A 25-year-old California man who was one of hundreds of thousands of New Year’s Eve revelers on the Strip was killed after an apparent fall from a rooftop at Planet Hollywood Resort. Adrian Carlin’s body wasn’t found until Jan. 3, investigators said.
To battle a methamphetamine epidemic, states turned to electronic systems that could track sales of the cold medicine used to make meth. Now, federal data reveals the practice has created a vast market for profiteers to buy over-the-counter pills and sell them to meth producers.
An appeals court has overturned a ruling that awarded The Venetian an unpaid gambling debt of $499,000 plus interest, saying the judge erred by excluding evidence that the customer had terminated his line of credit.
An attorney for the California resident said the ruling could change how casinos govern lines of credit, or markers.
Last year, in a nationally televised game at Cox Pavilion, the Lady Rebels rallied from 16 points down to defeat a San Diego State squad that would advance to the NCAA’s Sweet 16.
Aloha Kitchen, 2605 S. Decatur Blvd., received 20 demerits Dec. 29. Violations included several pans stored on top of uncovered foods in storage. GRADE: B.
If you’ve ever wondered how restaurants earn those B’s, C’s and closures that land them in the Restaurant Report in each Wednesday’s Taste section — and, more to the point, how other restaurants earn the A’s that keep them out of the newspaper — here’s a primer, courtesy of Gregg Wears and Carol Culbert.
WASHINGTON — Federal job-bias complaints rocketed to record levels last year nationally and surged powerfully in Nevada.
Federal officials are accusing Nevada’s workplace safety agency of failing to combat reluctance, evasion and falsehoods from two local employers when the state investigated the fatal fall of a 20-year-old stagehand at the MGM Grand hotel in 2009. They want Nevada OSHA to document why it did not find willful violations at the heart of the accident.
LOS ANGELES — A judge on Tuesday ordered the personal physician of Michael Jackson to stand trial on involuntary manslaughter charges after hearing testimony that he administered a dose of a powerful anesthetic and other sedatives, then left the pop star alone.
