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In celebration of America’s birthday, the Las Vegas Philharmonic presented a new Independence Day event at Symphony Park at The Smith Center for the Performing Arts.
At Cashman Field, Alvarado allowed just one run on four hits in 6 2/3 innings as the 51s (49-46) earned a split of the four-game series against the Southern Division-leading Padres (53-45).
Badou Jack didn’t start his professional boxing career until 2009, but the 29-year-old super middleweight from Sweden quickly is making up for lost time.
LOUDON, N.H. — Kurt Busch has lost rides with top teams. He’s paid the price for losing his cool more times than anyone in NASCAR can count.
Today’s best bet: St. Louis Cardinals (-140) over CHICAGO CUBS
Jurors have found George Zimmerman not guilty of second-degree murder in the fatal shooting of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin. The six-member, all-woman jury deliberated for more than 15 hours over two days before reaching their decision Saturday night.
Forget rising home prices. These days, home buyers are obsessing over higher interest rates. So much so that rising rates have catapulted past price gains as the No. 1 worry among consumers, according to a June survey by real estate website Trulia. And 56 percent of buyers told Trulia that they would rethink buying if rates hit 6 percent.
Las Vegas firefighters rescued an unidentified Las Vegas tree trimmer when he became stuck underneath palm fronds about 35 feet in the air for about 90 minutes Saturday afternoon.
The British progressive rock band Yes held its ground with a faithful audience on Friday, filling about the same two-thirds(ish) of the Pearl at the Palms as the band did with the same sparse stage production last summer, when
Jon Davison was first introduced to local audiences.
They’re tiny cabins on wheels, but they aren’t meant for tiny people, at least not exclusively. They’re able to house adults, though they’re smaller than 150 square feet, and can sleep as many as four.
The way Howard Stern sees it, Las Vegas is the perfect city for “America’s Got Talent.” “Just looking around Vegas, out of all the markets that watch this show in the United States, Vegas more than anything understands this show because we have that variety aspect,” the second-term “AGT” judge says.
The homicide rate for older children and young adults has hit its lowest point in at least three decades, but the decline has been slowing, according to a new government report.
A prominent construction defect attorney was the driving force behind the long-running federal investigation into the scheme to take over valley homeowners associations, according to a copy of an FBI affidavit obtained by the Las Vegas Review-Journal.
Residents of Trout and Lovell canyons who fled the Carpenter 1 Fire that has since grown to more than 43 square miles will be allowed to return home Sunday morning, according to Las Vegas police.
After the successful launch of the Broadway Las Vegas and Jazz Roots series, The Smith Center branches out, adding the “Classical & Beyond” and “The Best of the New York Stage” packages featuring artists ranging from opera diva Renee Fleming to Broadway divas Patti LuPone and Audra McDonald.
Former UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva will get a rematch with Chris Weidman in the main event of UFC 168 on Dec. 28 at MGM Grand.
If you’re lucky enough to live into your 90s, how well will your brain hold up? You may have an edge over people who got there ahead of you, a new study hints.
The sign just off Nevada State Drive still bears the Wonder, Hostess, Dolly Madison and Millbrook logos. The gated beige building behind looks desolate, with a single black Dumpster still hanging around in back.
Twitter has given French authorities information that can help identify the authors of a series of racist and anti-Semitic tweets that carried French hashtags, and the social media site also has agreed to work with a Jewish student group that sued for the data on other ways to fight hate speech.
Former Gov. Eliot Spitzer is offering life advice in a new book released as he campaigns for city comptroller, writing that “self-importance” can lead to a “dangerous arrogance” that often ends badly.
A bomb exploded outside a Sunni mosque in Baghdad late Saturday, killing at least 13 people leaving prayers and extending a daily wave of violence rippling across Iraq since the holy month of Ramadan began.
GameLoot, a downtown Las Vegas-based tech company, has launched its online fantasy sports business geared to the casual fan who wants an easier and quicker option to the time commitment demanded by traditional fantasy sports.
After already promoting 19 players this season to the parent New York Mets, the 51s could hardly be faulted for falling out of the Pacific Coast League playoff race.
Dwight Howard says he’s looking forward to a “fresh start” with the Rockets.
A dentist acted legally when he fired an assistant because he had grown too attracted to her and worried he would try to start an extramarital affair, the Iowa Supreme Court reaffirmed Friday in its second crack at the controversial case.
It was surely the most festive spot in town as a Friday night turned into a Saturday morning at the Musi-Cafe – a full house, live music, plenty of beer and nachos to animate long-time friends.
