That hunch that people here are kind of — well — dumb? It’s not just you. Las Vegas has displaced Fresno, Calif., as America’s dumbest city based on education levels and intellectual vitality, according to a new study.
NEW YORK — Thanks to Jerry Springer, the idea of a midget standing on a table to start a food fight or passionately kissing her sister on a daytime TV show doesn’t seem so shocking anymore. Springer’s theater of the absurd is like video wallpaper now, as he celebrates his 20th season on the air Wednesday with an episode that plays back some of the memorable wig-pulling, chin-smacking and turkey-tossing moments of the past.
LOS ANGELES — A second-place finish on Monday’s “Dancing With the Stars” couldn’t save reality TV beauty Audrina Patridge. She was dismissed from the hit show Tuesday. Still, she “had so much fun this entire experience and made such good new friends,” she said. “It’s been a fun journey.”
CARSON CITY — Nevada’s budget crisis was the battleground Tuesday as Rory Reid stepped up his criticism of Brian Sandoval for not releasing a detailed a plan to balance the state’s books, and Sandoval reiterated charges that Reid’s plan is based on “fantasy money.”
In line with much of this year, the passenger count for McCarran International Airport dropped 2 percent in September from a year ago.
