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  • Tiger Woods and new girlfriend party at poker charity bash

    Tiger Woods and Lindsay Vonn were seen having a good time at the annual Tiger's Poker Night in Las Vegas on Friday. Before the bash at Moorea Beach Club Beachside Casino at Mandalay Bay began, a hotel employee spotted Woods entering the casino with a group of women, including Vonn, 28, Us magazine reported. The employee said that Woods looked like a hot mess, asserting that his hair was all ...

  • Tornadoes slam Plains Midwest one dead in Oklahoma

    SHAWNEE, Okla. -- Hearing on the radio that a violent storm was approaching her rural Oklahoma neighborhood, Lindsay Carter took advantage of the advanced warning, gathered her belongings and fled. When she returned, there was little left of the community she called home. Several tornadoes struck parts of the nation's midsection Sunday, concentrating damage in central Oklahoma and Wichita, ...

  • State legislators see benefits of driver authorization cards

    State Sen. Mo Denis, above, and Ruben Kihuen, D-Las Vegas, are sponsoring Senate Bill 303, a driver's authorization card bill that allows people who are in the country illegally to acquire legal driver's ...

  • Boy dies after stabbing at large fight near Reno eatery

    Reno police are searching for leads in the stabbing death of a boy during a fight near a fast-food restaurant. Police say they responded to a report of a large fight early Sunday morning near the Jack in the Box on South McCarran Boulevard and saw numerous people leave the scene when they arrived. Investigators say the fight involved several people and a boy was taken to a Reno hospital with ...

  • Residents eager for new facility to open

    Cornerstone Park hasn't officially opened yet, but that hasn't stopped Henderson resident Terrell Chandler and others from using it. Chandler, a 42-year-old construction worker, said he visits the park about four times a week to run or walk around its distinguishing feature: a 30-acre lake. No one seems to mind, as long as he enters on foot. He said he can't wait for the ...


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Movie Review

Eight Below

Eight Below

Perhaps you have to be a dog owner to be reduced to the blubbering mess that I found myself in by the end of Disney's Eight Below, but there you have it. Even with my sharpened critical faculties turned on high alert to detect every ounce of contrived tear duct manipulation, I was ... ...

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  • Lion Fight Promotions hopes fans of fights get kicks watching Muay Thai

    Lion Fight CEO Scott Kent, left; Yodsanklai Fairtex, center; and Vice President Christine Toledo are pictured after the Lion Fight 8 main event Jan. 25. Lion Fight was the first Muay Thai promotion to bring Fairtex to the U.S. He is the biggest star in the sport and a legend in ...

  • INTEL Google Glass ban Canvas Pop expansion and a slip of the tongue

    Caesars won't have any of that. And we'd bet most other casinos won't, either. The New York Times reported recently that a Caesars Entertainment Corp. spokesman said, "We will not allow people to wear Glass while gambling or attending our shows." No, the spokesman wasn't referring to all glass, he was referring to Google's wearable computer that happens to be ...

  • Penn gracious after Apprentice defeat

    "All-Star Celebrity Apprentice" contestant Penn Jillette, left, is shown with billionaire Donald Trump and Opportunity Village Associate Executive Director Linda Smith on Sunday night in New ...

  • Billboard awards mostly about show not prizes

    Taylor Swift poses backstage with an armload of awards at the Billboard Music Awards on Sunday at the MGM Grand Garden. She won eight awards, including top artist and album of the ...

  • Focus and common sense required as Legislature nears end

    Depressed by the lack of accomplishments so far as Nevada legislators seem to focus on social issues instead of serious financial issues? Last Friday was the day bills had to pass out of the second house committees, next Friday is the deadline to pass out of the second house, with the exception of budget bills. With four leaders who have never gone through the torture of closing a legislative ...

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