NEW YORK — Deep discounts on everything from sweaters to TVs drove shoppers out of hibernation for the Thanksgiving weekend, but the buying was tempered and sales for the traditional start of the holiday season appear at best in line with stores’ low expectations.
WASHINGTON — The chief of the United Auto Workers made a plea Sunday for government help for U.S. carmakers as the Big Three put the final touches on stabilization plans to submit to Congress.
Manny Pacquiao is trying to keep boxing propped up as the sport’s top pound-for-pound fighter. When he and De La Hoya step inside the ropes at the MGM Grand Garden, they will represent the biggest names boxing has to offer.
You know what they say about the Toronto Raptors’ Chris Bosh: You can’t stop him, but you can keep him contained in an elevator in his Toronto condo for nearly an hour.
Oklahoma quarterback Sam Bradford tore ligaments in his nonthrowing hand during the Sooners’ win against Oklahoma State and is expected to have surgery following the Big 12 championship game.
A new Web site that seeks contributions for Chrissy Mazzeo‘s lawsuit against Gov. Jim Gibbons and others sheds light on how she dropped from sight afterwards.
Campaign funds are supposed to be just that: funds for campaigns. Does that mean you’re not supposed to use them to actually help people?
Edward “Ted” Marshall’s aging warehouse stands alone on a concrete plain in downtown Las Vegas. Though fenced off, in places with barbed wire, it’s not enough to keep those who perpetrate graffiti from wriggling in and leaving their marks on the inviting walls.
CARSON CITY — Legislators expect to get grim news this morning when the Nevada Economic Forum makes its final forecast for the 2009 legislative session.
Over the weekend, I asked cab and limo drivers up and down the Strip: Which Vegas shows do their riders love and hate the most? They say customers’ best word-of-mouth goes to “O,” “Jersey Boys,” Cher, Danny Gans, “Phantom” and Bette Midler. Their worst word-of-mouth: “Criss Angel Believe.”
Going to college doesn’t always mean lousy parking, annoying roommates and hanging out in the student union between classes.
Everyone I take to Hoover Dam loves the engineering, the artistry, the history, and the sheer awesomeness. First the dam, then lunch at Milo’s in Boulder City makes one memorable day trip.
CARSON CITY — A Nevada man is pressing for a new investigation into his son’s 2006 death in Iraq, saying a report by an online magazine casts doubt on the Army’s conclusion that it resulted from enemy fire.
On the economic front, President-elect Barack Obama warned last week that the United States could lose millions of jobs next year without quick government action to jump-start the economy. “We do not have a minute to waste,” he said.
President-elect Barack Obama has made a landmark decision to ask former CIA chief Robert Gates, currently serving in his second Republican administration, to stay on as the nation’s secretary of defense.