When it was announced last year the Mountain West and Missouri Valley conferences would play a four-year challenge series in basketball, there were mostly yawns around here. When UNLV drew Southern Illinois, there were more yawns.
Equally artful and antagonistic, Shyamalan Otep, who performs under her surname, is one of metal’s most fiercely feminine presences.
LOS ANGELES — Search warrants in the Michael Jackson case show large quantities of general anesthetic and dozens of tubes of skin-whitening creams were among items in the singer’s home after his death.
Many years ago, when Lindsey Bohach was a little girl and her daddy was still alive, the state of Nevada made a promise: It would pay for the college education of kids whose parents died while serving as police officers or firefighters.
Tropicana headliner Wayne Newton has until April 9 to respond to the summons he received from a process server at a meet-and-greet gathering before his show March 20.
Red Rock Canyon: On Monday, a moderate, 3- to 4-mile hike at Lost Creek. On Tuesday, bring your dog for an easy 2½-mile hike to Pine Creek Homestead. Also on Tuesday, a strenuous 7-mile hike at Mountain Spring Park. On Friday, a moderate 3-mile hike with some scrambling at Grand Circle. On Saturday, a 6-mile strenuous hike with scrambling at Bridge Mountain. Also Saturday, a moderate 4-mile hike at Arnight Knoll Loop. On April 4, a moderate 3-mile hike at Fossil Ridge (515-5367).
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This isn’t their first Passover — although it’s not all that far from it — and the children in Congregation Ner Tamid’s early childhood education program already know a thing or two about matzo, that Passover dietary staple.
How to make the most of it, for instance.
DOWNTOWN HOPES FOR UPTURN: New casino owners have brought money and optimism in a push to revive this long-beleaguered casino market.
NFL linebacker Joey Porter was arrested in Bakersfield, Calif., on suspicion of drunken driving and was accused of assaulting an officer and resisting arrest, authorities said Saturday.
Three Las Vegas Review-Journal sports department members and three professional handicappers have been given $2,000 fantasy bankrolls to bet during the NCAA Tournament — two picks per day of either sides, totals or one of each. Below are their bets for today, with a brief explanation of their picks:
The Los Angeles teachers union says it has reached a deal with the school district that would shorten the school year by at least five days, as officials cope with a $640 million budget deficit.