The 13th edition of Tiger Jam might be in, well, a bit of a jam. An annual fixture at Mandalay Bay since 1998, the biggest fundraiser for the Tiger Woods Foundation is sponsored by AT&T, one of Woods’ biggest sponsors.
SPARKS — Dozens of wild horse advocates plan to go before a federal advisory panel Monday to try to persuade public land managers to change their plan to relocate thousands of the animals from the West to preserves elsewhere.
Somewhere out there, Hunter S. Thompson is grumbling in his grave. Above ground, K.J. Howe is nursing a helluva heartache.
Remember what “Dandy” Don Meredith used to sing in the early days of “Monday Night Football,” when the game fell out of reach?
Navy SEALs secretly captured one of the most wanted terrorists in Iraq: the alleged mastermind of the murder of four Blackwater USA security guards in Fallujah in 2004.
I was blessed to spend Thanksgiving in my beloved home state of Oklahoma, and had the chance to visit with real people in small towns during that welcomed break from the craziness of Washington, D.C. During those few days of respite, I saw up close and personal how entirely out of touch Washington is with middle America.
By now, you doubtless know a dastardly hacker broke into the e-mail system at the Climate Research Unit at the University of East Anglia in Britain late last month, grabbing and making public more than 1,000 e-mails that expose how these “scientific experts,” cited so often to confirm “man-made global warming,” have been fudging their data, conspiring to remove global warming skeptics from the teams that “peer-review” their doctored data for publication, and advising each other to delete incriminating e-mails being sought under the public disclosure laws.
City of Las Vegas employees have been given an opportunity to pick their poison: accept 8 percent pay cuts in each of the next two fiscal years or say goodbye to hundreds of colleagues and hope to survive massive layoffs.
Big local government budget cuts are coming, which means your parks are about to be held hostage.
Just in time for holiday shopping, here are answers to four questions I hear most about video games.
This year Palo Verde is the first school in the valley to have a rugby club.
Here are a few things in news, sports, entertainment and popular culture that we’ve been talking about lately.
A few weeks ago, we asked readers to show us what fall looks like by sending in their favorite seasonal photos.
Here is a listing of events designed for book lovers. Information is subject to change or cancellation without notice. Additions or changes to this listing must be submitted at least 10 days in advance of Sunday publication to Bookmark, Las Vegas Review-Journal, P.O. Box 70, Las Vegas, NV 89125. For more information, call 383-0306.
As Southern Nevadans head to stores in search of gifts this holiday season, they may — thanks to the continuing recession — add a few stops to their shopping itineraries.
During the next month, thousands of “citizen scientists” will participate in the 110th Annual Audubon Christmas Bird Count. Braving cold and often inclement conditions, these volunteers assemble before dawn in pre-selected locations between Dec. 14 and Jan. 5 to tally the birds they see during a full day in the outdoors. In Nevada, counts are planned for locations in Southern Nevada, as well as sites near Elko, Snake Valley near Great Basin National Park, Carson City and Minden.
She turns to him, takes a breath, and holds it for a few seconds. Then she says it: “I’m not going to be in a marriage with a man who won’t talk to me.”
Once cable channels discover a successful niche, they’d almost always rather run it into the ground than try something new.
Does CityCenter really only have one show? And if so, who thinks that is good news?
While removing vegetables from my garden, I found annual sow thistle, dandelion, mustard and other weeds camping in my yard. Normally my wife, Barbara, takes care of weeds, but she’s under the weather. I had to do something quick, because many were setting seed.
Dim lights and loud music set the mood for dozens of high school students as they walk into one of several hookah lounges across the Las Vegas Valley.
Marla and Tom Letizia were honored as 2009 Menschen of the Year in recognition for their dedication and support to the Jewish community at Congregation Ner Tamid’s gala Nov. 21 at the Four Seasons. Proceeds will benefit Congregation Ner Tamid.
The wrong chord and I are on intimate terms. It’s not often that I strike it so literally, however, or publicly.