NEW YORK — Charlie Sheen wants you to know the tickets are gone for his pair of live appearances next month. The outspoken actor has tweeted: “Fastball; Detroit/Chicago sold out in minutes… Thanks to Sheen’s Cadre..!” No details about the show have been disclosed, but it’s being billed as “Charlie Sheen Live: My Violent Torpedo of Truth.”
NEW YORK — The rapid growth of smart phones and electronic tablets is making the Internet the destination of choice for consumers looking for news. Local, network and cable television news, newspapers, radio and magazines all lost audience last year. News consumption online increased 17 percent last year from the year before, a report released Monday said.
SOMA, Japan — Water levels dropped precipitously Monday inside a stricken Japanese nuclear reactor, twice leaving the uranium fuel rods completely exposed and raising the threat of a meltdown, hours after a hydrogen explosion tore through the building housing a different reactor. Water levels were restored after the first decrease but the rods remained exposed late Monday night after the second episode, increasing the risk of an eventual meltdown.
The UNLV baseball team erased a 5-2 deficit and went on to a 6-5 victory over Valparaiso in 11 innings Sunday at Wilson Stadium.
Once the relief of seeing its name pop up as a No. 9 seed in the NCAA Tournament subsided, Illinois set its sights on a team it hadn’t seen much of that is coached by a man the program knows well.
Breaking up with a longtime girlfriend can be sentimental, experiencing the death of a pet can be emotional and seeing Jimmer Fredette play his final college basketball game sooner than expected seems inevitable.
CARSON CITY — Nevada lawmakers are stepping up the pace as they start the sixth week of their 120-day legislative session today, with more budgeting hearings and several committees holding work sessions to vote on bills.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Former NASCAR champion Kurt Busch climbed out of his dragster with a huge smile on his face, then got mobbed by crew members.
CARSON CITY — State Sen. John Lee thinks it’s a fair trade: You pay a mandatory $3 more for your annual vehicle registration, and you get into Nevada’s 25 state parks for free.
One recent afternoon, Larry Brown gathered seven campaign volunteers around a folding table in his mayoral campaign office, a concrete-and-brick space at Main Street and Charleston Boulevard that’s great on visibility and low on such basic features as heat.