And then there were nine. On Wednesday night, logger Darvin Moon of Oakland, Md., eliminated poker professional Jordan Smith of College Station, Texas, and gave the World Series of Poker’s main event its final table of nine. They will play for the game’s ultimate title in November at the Rio.
At 7 feet 3 inches, Hasheem Thabeet is menacing enough without the Mohawk that he has been sporting during the NBA Summer League in Las Vegas.
So this is what Casey Affleck and Frank Stallone and Billy Ripken and Mike Maddux felt like. So this is why that whiner Jan Brady ranked among the most annoying characters in television history.
Kurt Busch is in no hurry to talk to Jimmie Johnson after some late-race bumping last weekend at Chicagoland Speedway.
Picking the favorite in a golf major does not require the brain power of an astrophysicist. The top spot automatically goes to Tiger Woods, and the only debate is whether the smart money should follow him.
For now, Las Vegas will have to be content with its lone tie to the NBA, as the host city for the annual Summer League.
Three years ago, Antoine Walker was credited with helping the Miami Heat win an NBA championship. Today, the former basketball standout is taking heat from the Clark County district attorney’s office.
How do you get more than 100 college professors to crowd themselves into a windowless ballroom smack dab in the middle of July?
Las Vegas business owner Robert Kahre is spawning legal dramas beyond his ongoing trial for federal tax evasion and fraud.
Ten days after announcing he was getting a divorce, Mirage headliner Terry Fator confirmed Tuesday that he is dating his former on-stage assistant.
The man accused of killing a toddler and leaving her body in a trash bin appeared briefly in a Las Vegas courtroom Tuesday morning, where he faced murder and sexual assault charges.
The International Economic Development Council has awarded Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman the 2009 Leadership Award for Public Service, which will be presented in October at the council’s annual conference in Reno.
A judge on Tuesday lowered the bail for a woman accused of killing her 15-year-old chronically ill son by not providing him with proper medical care.
A story on a cancer drug trial in Tuesday’s Review-Journal mischarecterized Dr. Wolfram Samlowski’s involvement with Salt Lake City-based Myriad Pharmaceuticals. He is not a former employee of the drug company.
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Tuesday that he expects to see a health care reform bill finalized by early next month and he expects it to include a government-run health plan to compete with private insurers.
Members of the First Thai Laotian Presbyterian Church once reached out to a 22-year-old woman with cerebral palsy and her older husband who does not work, but now feel their generosity has been repaid with threats and intimidation.
The woman who died when her car struck a light pole Monday morning has been identified as 50-year-old Wendy Elkins of Las Vegas.
CARSON CITY — Nevada’s prison system chief has been given another month to find ways to give guards and other staffers money-saving furloughs mandated by the state Legislature.
When Las Vegas police Detective Jeremy Hendricks testifies before a coroner’s inquest jury in August about the slaying of a sexual assault suspect, it won’t be his first inquest experience.
If money talks, here’s what U.S. Sen. Harry Reid’s campaign finances are saying: Watch out.
Its natural lighting, V-shaped hallways and loftlike design give a cutting edge vibe to the new Veterans Tribute Career and Technical Academy. … What’s also cool is what can’t be seen: a geothermal system of 180 wells buried 400 feet deep. … They cool the building through a closed-loop system that sends hot water to be cooled beneath the Earth’s surface.
Federal authorities who filed felony charges accusing a Nevada physician of writing illegal drug prescriptions at a clinic he operated in Arizona are also investigating his Las Vegas practice.
The financial body shots that left Clark County reeling are spurring one commissioner to create a task force to deflect future budgetary blows.
This week readers want to know why some crosswalk signals count down 22 seconds when flashing “don’t walk,” what is the construction for on Washington Avenue east of Nellis Boulevard, and is it legal to drive a car in Nevada with only a rear license plate showing?
Nevada is not a “home rule” state. This means the Las Vegas City Council can’t vote to raise the sales tax rate, property taxes or other levies within city limits, as many American municipalities can. The power to raise those taxes lies solely with the Nevada Legislature.
