If you know your way around a gym, chances are you've probably heard of the BSN Girls. For the past year, this team of gorgeous models has been making appearances at bodybuilding and UFC events around the country.
Whether you're thinking about hitting the rapids for the first time or you're a seasoned river rat, this handy guide gives a quick breakdown of the whitewater classification system.
Her teenage son wanted a skateboard shop ? and she said OK . Michelle Bromelia surely qualifies as one of the coolest moms in the world.
Some state legislators want price on tax breaks. Representatives of the nonprofit group Vote Solar were in Carson City last week to sell legislators on the benefits of building solar plants in Nevada, and brandishing a new report.
Foreigner founder Mick Jones and former lead singer Lou Gramm barely speak.
A weekly snapshot of creative people living in the Las Vegas Valley. Name: Elizabeth Blau, painter
Every time a ballplayer dies way before his time, I think of Ken Hubbs, the former Chicago Cubs Rookie of the Year who perished in a light-plane crash in 1964 when he was just 22 years old and I was just 7. Until then I thought death was something that happened only to grandpas and baby frogs, because I had seen a baby frog die when I was 5.
Hard hit by recession, hospital would likely benefit from program for foreign doctors. A government program that provides an incentive for foreign doctors to remain in the United States after completing their residency training could be a help to Clark County?s financially ailing public hospital.
American captain?s ordeal points to the need for stronger international response. The U.S. Navy?s rescue of Capt. Richard Phillips on Sunday ended one act of piracy stemming from lawless Somalia, on the Horn of Africa. Pirates will not be ending their crimes, though, which is why President Barack Obama?s words on Monday were well chosen.
Time is right for Legislature to make county commissioner a full-time job. There was a time when it made sense to consider a Clark County Commission post a part-time job, giving members the ability to enjoy outside employment. This concept, mirroring the idea behind the citizen Nevada Legislature, was based on the idea that an elected official would better represent the people if he worked among them.
Plans for a system of streetcars gliding on rails across the Las Vegas Valley have faded again.
But hospital CEO says kidney transplant had nothing to do with death, according to review. A recent death of a kidney transplant patient is a blow to the reform efforts at University Medical Center.
Aide blames the weather ? partly cloudy to cloudy and 81 degrees. CARSON CITY ? Gov. Jim Gibbons had 5,000 painted eggs ready to distribute Sunday.
In two stories Sunday on the restaurant industry, the Sun reported that Via Brasil Steakhouse and a location of Adam?s Ribs are in Summerlin. Both restaurants are outside the boundaries of the master-planned community.
Citations of Samaritans will end, but practice leaves a bad taste. Geoff Sample and other members of the Green Valley Christian Center have been turning their faith into action once a month for five years by feeding the homeless.
UNLV law professor points to flaws in legislative process as symptoms of state?s faulty foundation. Picture this scenario: Nevada?s governor is incompetent and corrupt, failing to lead in a time of crisis while bringing disrepute on the state with his various embarrassments.
New artistic director is dissolving Nevada Ballet Theatre?s star-centered structure. Many of Nevada Ballet Theatre?s dancers ? including last remaining principal dancers Zeb Nole and Racheal Hummel-Nole ? danced passionately during their Friday and Saturday season-ending performances, knowing that these would be their last steps with the company.
Attorney General charges roofers with deceptive practices.
Buick Regal; Chevy Lumina, Monte Carlo and Impala; Oldsmobile Intrigue; Pontiac Grand Prix .
Gatorade vs. Powerade at heart of "false advertising" dispute.
Dismal retail sales reports undercut optimism about economy.
Company allegedly failed to serve legal notices on consumers; law firm also faces suit .
Malqui Tax didn't disclose true cost of refund anticipation loans, court finds.
New penalties include year in prison, $1,000 fine.
Safety tests show safety trade-off when consumers choose the very smallest car.
French fishing fleets blockaded the main Channel ports for a second day Wednesday in protest at EU fishing quotas, the cutting of ferry services to Britain and rejecting state aid.
As a flotilla of French fishing boats blockaded the main Channel ports in a protest against fishing quotas, cutting off ferry services to Britain, Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries Michel Barnier called Wednesday for talks.
Switzerland's biggest bank UBS said it would slash 8,700 jobs in a bid to "make substantial cost savings" amid fresh losses for the first three months of this year.
Switzerland's biggest bank UBS said it lost about two billion francs (1.32 billion euros, 1.75 billion dollars) in the first three months of 2009, and will seek to cut costs by slashing 8,700 jobs by 2010.
The Freelon Adjaye Bond/SmithGroup has been chosen to build the 500-million-dollar the first black history museum in the US capital, the Smithsonian Institution museum and research complex said Tuesday.
News Corp. chairman Rupert Murdoch on Tuesday announced the creation of a new unit to share content and resources across his vast media empire.
Online auction giant eBay announced plans on Tuesday to spin off Web communications service Skype with an initial public offering next year, ending the troubled relationship between the two firms.
A flotilla of French fishing boats blockaded Tuesday the Channel ports of Boulogne, Dunkirk and Calais in a protest against fishing quotas, cutting off ferry services to Britain.
Police, under fire over the death of a man caught up in a G20 demonstration early this month, said Tuesday they have suspended an officer who was filmed apparently hitting a woman at the protest.
