Provides the latest RSS feeds for Las Vegas News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Las Vegas Herald.com http://www.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/cat/1e0899715fbc2697/ en-us Sun, 19 May 2013 06:17:35 -0400 Sun, 19 May 2013 06:17:35 -0400 30 Oscar Goodman's most difficult client wasn't a mobster. It was visionary Jay Sarno, the Caesars Palace founder "who probably had as much to do with shaping the modern theme-oriented Las Vegas as Steve Wynn or Howard Hughes," Goodman wrote in his new book, "Being Oscar." "He wouldn't listen," according to Goodman, and they were "constantly banging ... http://www.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/sid/214612273/scat/1e0899715fbc2697 Sun, 19 May 2013 04:04:39 -0400 http://www.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/sid/214612273/scat/1e0899715fbc2697 In his State of the State message Jan. 16, Gov. Brian Sandoval said "we must be mindful that while Nevada's economy is growing, we must avoid actions that will slow our economy. Tax increases will only hurt job growth. I have no doubt we can fund our state's priorities without increasing ... http://www.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/sid/214612277/scat/1e0899715fbc2697 Sun, 19 May 2013 04:04:38 -0400 http://www.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/sid/214612277/scat/1e0899715fbc2697 $20 millionHow much a group of Summerlin investors paid for the Las Vegas 51s, increasing the chances that the 30-year-old minor league team could move to the suburbs.13The number of days early Las Vegas experienced its first triple-digit temperature with Monday's high of 102. In an average year, the mercury doesn't hit 100 until May 26.69How many more days with highs in the 100s we can ... http://www.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/sid/214612278/scat/1e0899715fbc2697 Sun, 19 May 2013 04:04:38 -0400 http://www.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/sid/214612278/scat/1e0899715fbc2697 Complaining works. Whether it's to get yourself motivated, or just to make you feel like you've done something, go ahead and complain. Complain to your spouse, complain to your boss, complain to your kids and your friends and your co-workers. Don't let the self-help gurus deter you with their talk of negativity and bad juju. Negativity is a part of life. Let us not ignore it. ... http://www.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/sid/214612276/scat/1e0899715fbc2697 Sun, 19 May 2013 04:04:38 -0400 http://www.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/sid/214612276/scat/1e0899715fbc2697 WASHINGTON -- House Republicans took another whack last week at the 2010 health care overhaul, voting to repeal the law that is transforming the landscape for health insurance. Lawmakers voted 229-195 along party lines to repeal "Obamacare" in its entirety, marking the 37th time the GOP-controlled House has voted to get rid of all or part of the law. The measure stands no chance of ... http://www.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/sid/214612274/scat/1e0899715fbc2697 Sun, 19 May 2013 04:04:37 -0400 http://www.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/sid/214612274/scat/1e0899715fbc2697 School counselor Brenda Reeh stands next to a mural that she helped paint at Quannah McCall Elementary School on Monday in North Las Vegas. Reeh has been selected as Clark County's Educator of the ... http://www.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/sid/214612280/scat/1e0899715fbc2697 Sun, 19 May 2013 04:04:37 -0400 http://www.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/sid/214612280/scat/1e0899715fbc2697 Blink and you might have missed it. But the stakes were raised this past week in the burgeoning investigation of corruption inside local homeowners associations and the construction defect racket. Two events promise to substantially increase pressure on key defendants -- and just might cause some unnamed subjects to lose a little sleep. The first event involves Leon Benzer, a central figure in ... http://www.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/sid/214612275/scat/1e0899715fbc2697 Sun, 19 May 2013 04:04:37 -0400 http://www.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/sid/214612275/scat/1e0899715fbc2697 Dancers in Ballet Folklorio from the After-School All-Stars at Squires Elementary School prepare to dance Wednesday for the grand opening celebration of La Comida. Restaurateur Jenna Morton credited a grant worth up to $45,000 for prompting the decision to open the trendy Mexican restaurant in downtown Las ... http://www.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/sid/214612279/scat/1e0899715fbc2697 Sun, 19 May 2013 04:04:36 -0400 http://www.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/sid/214612279/scat/1e0899715fbc2697 Alcohol, suspension and fights. Tajah Johnson, 14, experienced it all. The Bridger Middle School student, who used to be in and out of foster care, was only 11 years old when she drank alcohol for the first time. "I would go to my friend's house, and we would be drinking and on the phone," she said. "We would talk to boyfriends." Johnson also got into numerous fights that ... http://www.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/sid/214611814/scat/1e0899715fbc2697 Sun, 19 May 2013 03:13:56 -0400 http://www.