By Eric Anderson, Albany Times Union, N.Y. Jun. 27--COLONIE -- Southwest Airlines said Thursday it will begin offering nonstop service between Albany and Fort Lauderdale starting Nov. 2, with one daily flight each way.

By John G. Edwards, Las Vegas Review-Journal Dec. 14--The solar thermal assembly plant announced Thursday could enable Las Vegas to become the Detroit of solar-power manufacturing in the United States, observers say.

By Matt Nauman, San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Dec. 13--Ausra, the Palo Alto company with plans to build utility-scale solar plants in California and Florida, announced today that it has started building an assembly plant in Las Vegas.

By John G. Edwards, Las Vegas Review-Journal Oct. 3--Energy developers are staking their claims to major swaths of the Mojave Desert in Nevada, California and Arizona in an effort to exploit California's growing demand for solar power.

By John G. Edwards By JOHN G. EDWARDS REVIEW-JOURNAL Energy developers are staking their claims to major swaths of the Mojave Desert in Nevada, California and Arizona in an effort to exploit California's growing demand for solar power.