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Cee Lo Green and “Jubilee!” showgirls perform at Hollywood & Highland in?Hollywood.

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Monday, March 5, 2012 | 2:33 p.m.

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New Strip headliner Cee Lo Green went right to work for his new Las Vegas bosses at Caesars Entertainment when the company kicked off its Escape to Total Rewards marketing campaign in four U.S. cities. Cee Lo joined rapper Lil Wayne to headline a surprise concert in L.A., while other stars performed in New Orleans, Chicago and New York.

Rio headliner magician Penn Jillette, who donated more “Celebrity Apprentice” winnings Sunday night to our beloved charity Opportunity Village, appeared at the Hollywood & Highland event with Jan Jones, senior VP of communications at Caesars Entertainment headquartered here in Las Vegas.

Escape to Total Rewards is a marketing effort that encourages travelers to create their own experiences at Caesars properties here and elsewhere around America. Full details can be found at PlotYourEscape.com.

Cee Lo’s concert looked as if it was a sneak preview of his new Planet Hollywood concert run that starts Aug. 29 in the Peepshow Theater. The Grammy Award-winning multitalented singer and musician flew in the “Jubilee!” showgirl dancers from Bally’s for his Hollywood stage show, and the combination wowed the crowd.

Cee Lo’s residency is one of many attractions alongside Celine Dion, Rod Stewart and Elton John that are included in the new marketing campaign.

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Serra knocks off LV Lutheran in 4AA - ESPN (blog)

ANAHEIM -- Kajon Mack and Dakarai Tucker were sophomores when Gardena Serra won section and state titles two years ago. They were handed championship rings but, with guys Marqise Lee doing most of the heavy lifting, it didn't quite feel right.

The senior duo felt grand Thursday afternoon, as Serra captured the CIF-Southern Section Division 4AA crown with a 69-59 victory against La Verne Lutheran at the Anaheim Convention Center Arena. Fellow senior Daddy Ugbede scored 32 points on 14-for-20 shooting, out-dueling Lutheran's Grant Jerrett, an Arizona-bound forward and the state's only McDonald's All-American.

"It feels good to be a part of this now," Mack said smiling.

Tucker added 21 points for top-seeded Serra, which pulled away late in a game that featured 15 lead changes and nine ties. The Del Rey League-champion Cavaliers capitalized on their size advantage down low, out-rebounding the Trojans 36-20 and forcing Jerrett, Lutheran's only big, into foul trouble.

"I'm a firm believer in whoever controls the boards, controls the game," Serra coach Dwan Hurt said. "That's what we talked about in practice."

Serra (29-2) had 10 second-chance points and it proved to be the difference. Jerrett picked up his fourth foul with 1:32 remaining in the third quarter, paving the way for the 6-foot-7 Ugbede. The student section serenaded him with chants of "Who's your Daddy?"

"La Verne Lutheran is a very good team," Hurt said. "We just persevered out there. Once we got rid of Jerrett, Daddy basically had his way down low."

Jerrett finished with 19 points but only five rebounds. Eric Cooper Jr. scored 12 points and Brian Beard had 11 for Lutheran, which now turn its attention a state tournament it has won the last two years.

"If Serra does play us again they know it will be a game," Lutheran coach Eric Cooper Sr. said. "It will definitely be a game. I look forward to state and seeing what these guys do when they step on the court again."

Mack and Tucker, meanwhile, were giddy in the postgame media room, knowing they had just won arguably the most difficult division in the state.

"There's a difference when you're on the bench than being a part of it," Hurt said. "This one is probably more meaningful to them because they know they had a part in it."

Blair Angulo covers preps for ESPN Los Angeles. Follow him on Twitter.

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LV carjacking suspect has history of stealing lobsters, fine meats - Pocono Record

It didn't take long for employees at a Weis Kings Market in west Allentown to realize they had a lobster thief in their grocery store Thursday afternoon.

Charles A. Shumanis III, who was arrested Thursday after police say he carjacked a man in South Whitehall following a botched retail theft attempt at the supermarket, had been charged the week before with stealing more than $160 worth of lobsters from the store, according to court documents.

Hours after allegedly stealing from the market Feb. 23, Shumanis went to the Wegmans, 3900 Tilghman St., where he took $150 worth of meat, according to court documents.

Shumanis already had four prior retail theft convictions, making the fifth and sixth retail theft charges on Feb. 23 felonies, police said. He added a seventh charge Thursday, to go along with more serious charges of carjacking a man and dragging him 50 feet in the Friendly's Restaurant parking lot in South Whitehall.

Besides the aggravated assault and robbery charges associated with the carjacking, Shumanis was arraigned Thursday night on the two Feb. 23 retail theft charges and also from walking away from Lehigh County Prison work release. Police said he failed to return to the work-release program Feb. 21.

