CASEVILLE, Mich. — A 7-year-old Michigan boy barefoot and in pajamas drove a car for 20 miles, sometimes hitting speeds of 50 mph, before finally slowing down and stopping with the help of authorities.
NEW YORK — It was an unlikely — and coveted — find: a thick United States government file discovered on the backseat of a New York City taxi, its pages containing mug shots, criminal associates and favorite hangouts of over 800 Mafia members during the 1950s and early 1960s. Such notorious figures as Carlo “Don Carlo” Gambino, Meyer Lansky and Salvatore “Lucky Luciano” Lucania each had their own entries.
Bailey’s Lounge, 4341 N. Rancho Drive, received 24 demerits June 7. Violations included employee did not follow proper hand-washing procedures. GRADE: C.
The Las Vegas housing market continues to lag other economic improvement as median prices declined in May and new-home sales remained at historically depressed levels. Home Builders Research reported 291 new-home sales in May, compared with 258 in the previous month and 506 in the same month a year ago. The median price dropped 1.8 percent from a year ago to $192,070.
Layer Cake Shiraz is a tremendously dense blackish-red color with a deep opaque purplish core going out into a fine violet-fuchsia rim definition with super high painted viscosity.
If the three-day Electric Daisy Carnival starting Friday at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway draws the quarter-million people Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman reportedly expects, it has to have a significant economic impact in the valley. But how much and what kind of impact remains a mystery.
State officials on Tuesday approved tax reductions for a new Las Vegas company that recycles old electronic devices and a training grant for a Boulder City company that plans to make wind turbine blades in Pahrump.
The NHL is the only major North American professional sports league to feature a formal handshake.
“You compete in the stadium, but once it’s over, it’s let bygones be bygones,” Bruins goalie Tim Thomas said Tuesday at the Palms, where the NHL Awards show will take place today at the Pearl Theater.
The Southern Highlands Boys & Girls Club, which held a ribbon-cutting ceremony Tuesday, is scheduled to open Monday and will have an open house from noon to 4 p.m. Saturday. The 28,000-square-foot club is the largest of the five stand-alone locations of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Henderson.
A state agency is questioning the Silver State’s lack of wind energy, and says it’s ready to coordinate discussions that could get wind projects moving. At the end of 2010, every state surrounding Nevada had at least 128 megawatts of wind power up and running. Nevada doesn’t have a single wind farm big enough for utility use.
RENO — Former UNR standout Konrad Schmidt went 4-for-5 with three doubles to pace the Reno Aces to a 13-6 victory over the Las Vegas 51s in a Pacific Coast League game on Tuesday night.
Jim Livengood’s two greatest fears were having to cut athletic programs and jobs. The UNLV athletic director used increased donations and spending cuts to save programs and jobs and said Tuesday he expects the athletic department to finish the fiscal year June 30 with perhaps a $150,000 to $200,000 surplus.
Mitt Romney plans to skip a July 10 GOP presidential debate in Las Vegas, snubbing a conservative gathering and missing a chance to woo voters he will need to again win Nevada. The two-time White House contender plans to participate in six other debates this summer and fall, culminating with one Oct. 18 in Las Vegas that will be televised live by CNN.