
The Spice Girls accept their Album of the Year award on Monday at the MGM Grand. From left, Geri Halliwell, Emma Bunton, Melanie Chisholm, Melanie Brown and Victoria Adams. CLICK HERE for more photos. Photos by Jeff Scheid.
Adding
a little
spice
So there was Wayne Newton on stage at the Billboard Music Awards, chatting with Busta Rhymes, getting ready to introduce Metallica tuning up a few feet away.
If nothing else, the teens screaming for all the acts from the upper decks of the MGM Grand Garden arena suggested that pop music, in its broadest definition, is more inclusive than radio formats or Billboard magazine's own specialty charts.
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Tuesday, December 09, 1997
News
Adding
a little
spice
Len Zane is named
Honors College dean
Nominations sought for giveaway
IN BRIEF
Deaths
Former
lawmaker
honored
Southern Nevada is booming
and so is the number of poor
Guard
cleared
in brawl
Gaming boss Bennett dies at 83
Detective describes discovery of $100 bills on judge
Bryan hopeful Russia will soon free accused American
Nevada briefs
Tribes urge return of Spirit Cave remains
PHOTO: Lessons in police work
PHOTO: Mobile home burns
PHOTO: Snowfall Effect
Appeal of
ex-officers
expedited
Golf courses accused
of wasting drinking water
School
sex policy
pondered
Sports
Heavy playing time takes toll on guard Dickel
Leader losing his grip
MONDAY'S SCORES
COLUMN: Joe Hawk
Competition for bull riding title wide open
Chaparral girls stun Durango in zone bowling tourney
TY MURRAY COLUMN: Davis meets challenge,
rides wild bull to victory
NFR RESULTS: Monday
Business
Station aims to cut debt through REIT
NEVADANS AT WORK: Nancy McRight
Inside business
IN BRIEF
Analyst predicts lower LV returns
Gaming industry splitting
contributions, study finds
Hilton lowers predictions
for its quarterly earnings
Mirage examined REITs, but plans
to keep present structure, CFO says
Lifestyles
Holiday Home Tour and Handmade Ornaments Contest
Countdown to Christmas Gift Ideas
Festive Fashions
COMMUNITY BRIEFS
ABOUT TOWN
BLOOD DRIVES
SHOT CLINICS
REVIEW: "Little Women"
Opinion
Ensuring notification
'Not a lobbyist'
Safety of Gulf War pesticides has
already been thoroughly studied
OUR READERS RESPOND
Global markets call many a national financial bluff
COLUMN: Jon Ralston
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