Shumanis, who doesn't have a known address, is in Lehigh County Prison under $140,000 bail.

According to court records:

Shumanis was attempting to take $350 worth of lobsters and meat Thursday afternoon from the Weis Kings, 365 S. Cedar Crest Blvd., when a store manager confronted him as he walked out without paying.

Shumanis dropped his bag of stolen goods and fled on foot, crossing Cedar Crest Boulevard into South Whitehall, where he saw a 79-year-old man getting inside a white BMW in the Friendly's parking lot. Shumanis jumped into the passenger seat and ordered the man to drive.

The BMW owner saw that Shumanis was being chased, stopped and got out of the car. Shumanis scooted into the driver's seat and started to drive away when the BMW owner reached inside and grabbed him, but was dragged about 50 feet when Shumanis continued to drive away.

Shumanis hit a Cedar Crest College security vehicle and the victim fell off the car. Shumanis then fled east with an Allentown police officer chasing him. He hit a parked car on 15th Street, near Chew Street, and tried to flee on foot, but was captured when Allentown police officers swarmed him.

Police say just because Shumanis was stealing fancy foods doesn't mean he was eating like a king.

Many people charged with stealing high-end food and health products admit they are committing the crimes to sell the products for cash, Allentown police Assistant Chief Joseph Hanna said. In many cases, that money is used to support a drug habit, he said.
"There's been an increase in the frequency of retail thefts on high-end food and health-related products, so much so that you are beginning to see stores take security measures so that consumers can't arbitrarily pick them off the shelf," he said.

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Market LV center may boost local business owners - Las Vegas Review - Journal

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Russell and Andrea Young, owners of The Market LV, stand Friday in front of the facade of what is scheduled to be a 24,000 square-foot retail space to open this summer in Tivoli Village. ??Buy?this?photo

A new retail center opening in Tivoli Village is giving local business owners a chance to branch out.

Market LV will be the first shopping experience of its kind in Las Vegas, patterned on the Chelsea Market in New York City, or the OC Mart Mix in Costa Mesa, Calif.

Andrea Young, the force behind the OC Mart, plans to have Market LV open this summer in 23,000 square-feet next to and above Brio Tuscan Grille at 440 S. Rampart Blvd. Young was hesitant to name an exact opening date, but said the project could be finished in June.

The marketplace is to have 35 independent tenants in spaces ranging as small as 200 square-feet to 3,000 square feet, with larger spaces reserved for restaurants and gourmet food shops.

Young said the smaller spaces allow a broader range of tenants to open without high overhead. Rents at Market LV begin at $1,000 a month with no tenant improvements. She said 60 percent of the space is leased, and that she expects full occupancy by opening. Her ideal mix would include gourmet food, fashion, lifestyle, kitchen, stationery, books, home decor and jewelry.

For Lauren Feather, owner of Best Kept Secret Boutique, her 400-foot commitment allows her a second women's clothing boutique with little risk. Her 1,400 square-foot store at 1930 Village Center Circle has been open since August, but it can be hard to find and a "handful" of people have suggested a second, more high-profile location.

"I've been hesitant to do so, because I've only been open for so long, but after visiting the OC location, I am," Feather explained. "I thought it was such a unique idea, I'm going for it."

Space in Market LV will cost her about 60 cents-per-foot less than the advertised rates at her current location.

Katie Thompson's move to Market LV will also give her a higher profile in the upscale neighborhood.

Thompson began Cupkates by Kate three years ago and since then has experienced slow and steady business growth. She operates out of the 1,100-square-foot commercial bakery where she makes special-order cupcakes for delivery. Her 355 square-foot space at Tivoli Village will be her first retail venue.

"I feel like it's time for us to take a leap of faith," Thompson said. "We've looked at locations and nothing felt right in my soul. I walked into this empty space filled with concrete and it just felt like it was where I needed to be."

Bree and Jason Goldwater, owners of The Box, a body waxing studio, spoke of a similar experience.

The couple opened at 4750 W. Sahara Ave. 12 years ago, but Market LV's style appealed to them.

"It's such a new spin on retail and it creates community," Jason said.

The Goldwaters aren't yet sure what they plan to do with their West Sahara location, but both spaces, old and new, total 1,400 square-feet. The Box sees between 6,000-7,0000 clients each year -- numbers that Young likes to see.

At Young's OC Mart Mix, business is steady. She said she's never done a traffic study there, but that it's "packed" on the weekends and "crowded" during the weekdays. The Goldwaters think Market LV will fare the same.

"It's going to bolster Tivoli as a whole in our opinion. It needs more shops. This will create more traffic," Jason said.

