One of the survivors Michael Jackson left behind was Bubbles the chimp. Years ago, after Jackson had kids, he gave Bubbles to a sanctuary — the reason being (so the story went) because chimps can be aggressive around kids.
Michael Jackson never performed an actual ticketed show in Las Vegas during his adult career. But he had a high profile in the city as a frequent visitor and, in recent years, a resident. His association with Las Vegas began during the Jackson 5 era and continued to recent recordings in the studio at the Palms.
SLIDESHOW: Jackson in Las Vegas
Because of a lack of space at the Regional Justice Center, two district judges will begin hearing cases in a building next door to the downtown courthouse.
It’s hard to say which is more predictable: Las Vegas summer heat or the afternoon shows that let you escape it.
Pool parties share a lot of the same elements: a pool, music, liquor, cabanas, people.
Vegas rockers The Killers play the Mandalay Bay Events Center on Sept. 19.
The Molto Vegas Farmer’s Market, sponsored by Mario Batali and Joseph Bastianich’s B&B Ristorante, Carnevino and Enoteca San Marco, is open to the public from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. every Thursday at 7485 Dean Martin Drive, Suite 106. …
The Golden Nugget is giving away $69,000 in cash and a 2010 Chevy Camaro SS Coupe during the “$100,000 Cash ‘n’ Camaro Giveaway” from Sunday through Sept. 5. At 9 p.m. every Saturday beginning July 4, there will be a drawing for $6,900 cash (winners must be present). The car will be given away at a final drawing in Sept. 5 (winner need not be present). Please check at the promotions booth regarding how to earn tickets.
If you missed the most recent “Celebrity Apprentice,” you missed mucho fireworks centering around country singer Clint Black (who’s performing tonight through Sunday at The Orleans).
We’ve had a number of Brazilian steakhouses/churrascarias in Las Vegas over the years, and about the only thing most of them have had in common, besides a loose (some looser than others) interpretation of the concept, is that most have been in the tourism corridor.
Heidi’s Picks is a weekly selection of restaurant suggestions from Review-Journal critic Heidi Knapp Rinella.
Holly Madison is the first to agree, “It’s totally crazy the way fame works these days.”
If you were the parent of a 13-year-old girl, would you consider it “reasonable” for officials at her school to order that she be strip-searched to find out if she were hiding ibuprofen pills?
Nevada voted for Barack Obama last year, but don’t be misled: This remains a conservative state. Democrats hold a voter registration edge, but a large majority of the party’s members would barely qualify as centrists in other states.
When South Carolina Gov. and potential GOP presidential nominee Mark Sanford disappeared this past week, his aides claimed he was hiking the Appalachian Trail.
Don’t ask, for the moment, why congressional Democrats need to find an extra $1 trillion to pay for a socialized medicine scheme they insist will “reduce costs.”
CARSON CITY — Nevada lawmakers voted Thursday to endorse a new state renewable energy agency after asking numerous questions about the agency’s staffing and initial $250,000-a-year funding.
No matter how bad the economy gets, nobody wants a dirty, smelly dog.
The ongoing tempest over a planned wind farm swept about 10 percent of Searchlight’s 600 citizens into the town’s community center Thursday afternoon.
Stephens Media LLC, owner of the Las Vegas Review-Journal and other publications in Nevada and eight other states, has purchased the Mesquite Local News, a weekly newspaper based 80 miles northeast of Las Vegas.
With the disheartening news of several Dodge Chrysler Jeep dealerships in the Las Vegas Valley closing recently, many are wondering what will be the fate of the dealerships’ employees. Fortunately, as the only remaining Chrysler Jeep dealer in Clark County and one of two remaining Dodge dealers in Las Vegas, Chapman Chrysler Jeep and Chapman Dodge have welcomed several laid-off employees as their own.
Not even the shy 11-year-old boy, who was given the same name of his father in 1950 could have envisioned sitting where he is today.