NEW YORK — Less than a month after leaving MSNBC, liberal lightning rod Keith Olbermann said Tuesday he’s headed to Current TV, the public affairs channel launched six years ago by former Vice President Al Gore.
The number of visitors coming to Las Vegas in December rose 3.7 percent compared to one year earlier, continuing a yearlong pattern of single-digit rate gains.
A tight Super Bowl went to Aaron Rodgers and the Green Bay Packers. And after further review, Nevada’s sports books also won a close decision.
District Judge Jackie Glass on Tuesday ordered Dr. Dipak Desai, the central figure in the 2007 Las Vegas hepatitis C outbreak, to surrender March 17 to be taken to a state mental facility for further evaluation.
NEW YORK — Timing is everything when shopping for gadgets. That’s because there’s always a possibility that a new version will be released soon after you make a purchase. To allay such fears, Best Buy Inc. launched its new “Buy Back” program.
SEATTLE — Authorities have made an arrest in a weekend convenience store robbery that a Seattle store owner found remarkable for the robber’s politeness. police quickly identified a suspect from tips received after surveillance video of Saturday’s robbery “went viral.” The man is seen in the video telling Shell station owner John Henry: “I’m robbing you, sir.” He takes $300, apologizing. If he ever gets back on his feet, he tells Henry, he’ll pay the money back.
NEW YORK — Sprint Nextel Corp. has unveiled a smart phone with two screens, one stacked on top of the other. The top screen slides out so that the two lay side by side, producing screen space that rivals a tablet computer. The phone, called the Echo, is made by Japanese manufacturer Kyocera Corp. and has screens that are each the size of an iPhone’s display. Put together, they create a larger space for typing e-mails, playing games and watching videos.
DALLAS — The NFL knew last week there were problems with the installation of temporary Super Bowl seating sections and hoped until hours before kickoff that they could be fixed.
