Las Vegas used to be monotheistic, embracing the Church of Elvis. But Michael Jackson is the new deity in town.
The signs outside certain business establishments on the seediest Vegas streets make no secret of the customers to whom they cater: Gentlemen’s Club, they deceptively declare.
For an all too brief time, the Moulin Rouge was an integrated oasis in a segregated Las Vegas. As much an ideal as a hotel, Las Vegas’ first interracial resort was so novel that it made the cover of Life magazine, granting it the imprimatur of mainstream pop culture cool.
Feet moving at a glacial pace, Scot Rammer shuffles from the front door to his recording studio: a desk in his living room. There is no hurry. But even if there were, he couldn’t. Rammer’s right side is partially paralyzed, the aftereffects of a stroke he suffered in 2008.
Las Vegas has landed amateur boxing’s showcase event, with the Golden Gloves national championships to be contested here next year.
The book on Satan goes something like this: He’s a bad guy, one who personifies evil and temptation, doing his best to seduce mankind into the ways of sin.
It is not the most exclusive fraternity among men when one considers only 12 have walked on the moon, and only three have married a Kardashian. So far. (With two others on the fence.)
The sound of the end-of-day school bell symbolizes freedom from classes for most students.
So, if I said to you, “I’ve opened a bank account in your name. The account contains a balance of $5 million. To access the money, you’ll need the PIN number, which only I know. And I’m not going to tell you.”
Landry’s Inc. paid $38 million two years ago to acquire the rundown, money-losing Trump Marina, and analysts immediately predicted the gaming market’s demise. A few years earlier Trump Marina had been valued as high as $315 million.
In Nevada’s arid southern tip, few places exist where one can hear the murmur of a running stream.
Matthew Gray Gubler of the CBS drama “Criminal Minds” served as host during a fashion show and dinner benefiting the American Lung Association on May 10 at the Las Vegas Country Club.
I hope these answers will help you if you have similar questions.
What made Milwaukee famous? Beer, namely. It’s fitting then, that rousing Austin indie rockers What Made Milwaukee Famous are hitting town for Nickel Beer Night at 9 p.m. Tuesday at Beauty Bar, 517 Fremont St. Tickets are $10; call 702-598-3757.
The 6-foot-5, 210-pound pitcher walks to the mound while clearing his head, preparing to play his favorite position of the sport he loves the most.
UNLV will celebrate its 50th commencement on Sunday with about 2,500 graduates receiving diplomas.
Two rural colleges in Northern Nevada will feel less budget pain than initially proposed under actions taken by legislative money committees Saturday.
WASHINGTON — House Republicans took another whack last week at the 2010 health care overhaul, voting to repeal the law that is transforming the landscape for health insurance.
Blink and you might have missed it. But the stakes were raised this past week in the burgeoning investigation of corruption inside local homeowners associations and the construction defect racket.
This reader didn’t leave a name, but sent in a good complaint. Bravo. “The road surface in the braking zone on Wigwam at Pecos (both west and east bound lanes) is so rough that I drive out of my way to avoid it,” the reader wrote in an email.
Two people found dead in an apparent murder-suicide in central Las Vegas on Friday have been identified as Luis Montiel, 29, and Vanniesa Fernandez, 18, according to the Clark County coroner’s office.
The Nevada Legislature’s money committees on Saturday approved nearly $6.5 million in new funding for mental health programs, using money from a windfall tobacco settlement as recommended by Gov. Brian Sandoval.
A story last week about conservative activist Chuck Muth’s crusade to name a mountain peak to honor President Ronald Reagan drew positive and negative comments from Review-Journal readers.
Most local libraries will be staying open an hour later, the governing board decided Thursday night. Hours at the Las Vegas-Clark County Library District’s 14 urban branches were cut three years ago amid plunging tax revenues. Nearly 100 jobs were eliminated then, too.
Comprehensive. Comprehensive. Comprehensive. I’m sick of comprehensive.
The Clark County School Board has scheduled a special meeting for Monday night to again consider a national search for the district’s next superintendent. Provided a majority of the trustees vote to launch the search and contract with a search firm, they’ll have done the right thing.
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