Candlelighters Childhood Cancer Foundation celebrates

Nearly 500 guests arrived on the red carpet at the World Market Center June 6 to celebrate an “Evening of Hope,” an epicurean-style fundraiser for the Candlelighters Childhood Cancer Foundation of Nevada.

20 places for steak and seafood

Steak and seafood places abound in Las Vegas, and here are 20 to put on your to-do list. Each week Neon spotlights a different cuisine in the Dining Guide, with steakhouses and seafood restaurants this week.

Costa Rica upsets Uruguay 3-1 in opening Group D match

Costa Rica pulled off the biggest upset of the World Cup so far, scoring three second-half goals to come from behind and beat former champions Uruguay 3-1 in their opening Group D match on Saturday.

NBC’s Lauer is sticking with ‘Today’ show

Matt Lauer, a fixture on NBC’s “Today” show for two decades and a co-host since 1997, will remain on the show for a few more years as it tries to recover the dominance lost to rival “Good Morning America.”

Computers replace humans reading weather reports

Two outpost offices of the National Weather Service in Alaska are finally ending what has been a bygone practice for most of the nation for almost two decades — using real human voices in radio forecast broadcasts.

Remote trail through Nevada has rugged political path

Nevada hikers and bikers seek a little federal help for the American Discovery Trail, a coast-to-coast trail stretches 496 miles through Nevada from Baker to Incline Village, goes over 10,000- and 12,000-foot mountain summits, through thick stands of aspen, crosses paths of elk herds and mountain lions and along the shore of Lake Tahoe.

Atlanta resident stabs, kills suspected home intruder

Atlanta police say a resident of a home on the city’s southwest side stabbed and killed a suspected intruder. Officers responded to the home invasion call on Saville Street around 2:30 a.m. Saturday.

Man arrested, charged in Durango homicide case

Las Vegas police have arrested Marvin Moran, 36, in connection with Friday’s homicide near South Durango Drive and Sahara Avenue, a killing detectives say was domestic related.

Coroner’s office identifies second body in 3-vehicle collision

Henry Eric Williams, 45, was a Henderson resident who died of multiple blunt force injuries after being trapped inside of a minivan during a three-vehicle collision on the northbound U.S. Highway 95 off-ramp at Auto Show Drive.

Marriott, 82, can’t walk away from hotel business

He’s 82 now, but Bill Marriott can’t bring himself to completely walk away from the company that bears his name. On Tuesday, the octogenarian presided over the grand opening of the gleaming 1,175-room Marriott Marquis, the new convention-center hotel in Northwest Washington.

Baha’i Faith promotes ‘one planet,’ harmony

Aleda Nelson’s interest in the Baha’i Faith began when she spotted a billboard at the corner of Maryland Parkway and Flamingo Road. “It said, ‘One Planet. One people. Please,’ ” she recalled. “I had to know more.”

Las Cazuelas perfectly blends flavors of Puebla region of Mexico

Las Cazuelas specializes in the cuisine of the Puebla region of Mexico, and many of the regional specialties star on the menu. Arguably most notable is Mole Poblano, an even more nuanced blend of flavors that often include cinnamon, chocolate and sesame seeds.

Priceline makes $2.6B deal for reservation company OpenTable

Priceline is buying online restaurant reservation company OpenTable for $2.6 billion. The deal should help Priceline, the online travel company, branch out into a new business segment.

Lawsuit claims Grand Sierra Resort parent deprived workers of wages, overtime

A lawsuit seeking millions of dollars in damages on behalf of thousands of employees at the Grand Sierra Resort and Casino in Reno claims its parent company intentionally deprived workers of wages and overtime they were entitled to by repeatedly requiring them to complete assigned chores off the clock.

USOC narrowing in on bid for 2024 Olympics

An American bid for the 2024 Summer Olympics would come from Boston, Los Angeles, San Francisco or Washington if the U.S. Olympic Committee decides to put a city in the running.

Beacon principal praises graduates for overcoming odds

A charter school fighting to overcome a troubled history will award diplomas to 90 seniors on Saturday. Beacon Academy of Nevada, an online charter school established in 2008 to serve students who have struggled or failed in conventional schools, was threatened with closure earlier this year. The State Public Charter School Authority Board cited low graduation rates and poor performance.

Henderson to open two new parks Saturday

Henderson is opening two new parks Saturday that are part of the Lake Mead Parkway Trail and Wetlands Trails Connections project.

LA Kings win the Cup on Martinez’s double-OT goal

Alec Martinez scored 14:43 into the second overtime, and the Los Angeles Kings won the Stanley Cup for the second time in three years with a 3-2 victory over the New York Rangers in Game 5 on Friday night.

Colombia beats Greece 3-0 in Group C opener

Colombia started its first World Cup campaign in 16 years in dazzling fashion, beating Greece 3-0 with goals from Pablo Armero, Teofilo Gutierrez and James Rodriguez in the Group C opener on Saturday.

Mobile “e-hail” app for limousines to get hearing

The Nevada Transportation Authority will study a proposal from a Las Vegas technology company to consider licensing and setting rates for a smartphone hailing application for limousines.

McCants, Williams in an academic tangle

For argument’s sake, let’s wonder: What if Rashad McCants is telling the truth? What does that say about Roy Williams?

Postcard from Brazil: Long, happy day filled with futebol

The word orgulho means pride in Portuguese. The Brazilians are well known for their pride and passion for futebol. The pride I’ve seen from the host nation has been all-encompassing.

Pay parity for women stressed at forum

Bellagio housekeeping supervisor Elicea Monte was one of three women who joined Congresswoman Dina Titus, D-Nev., and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., on Friday for a forum on how women can succeed.

Las Vegas couple finds track to success in model trains

Custom-made model trains have become the vehicles for success for Ron and Jamie Hunter, Las Vegas business people and owners of Hunter Railway Systems Inc.

Early warning signs of stroke are not to be taken lightly

May was Stroke Awareness Month, but a stroke can strike at any time. According to the American Stroke Association, someone in the U.S. has a stroke roughly every 40 seconds, and about every four minutes, someone dies from a stroke.

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