If many of you are like me and my wife, you saw the movie “42” sometime in recent weeks at the Suncoast and walked out of the theater raving about how much you had enjoyed the last two hours. I recall the days when I wrote about sports and covered baseball, in particular the Brooklyn Dodgers, for the Star-Ledger in Newark, N.J.
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You know this restaurant is going to be a little different when you enter through the back alley. But there’s nothing secret about the menu from restaurateurs Jenna and Michael Morton and executive chef Pablo Sanchez-Ortiz.
Chaya in Japanese means a cafe that serves small meals. But there is nothing small in the taste and flavor of the meals at this popular noodle house.
The restaurant’s full name is Poppy Den by Chef Angelo Sosa. What you need to know is that this Asian gastropub from the award-winning Sosa is fun, delicious and charitable.
At this point, it’s like being reunited with old friends. Old friends around whom you should never, under any circumstances, consume Jagermeister. Or marshmallows. Or pretty much any substance that could mask a powerful sedative.
As jurors in Jodi Arias’ murder trial filed one by one from the courtroom after a dramatic five months of gut-wrenching testimony and gruesome photographs, three women on the panel cried and one looked to the victim’s family, mouthing the word, “Sorry.”
Nevada Highway Patrol said a third vehicle might have been involved in an accident on Interstate 15 that left a driver critically injured Friday morning.
Ahern Rentals Inc. has nearly completed a bankruptcy financing plan that will refinance all of its approximately $600 million in debt and continue the family ownership of the past six decades.
A man was injured in a house fire near Desert Inn Road and Boulder Highway on Friday morning, according to the Clark County Fire Department.
At one time Capitol Bancorp Ltd. owned some 60 banks. But the real estate bust tied to the recession and regulators demanding they raise badly needed cash have seen the company that owns Bank of Las Vegas and 1st Commerce Bank in North Las Vegas shed dozens of affiliates in the last four years.
A truck hauling a too-tall load of drilling equipment hit an overhead bridge girder on the major interstate between Seattle and Canada, sending a section of the span and two vehicles into the Skagit River. All three occupants suffered only minor injuries.
Friends remember Calvin Meyers as an environmental activist and public speaker against plans by the Department of Energy to haul nuclear waste to Yucca Mountain and the Nevada Test Site.
My first impression of Gaetano’s Ristorante after having not been in for several years? That it smelled like a Strip resort.
Collision Authority has entered into an agreement with Findlay Automotive Group to lease and operate a body shop at 3024 E. Fremont St.
International visitors spent a record-breaking $168.1 billion on U.S. travel and tourism-related goods and services in 2012, an increase of more than 10 percent when compared with 2011.
WASHINGTON — With 20 union-member hotel workers seated in the Senate committee audience, Chicago billionaire Penny Pritzker sailed toward confirmation as Commerce secretary Thursday after satisfying some critics over her hotel company’s labor practices, her offshore investments and her role in a bank’s collapse.
Local agencies will not get funding to support antiterrorism programs and preparedness — money that provided $1.8 million this year.
A bill that would offer tax credits to companies that film in Nevada won approval Thursday from a Senate committee, but it was amended to make it a four-year pilot program and limit the incentives to $20 million per year.
Beginning today, when Veterans Village holds a ribbon-cutting for its thrift store, through Tuesday, when Rep. Dina Titus, D-Nev., holds a roundtable to discuss veterans issues, the list of Memorial Day weekend events overflows.
Our lawns and gardens seem to be all about the “green.” We spend a lot of green on our lawns and gardens – nearly $30 billion a year. We grow a lot of greens – nearly a third of us grow food in our gardens. And many companies now make outdoor gardening products with recycled materials, such as plastics – which contribute to sustainability and make our lawns and gardens a bit greener.
There’s no better way to enjoy the summer than by lounging by the pool. Unfortunately, this backyard family oasis requires regular maintenance throughout the summer that can include expensive and sometimes unhealthy chemicals. Have you ever wished there was an easier way you could clean your pool, that was also more eco-friendly?
Your tastes and personal style have created a beautiful setting for your home and family. But as you prepare for house hunters visiting the space, it might be time to let go of emotional attachment and transform your home into a stunning showpiece that any potential buyer would love.
Millions of consumers will be faced with a choice to enroll in one of four different Obamacare “metal plans,” on Oct. 1. The metal plans are new categories of health insurance – nicknamed “metal” because each plan is named after a metal – created by the Affordable Care Act, a.k.a. Obamacare.
No matter where you are in your life, you have a lot of decisions to make. When to buy your first house? What school to attend? Is it the right time for a job change? As things change in life, those changes influence your financial decisions, too.
It’s time to make your home’s exterior shine with some added summer curb appeal. You can quickly do the easy stuff – wash your windows, plant annuals, install pathway lights – to spruce things up. But you should also consider those projects you’ve been avoiding.
When women choose to leave the workplace in order to stay at home and raise their young children, they make certain trade-offs. For example, they usually give up the chance to earn more money in exchange for the opportunity to spend more time with their children during their formative years.
