Las Vegas might be winding down its relationship with one would-be arena developer and is adding baseball to the possibilities being considered for bringing a top-tier professional sports team to town, Mayor Oscar Goodman said.
Despite higher academic targets and more students living in poverty, the Clark County School District achieved the 2009-10 benchmarks of the federal No Child Left Behind law. More than half of the district’s schools didn’t make adequate yearly progress, however.
Four people in Clark County are among the few nationwide exposed to a rare U.S. outbreak of typhoid fever, which has been linked to a frozen tropical fruit product used to make smoothies, health officials reported Thursday.
CARSON CITY — Gov. Jim Gibbons agreed Thursday to accept $83 million in federal funds to hire 1,400 additional teachers across the state.
NEW YORK — Floods, fires, melting ice and feverish heat: From smoke-choked Moscow to water-soaked Iowa and the High Arctic, the planet seems to be having a midsummer breakdown. It’s not just a portent of things to come, scientists say, but a sign of troubling climate change already under way. The weather-related cataclysms fit patterns predicted by climate scientists, the Geneva-based World Meteorological Organization says.
Las Vegas-based Harrah’s Entertainment Inc. has signed an initial agreement with a company headed by Cleveland Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert to develop and operate casinos in Cincinnati and Cleveland.
NEW YORK — A folk hero in digital times, JetBlue flight attendant Steven Slater has been thoroughly embraced by the Web. Not only have news stories about his meltdown on a plane been exceptionally popular on the Internet, but he’s been feted in all manner of online tribute.
LOS ANGELES — Paris Hilton was sued Wednesday for allegedly wearing someone else’s hair. A company that manufactures hair extensions claimed the 29-year-old socialite breached her contract to wear and promote their product when she sported the fake locks of a competitor in 2008. Hairtech International Inc. is seeking $35 million in damages – 10 times what she was apparently paid under the contract.
