Patients in therapy tell unhappy stories about relationships with their mothers and fathers. They complain about the past. They complain about the present. They are oppressed by thoughts of the future.
Bishop Gorman High School’s 14th annual wine and beer tasting, offering a little “vino therapy,” was May 30 at South Point.
It’s unfathomable how video game players get riled up over the stupidest stuff. The other day, I was playing “UFC 2009 Undisputed” online — against an anonymous kid who sounded 14 — and he whined that I was kicking him, you know, with my feet.
Central Arizona’s Verde Valley lures visitors with stunning scenery, varied recreational opportunities and fascinating remnants of the past. The region boasts scenic highways, ghost towns, historic railways, state parks and national monuments. Within a half-day’s drive from Las Vegas, the Verde Valley invites Southern Nevadans to visit and explore year-round.
There’s nothing much going on at University Medical Center’s emergency department at midnight.
While in French class, Nicole Raffail hears her phone vibrating in her bag sitting on the floor beneath her desk, indicating she has received a new text message.
She didn’t have a clue about track or cross country when she walked on the field, motivated by little more than an impulse to try something new — and the feeling that running was something she might be good at.
Summer’s here, and that usually means throwing that backyard party you’ve been waiting all year to host.
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Here are a few things in news, entertainment and popular culture that we’ve been talking about lately.
The guns of “Time Crisis 3” sit in their holsters waiting for a trigger-happy soul to stop the Zagorias’ army invasion.
I always assumed Disney’s young stars were grown in a lab.
Cricket chirps fill the gazebo outside the Little White Wedding Chapel — at least they do in between the whooshing of vehicles along Las Vegas Boulevard. The chapel’s first bride and groom of May 16, 2009 face one another.
Casino operators have told the investment community that business levels along the Strip have stabilized in recent months.
HARRAH’S BOSS SPEAKS: Harrah’s Entertainment CEO and Chairman Gary Loveman sits down with Review-Journal writer Arnold Knightly to discuss his company, the economy and the gaming industry.
It would seem the Nevada Legislature is finally finished taking a scouring pad to the state’s shiny image as the Southwest’s friendliest place to do business. Indeed, the 2009 biennial session of the state Assembly and Senate is over, its patchwork of cuts in services and taxes on businesses passed to prop up the skeletal remains of a once booming landscape. The tax increases were pushed through over the very vocal objections of the state’s beleaguered governor; the cuts were orchestrated to make the wounds less deep for businesses, which appear to have meekly gone along with the program.
It was a symbol of Las Vegas largesse during the good times. Now it’s an emblem of recession blues.
Five words to say thanks. That’s all the winners get. Most complied with the rule. A handful used additional verbiage. They should forfeit their prizes. But that’s just my opinion. Heck, they had preparation time. What makes them so special?
If everybody followed the rules, David Stone would be out of business.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Hollywood nursed another big weekend hangover. The Warner Bros. comedy “The Hangover,” which was filmed in Las Vegas last year, hauled in $33.4 million to remain the top box-office draw for a second-straight weekend, according to studio estimates today.
The tale of a Las Vegas bachelor party gone to extremes raised its total to $105.4 million after 10 days in theaters. It was the summer’s first movie to finish at No. 1 for two weekends in a row.