economic slump, which he thinks is affecting other hotels and casinos more than his ... http://blogs.lasvegasnow.com/strip/2008/07/14/8673166/ Mandy Hagen, 28, is behind bars after police say she robbed a store, led police on a car chase, took a woman hostage and shot at officers. It all happened Sunday morning at a Pet Smart store in Henderson. Hagen robbed the store and fled in a car. She refused ... http://blogs.lasvegasnow.com/strip/2008/07/14/8672951/ One of the parents accused of leaving eight children inside a hot van has been released from the Clark County Detention Center. The children were not hurt, but Metro arrested Sharon and Billy McGruder. Sharon McGruder was released on her own recognizance just after 1:30 Friday afternoon. McGruder ... http://blogs.lasvegasnow.com/strip/2008/07/11/8663457/ The Regional Transportation Commission outlined a plan Thursday to improve and speed up bus service around the city. The idea is to capitalize on a spike in ridership since gas prices reached $4 a gallon. There are new planned express transit stops -- most of them two miles from ... http://blogs.lasvegasnow.com/strip/2008/07/10/8657339/