In the beginning, it wasn’t about a formless wasteland or darkness covering the abyss or mighty winds sweeping over the waters.
Kevin Phillips led off the ninth inning with a home run Sunday to propel the 51s to a 5-4 Pacific Coast League win over the Fresno Grizzlies in Fresno, Calif.
One of the consistencies of the Ultimate Fighting Championship has been the frequency of matching top fighters. After Frank and Lorenzo Fertitta purchased the UFC in 2001, the popularity of mixed martial arts and the UFC began to grow as more fights cards were offered — sometimes as many as 13 pay-per-view cards in one year (2008). Las Vegas Review-Journal MMA reporter Adam Hill ranks his Top 10 UFC pay-per-view cards. Hill’s rankings are based on the action in the Octagon, along with the historical significance of each card.
The Las Vegas Department of Detention and Enforcement, which includes animal control, was recently recognized as an outstanding agency by the National Animal Control Association. But the recession has had an effect on the small department. Two recent retirees are not being replaced, meaning the department has only 12 officers and two supervisors to cover the entire city of Las Vegas and the 35,000 calls for service received each year.
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The howls of outrage are understandable, even anticipated.
Carmen Electra is “very shy” (“I truly am”), but she’s conquered timidity. She sang and danced with Prince, starred on MTV and in “Baywatch,” posed in Playboy five times, helped launch the Pussycat Dolls and acted in “Scary Movie.”
Legendary poker pro Doyle Brunson was eliminated Saturday to highlight day two of the first round of the main event at the 40th World Series of Poker at the Rio.
Flying Monkeys don’t come cheap. They cost the Clark County School District $170,000 in the last school year.
SILVER SPRINGS — While their Union colleagues fought Confederate troops in bloody battles thousands of miles away, the troops stationed at Fort Churchill fought mostly boredom.
A Reno attorney with a “commitment to injustice” is the latest to float his name as a possible Republican opponent to Sen. Harry Reid.
A member of magician Steve Wyrick‘s stunt crew suffered minor injuries Saturday when a fire engulfed the staging area of an act that was billed as a “Death Drop.”
When California pols imposed strict new regulations on vehicle emissions and demanded automakers meet a quota for selling “green” cars in the state, it would have been interesting had Ford or General Motors told them to stick it, opting instead to close their Golden State dealerships.
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Family owners of beloved Vegas restaurant involved in mysterious lawsuit
Fiery wrong-way crash kills 2, shuts down 215 in northwest Las Vegas
Woman arrested after police say she climbed on Reno craps table, threw chips at people
Las Vegas family suing to get son an extra year of high school
Asian grocery store looks to add new location near Summerlin