Maybe you’ll find this funny, or maybe you’ll find it tragic. But apparently the United States has turned into such a “books-hurt-my-brain” country that the Nintendo DS title, “100 Classic Books,” was finally released in America a few days ago — after being available around the world forever.
Gary Handley, who teaches humanities classes at The Meadows School, is a man of many passions.
HARMON HOLDUP: The Harmon Hotel at CityCenter seemingly had it all — designer pedigree, flashy look, Strip-front location. Yet the project is unfinished and lies at the center of a bitter legal fight between MGM Resorts International and Perini Building Co. over defective construction.
If local bankers decided to march together under a single banner, it might well read, “We’re not Wall Street.”
It was around 1:45 Saturday afternoon, or the 93rd minute World Cup time, when a native of the tiny West African nation of Ghana named Asamoah Gyan willed the soccer ball onto his left foot from between two U.S. defenders, then willed it into the back of Tim Howard’s net with a determination even more fierce.
EARL EVANS, Years: 1977 to 1979, Career highlights: The 6-foot-8-inch forward scored 930 points in 55 games for a career average of 16.9.
The U.S. Senate race in Nevada is one for the history books, whether Sharron Angle wins or Harry Reid survives as the state’s most powerful senator ever to defend his seat.
CHEYENNE, Wyo. — Prosecutors have filed three felony charges against a Utah man accused of ramming another vehicle on Interstate 80, firing shots from a stolen handgun and running naked in traffic.
WASHINGTON — The House voted last week for new disclosure rules on how corporations, labor unions and some special-interest groups spend advertising money on political campaigns.
An estimated 1,600 Nevadans will lose their jobless benefits by today after Republican lawmakers killed a Democrat-backed jobs bill that included an extension of weekly benefits for the unemployed.
Bob Stoldal, the local historian and TV newsman who chairs the Las Vegas Historic Preservation Commission, kept stumbling over the name of the current owners of the Moulin Rouge casino site last week.
Since May, Nevada’s census takers have dropped in on more than 30 percent of residences in the state, in an attempt to count heads in the 450,000 households that did not complete census questionnaires earlier this year.
It’s been 10 months since I took over the reins here at Road Warrior headquarters and I’ve had my share of fun taking jabs at government agencies over projects that have taken a ridiculously long time to complete, or roads that are in such awful shape that eventually, recently, one nearly devoured an entire automobile.
