A pedestrian was struck and killed by a vehicle Saturday night while trying to cross West Warm Springs Road near South Hinson Street, a stretch of desert area where there are no street lights, Las Vegas police said.
The news of 11-year-old Vanesa Lara’s sledding death seems to have spread. Sledders took extra care to stay within the posted snow play areas of the Meadows on Mount Charleston Saturday morning.
It remains to be seen if UNLV is ready for the speed traps quickly approaching on the Mountain West road. But Anthony Bennett is prepared for anything, and there’s no doubt about that.
Gene Segerblom, a former high school teacher, Boulder City Council member and four-term assemblywoman, died at Boulder City Hospital on Friday night. She was 94.
Arian Foster ran for a long-awaited touchdown and set a little postseason history today, leading the Houston Texans past the Cincinnati Bengals in Houston. The Texans will play either Denver or New England next weekend.
Tickets for the Burning Man festival in Northern Nevada will soon go on sale, and some veteran participants complain the new prices are too steep. Organizers of the art and music festival announced Friday that an allotment of 51,000 individual tickets will be available for $380 each.
Patrick Dempsey may soon be serving hot, steaming cups of Joe. Dempsey won a bankruptcy auction to buy Tully’s Coffee, a small coffee chain based in Seattle. Among those he beat out is Tully’s much bigger Seattle neighbor, Starbucks Corp., which is known for its ubiquitous white cups with a circular green mermaid logo.
French actor Gerard Depardieu has flown to Sochi, Russia, to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin and receive a Russian passport. Putin on Thursday approved the actor’s application for Russian citizenship, causing a scandal in France, where Depardieu has been fighting a proposed 75 percent income tax on the superrich.
PASADENA, Calif. – Al Pacino said Friday that he decided not to meet famed record producer and convicted killer Phil Spector before portraying him in an HBO movie – only to find he already had. A friend showed Pacino a 20-year-old photo in which the actor was standing next to Spector. Pacino said he has no memory of the moment. The movie, “Phil Spector,” debuts in March.
Editor’s note: Listings include the resale home’s parcel number. Occasionally, the address listed is the homebuyer’s mailing address and not the actual location of the home. Check the parcel number to make sure. Also, a few transactions do not reflect the market value of the homes.
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