Clark County School Board members hope to tap a source of donations in the tough economic times by allowing alcohol to be served at fundraisers for Vegas PBS in the station’s new studio.
RENO — Rep. Dean Heller’s opposition to the $700 billion economic bailout bill Congress passed last month and an election eve visit to Nevada by GOP vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin helped him avert the dubious distinction of being the only Republican to ever lose the 2nd District seat.
The victory party at Jerry Seinfeld’s home in New York City on Election Day had a little something for everyone.
CARSON CITY — Gov. Jim Gibbons was one of 14 state chief executives to earn a grade of B from the Cato Institute in its 2008 report card examining state tax and spending decisions.
Students at Phillips Exeter Academy in New Hampshire learn science in a $38 million facility with a whale skeleton suspended from the atrium.
Your weekend entertainment really runs the gamut. There’s the glitz of Madonna, Lindsay Lohan and celebrity poker tournaments. There’s the “yeehaw” dirt fun of the world finals of the Professional Bull Riders. There’s even a dorky “close-up” magic party with DJ music.
The votes are counted, the confetti swept away. The hangovers of the victors and vanquished have mostly been cured.
A federal libel lawsuit between Las Vegas Review-Journal columnist John L. Smith and Las Vegas Sands Chairman Sheldon Adelson formally ended Thursday when the casino mogul agreed to a dismissal of the case with prejudice and to pay for Smith’s costs associated with the three-year battle.
Sierra Vista High School student Demontre Carroll was only 15 years old, but he had lived through enough tragedies and seen enough violence to last a lifetime.
HARTFORD, Conn. — Under the watchful eye of law enforcement in 40 states, including Nevada, Craigslist pledged Thursday to crack down on ads for prostitution on its Web sites.
Las Vegas police spokesman Cris Johnson’s first name was misspelled in a Thursday Review-Journal story about a police helicopter emergency landing.
Dante Terrell Smith, the rapper-turned-actor better known as Mos Def, is wanted in Las Vegas on a robbery and malicious destruction of private property charge.
Motorists probably won’t break the sound barrier traveling to Nellis Air Force Base to catch Aviation Nation this weekend.
Heidi’s Picks is a weekly selection of restaurant suggestions from Review-Journal critic Heidi Knapp Rinella. Her reviews are done anonymously at Review-Journal expense.
t gets most people in trouble, but circular thinking has helped Thomas Schiff make a name for himself. The 61-year-old, who sells insurance for a living, takes panoramic photos in his spare time, photos that have been shown all over his native Cincinnati.
At most weddings, the bride is the undisputed star, with the groom in the best-supporting-actor role.
“Justify my love,” Madonna once demanded.
And we do whatever the Material Mom commands.
So, to this end, we have chosen to validate Madge’s obvious affection for us by ranking every one of her studio albums in descending order, right up to our favorites.
The Great Las Vegas Steakout, an evening of steaks, wines and a silent auction — all for the benefit of students in the hospitality program at the College of Southern Nevada — is scheduled for 7 p.m. Thursday at Ruth’s Chris Steak House, 3900 Paradise Road. With an entree of Lamb Melinas, the five-course dinner is $150 per person, plus tax and tip. For reservations, call Gaye Cote at DeLuca Liquor & Wine, 669-3911, or e-mail gaye.cote@delucaliquor.com. For more information, visit www.GreatLasVegasSteakout.com. …
Chefs don’t like to hear this, but it’s a given that the vast majority of restaurant food is not conducive to your (or mine or our or anybody’s) health. And the better the food is — the more it luxuriates languidly on tongue and palate — the more likely the presence of cream and butter and all of that other stuff that have helped us turn into a country of lardbutts, to put it bluntly.
Aliante Station, in North Las Vegas, will open up at 11:11 p.m. on Tuesday. The gaming information we’re presenting here was gathered during a pre-opening tour. We’ll leave to others to comment on the architecture, dining and overall ambiance.
If you think this weekend’s Professional Bull Riders World Finals is one of the least glamorous events in Vegas, you are correct. It is a brightly lighted arena of dudes in belt buckles and cowboy hats and caps, and polite women, and almost no sexily dressed women, and the smell is only slight and of pulled pork, peanuts and beer.
Slapstick Meets Slap and Tickle. … In a gay bathhouse … With a straight man.
It’s probably a coincidence — isn’t it? — that Irish "hypnomagician" Keith Barry turned up in Las Vegas the same week as Criss Angel’s grand opening. The two couldn’t be more different, except Barry is the one doing the real mind freaks.
Andre’s Downtown, the beloved French eatery that defined gourmet dining a decade before the wave of star chefs arrived, is closing.
The owners copied their trendy New York restaurant and lounge to a T — down to the 20-foot golden Buddha. But it’s the Vegasization of Tao that’s responsible for its runaway success.