I am white. As such, when I was 5, I integrated an all-black elementary school in New Orleans. My mom — who had graduated from Little Rock High during its famous integration — was the first white teacher at that school, and I was the first white student. That was a blink ago, during Richard Nixon‘s 1970s.
The nation’s a mess. The recession hasn’t hit bottom. The home mortgage crisis continues its downward spiral. Nevada’s economy is a shambles with little relief in sight.
A Las Vegas father remains jailed after his arrest on charges that he physically abused his teenage daughter because he thought she was overweight.
When Barack Obama takes the oath of office today, Sen. Harry Reid will play a sizable role in the proceedings, and not merely because he is Senate majority leader.
CARSON CITY — If it comes down to having his salary cut by 6 percent or seeing some of his co-workers laid off, then 12-year state employee Phil Watson said Monday the choice would be easy: He’d take the pay cut.
Don’t call music agent Braden Merrick Mr. Brightside.
Hundreds of Southern Nevadans have ventured to Washington to witness today’s historic swearing-in of President-elect Barack Obama. Like many Americans, the visitors are carrying with them the hope that Obama’s inauguration will signal a fresh start for the country in the midst of a recession and after years of war. The Las Vegas Review-Journal asked a number of pilgrims to the nation’s capital what they would like Obama to tell the nation in his inaugural address.
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A former Las Vegas police officer has been charged with molesting two girls during his time on the force.
A Las Vegas man who works for a contractor in Iraq faces a rare civilian court-martial and is confined at an overseas air base in violation of his constitutional rights, one of his attorneys said Monday.
A 2-year-old boy drowned Monday in a residential backyard pool, the second toddler in a week to die that way, North Las Vegas police said.
The day when Las Vegas has two sources of gasoline — instead of one — is getting closer.
For years, utility industry executives and regulators have longed to have one transmission line that directly connected Nevada Power Co. of Las Vegas with Sierra Pacific Power Co. of Reno.
Las Vegas is overbuilt, with 48.6 million square feet of office space, pushing vacancy rates to 17.3 percent in the fourth quarter, Voit Commercial Brokerage reported.
David Sperry was unsure what to expect during his recruiting visit to Navy last weekend.
Dana Parpart, bless her heart, stopped playing her slot machine at Planet Hollywood Resort when the Rev. Rick Warren delivered the invocation at the inauguration of President Barack Obama.
“Wow, that was moving,” the vacationer said, a tear sliding down her cheek before she once again began to try and beat the odds at video poker.
Inauguration
• Text of Inaugural Address
• Panoramic view of inaugural ceremony
• Instant change at White House Web site
