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  • Former prisoners on road to workforce reentry

    Standing in a black pinstripe suit, 56-year-old Michael Bohan quoted the final lines of Robert Frost's "The Road Not Taken" to 27 men and women who graduated Friday from a week-long leadership workshop that helps newly released prisoners reenter the workforce. "Two roads diverged in a wood, and I -- I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference," ...

  • School Board to hold new vote on superintendent selection

    Current Clark County School District Interim Superintendent Pat Skorkowsky interviews for the permanent position in front of CCSD board members, from left, Chris Garvey, Dr. Linda Young, and Erin Cranor in Las Vegas on Tuesday ...

  • Judge rules Arpaios office profiles Latinos

    This Jan. 9, 2013 file photo shows Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio speaking with the media in Phoenix. A federal judge ruled Friday Arpaio's office systematically singled out Hispanics in its trademark immigration patrols, marking the first finding by a court that the agency racially profiles ...

  • Arson suspect arrested on federal felony charges

    The man who was arrested in connection with arson at Sport-Social, an autism sports facility, will now face federal felony charges, according to U.S. Attorney for the District of Nevada Daniel Bogden. Samuel Powers, 24, was picked up by Las Vegas police after witnesses saw him leaving the burning building on April 15. The fire damaged the front offices and classrooms of Sport-Social. Powers was ...

  • Lawyering didnt sink him but taxes did

    U.S. District Judge Gloria Navarro overrode the government's plea deal with Las Vegas bankruptcy attorney Randolph Goldberg and gave him the maximum possible under federal guidelines -- two years in prison instead of the agreed upon 18 months. She gave him the maximum fine of $40,000. He paid restitution of $720,719. He has already surrendered his law license for two years, but unless the ...


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Movie Review

The 10th Victim (La decima vittima) [Blu-Ray]

The 10th Victim (La decima vittima) [Blu-Ray]

The Tenth Victim is one of the great, bizarre curiosity pieces of 60s international cinema at its most flamboyantly groovy and ridiculously satirical. One would be hard-pressed to describe a film as fundamentally absurd and utterly mired in the most blatant cinematic, stylistic ... ...

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  • Cathedral Rock area reopens with new picnic benches bigger parking lot

    Peter Reedijk, left, and Heather Julius work on installing location markers on maps on picnic tables at the freshly renovated Cathedral Rock Picnic Area on Mount Charleston on ...

  • Las Vegas lawyer who stole from client is disbarred

    Friday, May 24, 2013 | 6:22 p.m. The Nevada Supreme Court Friday disbarred Las Vegas lawyer Ronald N. Serota for conduct "involving dishonesty, fraud, deceit and misrepresentation." He admittedly stole $319,000 from a client in 2009 to invest in his businesses Beverage Plus and Clean Energy. An unidentified client gave him the money to satisfy a claim by the Securities and Exchange ...

  • Hangover Part III Take a gamble on these Las Vegas films

    Over the decades, Sin City has been the backdrop for musicals such as 1941's "Las Vegas Nights," featuring a very young Frank Sinatra, Oscar-winning best films (1974's "The Godfather: Part II," 1988's "Rain Man"), dramas (1995's "Leaving Las Vegas") and countless comedies including 2009's blockbuster "The Hangover" and ...

  • Gas cheaper than last Memorial Day but travel expected to drop

    Memorial Day weekend travel is expected to be slightly lower this year from 2012, according to a forecast this week from AAA. The auto club's Mountain West region -- which includes Nevada and neighboring states such as Arizona, Idaho and Utah -- should see about 2.6 million trips of 50 miles or more. Nationally, the number of treks is 34.8 million. Both come in less than 1 percent fewer ...

  • Senate Democrats 11-10 majority makes big difference in three votes

    CARSON CITY -- The importance of Democrats holding a one-vote majority in the Senate was clearly demonstrated Thursday night when they passed three straight bills by 11-10 margins. Two of the bills are designed to increase voter turnout, a step that generally is thought to benefit Democrats. The bills also passed the Assembly on party-line votes and now go to Republican Gov. Brian Sandoval. ...

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