Las Vegas may be famous for making them, cooking them and keeping employees off of them. But books also are something we like to read.
For most adults, Halloween is the one day a year when we can break out of our everyday routine, put on an outlandish costume and be somebody or something else, be it celebrity, politician or vampire (if those last two aren’t already redundant).
Call it the “Vegas Bump.” That’s the ratings boost a television show experiences when it’s set in Las Vegas.
BUSINESS AT THE BALLOT BOX: Local businesspeople support their favored candidates as the election season reaches its coda and voters head to the polls.
Some have dubbed Saturday’s final table at the World Series of Poker’s Main Event as “The Grinder and the Eight Unknowns.” Michael Mizrachi, aka “The Grinder,” thinks the analysis is off the mark.
As was the case with so many contractors in Las Vegas, the backlog at Cobblestone Construction had shriveled to a scary level last year.
A troubling offseason for UNLV senior Tre’Von Willis did bring something positive. He had knee surgery, and he could not be happier about it.
Only the first 100 spectators attending Saturday’s “Rise ‘n’ Shine with the Lady Rebels” fanfest at Cox Pavilion were promised a free continental breakfast. But everyone went home with a powdered-sugar-and-milk mustache.
