A 40-year-old tourist staying at Caesars Palace was abducted at gunpoint on the Strip last week and held for more than 24 hours while four suspects stole money and valuables from him, Las Vegas police said Wednesday.
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid “has an intolerance for fat people, manifested in asides to aides who seem to be getting portly and an office staff that is suspiciously slim.” Or so says a 5,000-word profile of Reid running in Sunday’s New York Times Magazine.
A 22-year-old man serving a misdemeanor sentence in the Pahrump jail faces a felony escape charge after walking away from the outdated facility Sunday night.
David Ellis, a Las Vegas soldier serving in Afghanistan, started the new year off right.
The state Health Division has moved to revoke the license of a senior citizen assisted-living facility in Las Vegas because of numerous deficiencies found in repeated inspections.
Long-shot gubernatorial candidate Mike Montandon got a boost Tuesday when Republicans in Nevada’s most populous county chose him over incumbent Gov. Jim Gibbons and money and poll leader Brian Sandoval.
President Barack Obama nominated Las Vegas police Lt. Christopher Hoye on Wednesday to serve as U.S. marshal for Nevada.
Scott Frost’s dream was to open a Las Vegas version of Hussong’s Cantina, a Baja California icon for the party crowd.
WASHINGTON — Nevada has been awarded $6 million in federal stimulus funds to retrain workers for jobs in renewable energy fields, it was announced Wednesday.
Kenneth Miller, former chief financial officer of Valley Bank of Nevada, died Friday at Sunrise Medical Center. He was 81.
A drive by economic development authorities to induce more senior citizens to move to Nevada could help the state recover from its worst recession in generations, an analyst told legislators Wednesday.
A 51-year-old man was killed early Wednesday morning when he lost control of his truck, Las Vegas police confirmed.
The “crazy jazz” klezmer music of Meshugginah Klezmorim will be featured at 2 p.m. Sunday as the World Vibration Concert Series begins a new year at Winchester Cultural Center Theater, 3130 S. McLeod Drive.
Nothing against the flashy costumes and the massive set pieces and all the other cool but hidden-until-now backstage stuff visitors can see on the “Jubilee!” backstage tour.
So now we’re going to have two costumed rock “Legends”-type shows, with one of them moving back into the Harmon Theater, which filed for bankruptcy protection this week.
Mouse House Trivia: “The Lion King” story pitch was shorthanded as “Bambi in Africa Meets Hamlet.” … To Roar or Not to Roar, Bamlet?
Brash rockers Ministry of Love are fond of both melody and mayhem and are one of the most road-tested acts in Vegas. What keeps ’em going? Guitarist Patrick Trout sheds some light, along with a little help from his bandmates Meg, Ryan, Lyle and Jeff.
John Menniti is no “Pepper” pooper; he just thinks there’s an even fabber Beatles album than “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band.” The 46-year-old musician and his tribute band, The Fab, will perform “Revolver” in its entirety 8 p.m. Friday at the Cannery, 2121 E. Craig Road, North Las Vegas.
He wrote most of the songs for his band’s first record during chemistry class.
You know that forced smile some people give? Because there’s a blog devoted to just about everything, smiledead.com offers a collection of people “smiling like they’re dead inside.” The common thread in these smiles appears to be gritted teeth, though some border on wincing.
A few unexpected accessories made debuts on the 67th Annual Golden Globes red carpet.
Skin Solutions: Dr. Zein Obagi, a skin care pioneer, will make a personal appearance Saturday at Nordstrom at Fashion Show. Guests can hear him speak about the latest trends in skin care and then meet with Obagi for one-on-one consultations. Seminars will be held at 11:30 a.m. and 3 p.m. For an individual consultation, call 784-1412.
The new Brannon Hair salon at the HRH Tower is tangible proof that good things come to those who wait. Brannon, the owner and namesake of the salon, knows the feeling all too well.
A month before he was inaugurated, Barack Obama said he did not believe his victory marked an abrupt end to the skepticism about top-down government and social engineering ushered in by President Ronald Reagan’s election in 1980 — he merely demurred that he thought it was a start.