Netflix adds 17 new seasons of TV shows

September is almost here and the summer movie season is all but over. So, what now? Netflix is adding 17 new seasons worth of TV shows this fall to keep viewers busy.

Themes, puppet sidekicks help lesser-known comics

New comedy arrivals Matt Kazam and Patrick Murray boost their marquee value with the help of themed comedy and ventriloquism.

Snyder’s audible: Deal with UNLV stadium in 2017

Don Snyder, UNLV acting president and stadium board chairman, called an audible during a campus stadium meeting Thursday by saying he wants to delay the $523 million stadium project by two years and have the state Legislature address the stadium issue in 2017 — not during next year’s session in Carson City.

Jets’ Patterson says no-show claims ‘completely false’

Dimitri Patterson disputes the New York Jets’ version of his mysterious absence. The suspended cornerback said in a statement to ESPN on Thursday that the Jets’ claims that he went missing for 48 hours without notifying the team are “completely false.”

5 concerts to see for free

Free shows coming up include Fuel and Drowning Pool at the 1st Street Stage at the Fremont Street Experience, Jack and the B-Fish at Brooklyn Bowl, The Born Readies at the Double Down Saloon, Gray Beard Bandit at the Gold Mine Tavern, and Mark and the Martinis at the Cosmopolitan.

‘My Nevada Indians’ — Reid does it again

Really, Sen. Reid? Can you possibly go a week without making everyone cringe with some stupid racial statement? Apparently not.

Rainbow flood control berm work to start in October

The Army Corps of Engineers will start construction of a flood control berm to protect a Mount Charleston community in early October, corps officials said Thursday.

Companies compete for arena action in Las Vegas

When UNLV advertised a job for $47 million worth of arena improvements at the Thomas &Mack Center a little more than a year ago, the inquiries from America’s sports venue construction companies were immediate.

Thomas & Mack poised to get $47 million face-lift

While two arena proposals along the Strip and one in downtown draw most public attention for arenas, UNLV is quietly finalizing details to overhaul the Thomas & Mack Center, a facility that hosts everything from Rebels basketball to sold-out national rodeos to kids shows.

5 high school football games to watch this week

It’s the first full weekend of high school football here in the Las Vegas Valley. Here are 5 games you should be paying attention to.

Paramedic pays parking ticket for grieving woman

A paramedic in Australia found a parking ticket inside his ambulance and decided to help the family and pay it forward.

Woman killed in Burning Man accident from Wyoming

A 29-year-old Wyoming woman attending the Burning Man counterculture festival in Northern Nevada died early Thursday after she was struck by a bus carrying passengers around the playa in the Black Rock Desert.

Permit required for Grand Canyon group trips

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — Groups of hikers and runners who want to do grueling excursions across the Grand Canyon will soon need a permit.

‘X-Men’ director’s accuser drops sex abuse lawsuit

A former child model can drop his lawsuit accusing “X-Men” director Bryan Singer of sex abuse in Hawaii and has the option of refiling it later, a federal judge ruled Wednesday.

Atmosphere rhyming at Brooklyn Bowl

Atmosphere’s most recent album, the biting yet affecting “Southsiders,” is a product of deep thought and even deeper grooves.

Opening this week: Spies, spookiness and more

Here’s a look at the new movies “The November Man,” “As Above/So Below,” “Land Ho!,” “Saints and Soldiers: The Void” and “Cantinflas”:

Northbound I-15 reopens

An early morning accident on Northbound Interstate 15, near Washington caused traffic problems, but the highway has reopened.

Nevada panel’s land control move killed

A push by some Nevada public officials to seek control of a portion of the state’s federally controlled lands suffered a blow Thursday when the concept was taken off the table for discussion at a meeting of state lawmakers, a move that drew legislators’ objections.

Ex-federal prosecutor pleads guilty in unpaid taxes case

Lawrence Semenza II, the U.S. attorney for Nevada from 1975 to 1977, pleaded guilty today to failing to file federal individual and corporate income tax returns.

 
Obama: U.S. may impose new sanctions on Russia

President Barack Obama suggested Thursday that the U.S. might impose new economic sanctions on Russia, blaming it squarely for the warfare in eastern Ukraine.

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