But nothing stopped Philip Joe Guyett Jr. from moving steadily eastward, mining gold from the lucrative body parts trade. Federal officials shut down this flesh-and-bone prospector in Raleigh, N.C., earlier this month, saying his products ...
The Democrats are upset. Again. Seems they want to make an issue out of a perceived insult that Rep. Jim Gibbons gave to educators. It's an outrage, I tell you. Gibbons explained his reason for ...
Most of these attractive gifts go in the trash. Most of our donations must be spent on printing and mailing them. I am now more likely to contribute to an organization that doesn't include a ...
Americans are a tolerant people. Religious freedom is guaranteed here. With an occasional descent into religious intolerance (murder of LDS founder Joseph Smith, numerous arson incidents on Catholic parishes in the early Republic), we "live ...
The students being admitted to the system are simply not ready for college-level work. How does anyone expect that throwing more money at the colleges will change that? The problem that needs to be fixed ...
Twenty-five percent of the ranking score is based on reputation alone, which is nonquantifiable, arbitrary and by definition favors those who are already at the top. Universities that are growing and have new programs, such ...
The sign advertised courts for rent, leagues for kids and adults, and space for parties. A schedule offered a weekend volleyball tournament, advertising club teams from around the region. As my son and I entered, ...
Brilliant American scientists who are fed up with political opposition to federal funding for stem cell research are quietly slipping away to the authoritarian city-state. Singapore may be known for caning criminals and strict laws ...
Pat Mulroy, from the Southern Nevada Water Authority, claims it's necessary to build a 250-mile long pipeline and related infrastructure at a proposed cost of $2 billion to secure the future of Las Vegas. The ...
The backers of the People's Initiative to Stop the Taking of Our Land purport to be concerned about protecting property owners from having their land seized by the government and handed over to a private ...
On Tuesday the larger-than-life multimedia kingpin (how's that for a handle?) opens Beacher's Rockhouse Bar at the Imperial Palace with a street festival that will celebrate Paris Hilton's new CD, conveniently titled "Paris." The party ...
The differences between challenger Tessa Hafen and two-term incumbent Rep. Jon Porter in Nevada's 3rd Congressional District are easy to see, political watchers say, but what is not so clear is who will win.
Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman apparently loves being the center of political speculation - not only about his own possible candidacy, but also whether he might play a major role in other candidates' campaigns.
The Clark County School District expects the 2007 Legislature to debate school choice, and in a pre-emptive move will ask lawmakers to share the transportation costs of such a program.
Late last year, former District Judge Don Chairez was approached separately by prominent Las Vegas lawyers Laura FitzSimmons and Kermitt Waters. Their pitch: We want you to run for Justice Nancy Becker's Supreme Court seat. ...
I have tried to understand what it is about the president of Stephens Media - that's the media arm of the Stephens family, which, arguably, is among the top two or three wealthiest families in ...
I was on a first date with a young woman, sharing chicken fingers, when my companion gently nudged me in the ribs. She had a concerned look on her face.
Magician Steve Wyrick has something very pronounced stretching across the red wall of his living room. It dwarfs his fireplace and drives up his electric bill.
The gold-and-green sign promised "air-conditioning," "TV" and a "vacancy" to weary travelers arriving on lower Fremont Street during the post-war heyday of the auto courts. Today the tattered and rusted Lucky Motel sign rests atop ...