“Mid pleasures and palaces though we may roam; be it ever so humble, there’s no place like home.” “Home! Sweet Home!” (also known as “Home, Sweet Home”) composed by Englishman Sir Henry Bishop with lyrics by American actor and dramatist John Howard Payne.
: I was told by a bamboo supplier that there is a type of bamboo that can be successfully cultivated in the desert southwest. Unfortunately, I have lost the information he gave me. I understand that any plant requires more water while it is being established, but I’m wondering if planting bamboo is possible in this climate and would maintaining bamboo require too much water to have any xeriscape potential?
: I dropped a glass in my kitchen sink and it took a chunk of porcelain out of the sink. I don’t want to buy a new sink, so is there a way to repair it?
The 51s scored four runs in the first four innings, then held on for a 5-3 Pacific Coast League victory over the Oklahoma RedHawks on Wednesday in Oklahoma City.
After years of battling injuries and adversity, Ryan Ludwick is finally fulfilling the promise he showcased as a star at Durango High School and UNLV.
Oakland Raiders fans, band together — you might have just hit the jackpot.
• LAKE MEAD — Fishing activity has slowed, but anglers are finding top-water action for striped bass from 33 Hole and Government Wash to Boxcar Cove.
Think back to the first time you went hunting or fishing. Can you remember who took you? Was it your father, grandfather, an uncle or a friend of the family?
Coronado High School graduate Cory Ginther has signed to play baseball at the University of San Diego.
Longtime Las Vegas restaurateur Fred Glusman faces assault charges filed by an ex-waitress at his Newport Beach, Calif., eatery.
In yet another sign of tough economic times, the local Salvation Army beginning Friday will no longer provide free inpatient addiction rehabilitation services to people referred there by the Clark County District Court system as a condition of their parole or probation.
Bryan Lindsey knows that the average person isn’t going to go through a bunch of headaches to volunteer for a cause.
WASHINGTON — Carrying out Republican strategy, Rep. Jon Porter of Nevada filed a petition in Congress on Wednesday seeking to force the House to vote on offshore oil drilling.
The mystery man who took the Las Vegas spotlight when he offered to foot the legal fees of slaying suspect Sandy Murphy died Monday after a series of ailments triggered by a head injury, friends said.
One pilot from the 65th Aggressor Squadron at Nellis Air Force Base was killed Wednesday and another was in stable condition after their F-15D fighter jet crashed on the sprawling Nellis range, sending a cloud of black smoke high over the desert, base officials and an eyewitness said.
Don’t kid yourself. Lady Justice is a dawdling slowpoke.
RENO — The Reno judge who was shot in the chest by a businessman while standing in his chambers in June 2006 has received the lowest rating among Washoe County District Court judges, a survey found.
A jury Wednesday sentenced a 29-year-old man convicted of killing a Kansas City, Mo., rapper and his friend to spend the rest of his life behind bars.
A 30-second ad airing in Nevada and 10 other battleground states is the latest in a string of negative ads by Republican presidential candidate John McCain.
He might be the incumbent, but Republican Rep. Jon Porter may face an uphill battle against his Democratic challenger, state Sen. Dina Titus, according to a new poll conducted for her campaign.
On April 27, 1990, Colleen Rimer sat down with Las Vegas police and explained how her baby girl wound up at the hospital with a broken limb.
A recent stroke suffered by Dr. Dipak Desai, 58, has forced the Nevada State Board of Medical Examiners to postpone a September disciplinary hearing for the physician, whose clinics are linked to a hepatitis outbreak in Las Vegas.
This season’s euphemism of choice appears to be “economic justice.”
