Mermaids from around the country have gathered this weekend for a convention, dubbed Mer-Con 2011, at the SIlverton hotel-casino.
The webcast features video from “MerCon” — a mermaid convention at the Silverton and a conversation with Las Vegan Pat Mendes, who hopes to win Olympic gold in weightlifting.
State Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto said a federal appeals court decision Friday throwing out a portion of the national health care law is only one court’s opinion and other courts have ruled the entire law is constitutional.
NEW YORK — New York seafood lovers have been schooled.
ABBEVILLE, La. — The narrow, brick chimney of a Louisiana bank became his tomb for 27 years and now Joseph Schexnider will be laid to rest Sunday in a proper grave with a proper farewell by his family. Still, his brother Robert wonders, how did he wind up in that chimney? Didn’t anyone hear any cries for help? Was it a robbery attempt gone awry, an accident or something more sinister?
NEW YORK — An 18-year-old was dismissed from the U.S. Ski Team’s development squad after he was accused of getting drunk and then urinating on a fellow passenger aboard a JetBlue flight.
LOS ANGELES — Jani Lane, the former lead singer of the metal rock band Warrant, has died in Los Angeles. He was 47.
