Boyd Gaming Corp. will not bid on any of Station Casinos’ assets in next week’s bankruptcy auction because the court-approved process makes it difficult for qualified bidders to compete fairly, the company said Friday.
PHILADELPHIA — A 21-year-old man who intentionally vomited on a spectator and his 11-year-old daughter at a Philadelphia Phillies game was sentenced Friday to up to three months in jail and community service, which the judge suggested be fulfilled by cleaning ballpark toilets and trash.
Las Vegas Justice of the Peace Joe Bonaventure signed a warrant Friday for the arrest of former police officer Maurice Carroll, an unlicensed process server, on 35 felony charges stemming from a scheme to submit false affidavits in court.
PHOENIX — Lost in the hoopla over Arizona’s immigration law is the fact that state and local authorities for years have been doing their own aggressive crackdowns. Nowhere in the U.S. is local enforcement more present than in Phoenix, where Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio routinely carries out sweeps to arrest illegal immigrants.
NEW YORK — Former “Fly Girl” Jennifer Lopez is poised to return to television – this time as a judge on “American Idol.” The singer-dancer-actor was close to signing a deal to join Fox TV’s hit singing contest, a person familiar with the negotiations said late Thursday. The person, who was not authorized to comment publicly, spoke on condition of anonymity.
NEW YORK — The Black Eyed Peas have more proof of the ubiquity of “I Gotta Feeling.” Their No. 1 hit is the first song reach the 6 million mark in digital downloads. The milestone was announced Friday. will.i.am: “We came out in ’98 and our career, if you would look at it on chart, there’s no dips in it. For our career to still be healthy and vibrant and doing things like 6 million downloads, it’s pretty significant.”
NASCAR Sprint Cup drivers have come up with a unique stimulus plan to improve flagging attendance: babies.
As big wedding moments go, this was truly the icing on the cake. Awaiting the wedding party at Encore’s Society Café on Saturday was a 22-layer, 70-pound cake replica of the White House.
A story Monday about quagga mussels and New Zealand mudsnails mistakenly said mudsnails were found in Lake Tahoe. Mudsnails were found at a Lake Tahoe boat-inspection station on May 25 in the live-well of a boat from the San Francisco Bay Area. Water samples from the lake haven’t turned up mudsnails, according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
Taylor Makakoa, onstage assistant for Terry Fator Ventriloquism in Concert at The Mirage
The great outdoors are looking more and more like the great indoors. That’s thanks to a new trend developing in backyards all over the country that has the exterior space mimicking the interior’s. The two rooms you’re most likely to see outside? The dining room and living room.