SDS West, Debt Relief USA accused of deceptive practices. Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan warned consumers facing significant credit card debt about the risks of debt settlement offers as she announced two lawsuits filed against debt settlement firms.
Dotty?s chain picks peculiar time to try to reopen NLV gaming establishment. To call this tiny 39-year-old slot joint, formerly named the Beverly Hillbillies Gambler Casino, dilapidated would be a compliment.
Action Products Inc. is recalling about 2,900 children's Abalone and Venetian Carnevale Necklace craft kits because of a risk of lead exposure.
Experts: Accusations are tough to prove. As dealers at Wynn Las Vegas enter their third year of bargaining with casino management over a union contract, two words can be found on the lips of both parties: bad faith.
Richard Abraham Herder KG is recalling about 670 Torcofix/Torcoflex and Mountz torque wrenches.
Bad real estate news persists, despite signs of life in market. The real estate market may be showing faint signs of life, but other statistics reveal many homeowners have lost significant value in their homes and are in a negative equity position. Nearly 22 percent of homeowners currently owe more on their mortgage than their home is worth, according to the real estate Web site Zillow.com.
?Ignite,? the fire and illusion show that premiered recently at the Greek Isles, has hints of ?Bite? ? the Gothic vampire musical.
After more than half a century of entertaining, Las Vegas singer, comedian and actor Steve Rossi is set to make his debut in an off-Broadway production.
Public Citizen: FDA should add 'black box' warning. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) should immediately increase its warnings about the use of lubiprostone ? available as Amitiza ? because of serious adverse reactions, including the risk of abortion or premature labor if given to pregnant women, Public Citizen said in a petition filed today with the agency.
Statistic that compares strikeouts and walks suggests it?s wise to bet against the starting pitchers on this list. Since the publication a few years ago of the handicapping manual ?Betting Baseball: A New Approach,? I have followed a statistical category that author Michael Murray calls ?command rate,? a tool to analyze starting pitchers.
Researchers caution that no definitive conclusions exist yet. There may be yet another reason to reduce childhood obesity: it may help prevent allergies.
After my usual, slothful execution of some childhood chore, my dad would chastise me with the annoying admonition: ?When you do a job, do it right.?
Sentencing should be same for possession of crack or powder cocaine. Cocaine is a dangerous, potentially lethal narcotic that is commonly ingested either in crack or powder form. The drug?s distribution and use have been blamed for many violent crimes and property offenses in the United States and for much of the gang violence that has erupted in Mexico.
Indictment alleging voter registration fraud will hopefully send a strong signal. Nevada Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto filed an indictment Monday against the political advocacy group ACORN, alleging it committed voter registration fraud during last year?s presidential campaign.
Las Vegan Tony Sipich deserves honor for assisting the homeless. Las Vegas has many facets to its personality, but it?s difficult to think of a more unflattering attribute than its reputation as one of the meanest U.S. cities to homeless people. That determination has been made twice by the National Coalition for the Homeless over the past six years.
The relatives of a 39-year-old crane oiler killed last year in a construction accident at CityCenter are suing over his death.
Even as swine flu slowly spreads across the Las Vegas Valley, we?ve been spared the unnerving scenes of masses of people wearing masks, as have been televised from Mexico City.
Change would bring Las Vegas in line with other cities in valley. Last call is coming to the remaining municipal parks in the valley where alcohol is allowed without special permits.
Bill now in Senate would allow lawmakers to call special session. CARSON CITY ? The part-time Legislature wants the power to call itself into special session.
The former executive administrator of the Nevada State Board of Osteopathic Medicine was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of embezzling from the board.
PERKING UP: With tough budget choices behind them and lawmakers eyeing a kinder cut than expected, school officials find themselves out in front of crisis. Clark County school officials aren?t recoiling from the news that the Legislature wants to cut school district budgets by an amount equal to 4 percent of teachers? pay.
A corporate income tax, he says, would be source of badly needed revenue. CARSON CITY ? The chancellor of Nevada?s university system sharply criticized Assembly Speaker Barbara Buckley on Tuesday for not embracing a corporate income tax, which he said would raise needed funding and broaden the state?s tax base to include out-of-state corporations that pay comparatively little.
