Mr. Sun spoke with UNLV’s mascot, the mega-mustachioed mountain man Hey Reb. The student who brings the mascot to life likes to keep his identity secret but loves to bring smiles to the UNLV faithful.
A cowboy named Darrell Diamond blew into town the other day from Leadville, Colo., a man on a mission. Normally he rustles up horses for the government. This day, he was on the Strip, hoping to rustle up a bride.
It’s nice of the president of the United States to visit Las Vegas as often as he does, but doesn’t he cause a bit of disruption at McCarran International Airport each time he drops in? Well, pardner, you’re right about that — President Barack Obama does seem to have a hankering for these parts.
Go back to last Thursday night: Big thunderstorms rolling across the valley forced a bunch of flights to be canceled at the airport. Normally, people don’t stay overnight at McCarran. On this night, hundreds did.
So you’ve heard the Las Vegas myths about the kidney-harvesting syndicate and the pure oxygen pumped into casinos. Here are a few Thanksgiving-themed myths for Mr. Sun to confirm or debunk.
I have been watching the AT&T commercial about phone coverage, showing orange bolts of cloth dropping from the top of Hoover Dam and Strip hotels. My question is how did they do that?
Is it legal for every huckster selling carpet-cleaning services, condos or drink specials to post banners and signs on stop signs and light poles along the streets in my neighborhood, or even along busy thoroughfares?
The spring of 2010 was the windiest in a decade, but didn’t come close to being the windiest on record, according to the experts at the National Weather Service.
