Rewind one year and remember how meaningless the last few weekends were in the NFL regular season. It’s all much different now, because there will be drama in this finish.
NO. 1 — SANFORD SAYONARA (249 points)
The situation was clear entering the season: Mike Sanford needed to go at least 6-6 and take UNLV to a bowl game or he was out as the Rebels’ football coach. After five losing seasons, change finally occurred at the top of UNLV football.
When he’s not getting sacked, Aaron Rodgers is one of the NFL’s elite quarterbacks, and his maturation has helped turn around the fortunes of the Green Bay Packers this season.
Rancho boys basketball coach Melvin Shivers insists his team’s forwards can be difficult to defend.
Media scrutiny of Tiger Woods has shifted from his alleged romances in Las Vegas to the man credited with his recently robust physique.
A Christmas Day garage fire displaced three adults and four children, continuing a rash of fires that have displaced more than 100 people over a two-week period in the Las Vegas Valley.
When Michael Jackson died, Miss California talked her crown off and Tiger Woods drove his marriage into a tree, everybody knew it was only a matter of time before Las Vegas got involved.
You know the guy at the end of the New Year’s Eve party who’s puking in his glittery top hat?
The lousy economy. U.S. Sen. John Ensign’s infidelities. Michael Jackson’s death and subsequent investigation. The swine flu panic. They all made headlines in 2009, and they all made the top 10 news stories of the year, as voted on by the Las Vegas Review-Journal’s staff.
The city of Henderson is accepting Christmas trees for free recycling through Jan. 14 at six locations.
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate capped 25 days of debate on Christmas Eve by passing legislation that would alter the delivery and financing of health care for millions of Americans.
When TV show host Howie Mandel uttered the words “Deal or no deal,” who knew he’d be outlining U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s strategy for buying — I mean winning — votes for his health care reform bill?
Here’s a little vignette to illustrate how modern American politics can work, or not, in case it isn’t clear to you already.
It’s Friday night on a holiday weekend. Your doctor — who’s written you a legitimate prescription for a painkiller you need following a medical procedure — will be difficult to reach till Tuesday. If you don’t get that prescription filled, your long weekend might be considerably less than pleasant.
Throughout the paper today you’ll find our annual Top 10 lists — top news, top sports, top business and entertainment. It is that time of year. Time to reflect on the past and contemplate its lessons for the coming New Year.
Unlike the federal government, which prints money to hold off the ravages of bad economic times, local governments hit a fork in the road when expenses outpace revenues. At that point, cities, states and other non-federal governmental entities must choose between reforming public services or maintaining the status quo via higher taxes.
On Christmas Eve, the Nevada Department of Transportation delivered an early Christmas present to Las Vegas motorists, substantially completing the Interstate 15 design-build north project … 10 months early.
Peace on earth, good will toward men. Fine sentiments. But as citizens of a republic, can we really assume we’ll be held forever blameless for the actions of our government?
You kept waking up in a cold sweat, convinced it was all just a bad dream.
The Assistance League of Las Vegas had a holiday bazaar at the league’s facility on West Charleston Boulevard.
