CONCORD, N.C. — David Reutimann stared at the gray sky and silently prayed for one more heavy rain.
Tuff-N-Uff has built a strong following for its amateur mixed martial arts shows in the ballrooms at The Orleans.
Trailing by three runs with the heart of their batting order due up in the bottom of the ninth inning, the 51s had the New Orleans Zephyrs right where they wanted them.
Tonight at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace, President Barack Obama will join entertainers Bette Midler and Sheryl Crow onstage for a “tribute concert” to U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev.
PHOENIX — Boxer Mike Tyson’s 4-year-old daughter is on life support after she was found with her neck caught in a cord of a treadmill machine Monday, police said.
A police officer and another person were injured Monday in a four-vehicle crash at the corner of Rainbow Boulevard and Twain Avenue.
CARSON CITY — As promised, Gov. Jim Gibbons on Monday vetoed the bill that would allow same- and opposite-sex couples to become legal domestic partners with many of the rights and privileges of married couples.
To believe their opponents, Angelo Carvalho is a carpetbagger who isn’t committed to his North Las Vegas neighborhood, while Anita Wood is an anti-growth hothead.
Robert Kahre, who owns numerous construction businesses in Las Vegas, is standing trial on 57 counts of income tax evasion, tax fraud and criminal conspiracy. If convicted on most counts, he could live out his life in prison.
Judicial candidates often try to win votes by promising they’ll be tougher on crime than their opponents.
North Las Vegas mayoral candidate and City Councilman William Robinson betrays no worry over the potential political ramifications of a 15-year-old FBI corruption investigation tied to him that surfaced early this month.
After California voters repudiated all the tax raising, budget nonsense on the ballot last Tuesday, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said the message was clear: Residents wanted the state government to live within its means and impose the necessary budget cuts to get California out of the red.
Slot machine maker WMS Industries Inc. says older people still gamble the most at casinos, but young players and minorities are the future of the industry.
For Frank Rodriguez, $11,788 is a lot of money to be owed, especially in these tough economic times.
If he had done his job correctly, Michael Leven wouldn’t be president of Las Vegas Sands Corp.
President Barack Obama touted his new Supreme Court nominee and praised Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to an enthusiastic Las Vegas audience at a sold-out Caesars Palace Colosseum tonight.
“I can’t bring the change I promised all by myself. I can’t rebuild the economy all by myself,” Obama told the cheering crowd of about 4,000. “I need partners in Congress, leaders who are determined to make a difference for the folks they represent.”
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