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The Seattle City Council’s unanimous decision last week to raise the minimum wage within the municipality to $15 an hour was met with raucous cheers by Democrats and labor activists. Seattle Mayor Ed Murray called it a “historic moment.“ Kshama Sawant, a socialist member of the council, said the move, which gives the city the highest minimum wage in the nation, would “turn the tide against corporate politics.”
Sheriff Doug Gillespie said Sunday’s killing of two Las Vegas police officers in the line of duty made it an “unprecedented day” for his department. Metro had never before seen two of its officers killed in a single incident. Officers Alyn Beck, 41, and Igor Soldo, 31 were fatally shot while they ate lunch at a CiCi’s Pizza, 309 N. Nellis Boulevard, at about 11:20 a.m. Sunday. The shooters also killed a woman in a nearby Wal-Mart before committing suicide.
The last person Las Vegas wanted to see at the plate with two outs in the ninth inning Sunday was Juan Ciriaco.
I recently received an email from Sig Rogich regarding the NFL Draft. Sig has abundant communication skills and has been known to help make kings, so I figured he might have something interesting to say about football, too.
Ted Mamola is a former professional golfer from Southern California who always had the urge to open a bar. So, after Mamola opened Embers Grille in the Boca Park shopping center in September 2011, he opened a new gaming and cocktail tavern called The Lion’s Tail Tavern in Village Square on Sahara Avenue in February.
Many of you know Laura Salcedo as the model for the exercises featured here in the Las Vegas Review-Journal.
Forty years ago, he predicted that he’d be long forgotten by now, considering the circumstances.
The murderous romp “A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder” has gotten a lot of love at the Tony Awards — it nabbed the best new musical trophy on a night that saw Audra McDonald, Bryan Cranston and Neil Patrick Harris all took home big awards.
A couple missed free throws cost the San Antonio Spurs last season’s NBA title.