Two girls from the Southern Nevada Desert Mermaids recently took first place at eSynchro U.S. Age Group Synchronized Swimming Championships in Riverside, Calif.
A federal appeals court has ruled three Metropolitan Police Department officers must pay $1.6 million for using excessive force on Charles Barnard in 2001.
A look at some of the DVDs, CDs and books hitting stores this week:
Those who consider the U.S. Constitution a “living document,” subject to continual reinterpretation as society changes, like to point to the Third Amendment as proof the founding document is too dated to be read literally. “No soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house, without the consent of the owner, nor in time of war, but in a manner to be prescribed by law,” the amendment reads.
Will Rogers once said the vice president had the best job in the country. “All he has to do is get up every day and say, ‘How is the president?’ ”
UIC Technical Services LLC and its Bowhead subsidiary will move some of their government services operations to a new Western regional office in Las Vegas, a company spokesman said.
WINNING/LOSING PITCHER: Bees, Matt Shoemaker (7-10); 51s, Greg Peavey (4-3)
The outgoing chief financial officer for Las Vegas Sands Corp. cashed out almost $7.7 million in company stock the day after it was announced that he was leaving the casino operator.
The stars arrived Monday at the World Series of Poker, and they weren’t alone.
The all-important visitor industry could get a much-needed boost in the second half of this year with airlines booking larger jets on their flights into Las Vegas.
After nearly a decade of debate, a central California Indian casino project backed by Station Casinos moved a step closer last week toward actual development activities.
If you ask me, Kowalski from the 1971 movie “Vanishing Point” is the greatest race-car driver of all time. Kurt Busch of Las Vegas is second.
Imagine this: You’re standing at the corner of Tropicana Avenue and Las Vegas Boulevard.
Doctors evaluating Teresa Heinz Kerry, wife of U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, reported improvement in her condition Monday, according to the State Department, but few details were being disclosed about her illness.
Wynn Resorts Ltd. said Monday that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has concluded its inquiry into allegations that the Las Vegas-based gaming company made an improper donation to the University of Macau Development Foundation.
The deadline has passed, but required registration papers keep trickling in for Nevadans who own off-road vehicles.
Al-Qaida founder Osama bin Laden was able to live in Pakistan undetected for nine years because of a breathtaking scale of negligence and incompetence at practically all levels of the Pakistani government, according to an official government report published by a TV channel on Monday.
Trayvon Martin’s father testified Monday that he never denied it was his son’s voice screaming for help on a 911 call, contradicting police officers’ earlier testimony at George Zimmerman’s second-degree murder trial.
Hazardous conditions slowed firefighters’ attempts Monday afternoon to search for some 40 people still missing after a runaway oil tanker train exploded over the weekend in a Quebec town, killing at least five people and incinerating at least 30 buildings, officials said.
A convicted sex offender has lost his bid to overturn a maximum prison sentence handed down by a judge who ignored a plea deal that the defendant believed would net him probation.
Country music star Randy Travis was in critical condition Monday in a Texas hospital, a day after he was hospitalized with viral cardiomyopathy.
A shortage of helium has become an epidemic across the United States. The life of the party isn’t showing up and, when it does, it typically costs a lot of money.
A Las Vegas man pleaded guilty Monday to stealing more than $300,000 in expensive jewelry, including Rolex and Tag Heuer watches, from people at golf courses in Nevada and other states.
CARSON CITY – Sen. Mark Hutchison, R-Las Vegas, said Monday he will run for lieutenant governor in 2014.
A group of gun control advocates on a national bus tour stopped in Las Vegas on Monday to rally for background check legislation.
One of the oldest sections of McCarran International Airport will be without a tenant starting Wednesday when US Airways completes a long-contemplated gate switch.
In the 100-plus-degree heat, construction workers recently set up fences to block off the pedestrian walkway at The District at Green Valley Ranch.
The Las Vegas Ski & Snowboard Resort is postponing its inaugural “Rock the Canyon Rally” because of the Carpenter One fire.
The nation’s top special operations commander ordered military files about the Navy SEAL raid on Osama bin Laden’s hideout to be purged from Defense Department computers and sent to the CIA, where they could be more easily shielded from ever being made public.
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