It was a little shocking, when boarding the Amsterdam in Dubai, to see the barbed wire on the third deck, the first open deck pirates could possibly board. Then there were the water hoses, pointed down toward the water line.
This week is First Friday, the monthly booze-art-music hipsters-walking scene downtown around Freemont Street and Main Street/Charleston Avenue.
I’ve been asking readers to name this weekend’s Hype Of The Century boxing match with Y2K flair. What do you think of these latest suggestions?
Las Vegas literary happenings this week include presentations by authors Jack Sheehan, Richard Silden and Nikkos Zorbas.
The cost of college tuition has exploded. That isn’t news to many parents here in Southern Nevada and around the country who are preparing to send their kids to the halls of higher education. The most common explanation for this explosion — at least from liberal college administrators — is that public funding has seen a precipitous decline.
Manny Pacquiao can roll through Las Vegas with a Floyd Mayweather-size entourage. There’s just no Biebers in Pac’s circle.
Sari Dennis conceived her children’s book, “My Little Dish, The Story of Your Creation Through In Vitro Fertilization,” in part to explain to her daughter, Rachel Lee, how she came to be.
Born a few days before the National Aeronautics and Space Administration began, Neil deGrasse Tyson likes to say he’s the same age as NASA. By the time he was 9 years old, he was “in love with the night sky” and at 11, he knew he wanted to be an astrophysicist.
I’d rather emulate than envy guys like Tyson Beckford. So I asked him to tell me (and you) how to attempt to attain an Adonis body at age 44.
Top-ranked Palo Verde, the defending Division I state softball champion, took advantage of early wildness by Shadow Ridge pitcher Shelbi Denman to score twice in the first inning of a 4-1 home win over the No. 2 Mustangs.
Marico Davis stole home as part of a double steal with no outs in the top of the eighth inning Wednesday, and Arienn Ackerman added an RBI double later in the inning to help Las Vegas High’s softball team to a 6-4 win at Silverado.
Think it’s hard to redeem your miles for an airline award ticket? It depends on which airline rewards program you’ve chosen, which route you’re flying and when you book your ticket, according to a new Consumer Reports study of 70 million passenger trips over the past two years.
Karriem Beyah had 18 kills and 10 digs Wednesday as Coronado’s boys volleyball team wrapped up the Southeast League title with a 23-25, 25-20, 25-18, 25-16 home win over Foothill.
For Zak Farrell of Las Vegas and the families of 1,625 other U.S. military personnel who are still unaccounted for in Vietnam, the conflict over political ideals continues Thursday — the 40th anniversary of the war’s end.
Calvin Peete, the most successful African-American professional golfer on the PGA Tour prior to Tiger Woods, has died at 71 in Atlanta on Wednesday, the PGA Tour said.
Top-ranked Palo Verde, the defending Division I state softball champion, took advantage of early wildness by Shadow Ridge pitcher Shelbi Denman to score twice in the first inning of a 4-1 home win over the No. 2 Mustangs.
Rylee Campbell’s one-out suicide squeeze with the bases loaded in the bottom of the seventh Wednesday brought home Sebastian Fitzgerald and gave Tech’s baseball team a 6-5 win over Chaparral at Arroyo Grande Sports Complex.
Former world junior middleweight champion Ishe Smith looks to get back on track when he headlines Thursday’s card at the Palms, which will be televised on ESPN2. Smith, who is coming off a loss to WBA champ Erislandy Lara in December, faces Cecil McCalla in the 10-round main event.
Birds with multiple beards are classified by the National Wild Turkey Federation as atypical. Should they choose to record their birds, Kensen Lee and Kevin Pratt will be the first hunters to record atypical Rio Grande turkeys in Nevada.
If Saturday’s megafight between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao is anything like Wednesday’s final news conference to promote their showdown at the MGM Grand Garden, the Nevada National Guard may have to be called out to handle the angry mob which will be the disappointed sellout crowd of 16,700.
Faith Lutheran had five golfers break 80 to easily win a Sunset League match at Siena on Thursday.
Wednesday was the official media day to promote the Floyd Mayweather Jr.-Manny Pacquiao megafight Saturday at the MGM Grand Garden, and yet Mayweather’s comfortable demeanor and candid temperament haven’t wavered much since the much-anticipated bout was announced.
Los Angeles Clippers coach Doc Rivers was docked $25,000 by the NBA for his criticism of officials after a loss to the San Antonio Spurs on Tuesday night.
A measure seeking to jump Nevada forward to daylight saving time and then keep the state an hour ahead in perpetuity saw no opposition Wednesday at a hearing in a Senate committee.
The man who was shot by a Las Vegas police officer Wednesday morning is hospitalized and cooperating with police, according to Metro.
Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao stared at each other, face-to-face at an MGM Grand press conference, each flanked on Wednesday by two scantily clad young women with the Tecate beer brand prominently displayed on their outfits.
Wynn Resorts Ltd. ended Wednesday worth billions less than its value at breakfast. Shares in the gaming giant fell by $21.71, or 16.6 percent, on volume of about 15.7 million shares — nearly eight times average volume. Based on the 101.52 million outstanding shares reported by Google Finance, the loss wiped out about $2.2 billion in market capitalization.