Ah, just the sort of national buzz any self-respecting marathon director wants to hear: They’re combing through poop to verify if those water cups your volunteers handed out to 40,000 runners contained something last found flowing through the River Rhine.
For the first time, the Rock ‘n’ Roll Las Vegas Marathon and Half-Marathon was held at night, under the bright lights of the Strip. Participation increased from 28,000 runners to 44,000.
WASHINGTON — With most members already home for the holidays, Congress late last week reached agreement on a bill that will extend for two months a 2 percent payroll tax cut for workers.
Because Immigration Court cases sometimes hinge on family relationships, judges often ask those who appear before them whether any family members are citizens or lawful residents of the United States. During a recent morning docket, Judge Ronald Mullins asked a young man from the Philippines whether he had “ever had a child.”
Over the past year, transportation agencies were kind enough to decorate what seemed like almost every major street in our city with lovely little orange cones and giant festive orange barrels.
With high unemployment and a dizzying rate of home foreclosure, 2011 was a challenge for many Southern Nevadans. But, on the bright side, any year that features a political sexting scandal starring a congressman named “Weiner” can’t be considered a total loss.
Boxing champ Floyd Mayweather Jr. pleaded guilty Wednesday to three misdemeanor charges and was sentenced to 90 days in the Clark County Detention Center as part of a deal that ends his two pending criminal cases.
There is exactly one “good news” story on the Review-Journal’s list of the Top 10 news stories of 2011. And it’s about shoes. Can we all sigh together now? Sigh.
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Family owners of beloved Vegas restaurant involved in wild lawsuit
Las Vegas teen killed in minibike crash had 10 times legal limit for pot, report says
Turmoil for M Resort owner Penn could affect Las Vegas-based Boyd Gaming
Why is Mesquite growing so fast?
Mom killed in fatal crash near 215 Beltway identified