RED BANK, N.J. — Jon Bon Jovi wants duped fans to know he’s not dead, and he has posted a photo proving it.
SAN FRANCISCO — From the swirling winds off the bay that can play fits with the football to the 1989 earthquake that rocked the World Series, Candlestick Park has long been an unpredictable venue known for its challenges.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Davidson coach Bob McKillop used every boxing analogy he could think of Monday. He told his team to go one round at a time, keep throwing punches and stand toe-to-toe with Kansas in the center of the ring.
BOISE, Idaho — Ryan Watkins had 18 points and a career-best 11 rebounds for his first double-double to lead Boise State to a 70-63 victory over Fresno State on Monday night.
It was a few seconds past 5 p.m. Monday in the Rush Tower lobby of the Golden Nugget downtown. Boise State football coach Chris Petersen and his Arizona State counterpart, the soon-to-be-unemployed Dennis Erickson, were smiling for the traditional photo one always sees before bowl games, the one with the team helmets and the trophy in the foreground. At least this time, the showgirls stayed home.
WASHINGTON — Nevada Reps. Joe Heck and Mark Amodei counted themselves Monday among House Republicans poised to toss aside a two-month tax cut bill in hopes of forcing a longer-term deal. Rep. Shelley Berkley, D-Nev., said the two-month agreement is the best deal for now and should be approved.
LOS ANGELES — The executors of Michael Jackson’s estate no longer will have to pay some legal expenses and other costs out of their own pockets after a judge approved changes Monday to the estate that has earned hundreds of millions of dollars since the pop star’s death.
It is troubling to see what is occurring in Washington with regard to the confrontation brewing over the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Gregory Jaczko and the way some in Congress are seeking to politicize Jaczko’s efforts to toughen the agency’s oversight of nuclear power safety and security in light of what occured at Fukushima, Japan.
At first glance, District Attorney David Roger and criminal defense lawyer Peter Christiansen would appear to make an odd legal couple.
Those who think it rarely snows in Las Vegas, or that magicians are just illusionists, or that candies, cookies and hot beverages aren’t likely to be good dancers, should treat themselves to a visit to Nevada Ballet Theatre’s “The Nutcracker” at Paris Las Vegas.