Contact reporter Laura Carroll at lcarroll@reviewjournal.com or 702-380-4588.

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Season 14 of 'Dancing With the Stars' includes L.V. resident Gladys Knight - Las Vegas Sun

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Season 14 of “Dancing With the?Stars.”

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Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2012 | 11:35 a.m.

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Season 14 of "Dancing With the Stars."

Las Vegas resident and headliner Gladys Knight is going dancing -- “Dancing With the Stars,” that is. This morning on “Good Morning America,” the eight-time Grammy Award winner was revealed by “DWTS” co-hosts Tom Bergeron and Brooke Burke-Charvet as one of the six women joining six men set to head to the dance floor for Season 14 that premieres March 19 on ABC.

Gladys’ casting came as a surprise, as she hadn’t even been rumored in the buildup to this morning’s announcement. As I reported during the 2012 Miss Nevada USA Pageant weekend, “DWTS” casting execs were here for meetings, but the signing of Gladys, 67, remained totally secret.

The Empress of Soul is already rehearsing in L.A. and here. She will dance either the Foxtrot or the Cha Cha for the first time on live television with her pro partner Tristan MacManus on the debut. She’ll be competing against two longtime friends of mine, actress Melissa Gilbert and actor Jack Wagner, and Las Vegas regulars TV host Maria Menounos and actor Jaleel White, among others.

There had been several reports that our “Le Reve” at the Wynn choreographer Maksim Chmerkovskiy would not be returning this season, but he is back and partnered with Melissa. Derek Hough -- his family lives here -- is teamed with Maria; he has the most wins among the pro dancers at three.

Also competing this season: TV host Sherri Shepherd, tennis legend Martina Navratilova, Donald Driver of the Green Bay Packers, actor, dancer and rapper Roshon Fegan and singer Gavin DeGraw. It’s expected that news of a live version of “DWTS” at the Tropicana that we’ve previously reported will now be announced shortly.

Georgia-born superstar singer Gladys first sang at age 4 in a Baptist church. Her band three years later in 1952 won the grand prize on “Ted Mack’s Amateur Hour.” Gladys, her brother Bubba and her cousins formed the Pips in 1953, but their first hit didn’t come until 1961. A year later, they renamed the group Gladys Knight and the Pips with her singing lead, and it led to a string of hits in pop, R&B and adult contemporary over four decades.

Their hits include “Every Beat of My Heart,” “I Heard It Through the Grapevine,” “If I Were Your Woman,” “Neither One of Us (Wants to be the First to Say Goodbye),” “I’ve Got to Use My Imagination,” “Best Thing to Ever Happen to Me” and the smash “Midnight Train to Georgia.” She has recorded more than 38 albums, including four solo albums this past decade. This spring, she will release her album featuring the Shirley Bassey classic “I Who Have Nothing” and recently appeared in Tyler Perry’s “I Can Do Bad All By Myself.”

A longtime Las Vegas resident, Gladys returned to the Strip last year at the Tropicana for a special engagement in the newly named Gladys Knight Theater. She became the first black performer to have a venue named after her in Las Vegas. ABC execs promise that if she does well enough on “DWTS,” maybe they'll name the ballroom after her, too.

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Swisher acquires Las Vegas linens company - South Florida Business Journal

Swisher CEO Steven Berrard has been finding acquisitions in the West.

Swisher Hygiene? ? Swisher Hygiene Latest from The Business Journals Swisher leads Charlotte stocksSwisher shares fall 5.4 percent; Charlotte stocks lose groundSwisher Hygiene buys Savoy Linen Services Follow this company has bought some of the assets of CMI LV, a Nevada-based linen company that does business under the name Cactus Mats.

The company rents floor mats, towels and mops, primarily to food service and retail customers in the greater Las Vegas market.

“We continue to build our full service coverage and strong presence in the Southwestern U.S. through today’s acquisition, which will expand our linen service coverage in the major metropolitan region of Las Vegas, as well as enabling us to additionally cover the greater Phoenix market going forward,” Swisher CEO Steven R. Berrard said.

Swisher offers an array of hygiene and sanitary supplies and services to businesses.

Berrard noted how the latest acquisition fits in with Swisher's overall strategy of broadening its product offerings, which offers cross selling opportunities to customers.

Swisher paid an undisclosed amount of cash and issued a note that may be convertible into a maximum of 71,429 Swisher shares. At Thursday's price of $2.95, those shares would be worth $210,715.

While Swisher (NASDAQ: SWSH) is based in Charlotte, N.C., the company has many South Florida shareholders because Berrard and Chairman Wayne Huizenga previously teamed up to lead Blockbuster Entertainment and AutoNation? ? AutoNation Latest from The Business Journals Follow this company (NYSE: AN) in Fort Lauderdale.

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