A Boeing 747 jumbo jet mistakenly landed at a small Kansas airport not far from the Air Force base where it was supposed to land to deliver parts for the company’s famed new 787 Dreamliner.
Sherry Gordy is the daughter of Berry Gordy, who founded Motown, so her baby-sitters included Richard Street ofThe Temptations and singer Bobby Taylor. Marvin Gaye was her uncle-in-law.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid launched a move Thursday to overturn decades of Senate precedent and undermine Republicans’ ability to block final votes on presidential appointees. The Senate voted 52-48 to change filibuster rules.
A bid to designate fossil beds outside Las Vegas as a federally protected national monument has hit a minor snag in the U.S. Senate.
The Nevada Gaming Commission Thursday approved the sale of John Ascuaga’s Nugget in Sparks to a private investment group.
Three women have been freed after spending 30 years held captive in a south London home, including one woman believed to have spent her entire life in domestic slavery, police announced Thursday.
Three crashes snarled traffic in the Spaghetti Bowl Thursday morning. None of the crashes resulted in serious injury.
The left’s campaign to save Obamacare from itself, as well as salvage Barack Obama’s presidency, is well into the make-stuff-up phase of damage control, completely changing the pretext under which the disastrous Affordable Care Act was enacted.
Union employees at 10 Strip casinos operated by MGM Resorts International overwhelmingly approved a new five-year contract Wednesday that included company increases for health care costs.
U.S. Sen. Dean Heller voted Thursday against President Barack Obama’s choice to lead the Federal Reserve, saying nominee Janet Yellen would only continue what he believes are questionable policies in managing the economy.
Help yourself to some nuts this holiday season: Regular nut eaters were less likely to die of cancer or heart disease — in fact, were less likely to die of any cause — during a 30-year Harvard study.
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Blame baby boomers for expressing themselves. They spend forever talking to make people feel good and understand the complex world around them. The consequences are real. For example, Laura Stack, in “What To Do When There’s Too Much to Do: Reduce Tasks, Increase Results and Save 90 Minutes a Day,” writes that “gossiping and complaining … waste time (and damage) corporate culture.”
Rather than spend $46 million to dig up soil at the Nevada National Security Site contaminated by four nuclear tests in the 1950s and bury it in a site landfill, a community advisory board recommended Wednesday night that the Department of Energy close the tainted areas in place.
Despite the decline in the number of credit unions, the industry is profitable and growing as membership, total lending, capital growth and savings deposits were all higher, according to the latest monthly industry survey.
This seems like a good week to celebrate a good deed.
You know a boom era was over the top when even developers say things got a little too good.
Looking to start a liquor store on Fremont Street in downtown Las Vegas? Don’t bet on getting any help from City Hall, at least in the next six months.
First it was cookies at the Red Velvet Cafe, seriously underreporting its calorie count claiming they were 27 calories. More like 100-157 calories, two labs found. Now it’s protein cake bites over-reporting protein grams.
A $71 million skilled nursing and assisted living center will bring hundreds of jobs to a previously barren patch of downtown Las Vegas, but it’s taking a hefty public subsidy to make it happen.
Paramount won’t be giving any wings to a planned “It’s a Wonderful Life” sequel. A studio spokeswoman said Wednesday that Paramount would fight the proposed follow-up to the 1946 holiday classic starring Jimmy Stewart.
Forget the popular reality show. The real “Duck Dynasty” unfolded several thousand years ago along the shrinking remnants of ice age lakes in Northern Nevada.
President Barack Obama’s sudden support of the Senate’s $10.10 minimum wage bill is partisan politicking of the worst kind.
Gaming lacks women in executive positions within the industry. How the casino industry changes that is a question Debra Nutton tried to answer Wednesday.
Cooler temperatures, dwindling daylight that makes you crave a mood boost, and the approach of the holidays – at this time of year, many inspirations prompt people to redecorate. But while you’re breaking out the holiday decorations or looking for just the right shade of yellow to make your kitchen look brighter on short winter days, don’t overlook another powerful decorator’s trick – scent.
More than 26 million Americans have chronic kidney disease (CKD), a progressive loss of kidney function that’s most often caused by diabetes or high blood pressure. CKD patients whose kidneys are failing need to consider treatment options to replace the lost kidney function, including kidney transplant, hemodialysis or peritoneal dialysis. The good news is that when CKD is discovered early, a variety of treatment strategies – including medication, exercise and diet changes – can help to either prevent further kidney damage or slow the progression of this life-threatening disease.