The discredited left can find little to say, save that she was “divisive.” How refreshing, then, to hear the enthusiasm in the equally widespread reports that former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, who died Monday at age 87, managed in her remarkable 11-year tenure at Downing Street to vanquish socialism and restore the free market to Britain.
Wine: Wolfgang Puck Red Blend Master Lot Reserve
Reader Pat Swanson was looking for a recipe from a Swift’ning (a shortening that was made by Swift and Co.) booklet from the ’40s-’50s. I found it online at rocknrecipes-rockn
quilts.blogspot.com, where the blogger reports finding it in her grandmother’s Swift’ning book from 1950. Here’s the version I adapted:
When Brad Otten opened Settebello Pizzeria Napoletana in late 2005, his was sort of a lone voice in the wilderness. Sure, there were plenty of pizzerias in Las Vegas, but Otten’s was the only one that clung to the traditions of pizzaolos in Naples, Italy, the birthplace of the pizza.
Even when he was not on top, Tiger Woods was the hottest topic in golf. Of course, when his secret sex life was exposed, the X-rated details dominated the discussion.
Brian Blessing (DonBest.com) was handed a mythical bankroll of $200 to bet the Masters futures board at the LVH.
Bishop Gorman’s softball team appeared to be on its way to a run-rule victory Tuesday.
Perhaps using the Green Monster as his guide, former Red Sox manager Terry Francona never had a problem finding Boston’s Fenway Park.
The fear two days later: That what we saw in the championship game of the NCAA Tournament on Monday night is an aberration, a tease, an exception to the rule that insists college basketball has lost its way at the offensive end.
We all have to get from here to there. We would like to do it quickly so we can get back to our TV shows and our tweets, our kids and our lawns.
The water just got deeper for embattled Japanese gaming titan Kazuo Okada.
A soon-to-open Henderson restaurant may operate 24 hours a day, the Henderson City Council decided Tuesday.
After an eight-month battle with residents of its Henderson neighborhood, New Song Lutheran Church received approval Tuesday to add first-graders to its school.
A woman walking outside a crosswalk was struck by a pickup in the southeast valley Tuesday night, Las Vegas police said.
A bill aimed at preventing mentally ill people from buying guns ran into objections Tuesday from the Washoe County public defender’s office, which said the measure makes “the mere accusation of a mental illness” enough to block firearms purchases.
Cab drivers for Yellow Checker Star Transportation, now in their sixth week of a strike, take their dispute to the Las Vegas Convention Center on Tuesday.
By the 5 p.m. Tuesday deadline, nine qualified candidates, all from North Las Vegas, had applied to fill the open Assembly District 17 seat.
Even after several years of budget cutting, Las Vegas officials are still planning to spend more money than the city takes in, according to a proposal outlined Tuesday.
The second day of testimony by former Las Vegas Sands Corp. consultant Richard Suen focused not only on what he said but on his sources.
About 160 UNLV students were displaced early Monday morning after a trash can fire in their dormitory, an official said Tuesday.
CARSON CITY — A new “brand” announced Tuesday by Gov. Brian Sandoval and state tourism officials is short and sweet: “Nevada — A World Within. A State Apart.”
Las Vegas truck driver Sergio Lemus was honored in the Nevada Legislature on Tuesday for driving 5.2 million miles without an accident.
Drivers and pedestrians are dying at an “alarming” rate this year on Southern Nevada roads, law enforcement officials said Tuesday.
Health Plan of Nevada must pay $500 million in punitive damages for its role in the 2008 hepatitis C outbreak, a jury decided Tuesday.
The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority’s overall revenues are expected to rise in fiscal 2014.
President Barack Obama’s choice for Energy secretary said Tuesday he was committed to finding volunteer states and communities to host repositories for nuclear waste.
UNLV sophomore Kurt Kitayama was named Mountain West men’s golfer of the week on Tuesday.
The Nevada Commission on Judicial Discipline has set a June 24 hearing in Las Vegas on its complaint alleging suspended Family Court Judge Steven Jones mishandled a romantic relationship with a prosecutor who appeared before him.
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What’s that massive building going up near Ikea in southwest Las Vegas?
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Man indicted in death of mother
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