Parishioners at Our Lady of Las Vegas Catholic Church wonder if it will ever return to normal. The Jan. 26 incident involving the Rev. George Chaanine was the final straw for some, who pulled their children from the church school or left the church altogether.
OUR LADY OF LAS VEGAS: Troubles at church ongoing Long before the Rev. George Chaanine was accused of attacking a church singer and spent a week on the run, he was tapped to heal a simmering rift among the flock at Our Lady of Las Vegas Catholic Church.
Dolphin mortality high at Mirage Eleven of 16 dolphins housed at The Mirage's Dolphin Habitat have died since the facility opened in 1990, according to federal records and interviews with resort officials.
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OUR LADY OF LAS VEGAS: Troubles at church ongoing Long before the Rev. George Chaanine was accused of attacking a church singer and spent a week on the run, he was tapped to heal a simmering rift among the flock at Our Lady of Las Vegas Catholic Church.
WEEK IN REVIEW: Gibbons denies claims about unreported gifts The FBI is investigating allegations Gov. Jim Gibbons accepted unreported payments or gifts from a friend whose Reno software company Gibbons helped land secret military contracts while he was in Congress, The Wall Street Journal reported.
NORM: Diddy's helicopter stunt bites the dust Music mogul Sean "Diddy" Combscalled off a helicopter stunt that would have involved him being lowered to an open-air nightclub atop the 40-story Palms Fantasy Tower.
WEEK IN REVIEW: Reporters' Notebook CLARK COUNTY COMMISSIONER BRUCE WOODBURY HAS OPPOSED A PLAN TO LIMIT GOVERNMENT SEIZURES of private land known as the People's Initiative to Stop the Taking of Our Land, or PISTOL. He's concerned PISTOL would hinder road projects.
Guitarist Mary Kaye dies at 83 Mary Kaye, who blazed dual trails as an early female electric guitarist and pioneer of the swingin' 1950s Vegas lounge scene, died Saturday in Las Vegas of heart and respiratory failure after years of declining health. She was 83.
21-year-old dies in NLV crash A 21-year-old airman stationed at Nellis Air Force Base died Saturday morning after he lost control of his car and rolled the vehicle at Centennial Parkway and McCarran Street, near Losee Road in North Las Vegas.
Ensign sits out vote on troop surge WASHINGTON -- Sen. John Ensign, who went home to Nevada on Thursday for a head start on a weeklong Senate recess, did not return for a key vote Saturday on the Iraq war.
Edwards touts health plan John Edwards, the former Democratic vice presidential nominee, laid out his plan for universal health care in Las Vegas on Saturday, saying he is the only candidate for president to have such a proposal.
Mirage acknowledges VIPs occasionally swim with dolphins Tennis stars Andre Agassi and Steffi Graf swam with the dolphins at The Mirage's Dolphin Habitat in 1999, and, earlier this year, actor Leonardo DiCaprio and his girlfriend took a plunge with the marine mammals at the Strip property, according to media accounts.
Dolphin mortality high at Mirage Eleven of 16 dolphins housed at The Mirage's Dolphin Habitat have died since the facility opened in 1990, according to federal records and interviews with resort officials.
IN-DEPTH History made, missed It wasn't for long, but Las Vegas had an NBA team.
JOE HAWK: Reluctant superstar showed softer side on record-breaking night Clearly exhausted, certainly relieved, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar sat quietly in the home locker room of the Thomas &Mack Center. His 7-foot-2-inch frame was hunched over, his forearms resting just above the knees of his incredibly long legs, and his head was down, his eyes closed.
Lakers, Kobe rule the roost with area youths Las Vegas doesn't have an NBA franchise -- yet -- but talking to youngsters around the valley showed the league has no shortage of fans in Southern Nevada.
WHAT THEY SAID "IT WAS SURREAL, PLAYING IN VEGAS AND HAVING ALL THE FANS THERE ROOTING FOR YOU. FOR THE PLAYERS, IT WAS JUST ANOTHER ROAD GAME. BUT I APPRECIATED THE CROWD'S SUPPORT."
