It was a nationwide story: A Las Vegas judge was so concerned about her own needs that she made jurors in a murder trial pull an all-nighter rather than delay her vacation.
Whether it was an emotional hangover from an extended holiday break or just the continuation of a team-wide shooting slump, UNLV appeared sluggish until Justin Hawkins provided a surge of energy.
In a first for Clark County, the heads of the two largest police unions are telling members not to cooperate with investigators after officer-involved shootings or in-custody deaths.
Edward Colucci would laugh after punching and smacking his girlfriend’s 5- and 8-year-old sons. The 33-year-old laughed while forcing the 5-year-old to eat vomit-covered rice.
Best Coast’s sun-baked indie pop is as open-hearted and sincere as a love letter penned on notebook paper and passed in junior high study hall.
DJ Irish could find a beat before he could talk. “Apparently at 6 months, my mom and dad came into the bedroom in the middle of the night, and they heard this loud noise,” says the DJ born Kelly Charles O’Neill. “I had rocked my entire crib to the other side of the room, just bumping.”
From one alternate reality to another. Sinbad frames his holidays by opening a Prince concert at Madison Square Garden, then lands at The Orleans for New Year’s weekend.
It’s the biggest DJ residency yet in a city whose nightlife is increasingly defined by them. This weekend, Tiesto, the top-drawing DJ in the world, will begin a multimonth stint at The Joint that will extend through 2011.
The Strip has become a young person’s party on New Year’s Eve. Is there no hope if you think Pitbull is a dog and 30 Seconds to Mars must be some new sci-fi movie?
PITBULL The hit rapper takes a bite out of the House of Blues at Mandalay Bay, 3950 Las Vegas Blvd. South, at 9 p.m. today. Tickets are $79.50-$99.50; call 632-7600.
