NEW YORK — Donald Trump is welcoming Gary Busey, Meat Loaf and La Toya Jackson among the rivals to be his latest “Celebrity Apprentice.” The 16 contenders also include rock singer Mark McGrath, one-time teen idol David Cassidy and Richard Hatch, remembered as the fat, naked guy on the first season of “Survivor.”
TUCSON, Ariz. — One is an irrepressible South Korea native who has treated some of the most horrific wartime injuries in Iraq and Afghanistan. The other is a reserved neurosurgeon who happens to be the brother-in-law of television show host Dr. Oz. Together, they have stood in their white lab coats before a gaggle of TV cameras every morning to update the nation about their highest-profile patient to date: Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. It’s a role both are still getting used to.
Station Casinos Inc., which employs almost 12,000 people at 18 properties in Southern Nevada, will hire 1,000 employees over the next couple of months as it increases its staffing levels to match improving economic conditions.
Just two seasons ago, Liberty’s girls basketball team had difficulty competing with the top teams in the Sunrise Region.
Donald Long is now free after being jailed in Virginia for five months on suspicion he’d killed his wife 46 years ago. The court threw out a key piece of evidence and prosecutors dropped the case. But returning to the life he once enjoyed has not been easy.
Almost always part of the discussion but rarely mentioned in the top five on the list, Aaron Rodgers is a more legitimate member of the NFL’s elite class of quarterbacks than he was a week ago. Winning a playoff game does make a difference.
CARSON CITY — Eight years ago Ben Kieckhefer took a seat in the press gallery in the rear of the state Senate chambers as a reporter covering the Legislature for The Associated Press.