SEATTLE — A Washington woman who accused David Copperfield of luring her to his private island in the Bahamas and raping her — and who was later charged with fabricating sexual assault claims against another man — is dropping her federal lawsuit against the magician.
It took more than 25 years, but Las Vegas police can finally cross one homicide investigation off their books.
Success on fourth- and eighth-grade math and reading tests is the strongest indicator that students will go on to graduate from high school, according to a report released Tuesday by the Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce.
You don’t see The Beatles in “Love,” but Michael Jackson might be part of his own tribute show when Cirque du Soleil brings it to the Strip in late 2012.
MGM Mirage is asking shareholders to allow the company to change its name to MGM Resorts International.
But company officials were quick to point out Tuesday that the proposed name change does not mean The Mirage is on the market.
LONDON — Britain’s government said U.K. airports – including London’s Heathrow Airport – would reopen Tuesday, as European terminals lurched back to life while the danger from Iceland’s volcanic ash plume eased.
Medical consultant Howard Awand today was sentenced to 48 months in prison for wilfully failing to pay millions in income taxes. Awand’s wife was sentenced to 36 months. The couple was ordered to pay $2.475 million in restitution.
NUKU’ALOFA, Tonga — Four adventurers set sail in an open boat from Tonga in a bid to re-enact the epic 4,400-mile survival voyage of Captain William Bligh of HMS Bounty fame when he was cast adrift by mutineers in 1789. Bligh sailed a 45-foot open longboat with 18 crew from near Tonga to West Timor in 48 days, surviving partly by catching fish and seabirds and drinking rain water.
DALLAS — After the joy of a wedding and the adoption of a baby came arguments that couldn’t be resolved, leading Angelique Naylor to file for divorce. That left her fighting both the woman she married in Massachusetts and the state of Texas, which says a union granted in a state where same-sex marriage is legal can’t be dissolved with a divorce in a state where it’s not.
NEW YORK — Michael Douglas says his family’s fame and history of substance abuse helped drive his troubled son into drug addiction and crime, and the Academy Award-winning actor is asking a judge to show leniency toward him.
RENO — The Obama administration’s health care reforms would not be law without “corrupt deals” Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid cut to pass them against the will of most Americans, former New York GOP Gov. George Pataki said Monday.
The 51s barely held off a ninth-inning rally at Colorado Springs, defeating the Sky Sox 9-8 in a Pacific Coast League game Monday.
FORT WORTH, Texas — Kyle Busch ended a long NASCAR doubleheader by completing an impressive drive for five.