Virgin America and JetBlue, two growing airlines with a small presence at McCarran International Airpor that appeal to customers with technology and unorthodox policies, scored highest among 15 carriers in the 24th Airline Quality Rating report.
Turner Classic Movies is dedicating its Sunday lineup to honor the life of the late Hollywood legend.
Gordon Smith, president and CEO of the National Association of Broadcasters, on Monday advocated a national broadcast plan to even the playing field as the Federal Communications Commission continues to redistribute the electromagnetic spectrum that carries radio and television signals as well as telecommunications.
Retracing historic Route 66 is an iconic road trip, variously scenic, nostalgic and quirky.
Famous stuntman Joshua Vinyard, who is currently working on the movie “The Amazing Spiderman 2,” battled a street performer over the weekend dressed as a NYPD officer.
It’s been 23 years since Linda Cooney was acquitted of murder because a jury found she had shot her estranged husband in self-defense. She is once again hoping a jury acquits her, this time in a 2011 case where authorities say she shot and paralyzed her son after a fight over his then girlfriend.
A bill that revives jobless payments for more than 2 million people who have been out of work for longer than six months passed the Senate on Monday but still faces an uncertain future.
Two men were arrested in connection with the severe mob beating of a Detroit motorist who had accidentally hit a 10-year-old boy who stepped in front of his truck, police said Monday. That brings to four the number of people arrested in the assault of 54-year-old Steve Utash.
A man who was found shot in a parking lot Saturday night and later died has been identified by the Clark Country coroner’s office as 25-year-old Eric Ruis.
DIG Design Group of Las Vegas is rehabbing the vacant Galaxy Foam building at 10 Charleston Blvd. near Main Street into “Galaxy Street Market.” Customers can enter the market from an alley and a back street, with food vendors cooking in an indoor, urban bazaarlike atmosphere.
The personal data gathering abilities of Google, Facebook and other tech companies has sparked growing unease among Americans, with a majority worried that Internet companies are encroaching too much upon their lives, a new poll showed.
According to ESPN the Magazine’s poll of 143 major league ballplayers, Las Vegas’ Bryce Harper is the most overrated player in the game. But at least one American League All-Star thinks he is going to be pretty good.
Peaches Geldof, the wild-child second daughter of Irish singer Bob Geldof who filled the pages of British tabloids with her late-night antics as she partied through the world of fashion and celebrity, was found dead Monday at age 25.
Police in Louisville, Ky., say a man called 911 after falling from a ladder and breaking his leg in the middle of a home break-in.
Taco Bell will begin airing a TV spot that is set to the tune of “Old MacDonald Had a Farm” and shows a man who has been eating Egg McMuffins since 1984. After trying Taco Bell’s breakfast, the man trims his mullet, switches to tighter pants, gets a smartphone and takes down his “Loverboy” poster.
Former pro athletes and celebrities brought plenty of lighter moments to the Michael Jordan Celebrity Invitational at Shadow Creek, and the image of Jordan golfing with a lit stogie kind of sticks with you.
The city of Henderson has been ranked among the Top 10 Safest Cities in America by a real estate industry blog.
A massive herd of elk was caught on video crossing a road in Montana, but it’s the last little elk that’s made the video go viral.
On opening night of the 51s’ season, I saw a guy wearing a Bad News Bears jersey at Cashman Field. On the back, where the name of the sponsor usually goes, it said “Chico’s Bail Bonds.”
Even though it beat out all other network shows Sunday night, more than a million fewer viewers tuned in to see the country awards in what may be their final broadcast from Las Vegas.
The next big thing is coming, Las Vegas. At least, that’s what nightlife guru Jon Taffer said while getting ready for his annual Nightclub & Bar Show to open in late March
A text message to his jilted fiance has cost a western New York man $53,000.
Authorities say a three-alarm fire broke out at a wedding outside Boston just after the bride and groom were pronounced husband and wife.
The White House is not working on banning selfies with the president, despite rumors that rocketed around the Internet on Monday morning.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid likes to remind people about his boxing background, and lately the Searchlight Slugger has been busy bloodying the noses of GOP mega-donors David and Charles Koch.
Not even a boost from Internet gambling money and the comparison with an extremely slow period after Superstorm Sandy could prevent Atlantic City’s casinos from seeing a big decline in their earnings in 2013. The casinos saw their gross operating profits decline by nearly 35 percent last year.
A Michigan college student may have pulled off the best April Fools’ prank of the year by exploiting her professor’s cell phone policy.
A 5-year-old San Diego boy has outwitted the sharpest minds at Microsoft — he’s found a backdoor to the Xbox. Kristoffer Von Hassel managed to log in to his father’s Xbox Live account. When the password log-in screen appeared, Kristoffer simply hit the space button a few times and hit enter.
Las Vegas Bowl executive director Dan Hanneke is stepping down to take a job with the Ultimate Fighting Championship.