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  • Las Vegas is fine just the way it is

    "Clean up the Strip," come on. Las Vegas is and always will be an adult entertainment town. No one is forcing you to take the "smut" books and fliers. How many times do we see mom and dad taking their kids in casinos, and making the kids stand aside while the parents play? If you want clean, family fun, take them to Disneyland. Leave Vegas as it is, and should be. We like ...

  • Museum informs entertains thousands

    Touring the Discovery Children's Museum with a group of first-graders from Givens Elementary School seemed like a smart idea. I could follow them around, watch their reactions, see what they liked best. It would be a reality-based column. The reality was Thursday, there were eight schools at the new museum, about 950 elementary students. I lost the first-graders (or they lost me) soon after ...

  • PHOTOS Whisker winners are bearded wonders

    Winners in the Whiskerino contest Friday at Helldorado Days downtown included, from left, Jason Crawford for best mustache, Robert Borbour for longest beard, Kevin Fitzpatrick who won the audience favorite vote and Jim Barfield for best ...

  • Las Vegas Attorney Pleads Guilty to Mortgage Fraud Crimes www.priateofficer.com

    --Las Vegas attorney Stanley A. Walton, 54, has pleaded guilty to a charge brought against him in February 2011 that he participated in a scheme to obtain mortgage loans from financial institutions using straw buyers and false loan applications, announced Daniel G. Bogden, United States Attorney for the District of Nevada. Walton pleaded guilty on Wednesday, May 15, 2013, to one count of ...

  • Chef Oliviers excellent Vegas Uncorkd adventure

    Chef Olivier and "Iron Chef" Masaharu Morimoto at the Vegas Uncork'd Grand Tasting, the premiere event of the star-studded gourmet weekend. Culinary rock stars -- from Guy Savoy to Joel Robuchon, Michel Richard to Bobby Flay, Todd English and Gordon Ramsay -- all cooked, schmoozed and sometimes got as star struck by the sheer wattage of the other celebrity chefs as the ...


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Movie Review

Grease 2 [DVD]

Grease 2 [DVD]

There was a time when I might have tried to mount a vigorous defense for Grease 2, arguing that it is not nearly as bad as it is often made out to be. Following the original Grease, a Broadway hit and the most successful movie musical of all time, how could Grease 2 be anything but a disappointment? It lacked the star power of then-red-hot John Travolta, the chance to exploit ... ...

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  • Conn. commuter trains collide 60 go to hospitals

    FAIRFIELD, Conn. -- Two commuter trains serving New York City collided in Connecticut during Friday's evening rush hour, sending 60 people to the hospital, including five critically injured and one very critically injured, Gov. Dannel Malloy said. There were no reports of ...

  • Redevelopment parental rights other bills pass legislative deadline

    CARSON CITY -- It was do or die time for many bills in the Legislature on Friday. Most did. A few died. Lawmakers and lobbyists had some anxious moments as another deadline hit for bill passage that the Legislature has imposed on itself to ensure it finishes work by a June 3 deadline. Bills extending the life of Las Vegas' redevelopment agency and codifying parental rights were among those ...

  • Girl gets surprise reunion with dad at Tampa Bay Rays game

    ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- A Tampa Bay area girl throwing the first pitch at a Rays game got a big surprise from her father, who had been stationed in Afghanistan for the past two years. Before throwing the pitch Thursday, 9-year-old Alayna Adams got to watch a pre-recorded video of her father, Army Lt. Col. Will Adams, on the field's video screen. After she tossed the ball toward home plate, ...

  • Volunteers in Medicine of Southern Nevada looks to open second free clinic

    Dr. Florence Jameson is the founder and CEO of Volunteers in Medicine of Southern Nevada, a nonprofit medical clinic which provides free health care and services to residents. The first clinic opened in 2010 at 4770 Harrison Drive, suite 200 and a downtown clinic is expected to open in ...

  • Update Two people die in apparent murder-suicide at southeast Las Vegas apartment

    Two people died in an apparent murder-suicide discovered Friday inside an apartment near Desert Inn Road and Maryland Parkway, Las Vegas police said. Officers performing a welfare check found the bodies of a man and woman, both in their 20s, inside the Mark 1 Apartments at 1020 E. Desert Inn Road shortly after 3 p.m. The woman, who lived in the apartment, appears to have been the victim, said ...

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