Nevada Power Company's Latest TV Commercial shows how effortless it is to save money and energy.  Nevada Power Company  says if every American home replaced just one old light bulb (like the one shown on the left) with an energy-efficient CFL (shown on right), it would save enough energy to light more than 2.6 million homes for a year. Nevada Power is making the switch to energy-efficient CFL bulbs easy and convenient.  Give it a try, I just bought an 8 bulb package for $12 at Costco...that's $1.50 a light bulb.  This is less than regular light bulbs which run $2 each!  And they last longer than the old light bulb.

Although prostitution is illegal in Las Vegas billboards will be going up advertising brothels. On Friday, September 1 a Federal Judge struck down a Nevada state law against the advertising.  The Chicken Ranch, a well-known brothel in Pahrump, began advertising already using a mobile billboard.  To read more on this click here.

According to the weather service the temperaturesin Las Vegas for the months of June, July and August were the highest temperatures on record.  Part of this was due to the lack of cool down at night.  The good news is Fall starts in about three weeks so we will soon be seeing, and feeling, the best weather in the country!  Three months of hot weather is not that much to have to put up with when the other nine months of the year are ideal!

Vegas Shows: Did you know that Bette Middler will be replacing Celine Dione at the Coliseum at Ceasar's Palace?  She has signed a 2-year contract to do one show per night for five nights a week.  Celine's 'reign' ends in December, Bette will begin her shows on February 20th.  For a full schedule, and tickets, for these and other Vegas shows go to Vegas.com

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