AARP conference: Will opposition to entitlement reform ever stop?

AARP brings its Life@50+ convention to Las Vegas today through Saturday. Participants will find an abundance of personal, financial and health care advice to better prepare them for the financial challenges of retirement — especially if the economic downturn has changed their plans.

Hoffmann puts hockey plans on ice, chases baseball goals

The decision surely has saved Jamie Hoffmann money on his dental bills, but aside from that, the 51s outfielder still isn’t entirely sure why he chose to pursue a career in professional baseball instead of hockey.

Children’s Arts Festival overflowing with family fun

Pacifiers will be flung onstage. Blankies will be abandoned. And, juice boxes will be heavily consumed. Justin Roberts & the Not Ready for Naptime Players are coming to Vegas.

 
Disneyland worker arrested in park’s dry-ice blast

ANAHEIM, Calif. — Police arrested a Disneyland employee on suspicion of putting a so-called dry ice bomb in a theme park trash can where it exploded, authorities said Wednesday.

2013 All-State Softball Team

Follow the link for the Review-Journal’s 2013 all-state softball teams.

 
College basketball player announces he’s gay

Jallen Messersmith, a shot-blocking specialist from a small Kansas college announced he’s gay making him the first openly gay active player in U.S. men’s college basketball.

Jazz the way you like it

Jazzheads have two vastly different options this weekend, and they’re right around the corner from each other.

After rock bottom, Perez rocking his way back

The second half of the year can only get better for Franky Perez, a Las Vegas favorite who had to put his career on hold after he woke up in a mental ward just before Christmas.

Whittemore convicted of making unlawful campaign contributions to Reid

Harvey Whittemore, the former high-powered lobbyist who became a fixture in Nevada politics, was convicted Wednesday of unlawfully funneling more than $133,000 in campaign contributions to U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid.

 
Soldier to admit Afghan massacre

SEATTLE — The Army staff sergeant charged with slaughtering 16 villagers in one of the worst atrocities of the Afghanistan war will plead guilty to avoid the death penalty in a deal that requires him to recount the horrific attack for the first time, his attorney told The Associated Press on Wednesday.

Burglaries not uncommon at Las Vegas hotels

The morning Vicki Bambini was burglarized for $1,000 in her Golden Nugget hotel room marked her 30th year visiting Las Vegas.

AP sources: Obama preparing to name Comey to FBI

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is preparing to nominate former Bush administration official James Comey to head the FBI, people familiar with the decision said Wednesday.

Man sentenced in federal court for bank fraud

A man was sentenced in federal court Wednesday for making false statements to a credit union to obtain a $7.5 million commercial real estate loan, according to the U.S. attorney’s office.

Affidavit: Maine man tried to stage girl’s kidnap, be hero

A man used a fake Facebook account to lure a teenage girl out of her house in an attempt to stage her kidnapping and rescue so he could look like a hero but ended up killing her, a police affidavit released Wednesday said.

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