The clownish antics of Las Vegas Constable John Bonaventura — a man eminently unqualified to be in armed law enforcement, elected in a down-ticket race two years ago only because his name is similar to that of a well-known local judge — have gone past the merely embarrassing. Now this is getting dangerous.
The Clark County School District’s School Performance Framework is in conflict with the state of Nevada’s framework. The district’s framework (designed by Ken Turner, a special assistant to the superintendent and an outside consultant) will cause a great deal of confusion in the community when the state releases the results of its framework.
The real question about former Clark County Commissioner Chip Maxfield’s recently ended job at the defunct Clean Water Coalition is not why he was paid a salary or consulting fees for years after the agency lost its reason to exist.
“Dead Space 3” is a truly creepy horror adventure, featuring more dead things in outer space than ever.
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Through religion Brittney Stradling finds that all things are possible.
My first column of 2012 was half-confessional, half-celebratory. An admission and shameless parade in honor of a trash TV addiction.
When unflattering Facebook photos surface, keep your chin up. According to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, patients are taking that advice to the operating table. Chin augmentations soared 71 percent between 2010 and 2011. Doctors point to social media as the culprit.
ATLANTIC CITY — Guests at one New Jersey casino won’t have to get out of bed to place a bet.
Peter Brock, famed designer of the 1963 Corvette Sting Ray, doesn’t have enough fingers to count the reasons why he moved Brock Racing Enterprises from Seattle to Henderson in late 2011.
A Silicon Valley-based investment bank where the husband of International Game Technology CEO Patti Hart is a top executive oversaw the slot machine maker’s purchase of a small social gaming technology company last year.
As she neared retirement as the local honorary consul to Germany, Sigrid Sommer asked Andreas Adrian five times to take her place. Five times he said no.
Bill Eadington never built a billion-dollar Strip resort. He never managed a riverboat casino or a gambling hall of any size. Eadington never created a new table game. He never developed an innovative slot machine.
Losing on the road in the Mountain West isn’t something exclusive to UNLV.
COLLEGE PARK, Md. — As the final horn sounded and Maryland fans rushed the court to celebrate a rare victory over its bitter rival, weary Duke had just enough energy left to escape the mayhem for the safety of its locker room.
PROVO, Utah — Tyler Haws scored 28 points and grabbed eight rebounds Saturday night to lead Brigham Young to an 86-72 win over Portland.
Renan Barao endured an early challenge from Michael McDonald before returning to business as usual.
Floyd Mayweather Jr. hasn’t announced an opponent for his May 4 fight at the MGM Grand Garden. But he did say who will prepare him.
AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. — Larry Eustachy wants 24th-ranked Colorado State to be better than good.
Coach Amy Huntsman is confident her Pahranagat Valley girls basketball squad can handle the pressures of postseason play.