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/sid/214611814/scat/1e0899715fbc2697 Two people found dead in an apparent murder-suicide in central Las Vegas on Friday have been identified as Luis Montiel, 29, and Vanniesa Fernandez, 18, according to the Clark County coroner's office. They were found at the Mark 1 Apartments on 1020 E. Desert Inn Road near Maryland Parkway shortly after 3 p.m. when officers were performing a welfare check, Las Vegas police said. One of ... http://www.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/sid/214607972/scat/1e0899715fbc2697 Sat, 18 May 2013 20:17:11 -0400 http://www.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/sid/214607972/scat/1e0899715fbc2697 UNLV will celebrate its 50th commencement on Sunday with about 2,500 graduates receiving diplomas. Ceremonies are scheduled for 9 a.m. and 2 p.m. at the Thomas & Mack Center. Since its original days in the early 1950s, the University of Nevada, Las Vegas has become the largest public university in the state. It has awarded more than 109,000 degrees since its original graduating class in 1964 ... http://www.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/sid/214607270/scat/1e0899715fbc2697 Sat, 18 May 2013 19:22:22 -0400 http://www.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/sid/214607270/scat/1e0899715fbc2697 Late night talk show host Jimmy Kimmel donated money to equip the Jimmy Kimmel Technology Center at Ed W. Clark High School. At a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Saturday, the 1985 Clark High School graduate and former band member, entertained the crowd with his bass clarinet ... http://www.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/sid/214607269/scat/1e0899715fbc2697 Sat, 18 May 2013 19:22:22 -0400 http://www.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/sid/214607269/scat/1e0899715fbc2697 CARSON CITY -- Nevada lawmakers are steamrolling into the final two weeks of the 2013 session -- a time when action behind the scenes can move at a dizzying pace while the public process dissolves into a mode of hurry up and wait. There is no logic to "legislative time." Committees scheduled to begin at 8 a.m. might not convene until afternoon. Five-minute recesses can stretch into ... http://www.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/sid/214607268/scat/1e0899715fbc2697 Sat, 18 May 2013 19:22:21 -0400 http://www.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/sid/214607268/scat/1e0899715fbc2697 Derek Stonebarger, from left, Lance Johns and his brother Kent, pictured April 29, 2013, are the new owners of Atomic Liquors in downtown Las Vegas, a bar that celebrates the city's nuclear tourism at the start of the Cold War. (John Glionna/Los Angeles ... http://www.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/sid/214607271/scat/1e0899715fbc2697 Sat, 18 May 2013 19:04:51 -0400 http://www.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/sid/214607271/scat/1e0899715fbc2697 Here's how Montana's members of Congress voted on major issues in the week ending May 17, 2013. Votes of Sen. Max Baucus, Democrat; Rep. ... http://www.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/sid/214606786/scat/1e0899715fbc2697 Sat, 18 May 2013 18:28:41 -0400 http://www.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/sid/214606786/scat/1e0899715fbc2697 Hiker "Quinoa" talks about being given credit for saving the lives of Carson Balckburn, Dalton Thomason, and Faith Ritchie after he ran them and others off the road with a water gun during a festival parade in Damascus, Va., on Saturday. Just as the children ran off the street, a car came down the road and struck several ... http://www.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/sid/214606691/scat/1e0899715fbc2697 Sat, 18 May 2013 18:28:09 -0400 http://www.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/sid/214606691/scat/1e0899715fbc2697 CARSON CITY -- Two rural Nevada colleges will feel less budget pain than initially proposed under actions taken by legislative money committees Saturday. Lawmakers on the Senate Finance and Assembly Ways and Means Committees agreed to add $1 million a year to reduce losses Great Basin and Western Nevada colleges would realize under a new higher education funding formula. The action holds the ... http://www.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/sid/214606693/scat/1e0899715fbc2697 Sat, 18 May 2013 18:28:09 -0400 http://www.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/sid/214606693/scat/1e0899715fbc2697 CARSON CITY -- The Legislature's money committees on Saturday approved nearly $6.5 million in new funding for mental health programs, using money from a windfall tobacco settlement as recommended by Gov. Brian Sandoval. The additional funding includes $1.4 million for a second Program for Assertive Community Treatment team in Southern Nevada. The PACT team will work with mental health ... http://www.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/sid/214606692/scat/1e0899715fbc2697 Sat, 18 May 2013 18:28:08 -0400 http://www.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/sid/214606692/scat/1e0899715fbc2697 Last Sunday Andrea Rebello, a 21-year-old Hofstra University junior studying public relations, posted a recipe for how to prepare July 4-themed strawberries covered in sparkling sugars on her ... http://www.