Before he won his first championship, Ishe Smith had little say in where he fought. That’s usually how the fight game works.
Here are a few things in pop culture that caught our eye last week.
WINNING/LOSING PITCHER: 51s, Zack Wheeler (4-1); Grizzlies, Fabio Castillo (0-1)
Canyon Springs running back Donnel Pumphrey was a late addition to the 42nd annual West Charleston Lions Club Charity All-Star Football Game.
Everybody enjoys getting a freebie now and then. You can save a few dollars on recreation on the days when state and national parks waive their entrance fees or states offer free fishing.
Editor’s note: The following is an email to writer Heidi Knapp Rinella and assistant features editor Lindsey Losnedahl from a former student of R-Jeneration.
Traveling to a country with strong ancestral ties can evoke a wide variety of emotions. But when going with people who share those sentiments, the trip can turn into a life-changing, unifying adventure. This unity characterizes 21-year-old Jesse Frankel’s experience in Israel.
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A friend tells me about his therapy and his therapist. For session after session — weeks, now — my friend has tried to explain the history between his brother and himself. He has taken great pains to describe the great pain he carries about the relationship — chronically disrespectful, disdainful, scornful, critical and bullying. Never physically abusive, but emotionally cold and sometimes just plain humiliating. Since as long as my friend can remember.
An afternoon tea and evening gala highlighted the American Humane Association’s first extended Las Vegas benefit May 17 and 18.
June is a good month for gardeners to slow down. Early morning and late evening are the best times to work in your garden.
The 2013 Nevada Legislature wraps up in a couple of days, so it’s time to assess the biggest winners and losers of the session.
Give the Brits credit. When it comes to fighting terrorism, they know there’s no percentage in playing word games.
Two suspects have been arrested in the May 21 slaying of a 75-year-old woman, according to Las Vegas police.
Senior U.S. District Judge Edward C. Reed Jr., who was appointed to the bench in Reno by President Jimmy Carter in 1979, died Saturday at the age of 88.
A man died while scuba diving in Lake Mead on Saturday morning, according to the National Park Service.
Smart tourists in any town should ask, where do the locals hang? Where do you go when you get off work?
A California man’s appeal over federal land managers’ decision to increase the Burning Man festival’s attendance cap in the Northern Nevada desert has been dismissed.
Southern Nevada needs a new stadium in close proximity to the Strip. Such a project would provide a major economic boost, allowing the region to attract new special events while giving existing ones room to grow. Open-air Sam Boyd Stadium is too old and too far from the resort corridor — and too vulnerable to the elements — to appeal to touring acts and some sporting events.
There is no finer example of legislation rewarding dysfunction than Assembly Bill 503 — better known as the North Las Vegas bailout.
Sometimes karma can bite you in the butt.
There’s a certain way one must dress as a working prostitute in Las Vegas.
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