The Park lights up for the holidays — PHOTOS

The idea to make The Park a destination for tourists and locals felt like a reality Monday night when radio personality Chet Buchanan asked the locals to raise their hands. Half the crowd did.

Earthquake, tsunamis renew nuclear worries in Japan

Coastal residents fled to higher ground as a powerful earthquake sent a series of moderate tsunamis toward Japan’s northeastern shore Tuesday and fueled concerns about the Fukushima nuclear power plant destroyed by a much larger tsunami five year ago.

Early look at UNLV’s next opponent: UNR

UNLV’s football team will try to bounce back from its 42-25 loss to Boise State and defend the Fremont Cannon at 1 p.m. Saturday in its season finale against UNR.

Carr rallies Raiders past Texans 27-20 in Mexico City

Derek Carr woke up a struggling Oakland offense by throwing two touchdown passes in the fourth quarter as the Raiders capped a successful trip to Mexico with a 27-20 victory over the Houston Texans on Monday night.

Las Vegas ranks as No. 1 Thanksgiving destination in US

About 318,000 people will descend on the Las Vegas Valley during the five-day holiday weekend set to begin Wednesday afternoon, with about 60 percent of those travelers making the trip by car, said Tony Illia, a spokesman for the Nevada Department of Transportation.

Ex-UNLV coach Todd Simon leads turnaround at Southern Utah

Todd Simon has inherited another challenge, as the Southern Utah Thunderbirds have appeared in the NCAA tournament just once — in 2001 — and haven’t posted a winning record since 2006-07.

 
Kanye West reportedly hospitalized after abruptly canceling tour dates

Rapper Kanye West was hospitalized on Monday and reported to be suffering from exhaustion hours after he abruptly canceled the remainder of his tour following a week of no-shows, curtailed concerts and rants about politics.

Your brain and your gut may be trying to tell you something

Research increasingly is showing that the conversation between the brain and the gut is more of a dialogue than a monologue, and that the microorganisms that live in the gut communicate with the brain. Because of that, what happens in the gut can affect what’s going on in the rest of the body, down, perhaps, to how we feel.

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