Misty Fain looks through some of the layaway items stored at Kmart in North Las Vegas. Layaway has taken off in a big way this year, says store manager Frank Aiello.
Photos by Jerry Henkel/Review-Journal.
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BACK IN STYLE:
Guilt-Free Shopping
During a recent shopping trip, Cathy Saunders emphatically stated her position on plastic: "I don't do credit cards anymore. It's pay as you go now."
FEAR AND LOAFING:
Taking aim at feathered foes (Pigeon Control)
The air is thick with tension and disturbed droppings. I'm balancing five feet up, in total darkness, on steel crossbeams caked with layers of bird poop.
MIKE WEATHERFORD:
Book reveals Gans' grudge
In a recent issue of Wired magazine, author Nicholas Thompson writes of the "Dead Hand." It's a Russian weapons system -- still operational, he claims -- that could fire back on the United States even after the Soviets had been hit with a nuclear strike.