The outside temperature display on the rearview mirror registered 116 degrees Fahrenheit. Our maxed-out air conditioner was keeping things surprisingly cool inside but the sun load through the windshield felt like flames on my hands as I played the steering wheel, avoiding boulders and ruts gouged into the narrow track across a remote section of California’s Mojave Desert.
You probably haven’t seen it yet, but the Ford Fiesta is actually the company’s top-selling car in Europe. Excited? You should be.
Nestled on the Aston Martin showroom floor between a DB9 and a V-8 Vantage, the highly anticipated, four-door Aston Martin Rapide looks remarkably at home.
The Findlay Automotive Group and Audi Henderson have added Lamborghini to the portfolio of brands they offer in Southern Nevada. The 58-year-strong company turned to local veteran Tom Brazill to anchor the business.
Friendly Ford sales associates Joe Nazmi and Herb Negron achieved 100 percent Customer Service Index scores for the entire year of 2009. Nazmi and Negron demonstrated tremendous dedication and commitment to customer satisfaction.
I suspect I will go to my grave firmly believing that lots of people like horse racing but don’t know about it yet. I guess you could call that being an eternal optimist.
Twenty-four hours is about all it took for Urban Meyer to come out of retirement. He fine-tuned his health, spent some quality time with family and was back to being Florida’s football coach just like that.
Call it what you want. A promise. A decision. A commitment.
Without question, Texas Christian and Boise State have been this season’s poster children for Bowl Championship Series bashers.
It took being mocked by an 8-year-old to snap former Ultimate Fighting Championship light heavyweight champion Rashad Evans out of his depression.
Almost $1 million in fines and fees are being purged from Las Vegas-Clark County Library District records, as approved by officials earlier this year.
Joe Pepitone stood in front of the “Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas, Nevada” sign Thursday garbed in black and looking like the typical tourists and residents who frequent the spot each day.
A new year. A new decade. Another reason to party the night away, as if they needed one. As 2009 came to a close, thousands upon thousands of revelers descended onto the Strip and the Fremont Street Experience to drink excessively, watch fireworks explode and say goodbye to what was generally a dismal year for many Americans.
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CARSON CITY — Laws take effect today that aim to increase safety at construction sites and on Nevada waterways, keep guns out of the reach of the mentally ill, and protect children from the flames of lighters that look like toys.
Comedian Carlos Mencia always is on guard against liability. Recently, he wanted an in-law to sign a “no-fault” form before letting her swim in his pool.
Taser International was named in a lawsuit filed Wednesday in federal court by the family of Dr. Ryan Rich, who died two years ago after a Nevada Highway Patrol trooper used the device to keep the combative, incoherent man from walking into traffic on Interstate 15 in Las Vegas.
In the waning days of 2009, Las Vegas Review-Journal photographers gathered their favorite images from the year. From major sporting and entertainment extravaganzas to everyday occurrences. From hard news to features. From the completely quirky to the visually interesting.
If you’re looking to improve your luck in the new year, you might consider partaking of the black-eyed peas — which Southern tradition holds are a food of fortune — at Memphis Championship Barbecue. Anyone who dines at Memphis today will get a free sample of black-eyed peas.
Through March 31, the Rio has a “Same Day Free Play!” promotion for locals only. Every day (5 a.m.-4:59 a.m.), players living within 50 miles of the casino receive one $5 free play voucher for every 50 same-day base Reward Credits ($250 coin-in slots, $500 coin-in most video poker, $4,000 coin-in on any machine containing 9/6 Jacks or Better; no point redemption required). There is no limit to the number of vouchers you can earn, but they must be redeemed the same day and played off prior to midnight.
Another UFC weekend, another stand-up date from Joe Rogan. But wait, what’s this? Rogan’s comedic nemesis, Carlos Mencia, also on the Strip today? Somebody call the Fertittas, we’ve got the next cash cow: Ultimate Comedy Smackdown!
