A man who was sentenced to death by a Clark County jury in September for murdering two people in 2005 on Thursday received additional sentences of 18 to 46 years in prison for other convictions, including robbery with a deadly weapon and conspiracy to commit murder.
Andre Agassi‘s new book reveals the friction that surfaced early in his brief marriage with model/actress Brooke Shields, who made it clear she didn’t approve of his inner circle.
In the Reno area, if you’re between the ages of 25 and 64 with a chronic medical condition such as diabetes or asthma, you can receive an H1N1 flu shot from the Washoe County Health District.
A coroner’s inquest into the death of a 15-year-old boy who was shot by a Las Vegas police officer is scheduled to begin at 9 a.m. today at the Regional Justice Center.
Former North Las Vegas police officer James Vernon Clayton was all set to plead guilty to five gross misdemeanor counts related to police misconduct Thursday, but there was just one catch: He denied ever offering to dismiss traffic tickets he issued to women he pulled over in exchange for sexual favors.
Two men in four days have died while being subdued by Las Vegas police officers, including an agitated man who died after being restrained by the neck, the department announced Thursday.
Two multimillion-dollar gifts and several $1 million gifts in recent weeks propelled UNLV past its goal of raising $500 million in its first capital campaign, the university announced Thursday.
The Review-Journal is now 13 percent slimmer, but does this column make my butt look fat?
Heidi’s Picks is a weekly selection of restaurant suggestions from Review-Journal critic Heidi Knapp Rinella.
Banks, brokers, bonuses. Three epithets in contemporary, recessionary America. Which makes a 65-year-old French play remarkably relevant.
There ain’t no cure for love, he once noted, though his words do come close to serving as some sort of panacea.
Hollywood stunt double Kathy Jarvis jumped off an 80-foot cliff for “Six Days, Seven Nights” and staged a fight in “The Big Lebowski.” She’s put life and limb at risk for cinematic brawls, blasts and blazes.
During its Disco Era heyday in the ’70s, New York’s Studio 54 was, arguably, the world’s most famous nightclub.
Mulling over what I want to tell you about China MaMa, four things come to mind: The food is fantastic, the prices unreal (in a good way) and the place always empty. And I can’t quit thinking about the steamed juicy pork buns.
VETERANS DAY PARADE
March for those who marched in a parade at 10 a.m. Wednesday, beginning at Fourth Street and Gass Avenue and ending on Fourth Street and Stewart Avenue. Admission is free; call 218-4321.
Talk about the original nightmare before Christmas. That would be the Christmas Eve doozy Ebenezer Scrooge has in "A Christmas Carol" — a nightmare so powerful it transforms him from a holiday-hating skinflint to the embodiment of Yuletide generosity and merriment.
If you think it no longer counts for something to be Wayne Newton in this town, think again.
The fifth Carnivale du Vin gala and wine auction for the benefit of the Emeril Lagasse Foundation is scheduled for 6 p.m. Nov. 14 at The Venetian, 3355 Las Vegas Blvd. South. Among the chefs who will participate — besides Lagasse — are Wolfgang Puck, Mario Batali, Michael Mina, Charlie Palmer and Nancy Silverton. Tickets start at $1,000 and are available at www.carnivaleduvin.com. …
It seems impossible that Lily Tomlin has never played Las Vegas in the 39 years since the world discovered her on TV’s “Laugh-In.” Then again, she admits that’s mostly her own fault.
Every Friday and Saturday night at Palace Station, Boulder Station, Texas Station, Sunset Station, Santa Fe Station, Green Valley Ranch, Red Rock Resort, Aliante Station, Fiesta Rancho and Fiesta Henderson, 125 players will win $50-$5,000 cash (or, if they choose, free slot play). Electronic entries can be earned at the machines, at the tables, or playing live poker or bingo. All drawings are at 8:15 p.m., but players have until 11 p.m. to claim their prize.
It’s rare when an issue galvanizes an entire theater community. Seemed everywhere I went this week someone would ask, “What do you think of what’s going on with ‘Rent’ and ‘The Laramie Project’?”
A federal judge this week rejected an attempt by County Commissioner Tom Collins to get out of a court order mandating that he not vote on a controversial road project.
In addition to kick-starting depressed auto sales, the other stated goal of this summer’s $3 billion federal “Cash for Clunkers” program was to help the environment by scrapping old beaters and putting more fuel-efficient cars on the road.
Sen. Carl Levin on Thursday cited the book “Merchant of Death” about Russian arms trafficker Viktor Bout as Exhibit One for his case against allowing private corporations and limited liability companies to keep the names of their owners secret.
International Game Technology executives are happy to put fiscal 2009 behind them.
