A series of explosions rocked a central Florida propane gas plant and sent “boom after boom after boom” through the neighborhood around it. Eight people were injured, with at least four in critical condition.
Four-time All-American and two-time national champion Johny Hendricks is one of the most accomplished college wrestlers ever to compete in the Ultimate Fighting Championship.
Kathy Griffin and I were chatting about starlets who shave their hair after they go nuts — Britney Spears, Miley Cyrus, Amanda Bynes and “even Justin Bieber’s bangs.”
WATKINS GLEN, N.Y. — With only six races remaining before NASCAR’s Chase for the Sprint Cup begins, Kurt Busch isn’t about to take a break. Not with one of the coveted 12 spots still within his grasp.
Rex Rowley lives in Normal, but he dreams of Las Vegas. That’s nothing to be ashamed of. Metaphorically speaking, lots of guys from Normal do.
With the average American family doing more than 400 loads of laundry each year, it’s no wonder that the laundry room has become one of the most popular remodeling projects in the house. Often out of sight and out of mind, most laundry rooms are designed like closets rather than efficient utility rooms. But according to Decorator Jenny Komenda, who blogs at The Little Green Notebook (http://littlegreennotebook.blogspot.com/), with just a few inexpensive changes, you can brighten your clothes and your mood by transforming your dark and dingy laundry room into a bright, functional (and even enjoyable) place.
The concept of personalized medicine – matching a patient’s unique genetic profile with an appropriate and more individualized treatment plan – is transforming the care of patients with cancer.
Anybody who thinks Nevada’s Republican team is focused and working very well together probably should ask Senate Minority Leader Michael Roberson about that.
The costs of ObamaCare’s individual insurance mandate should worry every Nevadan, not just those currently without coverage.
Centennial’s Jacob Portaro went 2-for-5 with two RBIs, and the Bulldogs rallied for six runs in the sixth inning to top Palo Verde 6-5 on Monday in the American Legion state tournament at UNLV’s Wilson Stadium. Centennial advanced to third-round play. The Panthers were eliminated.
■ WINNING/LOSING PITCHERS: 51s, Matt Fox (5-3), Greg Burke (2-1); River Cats, Darren Byrd (1-1), Sonny Gray (9-6)
A political science teacher wants to appeal a decision made by City Council, but he would have to pay $750 in order to do so first.
Their ages declare their adulthood, but a few seconds with this legendary piece of silver known as the Stanley Cup and they giggle and laugh and smile like tykes gripping their first toys.
With a catch in her voice and tears in her eyes, Jennifer VanBuskirk stood in front of about 2,000 people Monday afternoon to say goodbye to her brother.
A look at some of the DVDs, CDs and books hitting stores this week:
All the workers at a Florida propane gas plant rocked by massive explosions were accounted for early Tuesday morning after officials initially could not account for more than a dozen employees.
The Rev. Caesar Caviglia was one of those people who changed the world he lived in, not just because he could, but because it was the right thing to do, the people who knew him said.
CARSON CITY — State Sen. Mark Hutchison trails two better-known Republicans in a new lieutenant governor primary poll.
So it’s not about romance, said researcher Dieter Lukas of the University of Cambridge, lead author of the mammals study. “It’s just really the best he can do.”
Teresa Giudice, 41, and her husband Giuseppe “Joe” Giudice, 43, of Montville Township, were charged in a 39-count indictment with conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud, bank fraud, making false statements on loan applications and bankruptcy fraud.
Kris Bryant, from Bonanza High and the University of San Diego, batted five times in his Northwest League debut for the Class A Boise Hawks on July 23. He struck out all five times. But Bryant, 21, didn’t stay in a rut for long.
If you count discouraged Nevadans who quit looking for jobs and underemployed part-timers who would rather work full-time, the Silver State’s unemployment rate averaged 19 percent in the second quarter, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Monday.
There’s extensive evidence that pigs are as smart and sociable as dogs. Yet one species is afforded affection and respect; the other faces mass slaughter en route to becoming bacon, ham and pork chops.
It was a potential Wolf Pack coach on the hot seat, but it even made some UNLV officials squirm.
Rich, gray velvet covers the oval confidante in the foyer. To the left, the eye catches the piece de resistance: three Jensen mirrors with frames that look like interlocking golden watchbands spread across about four feet of wall space.
Rep. Joe Heck on Monday defended his support for government’s ability to continue collecting the phone records of Americans even if they aren’t suspected of wrongdoing.
Firefighters discovered 28 snakes Friday at a Clearfield, Utah duplex when they responded to a kitchen fire. Officials say the man took care of his snakes, but he didn’t have a permit for six venomous snakes. The six poisonous snakes were confiscated by the Utah Division of Wildlife.
As a Las Vegas tour bus company hailed one of its drivers for his calm under pressure, authorities were looking into whether the man violated what’s popularly known as Arizona’s “Stupid Motorist Law” by driving into a flooded wash.