DEA Administrator Michele Leonhart failed to satisfy her critics before a House Oversight Committee hearing on Tuesday when she had to answer for revelations that agents under her attended more than a dozen sex parties with drug cartel funded prostitutes, among a string of other outlandish misconduct allegations that received little or no punishment.
Opponents of killer whale shows at SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment have filed a third lawsuit in as many weeks against the company, saying ticket holders were defrauded by claims that the animals are healthy and well-treated.
Fast-food restaurants are bracing themselves for another round of coordinated wage protests scheduled to take place today in major cities nationwide, including Las Vegas.
The cycle repeats itself in Carson City, no matter which party is in power. Men and women who eagerly sought election to the Legislature, people who raised tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars to win their offices, griped about their salaries upon arriving in the state capital.
Only in hockey can an eight-seed beat a No. 1 and hardly anyone is shocked. An eight-seed can even win the Stanley Cup, as the Los Angeles Kings did in 2012. A hot goalie, like a strong pitcher or two in baseball, can take a team a long way.
Thirty market-ready companies were chosen based on their potential to disrupt the media and entertainment industries to be showcased in the National Association of Broadcaster’s SPROCKIT program.
With the wind howling out to dead center, a pitching duel between Cimarron-Memorial”s Larry Quaney and Arbor View”s Sam Pastrone never materialized, and the fifth-ranked Aggies pulled away for a 10-2 baseball win after erupting for six runs in the third inning.