Pulitzer-winning series leads pack of honorees in multiple categories. Stories on construction deaths on the Strip led the Las Vegas Sun?s sweep Tuesday of the top newswriting prizes in the Associated Press California/Nevada Newswriting and Photo Contest, which recognizes the best print journalism of 2008 in the two states.
Mexico's schools, bars and cinemas reopened under strict health controls Thursday after the swine flu crisis eased, but world health chiefs warned they had still to get a handle on the epidemic.
Attack helicopters and war planes pounded suspected Taliban hideouts on Thursday as Pakistan vowed a decisive victory in the deadliest fighting to grip a northwest district in months.
Attack helicopters and war planes pounded suspected Taliban hideouts on Thursday as Pakistan vowed a decisive victory in the deadliest fighting to grip a northwest district in months.
The tiny ancient humans dubbed hobbits, whose remains were discovered on an Indonesian island in 2003, were a previously unknown species altogether, according to two new studies.
World health chiefs admitted Thursday they had yet to get a handle on swine flu and warned against any lowering of the guard after Mexico, the epicentre of the epidemic, ended a nationwide lockdown.
Pakistani attack helicopters and war planes pounded suspected Taliban hideouts Thursday, as thousands of people fled the deadliest fighting to erupt in the northwest district of Swat in months.
World health chiefs admitted Thursday they had yet to get a handle on swine flu and warned against any lowering of the guard after Mexico, the epicentre of the epidemic, ended a nationwide lockdown.
World health chiefs admitted Thursday they had yet to get a handle on swine flu and warned against any lowering of the guard after Mexico, the epicentre of the epidemic, ended a nationwide lockdown.
Mexico relaxed strict controls aimed at containing swine flu after a five-day lockdown, as officials heralded a scientific step forward in finding a vaccine for the virus.
Pakistani attack helicopters and war planes blasted suspected Taliban hideouts, stepping up a campaign to crush militants as aid workers warned against a worsening humanitarian crisis.
The tiny ancient humans dubbed hobbits, whose remains were discovered on an Indonesian island in 2003, were a previously unknown species altogether, according to two new studies.
Anaheim Ducks defenceman James Wisniewski has been released from a Los Angeles area hospital one day after being struck in the chest by a puck during a National Hockey League game.
Mexico relaxed strict controls aimed at containing swine flu after a five-day lockdown, as officials heralded a scientific step forward in finding a vaccine for the virus.
Mexico relaxed strict controls aimed at containing swine flu Wednesday after a five-day lockdown, as officials heralded a scientific step forward in finding a vaccine for the virus.
Mexico relaxed strict controls aimed at containing swine flu Wednesday after a five-day lockdown, as officials heralded a scientific breakthrough towards finding a vaccine for the virus.
Mexico relaxed strict controls aimed at containing swine flu on Wednesday after a five-day lockdown, even as Mexican officials revised the virus death toll sharply up from 29 to 42.
Mexico emerged Wednesday from a five-day lockdown, reopening businesses and restaurants shuttered by swine flu, as a second death from the virus was recorded over the border in the United States.
Mexico was set to return to normal life, reopening public venues in hopes that the worst of the swine flu outbreak is over -- even after confirmation of a US death across the border.
Mexico was set to return to normal life, reopening public venues in hopes that the worst of the swine flu outbreak is over -- even after confirmation of a US death across the border.
Chrysler appears to be on a fast-track to clear bankruptcy court and start afresh in an alliance with Fiat, after a key ruling that could allow a quick sale of its assets, analysts say.
A group of humans whose remains were found on the remote Indonesian island of Flores in 2003 truly are a new species, and not pygmies whose brains had shrivelled with disease, researchers reported.
Talks between Jaguar Land Rover and the government over a possible state loan to help the struggling carmarker are close to collapse, media reports said here Thursday.
Talks between Jaguar Land Rover and the British government over a possible state loan to help the struggling carmarker are close to collapse, media reports said here Thursday.
A French journalist jailed in Ivory Coast in 2008 for "plotting against the authority of the state" was released on bail on Wednesday.
Hackers appear to be beefing up armies of "zombie" computers to recover from a major hit scored in the battle against spam email, according to software security firm McAfee.
