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The passenger count at McCarran International Airport has fallen for the 17th straight month.

Numbers released Friday by the Clark County Aviation Department show there was a 9.3% drop in passenger numbers from July 2008 to this July. That’s a difference of almost 375,000 passengers.

More than 3.5 million passengers used McCarran in July.

So far this year, the number of arriving and departing passengers is more than 23.7 million. That’s an 11.5% drop over passenger figures through the same point last year.

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1. Know whom to call when the AC breaks down: Get your host’s cellphone number — and his handyman’s. Sure, it’s nice if your host leaves behind some ideas of local attractions and restaurants, but chances are you’ve covered a lot of that ground with your own research. Better that your host — who probably lives hundreds of miles away — should leave you some domestic reassurance. If you know what number to call to reach a relevant human being when the pilot light dies and the dishwasher spews on a Saturday night, you’ll be happier. This is a double imperative if renting through a management company, because those arrangements often add one or more players to the game of telephone.

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The Las Vegas entry in the first-year United Football League will be called the Locomotives, and the team colors will be silver, blue and white, the league announced today.

I guess now that Vegas has a football team gives more reason to take a Vegas Vacation.