It’s the world’s toughest foot race — 135 miles through Death Valley in July, when the temperature reaches 125 degrees. The runners competing in the Adventurecorps Badwater Ultramarathon will climb a combined 13,000 feet and race without sleep for two days. They have only 60 hours to complete the 135-mile course — 48 if they want to win a coveted belt buckle.
DeVonn Porter rushed for 160 yards and two touchdowns Saturday to lead Agassi Prep’s football team to a season-opening 48-6 win over Abundant Life (Utah) at Rancho High.
JOLIET, Ill. — Points leader Ryan Briscoe went wheel-to-wheel with fellow championship contender Scott Dixon on the last lap and came out on top, winning Saturday night’s IndyCar series race at Chicagoland Speedway by only 0.0077 seconds.
After pitching poorly in spring training, 51s closer Jeremy Accardo understood the Toronto Blue Jays’ decision to send him to Triple-A to start this season.
The beers at Houston’s Reliant Stadium this year won’t necessarily taste great, but they will be less filling.
They should have known that when 9/11 struck terror into this nation and Nick Paris put on his official little police uniform to set up a lemonade stand with his older sister, there was something special about him.
His name was Kenneth Marcum. He was a 50-year-old Checker Cab driver.
Go ahead and whine about lane closures on Harmon Avenue at the Las Vegas Strip. About the backups and congestion caused by motorists turned away and forced to find an alternate route. About how every effort to maneuver around Harmon is greeted only by more construction.
There was a time in Bill Layne’s life when his biggest concern was making sure that the performance contracts of Elvis Presley, Ike and Tina Turner, Barbra Streisand, Nancy Sinatra, Perry Como and many other entertainers were in order at either the International or Las Vegas Hilton hotels.
THE LATE SEN. EDWARD KENNEDY will be remembered for many things, not the least of which was his ability to recite a nursery rhyme.
You bought your place for $350,000 in 2006. Today, you might get $175,000 for it. You owe at least $100,000 more than it’s worth. Could you perhaps buy that exact same model across the street for $150,000, walk away from your underwater mortgage and start over with a sane housing payment? And would it be so wrong if you did buy and bail?
Experts say exceedingly few homeowners possess the financial wherewithal to indulge in the practice, which grabbed national headlines in a recent Time magazine cover story.
TECOPA, Calif. — The margins are thin and seasonal in the date farming business, so Brian Brown is always searching for new ways to squeeze extra revenue from his spring-fed oasis 80 miles west of Las Vegas.
TECOPA, Calif. – Junior Huffman made his living in the Mojave Desert as a miner and a rancher. It wasn’t until he reached his mid-60s that he developed an interest in women’s clothes.
The pitch for Cash for Clunkers included the environmental benefits of getting less fuel-efficient cars off the road. But whether sidelining clunkers translates to reducing the haze that sometimes shrouds the Las Vegas Valley remains to be seen.
A ghastly crime took a sinister turn on Friday, when authorities confirmed that a 19-year-old Henderson woman now charged with killing her newborn son once left a stillborn baby in a trash bin at The Mirage.
Almost 20 Las Vegas entertainment acts paid tribute to Michael Jackson and his music Saturday in the concert venue where Jackson hoped to perform a thank-you concert.
RENO — The city of Reno has become the latest local government entity in Nevada to extend benefits to the domestic partners of its employees.
In the shadow of the casino he started his career in Las Vegas decades ago, Station Casinos founder Frank Fertitta Jr. was remembered Saturday as a humble family man driven by faith and dedication to community.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Wildfire threatened 12,000 suburban homes and rained ash on cars as far away as downtown Los Angeles on Sunday, spreading in all directions in hot, dry conditions. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger urged those in the fire’s path to listen to authorities and get out.
Air Quality Advisory: An advisory for ground-level smoke/ozone is in effect today for Clark County because of the wildfires in Southern California. Winds will continue to blow from the southwest today at 10-20 mph.