Michelle Paet wanted her husband out of the picture. She had met another man and no longer cared for Nathan Paet, 28, an Air Force staff sergeant with whom she was raising four children.
For the first time in more than three years, all of the major monthly indicators tracked by the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority came in positive.
LONDON — Skirmishes raged across cyberspace Thursday between WikiLeaks supporters and the companies they accuse of trying to stifle the group, with websites on both sides choked off by attacks. Offline, some efforts by the U.S. government and its allies to punish the website dedicated to publishing secret documents landed in court or headed to one. Supporters in Switzerland and Germany threatened lawsuits against U.S. financial companies who have cut their ties to WikiLeaks.
NEW YORK — Another 17 of America’s richest people, including Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg, have pledged to give away most of their wealth. They are the latest to join the Giving Pledge, an effort led by Microsoft founder Bill Gates and investor Warren Buffett to commit the country’s wealthiest people to step up their charitable donations.
NEW YORK — After all his threats to leave, and others’ speculation on where he might go, Howard Stern is staying put at Sirius XM. The loose-lipped shock jock announced on his show Thursday that he has signed a new five-year contract with the satellite radio company. The deal provides that Sirius XM can now transmit Stern’s show to mobile devices.
The last time casinos in downtown Las Vegas reported a double-digit increase in their monthly gaming revenues was June 2008 — which was also the last time gaming revenues actually increased in the troubled market.
Stresses of a 21st century Christmas season getting you down? How about taking a break from crushing modernity by reveling for a few hours in the pleasures of an old-time holiday celebration?
