"I think it's the kind of story that has the glitz and glamour of Las Vegas, but it also shows we're serious about being a major league sports town." MAYOR OSCAR GOODMAN ON A SPORTS ILLUSTRATED ARTICLE
Top executives with the Florida Marlins, one of several professional baseball teams reported to be interested in a new home, flew to Las Vegas and met with Mayor Oscar Goodman in his office Wednesday.
Petitioners seeking to remove Las Vegas City Councilwoman Janet Moncrief from office collected a sufficient number of valid signatures to force a recall election, officials said Wednesday.
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NEON THURSDAY: Clay Walker takes stage at Orleans
Country singer Clay Walker performs tonight at The Orleans Showroom as part of his swing through Las Vegas during this week's National Finals Rodeo action.
CHEESE COMES TO LAS VEGAS
In the year of the Lord 2004, a sandwich some say is blessed with the image of the Virgin Mary appeared in front of the Hard Rock Cafe in Las Vegas, carrying with it a message of peace and cheesy goodness.
Billboard awards disastrous
The Billboard Music Awards was a semi-entertaining disaster on Wednesday. It was a stink bomb that reeked from the MGM all the way across the country, airing out live on Fox television.
Burglars got 400-pound safe, nothing else at Jones' house
Thieves who burglarized former Las Vegas Mayor Jan Jones' posh Summerlin home Sunday appear to have methodically plotted their crime, stealing only a 400-pound safe secreted in a secured closet while avoiding other valuables in plain sight.
Judge hopefuls register
CARSON CITY -- Seventeen lawyers in Clark County have submitted applications to fill a vacancy on the District Court bench created by the election of Judge Ron Parraguirre to the Nevada Supreme Court.
Rigorous curriculum approved
RENO -- It's going to become more difficult to graduate from high school in Washoe County. The county School Board approved a new course of study Tuesday that will require future students to take four years of math, three years of science and attend classes on a full-time basis as seniors.
Morphine given at hospital killed girl, defense says
An Arizona man accused of murder in the death of his 8-month-old daughter is contending she died because of morphine administered in a ''mercy care" scenario at Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center in Las Vegas.
Mother faces child endangerment charges
When Julia Jackson came home Tuesday and found her infant daughter with a gunshot wound, she didn't call 911 or go to the hospital, Las Vegas police said.
Pulmonologist left mark on Las Vegas
Dr. Ruben Diaz had a soft spot for children, especially those suffering from pulmonary disorders, and particularly for those whose parents were too poor to pay for care.
NORM: Spears makes quick exit at Hard Rock
Britney Spears stumbled again in Sin City. This time, a sobbing Spears had to be carried out of the Hard Rock Hotel and ended up getting sick in the parking lot.
Goodman meets with top executives from Florida Marlins
Top executives with the Florida Marlins, one of several professional baseball teams reported to be interested in a new home, flew to Las Vegas and met with Mayor Oscar Goodman in his office Wednesday.
RESTRICTIONS LIFTED: Wild horse sales plan defended
WASHINGTON -- Sen. John Ensign, R-Nev., said Wednesday that a new law removing restrictions on the sale of wild horses is a "temporary stop gap" until herds can be brought under control.
VA secretary's resignation not seen as threat to LV complex
WASHINGTON -- Anthony Principi's resignation from the Department of Veterans Affairs means Nevada officials lose an ally in their bid to improve health care for retired military in Clark County.
Guardsman's body found at Reno facility
The body of an Army National Guard soldier was discovered Wednesday in his room at the Guard's Stead Training Center in Reno.
DESIGN CLASS: Imaginations run wild in UNLV class
Design it. Build it. Make it work. Those were the three imperatives UNLV engineering students followed in developing year-long projects for a required senior design class.
CITY COUNCIL: Moncrief must face election
Petitioners seeking to remove Las Vegas City Councilwoman Janet Moncrief from office collected a sufficient number of valid signatures to force a recall election, officials said Wednesday.
Officer injured in hit-and-run
Las Vegas police were searching for a woman who ran over an officer outside a downtown shopping mall Wednesday and sped away.
Perkins to keep job as Henderson cop
Although Richard Perkins' job as a deputy police chief has created turmoil in his political career, the Assembly Speaker on Wednesday informed Henderson police management that he will not retire from the force as previously planned.
Commissioners cut size of allowed gaming area
Station Casinos was directed Wednesday to reduce the size of the gaming area of its planned casino on Durango Drive by 95,000 square feet, a move viewed as a small victory for homeowners opposed to the project.
Report urges backup storage
WASHINGTON -- The government should build storage farms where nuclear waste can be stockpiled, at least temporarily, in above-ground canisters as a backup to Yucca Mountain, energy experts said in a report Wednesday.
In Brief
SUFFICIENT EVIDENCE Man headed to trial in fatal hit-and-run A Las Vegas judge ruled Wednesday there was sufficient evidence to send to trial a man facing felony charges in connection with a fatal hit-and-run accident in October.
Vandals paint swastikas on synagogue at Lake Tahoe
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. -- A rash of anti-Semitic vandalism culminated Tuesday, the first day of Hanukkah, with the discovery of swastikas painted on the door of a Jewish synagogue in this mountain resort town.
