Ignore me, Mr. Usher, my real seat’s there

So basically, it has reached the point where not even the people selling the show tickets expect you to pay full price.

Horrific events of Holocaust often hard to convey for educators

When she was growing up, Bailey Braner’s family kept Jewish traditions and observed Jewish holidays. But Jewish upbringing notwithstanding, Braner doesn’t remember learning much about the Holocaust as a child.

LAS VEGAS CONVENTIONS

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Zappos CEO raises stakes with downtown land purchases

Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh is raising the real estate stakes in downtown Las Vegas with his latest batch of purchases, which includes a lending note on the Gold Spike.

Ex-executive’s testimony could shift Adelson trial’s tone

During the 2008 breach-of-contract trial between Hong Kong businessman Richard Suen and Las Vegas Sands Corp., Sheldon Adelson went to great pains to correct his testimony after suggesting that Bill Weidner, who was then president of the company, had breached fiduciary responsibility to the casino operator.

NHRA’s success fueled by blend of racial groups, ethnicities

For the major-league drag racers who have descended on Las Vegas for this weekend’s National Hot Rod Association Mello Yello Drag Racing Series event, there’s no clamor for a “diversity program.” The diverse backgrounds of the NHRA competitors serve as an organic feature of the drag racing’s premier circuit to be deployed for marketing, ticket sales and media exposure.

Retired Ogden still has plenty on plate

Jonathan Ogden said his Pro Football Hall of Fame speech remains a work in progress. More importantly, so does his work with at-risk youth in Las Vegas.

Santana-Cardenas fight at Treasure Island rare local promotion by King

Don King rarely promotes fights in Las Vegas anymore, but the 81-year-old Hall of Famer will be at Treasure Island on Friday as lead promoter for the WBA interim lightweight title fight between Angelo Santana and Carlos Cardenas.

Fumes are like fresh air to NHRA nitroheads

It was a little past 11 a.m. in the paddock at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on Saturday when I met Joe Shover, a government contractor from Washington, D.C., and his pal Tony Bigford, a tool specialist at the Boeing Company of Seattle.

Forget Cinderella talk: Shockers were for real

This is what becomes a common theme in such times: That when you consider what Wichita State did in college basketball this season that it should give hope to hundreds of teams around the country that such a journey is possible.

WEEK IN REVIEW: Reporters’ Notebook

Ousted Nevada lawmaker Steven Brooks was arraigned Tuesday in San Bernardino County Superior Court following a high-speed chase on Interstate 15 in California.

Crime family’s heir tells dark tales

Every family has its challenges. Around the Franzese house, young Michael was reminded of them whenever he went out to play.

Future owner of Las Vegas 51s pursues new ballpark in Summerlin

Are you ready for some baseball in … Summerlin? The future owner of the Las Vegas 51s, less than a month from closing on the $20 million team purchase, says he will lobby city, county and convention authority officials for help building a new $65 million ballpark next to Red Rock Resort in Summerlin.

Hall of Fame shuns former NBA star Haywood

Spencer Haywood is still on the outside looking in at the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame after all. The 63-year-old Las Vegas resident admitted Saturday he did not make it into the Class of 2013.

Four arrested in death of Nevada’s chief insurance examiner

A body believed to be that of Nevada’s chief insurance examiner was found Saturday in a river in Carson City, and four suspects were arrested in his disappearance, three in Las Vegas.