Antonio Margarito knows what it’s like to lose in the boxing ring. And he’d like nothing more than to share that feeling with Miguel Cotto when the two meet Saturday at the MGM Grand Garden.
RENO — The mayors of Reno and Sparks are calling off a proposal to consider leasing the area’s publicly owned water system to private investors.
CARSON CITY — The ACLU of Nevada says the Nevada Supreme Court should let voters have their say on a pair of initiative petitions seeking to divert Las Vegas convention authority room tax revenue to state needs, including education.
International travelers know the scenario: The hapless foreigner wants to ask locals where he’ll find a bus stop, but thanks to his mangled translation, he inadvertently queries about the nearest whorehouse. Hilarity ensues, unless he’s in Pahrump or Amsterdam.
CARSON CITY — A new study predicts that climate change will create devastating drought in Nevada and throughout the Southwest and continue to drop the levels of Lakes Mead and Powell, threatening the water supply for 2 million Nevadans.
Nevada has a long road to the top when it comes to effectively addressing children’s issues, a panel of child well-being experts agreed Wednesday in Las Vegas.
Chris Paul probably wasn’t the best person to ask about size, because the 6-footer spends most of his time on the court trying to avoid the big guys instead of trying to act like one. Besides, he’s got other things on his mind this week, including impressing Mike Krzyzewski enough to secure the backup spot to Jason Kidd as the U.S. point guard in Beijing.
They held a news conference at the MGM Grand on Wednesday to promote the Miguel Cotto-Antonio Margarito welterweight championship fight, but it was impossible not to be distracted by the 147-pound elephant in the ballroom. Bob Arum made sure of it. I’m guessing the top dog at Top Rank wasn’t a CIA operative in another life.
Roberto Nelson is listed as a “combo guard” on the Compton (Calif.) Magic roster.
While many of the top players who made women’s tennis an “in” sport just a few years ago have dropped out of public consciousness, the Williams sisters continue to be a driving force.
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama took to the airwaves in Spanish on Wednesday, airing a radio ad that emphasizes his life story.
Over 200 people procrastinated until the very end and had to register to vote in person Tuesday, either at the elections department or at the Clark County Government Center.
Funding clean energy technologies such as solar and wind power through tax credit incentives while building a new transmission system will help pull the U.S. economy out of its downward spiral, former President Clinton said Wednesday.
A campaign consultant and former Nevada Democratic Party official was arrested this week on charges he tried to extort a former Assembly candidate.
Proponents of the Americans with Disabilities Act assured skeptics in the late 1980s that the proposed legislation wouldn’t impose undue costs or hardships. It would simply require a few “reasonable accommodations.”
People watch poker on TV, but will they pay to watch it live? What if they have a chance to sit at the table with big-name pros? Does that sweeten the pot?
It may not be as drastic as having Bobby Ewing step out of the shower, but the networks seem to be encouraging viewers to think of the recent strike-plagued TV season as nothing more than a bad dream.
Little optimism was seen in a report Wednesday for the region that includes Las Vegas and Nevada except that prices for goods other than energy and food are stable.
Las Vegas-based Allegiant Air can’t escape sky-high fuel costs but the airline did boost revenue 48 percent to $132 million in the second quarter, in part by scooping up passengers more troubled carriers left behind.
WASHINGTON — About 2 million Americans get a raise today as the federal minimum wage rises 70 cents. The bad news: Higher gasoline and food prices are swallowing it up, and some small businesses will pass the cost of the wage boost to consumers.