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Events guide: Mother’s Day 2012
May 11, 2012 – 5:00 pm | No Comment
Events guide: Mother’s Day 2012

If mom is the primary chef in your family, it might be nice to give her a day off. If you don’t trust your own culinary skills, play it safe and take her to one of the many local restaurants…

Legendary racer, car designer Carroll Shelby dies
May 11, 2012 – 3:00 pm | No Comment
Legendary racer, car designer Carroll Shelby dies

Carroll Shelby, the legendary auto racer and car designer who built the fabled Shelby Cobra sports car and injected testosterone into Ford’s Mustang and Chrysler’s Viper, has died. He was 89. Shelby’s …

Riviera reports loss of $4 million during 1st quarter
May 11, 2012 – 3:00 pm | No Comment
Riviera reports loss of $4 million during 1st quarter

Even as it hopes for financial improvements with a capital investment program, the Riviera on the Las Vegas Strip reported Friday that it lost $4 million during the first quarter ending March 31.

History is made on same-sex marriage
May 11, 2012 – 1:00 pm | No Comment
History is made on same-sex marriage

I’m not often stunned or uplifted anymore, but I was both this week when the leader of a branch of the United States government actually spoke from his heart about gay marriage.

Judge in Las Vegas to hear case of killer dog
May 11, 2012 – 1:00 pm | No Comment
Judge in Las Vegas to hear case of killer dog

A Nevada judge is being told that a 120-pound dog that fatally mauled a 1-year-old child at home has been aggressive toward other animals and human handlers since it was impounded two weeks ago

Betsey Johnson going-out-of-business sales start in Las Vegas, around the world
May 11, 2012 – 11:00 am | No Comment
Betsey Johnson going-out-of-business sales start in Las Vegas, around the world

Women’s wear retailer Betsey Johnson LLC on Friday launched going-out-of-business sales at its stores in the Las Vegas area and around the world after filing for bankruptcy.

Foreclosures continue to hold down Las Vegas home prices
May 11, 2012 – 11:00 am | No Comment
Foreclosures continue to hold down Las Vegas home prices

The latest residential real estate data show a good-news, bad-news scenario continuing for Las Vegas. The bad news is that among 146 of the largest housing markets in the United States, Las …

Getting education right
May 11, 2012 – 9:00 am | No Comment
Getting education right

Clark County School District officials are due to present a revised budget next week, reworking numbers after an arbitrator ruled in favor of the teachers in a contract dispute.

Celebrity preview: Liza, Lily, Audrina, Drake, Snoop, Creed, Vegas Uncork’d
May 11, 2012 – 9:00 am | No Comment
Celebrity preview: Liza, Lily, Audrina, Drake, Snoop, Creed, Vegas Uncork’d

It’s time to lace up, warm up, stretch and get in the clinch as we go for our gold with the weekly race on and off the Strip we affectionately …

Star Surveillance: Cotto, ‘DWTS,’ Miss America, Senor Frog’s, Deadmau5
May 11, 2012 – 7:00 am | No Comment
Star Surveillance: Cotto, ‘DWTS,’ Miss America, Senor Frog’s, Deadmau5

Hollywood, sports, music and Las Vegas celebrities continue to make Las Vegas the Entertainment Capital of the World and their platinum …

Goodbye haze, hello warm weekend
May 11, 2012 – 7:00 am | No Comment
Goodbye haze, hello warm weekend

Much more sunshine — and much less dust — is in the forecast today for the Las Vegas area, says Kevin Janison, KSNV-TV meteorologist.

Frank Mir relaxed, confident ahead of bout with Junior dos Santos
May 11, 2012 – 5:00 am | No Comment
Frank Mir relaxed, confident ahead of bout with Junior dos Santos

At a press conference to announce UFC 146 earlier this year, Frank Mir openly expressed concern in facing then co-main event opponent Cain Velasquez. Velasquez, a former collegiate All-American …