As the old year comes to a close and the new year begins, many people evaluate their current situation and set goals for the future. For some, career goals top the list. If you’re looking for a new job or even a new career, it’s time to roll up your sleeves and get to work, because getting on the path is going to take a lot of work.
If you are a working adult who has accumulated some college credit but haven’t earned enough to be awarded a degree, you are not alone. There are at least 54 million people in the nation who fall into this category. To once again put the United States among world leaders whose citizens have college degrees, these “near completers” are receiving increased attention.
The American home may be shrinking, but not the great American dream. Americans are still living large, just doing so in smaller spaces.
The MGM Grand’s corporate symbol won’t be stalking the premises in the flesh after Jan. 31, when the hotel plans to close the Lion Habitat it opened in 1999 for $9 million.
The Nevada Highway Patrol said a 65-year-old Las Vegas woman was jailed on a felony driving under the influence charge after her car struck and badly injured a man refueling his vehicle beside U.S. Highway 95 near Cheyenne Avenue a little before 9 p.m. Tuesday.
Seven minutes into the game, Chace Stanback still was sitting, watching and waiting. The UNLV senior was benched for arriving late to a post-Christmas practice. But he finally got his shot, and his timing was nearly perfect.
A 29-year-old woman admitted to police she fatally stabbed her boyfriend Tuesday morning after an argument at their apartment several blocks east of the Strip, according to a Las Vegas police report released Wednesday.
Police said they are continuing to investigate the shootout. Anyone with any information concerning this event is urged to contact the L.V.M.P.D. Homicide Section at 828-3521 or, to remain anonymous, contact Crime Stoppers by phone at 385-5555 or on the internet at www.crimestoppersofnv.com.
PHOENIX — Some people in Phoenix are threatening to pull their support for the Humane Society after it euthanized a cat brought in for medical treatment by a former heroin addict.
PALM HARBOR, Fla. — A Florida animal sanctuary says Cheetah the chimpanzee sidekick in the Tarzan movies of the early 1930s has died at age 80.
