JetBlue Airways Corp. suspended a pilot whose erratic actions forced the unscheduled landing of a New York-to-Las Vegas flight Tuesday, as executives from the airline said there was nothing in the pilot’s record to indicate he was headed for such a breakdown.

Clayton Osbon, the captain of JetBlue Flight 191 who was restrained by passengers after his bizarre behavior prompted his co-pilot to lock him out of the cockpit, has been taken off flight duty but is still on salary pending the outcome of an investigation, Alison Steinberg, a JetBlue spokeswoman said Wednesday.

Water officials in Nevada’s most populous city have one crucial approval in hand. But they but still need another — and billions of dollars — before shovels hit the ground on a massive pipeline project to supply water from rural eastern Nevada to Las Vegas. More >

Doctors at a Las Vegas hospital decided to keep storied former UNLV basketball coach Jerry Tarkanian overnight Wednesday for observation after a mild heart attack, despite originally planning to release him, a hospital spokeswoman said. More >

The Strip is “gaining traction” in its economic recovery, but rising fuel costs could set back any financial healing in the market, an analyst for bond rating agency Moody’s Investors Service said.

In a report released Monday, Moody’s gaming analyst Peggy Holloway said increased visitor volume and improving gaming revenues during 2011 have improved the prospects for casino companies that rely on the Strip for the bulk of their gaming revenues, including MGM Resorts International and Caesars Entertainment Corp.

Lawyers for rap music mogul Marion “Suge” Knight cleared up an unpaid traffic ticket case in Las Vegas on Monday, with a misdemeanor marijuana case still pending from a February traffic stop. More >