MGM Grand workers who are represented by the Culinary and Bartenders unions ratified a new five-year collective bargaining agreement Saturday that is similar to other Strip resort contracts ratified before the economic downturn.
A hiker found parts of a human skeleton in a remote area of the northwest valley Saturday morning.
Eva Longoria of “Desperate Housewives” and star chef Todd English are teaming up on a Latin-tinged steakhouse concept for CityCenter.
Tanned and toned, with not a silver hair out of place, Sen. John Ensign went before local reporters Tuesday to admit his affair with a former close family friend and campaign staffer.
Spc. Dave Stimmell joined the fight against terrorism in Afghanistan to be a good father as well as a good soldier.
After four students at Marion Earl Elementary School were diagnosed with swine flu earlier this month, hundreds of parents, fearful that their children might be exposed to the virus, kept their children home.
Sen. John Ensign called a Las Vegas news conference on Tuesday to disclose what he called “the worst thing that I’ve ever done in my life”: an affair with a married woman from his campaign staff.
Since admitting an extramarital affair with a former staffer, Sen. John Ensign’s approval rating in his home state has plunged. In a new Las Vegas Review-Journal poll of Nevada voters, 39 percent had a favorable view of Ensign, a drop of 14 percentage points from a month ago. … Yet most Nevada voters, 62 percent, do not think Ensign should resign from the Senate. … In fact, Ensign remains relatively well regarded in a state whose other two top statewide officials, Gov. Jim Gibbons and Sen. Harry Reid, were already quite unpopular.
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Today, the socialists have taught most Americans to expect lots of things — government schools, government fire and police protection — are and should be “free.”
Barack Obama was born in a foreign nation as part of a genetic experiment, raised a Muslim and brainwashed by radicals. Think X-Men meets Malcolm X.
The John Ensign sex scandal raises three issues, two of which ought to be dismissed.
Utah’s U.S. senators say they want Congress to probe the actions of federal agents who arrested two dozen people — four of them older than 70 — June 10 in an investigation of the “theft” of ancient artifacts in the Four Corners region.
The state’s education establishment wasn’t bashful about turning the 2009 Legislature into a hostage crisis. Nevada’s schoolchildren might as well have been bound, gagged, blindfolded and booby-trapped with explosives. Without massive tax increases, the teacher unions warned lawmakers and taxpayers, “the children” would face a horrible fate.
Health coverage today is out of reach for too many American families. Approximately 182 million Americans currently receive some form of employer-sponsored health coverage. With so many people’s health care at stake, Congress should ensure that any changes to our health care system do not jeopardize coverage for those who already have medical coverage.
Up until now, we’ve been playing around with our photo contests illustrating the “seasons” of Las Vegas.
Here is a listing of events designed for book lovers. Information is subject to change or cancellation without notice. Additions or changes to this listing must be submitted at least 10 days in advance of Sunday publication to Bookmark, Las Vegas Review-Journal, P.O. Box 70, Las Vegas, NV 89125. For more information, call 383-0306.
Boys and Girls Clubs of Southern Nevada hosted supporters at its auction and dinner at Green Valley Ranch on June 13. The event began with a reception and silent auction, which offered 97 items for bid.
The den is, let’s just say, in a bit of disarray.
There’s a universal relationship involving dads, cars and kids that defies explanation.
1999. My birth-father is playing whiffle ball with my two sons, 8 and 6. My boys are in heaven. Their grandfather, too. He hits them grounders and flies, encouraging them, teaching them. Being with them.
Nearly half of all Americans have a credit card balance over their heads, according to the White House. The average is more than $7,000.
Landscaping with energy efficiency in mind is not a new idea. In the early days of Las Vegas, Helen J. Stewart and others used cottonwood and mesquite trees to modify temperatures around their homes. Today, many of us head for the mountains to cool off.