It took an extra day, but Roland Reparejo won the first bracelet event of the 45th annual World Series of Poker on Thursday, prevailing in the $500 buy-in Casino Employees No-Limit Hold ’em tournament.
Old-age jokes no longer bother Tim Duncan and the San Antonio Spurs, who continue to age gracefully and inspire senior citizens everywhere.
Chris Riley plays golf a few times a week. It helps him stay sharp. He and his wife coach their two daughters on a 10-and-under softball all-star team. It helps him stay happy.
How drivers with Las Vegas ties performed in the various NASCAR series.
Last weekend, Dan Borislow, of Palm Beach, Fla., won more than $6.6-million as the only winner of the Gulfstream Park Rainbow Pick 6. He did it, not by any great handicapping, but by smart betting.
So, this is our politics now: Cliven Bundy, Boy Scout photos, bedbugs and unpaid bills?
A Fremont Street liquor store has filed a federal lawsuit in Las Vegas that claims two new city ordinances are unconstitutional.
About 740 seniors from 13 high schools were identified by the Clark County School District early this school year as at risk of dropping out. These students, out of a senior class exceeding 20,000, were then targeted for intensive support in an annual Reclaim Your Future effort.
The Fray, a band from Denver is just that — a band. Unlike many groups splitting up and running away with solo careers, this band of musicians plans to create together, with four guys and “four distinct personalities.”
Get your hair blown back at the Hellpop! Garage Rock Freakout, featuring The Stalins of Sound, Beta Bomb, Leather Lungs and Headwinds.
Mark Brett remembers his future wife, Michelle Berting Brett, calling his bluff when he claimed to love The Carpenters, thinking he just said that to get on her good side: “Do you have a Carpenters record sandwiched in between your Stones and Zeppelin and Floyd?”
A man is seen riding through Ethiopia’s capital on his bike with a goat on his back hanging on for dear life.
So Randy Couture walks into a bar … Maybe you can keep going with an actual joke, but this story leads to Friday’s “Coyote Under the Stars & Stripes” benefit.
Backstreet’s not back because they never left. At least not when we’re talking about the hearts of millennials who harvested the beloved boy band’s pictures from the pages of Tiger Beat magazine like a pubescent cash crop.
At its early-’90s commercial peak, industrial music was synonymous with many things — harsh, militant sounding electronics befitting a band comprised of the killer robots; turgid, unrelenting rhythms evocative of the steady rumble of a carpet bombing; self-flagellating lyrics suggestive of a razor blade poised above one’s wrist.
Country singer Jake Owen comes to Mandalay Bay Beach on Aug. 9. Tickets are $42.50 and go on sale at noon Friday at Ticketmaster outlets.
Few artists conjure the pure riot of sound that Maya Arulpragasam, a human blasting machine, does upon taking the stage.
The suspicious death of a man found in the east valley Thursday evening has been ruled a homicide, Las Vegas police say.
The El Paso Chihuahuas scored five runs in their final three at-bats and defeated the 51s 7-4 Thursday in a Pacific Coast League game in El Paso, Texas.
Two of the Las Vegas Valley’s most colorful political figures bonded last month in a profanity-laced conversation aimed at Clark County commissioners, according to a recording obtained by the Review-Journal.
After meeting with Latino leaders in Las Vegas, U.S. Sen. Dean Heller said Thursday he’s hopeful the House will vote on immigration reform this summer, although he said the “window is closing” on finding a legislative solution.
UNLV long jumper Krystal Wharton advanced to next month’s NCAA track and field championships after qualifying with a personal best jump of 20 feet, 1½ inches at Thursday’s NCAA preliminary championships in Fayetteville, Ark. Wharton’s qualifying jump came on her second attempt, and she finished 10th overall.
A 17-year-old boy has been named prom queen at his high school and says he’s making a point about gender labeling and discrimination.
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau was created a few years ago to safeguard Americans from questionable business practices within the financial sector. Ironically, with the announcement of its new employee review policy, the bureau has proved it has no interest in protecting the taxpaying public from the agency’s own dubious practices.
The historical, eastern Nevada town of Ely has a buffet of must-see attractions and events, after many peoples of the past flocked to the area for sustenance and livelihood.
A former Palms race and sports book employee avoided a federal prison term Thursday for her role in a betting scheme federal authorities say defrauded the resort of more than $800,000.
Well this isn’t something you see during every NBA game. Pacers guard Lance Stephenson decided to blow in Lebron James’ ear during Wednesday night’s Heat-Pacers game.
Shelley Sterling, half owner of the Los Angeles Clippers has reached a “binding agreement” to sell the basketball team to former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer for $2 billion.
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