McCarran International Airport on Wednesday set an all-time high for taxi cabs loaded, driven primarily by strong attendance at this year’s International Consumer Electronics Show.
Gov. Brian Sandoval didn’t waste any time making his first judicial appointment — or history — Thursday when he chose Jerry Tao to replace former Clark County District Judge David Wall, who resigned in August to take a position with Mainor Eglet.
CHITILA, Romania — Everyone curses the tax man, but Romanian witches angry about having to pay up for the first time hurled poisonous mandrake into the Danube River on Thursday to cast spells on the president and government.
Consumer Electronics Show: The first gadgets with built-in access to Verizon Wireless’ new, high-speed wireless data network are a smart phone and a tablet from Motorola Mobility Inc., both designed to take advantage of the network’s speed for videoconferencing.
LONDON — The first study to link a childhood vaccine to autism was based on doctored information about the children involved, according to a new report on the widely discredited research.
Two men police say were connected to a Nigerian “black money” scam were arrested in Las Vegas Wednesday after trying to solicit money from an undercover detective.
Hundreds of soldiers in the 422nd Expeditionary Signal Battalion attended a ceremony Thursday at Mandalay Bay where Gov. Brian Sandoval and U.S. Sen. John Ensign, R-Nev. paid tribute to the troops about to embark on a yearlong tour of duty to Afghanistan. It will be the second-largest Army National Guard deployment in the state’s history.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Dreamy vampires, a surly doctor and a rapper in “Recovery” are top winners at the People’s Choice Awards. “The Twilight Saga: Eclipse,” TV’s “House M.D.” and Eminem each won four awards at Wednesday’s ceremony, hosted by Queen Latifah at the Nokia Theatre in downtown Los Angeles.
LOS ANGELES — A bodyguard testified Wednesday that Conrad Murray, the doctor charged in Michael Jackson’s death, grabbed a handful of vials and ordered him to put them in a bag before telling him to call 911 during efforts to revive the pop star on June 25, 2009. Alberto Alvarez said he was frozen at the sight of Jackson on the bed with his eyes and mouth open.
Like Batman and Robin, the Lone Ranger and Tonto or the Green Hornet and Kato, Brigham Young’s Jimmer Fredette is all the more unstoppable when sidekick Jackson Emery is on his game.
Jimmer’s under the boards. Jimmer’s in the open. Jimmer makes the shot.
After topping 100 points in three games earlier this season, the Canyon Springs boys basketball team built a reputation as an offensive juggernaut.