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/sid/214605461/scat/1e0899715fbc2697 Sat, 18 May 2013 16:37:58 -0400 http://www.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/sid/214605461/scat/1e0899715fbc2697 PHILADELPHIA -- A former Philadelphia police officer once hailed as a hero and given a seat next to the first lady at a speech by President Obama has been arrested and charged with rape and other crimes. Authorities allege that former officer Richard DeCoatsworth left a party with two females early Thursday and took them to another location, where they allege that he produced a handgun and ... http://www.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/sid/214605645/scat/1e0899715fbc2697 Sat, 18 May 2013 16:37:38 -0400 http://www.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/sid/214605645/scat/1e0899715fbc2697 A woman prepares to choose her numbers on a lottery ticket Saturday in the Chinatown district in Oakland, Calif. A record Powerball jackpot has climbed to $600 million, and lottery officials speculated the jackpot would continue to soar in the run-up to Saturday's ... http://www.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/sid/214605644/scat/1e0899715fbc2697 Sat, 18 May 2013 16:37:37 -0400 http://www.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/sid/214605644/scat/1e0899715fbc2697 In this May 2 photo, Paul T. Woodal Jr. poses for photos next to his Barbie-pink 2008 Volkswagen Beetle adorned with photos and sayings from one of country music's most beloved artists, Dolly ... http://www.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/sid/214605079/scat/1e0899715fbc2697 Sat, 18 May 2013 15:40:08 -0400 http://www.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/sid/214605079/scat/1e0899715fbc2697 This 2012 photo provided by the National Airline History Museum shows its Lockheed Constellation, or Connie, as the propeller-driven aircraft was known, in Kansas City, ... http://www.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/sid/214604523/scat/1e0899715fbc2697 Sat, 18 May 2013 14:42:33 -0400 http://www.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/sid/214604523/scat/1e0899715fbc2697 Iraqis gather at the scene of a bomb attack in Baqouba, northeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, May 17, 2013. A bomb killed dozens of people at a Sunni mosque in central Iraq, hitting worshippers as they were emerging from Friday prayers, security officials said. The attack in Baqouba comes after two days of attacks, many in Shiite districts, left tens of people dead. Attacks against Sunni mosques ... http://www.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/sid/214603613/scat/1e0899715fbc2697 Sat, 18 May 2013 13:47:10 -0400 http://www.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/sid/214603613/scat/1e0899715fbc2697 FAIRFIELD, Conn. -- Two commuter trains packed with rush-hour commuters collided in a crash that sent about 70 people to the hospital, severely damaged the tracks and threatened to snarl travel in the congested Northeast Corridor. Three patients remained in critical condition Saturday morning, with two of those stable, according to officials at two Bridgeport hospitals. The crash happened Friday ... http://www.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/sid/214603350/scat/1e0899715fbc2697 Sat, 18 May 2013 12:41:00 -0400 http://www.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/sid/214603350/scat/1e0899715fbc2697 Linda Thompson is finally writing a memoir detailing her long romances with Elvis Presley, Bruce Jenner and David Foster. But it's not a dirty tell-all. It's the kind of well-tempered book we would expect from this Oscar-nominated lyricist and mother of Brody and Brandon Jenner. "I got offers right away to write books -- big money offers" after Elvis died, Thompson tells me ... http://www.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/sid/214603349/scat/1e0899715fbc2697 Sat, 18 May 2013 12:41:00 -0400 http://www.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/sid/214603349/scat/1e0899715fbc2697 An insurance company has bought out a nonprofit home for struggling women in Cincinnati in a deal announced Monday, ending a bitter two-year court battle over the historic property in a picturesque downtown ... http://www.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/sid/214602524/scat/1e0899715fbc2697 Sat, 18 May 2013 11:42:10 -0400 http://www.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/sid/214602524/scat/1e0899715fbc2697 INCLINE VILLAGE, Nev. -; Nevada wildlife officials have euthanized a black bear that entered an Incline Village condominium, saying the bruin posed a danger to the ... http://www.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/sid/214602214/scat/1e0899715fbc2697 Sat, 18 May 2013 10:48:37 -0400 http://www.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/sid/214602214/scat/1e0899715fbc2697 CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. -; A simple test could have alerted officials that the drinking water at Camp Lejeune was contaminated, long before authorities determined that as many as a million Marines and their families were exposed to a witch's brew of cancer-causing ... http://www.