Dan Lyle likes having the USA Sevens rugby tournament in Las Vegas, proving it after last year’s event by signing a two-year extension.
After all these years, it’s still easy to put Tom Brady at the top when ranking NFL quarterbacks. Some impressive young guns are on the rise, and Brady’s trigger finger might be a hair slower and his legs a little heavier, but time has not passed him by.
Federal prosecutors have given bettor Robert Walker a deal he couldn’t refuse in a felony case of violating currency transaction reporting laws.
Two separate vehicle collisions left two pedestrians in critical condition Thursday night, Las Vegas police said.
Chapman Dodge Chrysler Jeep Ram recently partnered with United Blood Services and Yelp to raise awareness for the need of blood donations. Donors who gave blood in January were eligible to enter to win a 12-month lease for a 2013 Dodge Dart, courtesy of the dealership.
Mercedes-Benz of Henderson helped sponsor the New Year’s Eve party at Anthem Country Club and recently presented a new iPad to Michelle Burke through a prize drawing.
Team Ford Lincoln, at U.S. Highway 95 and Ann Road in the northwest valley, has earned the No. 1 Ford Dealer in Nevada ranking for the fifth straight year from Ford Motor Co.
Fords come in many colors, but lately, the color that’s been most associated with the automaker is green.
Lithium-ion batteries made headline news last month after battery packs in two Boeing 787 Dreamliners caught fire. This forced the Federal Aviation Administration and the U.S. Department of Transportation to ground Dreamliner flights until the cause of the problem was resolved.
According to Assemblyman Steven Brooks, I am “the only man with integrity around here.”
Two years ago, President Barack Obama, perhaps sensing from GOP gains in the 2010 elections that voters hadn’t been overwhelmed by his economic accomplishments, announced with considerable fanfare the creation of a jobs council comprising leaders of such prestigious businesses as General Electric, American Express and Boeing. The members were supposed to advise Mr. Obama — who has almost no private-sector work experience — how to boost job creation.
The 2013 session of the Nevada Legislature got down to business Tuesday, after a day of ceremonial speeches and formalities. The first action of the Senate Judiciary Committee? Ignoring Nevada voters, who in 2010 refused to create an intermediate state appellate court, 53 percent to 47 percent.
The biodiesel industry needs to initiate dialogue with environmental groups and engage young people in shaping the nation’s future for renewable energy, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack said Thursday at the 2013 National Biodiesel Conference and Expo in Las Vegas.
The Vegas Tech Fund has lured yet another business to Southern Nevada.
The Nevada Division of Insurance said Wednesday that it recovered nearly $4 million in 2012 from insurers on behalf of policyholders.
It can be pretty exciting when you get the keys to your new house. For the cloud, today was its day.
Clinton Garvin’s accomplishments on a high school wrestling mat are undeniable.
Brigham Young is working hard to maintain its football footprint in Nevada. Not only has it brokered home-and-away series against UNLV and UNR, but BYU also signed two Las Vegas standouts to its 2013 recruiting class.
Is it just me, or does it seem whenever trainer Bob Baffert starts a horse in a Santa Anita stakes race, the field is only four horses deep?
A 50-year-old Colorado mother of two feels guilty she didn’t tell the world her secret sooner. Perhaps it could have saved others from the horror she endured.
Dutch DJ-producer Sander van Doorn is popular — playing tonight at Marquee; wracking up dance hits; and hosting Identity radio on iTunes and Sirius radio.
Most DJs refuse to play song requests in nightclubs. The ones that take requests — they aren’t happy about it. But DJ Mike Pizzo is the only DJ I’ve ever interviewed who (let me get this straight) loves requests?
Each week Neon spotlights a different cuisine in the Dining Guide, with New American restaurants this week. Restaurants are rated on a letter-grade scale, from A to F. Opinions by R-J critic Heidi Knapp Rinella (H.K.R.) are indicated by initials. Price symbols are based on the cost of an average entree: $ = entrees less than $10; $$ = entrees $10 to $20; $$$ = entrees $20 to $30; and $$$$ = entrees more than $30.
A Lenten fish fry will be offered from 4 to 7 p.m. Feb. 15 and every Friday throughout Lent at St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Newman Center, 4765 Brussels St. It’s $7, and all proceeds will go to the St. Therese Center, which serves people affected by HIV/AIDS. Call 736-0887. …
Among the things you really don’t want to hear after putting your name on a restaurant waiting list and killing time for 45 minutes: “I can’t find it. Go ahead and seat them.”