Happy New Year! If we at Leftovers could have one resolution for 2014, it’s that the buffoonery of drunken coeds at college football games, lunatic high school football coaches and abusers of Facebook and Instagram don’t disappear. If abhorrent behavior were to stop, then what would we fill the 12 inches of this column with?
Adam Huxley scored 16 seconds into the game Tuesday to give the Wranglers a quick lead, but Las Vegas was shut out the rest of the way in a 3-1 ECHL loss to the Utah Grizzlies at West Valley City, Utah.
2014 is the fourth year of a five-year grace period New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has given the seaside gambling resort to reverse its struggling fortunes before he considers expanding casinos to other parts of the state — something casino executives fear will cripple the wobbly market.
A sea of horn-tooting, funny hat-wearing revelers cheered as the famed crystal ball dropped in freezing New York City’s Times Square to ring in 2014, highlighting a world-wide wave of celebrations.
The Rebels are heading into their first bowl game in 13 years as 6.5-point underdogs. Their opponent’s campus is a mere 43 miles from the stadium where the game will be played. But here are two reasons they can win the Heart of Dallas Bowl.
Dealey Plaza is one of those places that each time you visit, you learn something new or realize you missed an important exhibit on a previous stop.
A lot of football bettors figure to be asleep in a dark room when senior quarterback Caleb Herring leads UNLV into the national spotlight today. A traditionally big day of bowl games is not what it used to mean for the sports books.
Well, 2013 officially has trickled down the kitchen drain, which raises the question uppermost on the minds of foodies: What will we be eating in 2014?
A year ago, the Mountain West was rated college basketball’s No. 3 conference. This time around, it’s not nearly as strong, and it can’t count on sending five teams to the NCAA Tournament again.
Every year, parties involved in civil actions in Clark County write thousands of dollars in checks for the right to change the judge assigned to their case.
As we close 2013, it’s only fitting to make note of one final apology from an MSNBC host. Melissa Harris-Perry, who showed a family picture of Mitt Romney on her show, including Mitt’s adopted black grandson, then made fun of the family at the expense of the child’s skin color. Not funny.
A Las Vegas police captain under internal investigation for arranging a private ride in a department helicopter for a rock star’s wedding proposal has retired in lieu of a pending demotion, the Review-Journal has learned.
NASA officials say the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster “should never be trivialized” in response to a new song from Beyonce that features an audio sample recorded just after the craft exploded on takeoff in 1986, killing all seven crewmembers.
Passengers on board a research ship that has been trapped in Antarctic ice for a week are expected to be rescued by helicopter, after three icebreakers failed to reach the paralyzed vessel, officials said Tuesday.
Monday night at the MGM Grand Garden Arena, Fleetwood Mac played the final public performance of its current 63-date tour with an emotional goodbye.
Group photos and news conferences leading up to Wednesday’s game were the order of the day as UNLV prepares to play North Texas in the Heart of Dallas Bowl.
A Carson City father shot and killed by his daughter’s ex-boyfriend has been identified by authorities as 52-year-old Guy Perry.
Four people, two of them children, were found killed in a Southern California home, police said. A 16-year-old boy called police Monday night to say his family members were injured or killed in the house, Fontana police Sgt. Doug Imhof said.
Target is getting hit with another lump of coal this holiday season. The discount retailer said Tuesday that an unidentified number of gift cards sold over the holidays were not properly activated.
There were stories about shootings and other violent crimes. Fires, flash floods and heartrending stories of human loss. But there were stories of human triumph, too.
Welcome to the brave new world. Obamacare finally becomes the law of the land on New Year’s Day.
Lawyers appealing an ex-Nevada lobbyist’s conviction for illegally contributing to U.S. Sen. Harry Reid’s re-election say he should be kept out of prison while the U.S. Supreme Court ponders a forthcoming ruling on campaign finance laws that have been “twisted into a pretzel” through a series of recent court decisions.
When elections come around, there’s no shortage of information available for high-profile positions, particularly at the federal level, with the deluge of advertisements for presidential candidates and congressional office seekers. Closer to home, statewide offices such as the governorship, attorney general and Senate/Assembly contests gain sufficient attention. But one area that tends to get overlooked is judges. Voters often don’t have the information they need to cast an informed ballot.
The new year brings with it a milestone moment in Nevada: 150 years since joining the union as the 36th state, on Oct. 31, 1864. The Review-Journal has been celebrating since Nevada Day 2013, on Oct. 25, when it launched a yearlong project in the run-up to the official sesquicentennial anniversary of Nevada Day 2014, on Oct. 31 — exactly 150 years to the day marking Nevada’s statehood.
View Neighborhood News readers send photos of their pets and everday lives, and View features photos of pets ready for adoption each week. To submit a photo, email View copy editor Anne King at aking@viewnews.com or mail to Viewpoints, 1111 W. Bonanza Road, Las Vegas, NV 89125. Photos cannot be returned, and due to the high volume, they are often scheduled a month or two in advance.
A Montana-based craft brewer is suing the world’s largest beer-maker, alleging that popular YouTube videos for Bud Light violate its trademarked phrase, “Hold my beer and watch this.”
Utah took its fight against gay marriage to the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday, asking the high court to suspend same-sex unions that became legal when a judge struck down the state’s voter-approved ban.
