President Barack Obama once again used Las Vegas as the punch line in a crack about wasting money. The Hill, a Washington, D.C., publication, quoted Obama warning an audience in New Hampshire against the danger of wasting “a bunch of cash in Vegas.”
BLOGS:
• Sherman Frederick: Don’t visit Las Vegas, Mr. President I-Can-Do-No-Wrong
• Thomas Mitchell: Obama craps out on Las Vegas again in speech about jobs
• Sherman Frederick: Double thank you, Mr. President … may we have another?
RENO – The U.S. Forest Service plans to set controlled fires at Lake Tahoe this week to try to help clear out underbrush that can contribute to wildfires.
Las Vegas police are going the unusual step of recreating a crime scene off a highway outside the city as part of an investigation of the December disappearance of a 56-year-old businessman.
Las Vegas-based Allegiant Airlines grew its passenger counts by almost 17 percent in January with 2,945 flights during the month more than 90 percent filed.
Linebackers Kyle Anderson of Silverado High School and Perry Cooper of The Woodlands (Texas) High School committed to UNLV’s football team on Sunday.
Given how well his team played in the fall, UNLV men’s golf coach Dwaine Knight is cautiously optimistic his young team will carry over its strong play into the spring.
Throw out the two games the Indianapolis Colts tanked, a self-sabotage scenario which threatened the integrity of the NFL, and Peyton Manning is 16-0 as a starting quarterback this season. Manning has won every game the Colts didn’t try to lose. In reality, he has a perfect record.
When Competitor Group took over this city’s marathon and rebranded it the Rock ‘n’ Roll Las Vegas Marathon, the goal was to attract 25,000 runners for the first running.
CARSON CITY — If Gov. Jim Gibbons and legislators decide to lay off thousands of state employees to save money, the state still will be on the hook for paying their unemployment benefits, which would cost more than $1 million a month for every 1,000 workers affected.