Liberace mansion restored to old glamour — PHOTOS

A year ago, longtime Liberace fan Martyn Ravenhill was excited about his August 2013 purchase of The Showman’s former home. He was preparing for the challenge of preserving the mansion and the pianist’s memory.

5 free shows for cheap-os

See nu jazz favorite DJ Logic and more for free.

Magic show needs a little more sparkle

Good thing veteran illusionist Dirk Arthur has learned how to warm a crowd, because his tigers don’t steal the show like they used to.

Knicks’ Anthony could sit out next 4 games

New York Knicks forward Carmelo Anthony, who missed his second straight game due to knee soreness, could sit out all week and miss the next four games.

House secrets concealed in hidden rooms

Some homes hold secrets and conceal more space than meets the eye. A door hidden in plain view that leads to a secret room isn’t just the stuff of movie sets and spy novels, says Steve Humble, president and founder of the decade-old Creative Home Engineering firm, based in Gilbert, Ariz.

Study to assess how full-day kindergarten impacts children’s health

Does full-day kindergarten improve children’s health? That’s the big question UNLV health sciences researchers plan to examine. Researchers are partnering with the Kansas Health Institute to create a health impact assessment that will inform how possible state legislative changes to full-day kindergarten could impact children’s health.

 
Passengers trapped in plane for miserable 28 hours

An Etihad Airways flight was stuck on the Abu Dhabi tarmac for more than 12 hours, turning a flight to San Francisco into a 28-hour endurance test for passengers, media reported.

10 signs you own too many credit cards

Plastic already disassociates consumers with the actual dollar value of their purchases; multiple cards only make this problem worse. Here are 10 ways to tell if you have too many credit cards.

 
Naval official: AirAsia tail section possibly found

An Indonesian naval patrol vessel has found what could be the tail of a crashed AirAsia passenger jet, the section where the crucial black box voice and flight data recorders are located, officials said on Monday.

Rebels have tourney resume to build upon

The tradition is everywhere. They pack those red and blue bleachers shoulder to shoulder. They sway like a wheat field in the breeze.

Jayhawks run past Rebels down the stretch

A driving layup by Cody Doolin put UNLV in front and in position to pull off an upset. But that’s also when the fantasy faded and reality hit.

‘The Interview,’ ‘Transformers,’ make Razzies shortlist

The shortlist for the Razzies, which names the worst films of the year, lists some of the biggest grossers of the year, like “Transformers: Age of Extinction,” and others that didn’t do so well.

Point guard Doolin kept Rebels in game against Jayhawks

If there is to be a true positive taken from Sunday’s 76-61 loss at Kansas, it would be that senior point guard Cody Doolin was really, really good in a very tough environment.

 
Missing Calif. baby found dead in dumpster

A 3-week-old girl who was abducted after her mother, father and uncle were shot has been found dead, authorities in California said.

Cops pay for man’s meal at IHOP, arrest him for murder

Two Phoenix police officers were simply trying to do a good deed and get help for a young man with mental health issues. What they ended up with was an arrest in connection with a stabbing death.

Sanchez’s UNLV primer: Study all 38 bowl games

If Tony Sanchez, the new UNLV football coach straight out of high school, wasn’t watching all of the bowl games, one hopes he was watching some of them, or that he has a DVR with extra storage capacity.

EDITORIAL: One VA construction boondoggle after another

The Department of Veterans Affairs has become a symbol of federal incompetence. In addition to neglecting our veterans through unacceptable delays in processing disability and compensation claims, the VA has routinely harmed them by making them wait months for appointments for routine care and covering up excessive wait times.

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