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Professional relationships can be warm, too: June 17, 2013; By VEGAS INC staff; There is no doubt that increased eye contact improves the quality of your interactions, making you seem warmer, more confident, more trustworthy, more competent and much more approachable, says Laura Olson-Reyes of Bally Technologies.

How banker Selma Bartlett, a Henderson legend, put her stamp on the community: June 17, 2013; By Eli Segall; Now 85 and still working part-time at Meadows Bank, the self-described “old-fashioned banker” built her career at a time when many women were confined to secretarial jobs. She transcended traditional gender roles to become one of the most well-known bankers in the valley – a local celebrity of sorts.

Vegas shows off its attractions: June 17, 2013; By Richard N. Velotta; As I sat in my seat at the Smith Center for the Performing Arts last week, watching an entertainment lineup that included Terry Fator, Clint Holmes and a band of Cirque du Soleil acrobats, I couldn’t help wondering: How much would a show like this cost if it were presented to a regular tourist audience?

Book your next event here: Las Vegas is home to almost a dozen top convention hotels: June 16, 2013; By Richard N. Velotta; An event management company has published a list of the top 100 resorts for meetings in North America, and nine Las Vegas properties made the cut.

Legislature, Sandoval passed the buck on tax increases to counties: June 16, 2013; By Andrew Doughman; It may seem like a riddle, but the Legislature effectively voted to raise taxes this year without ever really voting to raise taxes. That’s because legislators in several cases circumvented the two-thirds majority requirement to raise taxes and instead dumped the political toxicity of a tax vote on county commissions, whose members will vote on legislatively authorized taxes this year.

Never fear! Digital comics aren't phasing out paper comic books: June 16, 2013; By Paul Delos Santos; Comic book fans gathered this weekend at the South Point for the first-ever Amazing Las Vegas Comic-Con. Despite the proliferation of digital comics, paper comics were everywhere on the show floor, whether they were being sold or signed.

Job fair at UNLV meant to bridge gap between veterans, employers: June 15, 2013; By Brian Nordli; The director of Veteran Services at UNLV deals with thousands of men and woman coming home from war and returning to school. Many of them aren’t sure how to handle the lack of structure or teamwork in the civilian world, while others don’t know how to translate their experience into marketable job skills.

No laughing matter: Liquor store chain removing controversial billboard: June 15, 2013; By Alison Saclolo; The Lee's Discount Liquor billboard, near Tropicana Avenue and Decatur Boulevard, rubbed some people the wrong way and sparked a Change.org petition that scolded the owners of the local liquor store chain for being insensitive to victims of alcohol misuse.

Joe Downtown: Latest 5K run ideas include squirt guns and striptease: June 15, 2013; By Joe Schoenmann; As a not-so-popular teenager, she took up running. When the other kids saw she was good at it, high school life became easier. Almost two decades later, Tanya Carrier is convinced running is a catalyst for positive change.

Life skills taught here: Program helps ex-inmates rejoin workforce: June 15, 2013; By Brian Nordli; One year ago Alynn Daniels lay alone on the streets of Las Vegas dying from a gunshot wound after a trip trying to score methamphetamine.

Culinary supporters picket on Strip in effort to shame the Cosmopolitan: June 14, 2013; By Ed Komenda; A sea of red-shirted picketers collectively looked up from Las Vegas Boulevard and shook their fingers at the Cosmopolitan. "Shame on you!" they yelled. "Shame on you!"

Developer of Grand Canyon Skywalk dies of cancer: June 14, 2013; By Richard N. Velotta; David Jin, the developer of the Grand Canyon Skywalk on the Hualapai Indian Reservation at Grand Canyon West, has died after a four-year battle with cancer.

Company dumps big Laughlin solar project, says market won’t support it: June 14, 2013; By Conor Shine; A Chinese-backed company is pulling the plug on a multibillion-dollar solar project near Laughlin after it was unable to find customers for the power that would have been generated there, a Clark County spokesman said Friday.

Boston woman pays $560,000 for 2 parking spots: June 14, 2013; Associated Press; Parking is such a precious commodity in Boston that one woman was willing to pay $560,000 for two off-street spaces near her home.

Las Vegas race to be renamed the Boyd Gaming 300: June 14, 2013; By Ed Komenda; Las Vegas Motor Speedway’s NASCAR Nationwide Series race will soon have a new name: the Boyd Gaming 300. Previously named the Sam’s Town 300 — a tribute to a Boyd Gaming property — the race has been sponsored by the gaming powerhouse since 1997 and will carry the new name beginning in 2014, the Speedway announced this week.