It’s not such a big deal if Mexico defeats the United States today in a World Cup soccer qualifier in Mexico City.
Micah Hoffpauir hit a tiebreaking two-run homer with two outs in the eighth inning, sending the Iowa Cubs to a 4-2 victory over the 51s on Tuesday in a Pacific Coast League game in Des Moines, Iowa.
Vernon Fox is entering his second season with the Denver Broncos. But it’s not the same team.
After a six-month absence, the NFL is back. The preseason games don’t count in the standings, but the windows are open for wagering. Las Vegas’ sports books need the business following a slow summer — and bettors are probably ready for the adrenaline rush.
Cam White made Las Vegas his second home about seven years ago, and the move has helped him develop into one of the world’s best BMX Dirt trick riders.
Federal agents searched a pharmacy in a Las Vegas strip mall Tuesday morning as part of the investigation into the death of entertainer Michael Jackson.
The market for “Give ’em Heller” bumper stickers just took a serious nosedive.
Las Vegas’ homeless corridor around Main Street and Owens Avenue, which just weeks ago was teeming with scores of down-on-their-luck men and women, now has only a few holdouts after most were cleared out under a city plan to empty the corridor of homeless people — and their attendant problems. But where did the homeless go? Some say many of the corridor’s homeless have been steered into transitional or permanent housing. Others say they have simply taken up camp a few blocks down the road. Meanwhile, the American Civil Liberties Union of Nevada is concerned that Metropolitan Police Department officers might have violated people’s rights as they shooed the homeless out of the corridor.
CARSON CITY — Gov. Jim Gibbons said Tuesday that he already has begun talking with legislative leaders about potential cuts that might be necessary because of declining tax revenue and could require action in a special legislative session.
What recession? Budget cuts didn’t scare away this hardy group of conventioneers. In fact, it was a slam dunk that they’d be in Las Vegas, and they’re still doing back flips.
A man who pleaded guilty to second-degree murder for gunning down his wife’s lover was sentenced Tuesday by Judge Donald Mosley to spend 10 to 25 years in prison.
Despite “substantial investment,” school segregation trends are getting worse in the minority neighborhood of West Las Vegas, according to researchers from the University of California, Los Angeles.
SAN FRANCISCO — Attorneys and prosecutors in the case related to allegations of corruption involving Las Vegas doctors and lawyers argued before an appeals panel Tuesday over the relevance of granting immunity to a witness.
KINGMAN, Ariz. — The National Park Service has released the name of the Lawndale, Calif., man who is missing and presumed drowned at Lake Mohave.
A 65-year-old North Las Vegas woman with “obvious physical injuries” was found dead Monday in a Deer Springs Way apartment complex.
CARSON CITY — The state Board of Examiners voted 2 to 1 Tuesday to spend $415,000 to hire a Las Vegas law firm to prosecute Lt. Gov. Brian Krolicki.
CARSON CITY — Despite Gov. Jim Gibbons’ objections, the Board of Examiners voted Tuesday to give a Washington law firm another $10 million to continue the legal fight against a high-level nuclear waste repository in Yucca Mountain.
This week, a reader wants to know what recourse she has if her car is damaged by a road hazard, an Arizona resident wonders why it is taking so long to improve the stretch between state Route 163 and Railroad Pass; and a man wants to know when the heck Eastern Avenue will be repaved.
A 19-year-old Las Vegas man was arrested Tuesday in connection with a Monday shooting that left one man dead and two people wounded on a residential street near Decatur Boulevard and Sahara Avenue.
Congress rushed this summer to obey President Obama’s edict that they should enact a slow-motion government takeover of the health care industry before any of the members had to go home and start confronting an electorate that’s actually read the thing.
Since lawmakers cleared out of Carson City in early June, we haven’t heard much about the need to “stabilize” Nevada’s tax base. But rest assured, the rhetoric will ramp up again as we approach the 2011 legislative session — or even sooner, should a special legislative session be needed to deal with continued declines in sales and gaming tax receipts.
Despite the name, don’t think of Johnny McGuire’s Deli as a deli in the traditional New York City sense of the word — particularly if your idea of a “deli” is a place that offers a strictly defined roster of pretty basic sandwiches.
What’s the difference between sweetbreads and sweet bread? Eons, if you’re unaware and mistake one for the other. The latter is suitable for breakfast and usually contains nuts. The former is the thymus gland (and sometimes pancreas) of a lamb, calf or pig, and when properly prepared, they’re a whole lot better than they sound.