The comedian Gallagher says he’s had his fill of performing live onstage and is retiring after 32 years. The Los Angeles-based comedian, whose full name is Leo Anthony Gallagher, told an Ohio radio station on Thursday that his retirement plans include posting his writings online and possibly appearing at private parties.
Fans are eating up “The Hunger Games,” which has opened strongly with $19.7 million domestically from overnight shows that started after midnight. That’s the seventh-best midnight total ever and puts the movie well on the way toward a blockbuster opening weekend. The top six midnight draws come from two other teen-based franchises — three movies each from the “Harry Potter” and “Twilight” series.
Federal officials are investigating the finances of a state-funded nonprofit that focuses on providing services to the Hispanic community, according to documents obtained by the Review-Journal.
The chancellor’s proposal to rewrite the formula used to fund colleges and universities could mean huge gains for the institutions in Southern Nevada.
State Corrections Director Greg Cox said Friday he will not move the license plate factory out of the closed Nevada State Prison to another site before July 1, 2013.
Clark County firefighters reached a tentative three-year contract agreement with county officials Friday afternoon that is expected to save the county about $60 million over 25 years.
The top national Republican leader on Friday visited Las Vegas to criticize what he called President Barack Obama’s “socialist-style” health care reform, saying the 2-year-old law has increased costs, hobbled the economy and put government in the way of private decisions.
A federal judge hammered a former mortgage broker and his ex-wife Friday for orchestrating a fraud scheme in Las Vegas that caused banks to lose more than $52 million.
NEW YORK — Fox News Channel commentator Geraldo Rivera said Friday that the hoodie an unarmed black teenager wore when he was killed in Florida is as much responsible for his death as the man who shot him.
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