State must push to reopen road to Skywalk

There’s a problem with a short stretch of rocky road in northwest Arizona, but make no mistake, it’s having an impact 120 miles away here in Las Vegas.

Werdum takes on Nogueira tonight in Brazil

Ultimate Fighting Championship heavyweight contender Fabricio Werdum seeks his third straight win and revenge for a 2006 defeat when he takes on Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira in the main event of UFC on Fuel TV 10 tonight in Fortaleza, Brazil.

LEFTOVERS: Prank war ends with gooey glove

When Washington Nationals first baseman Adam LaRoche was with the Arizona Diamondbacks in 2010, he played a harmless prank on teammate Kelly Johnson by having the song “It’s Raining Men” played over the public-address system the first two times Johnson stepped to the plate.

 
Man kills 4 in Calif. before police shoot him dead

SANTA MONICA, Calif. — A man with a semi-automatic rifle killed four people and wounded five others Friday as he carried out a deadly rampage across several blocks of a normally idyllic beachfront city. Police shot him dead in the Santa Monica College Library.

U.S. employers add 175,000 jobs; Nevada has seen its own improvement

WASHINGTON — The U.S. economy added 175,000 jobs in May— a steady pace that shows strength in the face of tax increases and government spending cuts if not enough to reduce still-high unemployment.

Fired nurse recounts Desai’s assembly line view of patient procedures

A registered nurse who once worked for Dr. Dipak Desai provided damaging testimony Friday against both Desai and his co-defendant, nurse anesthetist Ronald Lakeman, in their criminal trial stemming from the hepatitis C outbreak.

The gospel according to this choir is full of life, hope and faith

They know their history; it’s gospel to them.

They drop names like Thomas Dorsey, the father of black gospel, or Sister Rosetta Tharpe, the first to combine church hymns with rock and roll — long before Elvis Presley swiveled on scene.

Ohio man faces 329 charges in missing women case

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A man accused of holding three women captive in his run-down home in Cleveland for a decade and fathering a child with one of them has been indicted on 329 charges including murder, kidnapping and rape, prosecutors said.

Jabbawockeez release positive energy in ‘Prism’

The Jabbawockeez flip the switch from black and white to color in their new show “Prism.” But really, the whole effort at Luxor brings that “Oz”-like illumination.

College coaches enable each other’s hypocrisy

College football coaches are a strange lot, but rare is the time you can accuse them of being disloyal to one another publicly, even when their arguments are coated in hypocrisy.

City Center trial date pushed back again

In what has become something of a routine, the jury trial over who bears responsibility for the construction defects of the unfinished Harmon at CityCenter has been pushed back.

Las Vegas begins taking firefighter applications Monday

The city of Las Vegas will start accepting applications for firefighter trainees on Monday, following a cheating scandal involving recruits in the city’s last firefighter academy.

UNLV tops UNR to win first ‘Governor’s Cup’

The south has risen again, at least when it comes to sports. The University of Nevada, Las Vegas, trounced the University of Nevada, Reno, 34.5 to 10.5 to win the first “Governor’s Cup.”

Ahern Rentals anticipates an improving economy

As it returns to normal commerce, Ahern Rentals Inc. expects an improving economy and its restructuring strategy to yield a run of several strong years.

Summerlin dads recall special moments of fatherhood

Father’s Day is just around the corner, and View pauses to honor those who ran alongside our two-wheelers until we got our balance and, come bedtime, kept the boogeyman at bay.

SNHBA president announces new column

As the president of the Southern Nevada Home Builders Association, I am pleased to launch this new column in the Las Vegas Review-Journal’s real estate section.

Resale Homes Report: Existing homes sold: May 20-28

Editor’s note: Listings include the resale home’s parcel number. Occasionally, the address listed is the homebuyer’s mailing address and not the actual location of the home. Check the parcel number to make sure. Also, a few transactions do not reflect the market value of the homes.

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