Obama plans to return to Las Vegas on Tuesday

President Barack Obama will visit Las Vegas on Tuesday, his first trip outside Washington since he began his second term, White House officials confirmed Thursday.

Weekend to be a wet one in Las Vegas Valley

A rainstorm brought light rain to the valley on Thursday morning, but the brunt of the storm is expected to arrive Friday and bring half an inch of rain with it, according to the National Weather Service.

Linda Pugach, blinded in infamous NYC crime, dies

NEW YORK – Linda Pugach, who was blinded in 1959 when her lover hired hit men to throw lye in her face – and became a media sensation after later marrying him – has died, her husband said Thursday. She was 75.

Regulators OK $1 million fine to settle drug, prostitution complaint against Palms

The Nevada Gaming Commission signed off Thursday on a $1 million fine against the Palms to settle a complaint issued by the state’s Gaming Control Board resulting from an investigation that discovered rampant drug sales and prostitution at clubs on the property.

Sharapova upset by Li in semifinal

MELBOURNE, Australia – Li Na used the heat to her advantage and worked No. 2-ranked Maria Sharapova around Rod Laver Arena in a 6-2, 6-2 win today that put her in the Australian Open final for the second time in three years.

Local events

Class teaches locals how to grow tomatoes in valley

“All About Tomatoes” is the topic for a gardening class to be taught Feb. 5 at the Family Resource Center at University Medical Center, 1120 Shadow Lane. Helen Brown, a master gardener with Clark County Cooperative Extension, will teach the course, which begins at 10 a.m.

Small spaces

Recycled Percussion looks, then leaps to new venue

Only a few minutes after talk of how the four members of Recycled Percussion can’t get sick or injured and never miss a show, Ryan Vezina decides to jump off a 12-foot riser.

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