They say cultural taste is the great divider, and I don’t think I could trust anyone who didn’t like “Cannibal! The Musical.”
Throughout his career in the Ultimate Fighting Championship, Chuck Liddell has been known as a frequent visitor to the trendy nightclubs in both Las Vegas and his native Southern California.
When Doug Mientkiewicz dislocated his right shoulder in his seventh game of the season for the Los Angeles Dodgers, doctors told him he was probably done for the year.
ELY — A day later, UNLV wide receivers coach Kris Cinkovich still was upset.
Wide receiver Phillip Payne became last season’s top newcomer at UNLV’s football camp in Ely, catching fade passes in the end zone at Broadbent Park before doing the same in the regular season, notably helping to beat Arizona State and Iowa State. In previous years, tailback Frank “The Tank” Summers and wide receiver Ryan Wolfe offered harbingers of what they would accomplish later in the season. Now at camp, several players are vying to become the next big thing.
Environmental studies major Caryn Wright was looking for a minor that would perfectly complement her course of study. So it was perfect timing for her when the University of Nevada, Las Vegas announced it was adding a minor in solar and renewable energy this fall, thanks to a $500,000 gift from NV Energy that will be used for scholarships, research, equipment and internship. … “It’ll really complement my major,” said Wright, the first student of about 20 so far who have signed up for the minor. “They’ll go hand in hand.” … Tony F. Sanchez, NV Energy’s senior vice president of public policy and external relations, said the energy utility expects it will need workers skilled in renewable energy in the future. So providing shareholder money to help train them was no-brainer for the company.
Jury selection began Monday in the death penalty trial of two men accused of setting a homemade bomb inside a Luxor parking garage that killed a man in 2007.
For more than 20 years, the government’s plan to dispose of highly radioactive spent fuel piling up at U.S. nuclear power reactors has been to haul it to Yucca Mountain and entomb it in a maze of tunnels.
Police have not yet established why a fight started early Sunday that led to the slaying of a 21-year-old Las Vegas man outside an eatery at 953 E. Sahara Ave.
The state is withholding $1.5 million from the Clark County district attorney’s office because of a conflict over how the office represents the county’s Department of Family Services in child welfare cases.
Responding to news that University Medical Center is spending more than $20 million on dialysis services for uninsured, illegal immigrants, Clark County Commissioner Steve Sisolak said Monday that more efforts must be made to send foreign nationals back to their home countries for treatment.
CHEYENNE, Wyo. — A former Nevada brothel owner’s conviction and 15-year prison sentence on federal charges of possessing and transporting child pornography have been upheld.
The Las Vegas police officer who shot and wounded a 36-year-old man in a mobile home park Friday has been identified as Sgt. John Pelletier.
Depeche Mode fans who go to the band’s show at the Palms on Saturday will see a toned-down version of a sexy foot fetish video that has played on video screens in earlier DM shows.
Arraignment was postponed in a $1 million casino debt case for a software designer who alleged Nevada Gov. Jim Gibbons took bribes from a Reno-based defense contractor.
The spitball fight between Republican Gov. Jim Gibbons and Democratic lawmakers has taken an interesting turn.
The number of homes purchased in Nevada by military personnel using VA loans funded by USAA jumped 360 percent this year and refinancings are up 250 percent, the San Antonio-based financial services company reported.
The shuttered Privé nightclub and its ultralounge, the Living Room, could reopen sometime this week under a temporary liquor license after the ownership of the location inside Planet Hollywood Resort replaced the management and key employees.
Jean Harris, 90, was shocked and worried when she learned that regulators closed Community Bank on Friday. “They’ve got all my money,” she said. “I got all upset. I thought I was going to lose all my money.” But she was chuckling Monday as she discussed the bank closing because bankers assured her that she would not lose any of her savings at Community Bank.
A Henderson real estate attorney is trying to raise $25 million by selling unsecured notes to affluent investors so that he can buy distressed real estate and real estate loans in Nevada.