On Monday morning, a Review-Journal reporter covering the International Consumer Electronics Show interviewed rapper/actor Xzibit. They were chatting about which video games he liked the best (first-person shooters), when as a joke, she asked him whether he played World of Warcraft.
If Arizona officials need only a single supporter to push through their proposal to place toll booths on the portion of Interstate 15 that links Nevada and Utah, they just might have their man.
As you read these words, a robotic spacecraft no bigger than a Volkswagen Beetle is racing toward Pluto at about 13 times the speed of a rifle bullet. The New Horizons probe has traveled more than 2 billion miles since it left Earth in January 2006, and it still has almost a billion miles to go before it reaches its destination in 2015.
Outreach workers and authorities descended on a vacant lot on Owens Avenue just west of Interstate 15 to clean up a homeless encampment that had grown to unprecedented size in recent weeks.
The three finalists for Clark County district attorney have experience with prosecution and defense. On Tuesday, Drew Christensen, John Hunt and Steve Wolfson will stand before the County Commission to argue one of the more important cases of their careers: Why each would be the best candidate to direct the local pursuit of justice.
When Nevada Democrats meet Saturday to hold political caucuses, the gatherings will play out as re-election rallies for President Barack Obama. On the GOP side, party members will gather at their own caucuses Feb. 4.
Some have danced for rain. In Utah and other parts of the West, it’s all about the white stuff. It’s why officials at Park City Mountain Resort brought in members of the Northern Ute Tribe to perform a snow blessing Saturday.
A 23-year-old beauty queen from Kenosha, Wis., has won the Miss America pageant at Planet Hollywood. Laura Kaeppeler won the pageant tonight after strutting in a white bikini and black beaded evening gown and singing opera.
Alex Smith completed a 14-yard touchdown pass to Vernon Davis with 9 seconds left just after Drew Brees had put the high-powered Saints ahead, and the resurgent San Francisco 49ers capitalized on five New Orleans turnovers for a thrilling 36-32 playoff victory Saturday.
Las Vegas police have released images of a robbery suspect at a Strip casino earlier this month. A gunman robbed O’Shea’s Casino about 2:15 a.m. on Jan. 5. Police said the man entered an employee-only area in the casino and demanded money.
SAN DIEGO — Jamaal Franklin drove through the lane and hit a twisting layup with three-tenths of a second remaining to lift No. 22 San Diego State to a 69-67 victory over 12th-ranked UNLV in the teams’ Mountain West Conference opener at Viejas Arena.
Four adults and three juveniles were hospitalized Saturday after a possible carbon monoxide leak at a home in the southwest valley.