The stigma attached to mixed martial artists who entered the Ultimate Fighting Championship through the organization’s reality show is quickly disappearing.
Republican presidential nominee John McCain — the gambler — knows when to fold ’em.
A Las Vegas physician has filed a federal lawsuit against University Medical Center, alleging that the county hospital that barred him from practicing as a trauma surgeon because he might pose an “unreasonable danger” to patients and staff has violated his constitutional rights and antitrust laws.
O.J. Simpson is not a criminal, just a man who wanted his treasured heirlooms back, one of his lawyers said Monday.
Whenever I see Johnny Ventura coming, I can’t help but think of stardust.
CARSON CITY — Some rural Nevada county officials will ask the Legislature in February to give them the authority to raise property taxes above the caps set by the Legislature in 2005.
A doctor for the Clark County Detention Center who was arrested last week on a drug paraphernalia charge no longer works at the jail, Las Vegas police said.
BRENTWOOD, N.H. — John Brooks’ brother-in-law testified Monday that he never heard the Las Vegas millionaire order the killing of a handyman he suspected of stealing from him.
Last week, rockers Ozzy Osbourne, Mark McGrath and Travis Barker were paid (probably by game maker Activision) to go on stage at the Mandalay Bay Events Center and pitch the upcoming “Guitar Hero: World Tour.” In the audience: nearly 6,000 store managers from GameStops and EB Games.
The 4-month-old girl who was fatally mauled last week by two pit bulls that were family pets was identified by the Clark County coroner’s office as Cendi Kia Carey.
CARSON CITY — Conservative political activist Chuck Muth on Monday asked the U.S. Department of Justice to investigate the state Agency for Nuclear Projects following revelations last week that the head of the office gave himself and other staffers unauthorized pay increases of up to 16 percent.
An item in Political Notebook on Monday inaccurately reported that “someone at the NRSC” leaked an internal document about Republican Senate fundraising. In fact, it was not known where the information came from. A spokeswoman for the National Republican Senatorial Committee denied the leak came from that group.
Motorists who use Interstate 15 in the southern valley along the resort corridor can expect a more congested commute over the next year.
Defenders of illegal immigration are formulating a new approach in their effort to abet lawbreakers.
Yearly state-by-state testing of reading and math achievement in grades three through eight, required under the federal No Child Left Behind Act, shows America’s kids are doing better in elementary and middle school, but still show little improvement at the high school and college levels, according to Education Secretary Margaret Spellings.
Trying to counter the myths of the McCain-Palin ticket is more than a bit Sisyphean.
Hurricane Ike caused some structural damage at Pinnacle Entertainment’s L’Auberge du Lac casino in Lake Charles, La., but the gaming industry emerged relatively unscathed from the massive storm.
There was a time when a high-tech hotel room consisted of dial-up Internet access and free movies.
Giving people what they want, when they want it and in the format they prefer is what a new online news site — Daily Me (www.dailyme.com) — is all about.
Nevada State Bank, the biggest locally based commercial bank in Nevada, is betting that it’s better off without 28 grocery store branches in the Silver State, but U.S. Bank is making the opposite bet.
Allan Goldner surveyed the paltry showing at his free seminar, including lunch, on how small businesses can cope with challenges in today’s difficult economy and threw his arms up in frustration.