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/sid/214601817/scat/1e0899715fbc2697 Sat, 18 May 2013 10:44:49 -0400 http://www.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/sid/214601817/scat/1e0899715fbc2697 O.J. Simpson not only lied about knowing that two of his pals were packing heat during a confrontation with memorabilia dealers - he was the one who asked them to bring the guns, his former lawyer testified yesterday.Miami attorney Yale Galanter’s revelation contradicted much of what The Juice told a Las Vegas court about the 2007 criminal stint that landed him in prison, landing a heavy ... http://www.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/sid/214602072/scat/1e0899715fbc2697 Sat, 18 May 2013 10:42:35 -0400 http://www.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/sid/214602072/scat/1e0899715fbc2697 Minnesota appears poised to legalize gay marriage, as the Democratic speaker of the state House said Tuesday that a gay marriage bill endorsed by the governor and likely to pass in the state Senate also now has enough backing in his ... http://www.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/sid/214601923/scat/1e0899715fbc2697 Sat, 18 May 2013 10:41:40 -0400 http://www.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/sid/214601923/scat/1e0899715fbc2697 Robert Constantion, of Las Vegas, right, is almost at the ticket counter after a nearly four-hour wait at the Lotto Store just inside the California border at Primm, Friday, May 17, 2013. The Powerball jackpot will be worth more than $600 million by the Saturday evening ... http://www.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/sid/214602073/scat/1e0899715fbc2697 Sat, 18 May 2013 10:41:21 -0400 http://www.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/sid/214602073/scat/1e0899715fbc2697 KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- Conservative religious lawmakers in Afghanistan blocked legislation on Saturday aimed at strengthening provisions for women's freedoms, arguing that parts of it violate Islamic principles and encourage ... http://www.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/sid/214601865/scat/1e0899715fbc2697 Sat, 18 May 2013 10:07:58 -0400 http://www.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/sid/214601865/scat/1e0899715fbc2697 French President Francois Hollande has signed a law authorising gay marriage and adoption by same-sex couples, after months of nationwide protests and wrenching ... http://www.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/sid/214600007/scat/1e0899715fbc2697 Sat, 18 May 2013 06:17:09 -0400 http://www.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/sid/214600007/scat/1e0899715fbc2697 "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 ... http://www.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/sid/214599646/scat/1e0899715fbc2697 Sat, 18 May 2013 05:29:18 -0400 http://www.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/sid/214599646/scat/1e0899715fbc2697 NEWARK, N.J -- An airline official says a US Airways flight with 34 people aboard was forced to make a belly landing at Newark International Airport after experiencing landing gear trouble. No injuries were reported.US Airways spokesman Davien Anderson tells The Associated Press that a turboprop plane that left Philadelphia shortly before 11 p.m. Friday landed safely at Newark with its landing ... http://www.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/sid/214599046/scat/1e0899715fbc2697 Sat, 18 May 2013 04:27:08 -0400 http://www.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/sid/214599046/scat/1e0899715fbc2697 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 ... http://www.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/sid/214598549/scat/1e0899715fbc2697 Sat, 18 May 2013 03:22:42 -0400 http://www.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/sid/214598549/scat/1e0899715fbc2697 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 ... http://www.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/sid/214597860/scat/1e0899715fbc2697 Sat, 18 May 2013 02:18:20 -0400 http://www.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/sid/214597860/scat/1e0899715fbc2697 --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 ... http://www.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/sid/214596945/scat/1e0899715fbc2697 Sat, 18 May 2013 01:00:29 -0400 http://www.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/sid/214596945/scat/1e0899715fbc2697 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 ... http://www.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/sid/214596484/scat/1e0899715fbc2697 Sat, 18 May 2013 00:11:23 -0400 http://www.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/sid/214596484/scat/1e0899715fbc2697 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 ... http://www.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/sid/214595510/scat/1e0899715fbc2697 Fri, 17 May 2013 23:09:51 -0400 http://www.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/sid/214595510/scat/1e0899715fbc2697 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 ... http://www.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/sid/214595767/scat/1e0899715fbc2697 Fri, 17 May 2013 23:00:59 -0400 http://www.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/sid/214595767/scat/1e0899715fbc2697