One of the most high-profile murder cases in Las Vegas’ history is back in the news.
A federal judge has permanently barred convicted tax rebel and author Irwin Schiff and a co-defendant from preparing tax returns and marketing products advising people that no law requires Americans to pay federal income taxes.
Nevada Secretary of State Ross Miller ruled Wednesday that voters whose registrations were on time, but incomplete or incorrect, may cast regular ballots after correcting their applications.
A federation of 26 state-based environmental groups, Environment America, is launching a version for the Silver State, director Anna Aurilio said on a visit to Las Vegas this week.
The 21-year-old stabbed to death on Las Vegas Boulevard earlier this week was identified as Martin Antonio-Guadalupe by the Clark County coroner’s office on Wednesday.
A man authorities suspect of being a serial killer in multiple rapes and strangulations was found guilty Wednesday of first-degree murder in the slaying of an 18-year-old Las Vegas woman.
After four days of voting, Democrats continue to show up at the polls in much greater numbers than Republicans in both Northern and Southern Nevada.
A man detained in the investigation of a 6-year-old boy’s abduction can be held a week longer while prosecutors consider filing a weapons charge, a judge decided Wednesday.
Homeowners at two valley communities linked to a federal corruption probe ousted members of their homeowners association boards Wednesday.
LOS ANGELES — A federal judge Wednesday barred the Mongols motorcycle gang from wearing or distributing its trademarked logo after authorities arrested dozens of its members under a racketeering indictment.
So that a friend with kidney disease might live, 54-year-old Randy Warner said he happily took 25 trips to hospitals, doctors’ offices and clinics to see whether he could donate an organ.
Clark County is creeping up on a big birthday with two zeros in it.
Las Vegas police will have extra patrol officers on Election Day to handle problems that arise from what is expected to be high voter turnout at the polls, an agency official said.
WASHINGTON — The presidential race tightened after the final debate, with John McCain gaining among whites and people earning less than $50,000, according to an Associated Press-GfK poll that shows McCain and Barack Obama essentially running even among likely voters in the election homestretch.
What made Found Door’s production of “The Dumb Waiter” (part of Test Market’s annual Beckett Festival) such an exciting experience is that not only is it well-acted (by Drew Yonemori and Erik Amblad) and well-directed (by Ela Rose), but it captures the spirit of Harold Pinter, an author whose spirit is very difficult to catch. It’s equally frightening and funny, and those two qualities don’t fit together without a cast and crew who really know what they’re doing.
Breaking question: When does breaking news demand programming break-ins and when should they just cut us a break?
Five years ago, it seemed like directing a live show seen by more than 10 million people would be hard to top.
“Consider the fate of this creature’s poor mother, struck down in the fourth month of her maternal condition by a wild elephant. Struck down! … on an uncharted African isle … The result is plain to see … Ladies and gentlemen … The terrible … Elephant … Man.”
Katie Cewe’s dream to own a successful vintage clothing business is off to a good start.
Animal Planet has a spinoff Web site that combines sensible ways to go green with adorable claymation animals (think Wallace and Gromit) in less than adorable situations. On animalssavetheplanet.com you can see a jellyfish fall in love with a plastic bag, recycling lions and a cow that flies — thanks to an overabundance of methane gas.
Las Vegas Fetish & Fantasy Halloween Ball, one of the city’s oldest Halloween parties for adults, returns for its 13th edition at 10 p.m. Saturday in the Las Vegas Sports Center, 121 E. Sunset Road, Henderson.
Jim Croce broke it down like this: “You don’t tug on Superman’s cape, you don’t spit into the wind, you don’t pull the mask off that ol’ Lone Ranger and you don’t mess around with …”
When a fashionista can tighten her budget belt just as well as she can a wide, patent leather one, she earns herself a new title: recessionista.
Rachel Bilson is slowly but surely becoming the new Nicole Richie. That’s not to say you can expect her clavicles to protrude further than her breasts anytime soon. Rather, the starlet who was commonly referred to as “the other girl on ‘The O.C.’ ” is stealing the spotlight for her style. She could easily pull a Richie coup — abandon her stylist and become a Bazaar cover girl — in the next couple years.
Just like a good plastic surgeon can dramatically alter a face with the slice of a scalpel, so can a good makeup artist with the stroke of a brush.
