Steve Gerber , the comic book writer and creator whose signature character was the alienated, cigar-chomping Clevelander named Howard the Duck, has died. He was 60.Gerber, who also co-created Marvel’s…

Steve Gerber , the comic book writer and creator whose signature character was the alienated, cigar-chomping Howard the Duck, has died. He was 60. Gerber, who also co-created Marvel’s “Omega the Unkno…

HONG KONG — A Meryl Streep movie about a student who turns violent on a U.S. campus is going to be released this spring. The distributor of “Dark Matter,” which also stars Liu Ye, one of China’s risi…

Bullets flew Friday afternoon and the shooting was deadly. A student was shot and killed while walking home near Palo Verde High School. So far no arrests have been made. As of Friday evening, police …

The North Las Vegas Fire Department says the high winds from a few days ago could have the been reason a family of five ended up at UMC early Friday morning. Firefighters say they received a man who a…

UNLV suspended sophomore basketball player Marcus Lawrence after he was arrested early Friday morning for driving under the influence and failure to drive in a travel lane. Nevada Highway Patrol troo…

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George Carlin is at The Orleans February 14-17 and 21-24, April 17-20, and June 5-8 and 12-15. Noted for several comedic film roles and his biting commentaries on free speech and good taste, his best known routine is the “Seven Words You Can Never Say on Television,” most of which are now allowed but not the one Jane Fonda used this week on NBC’s The Today Show.

Ohio , native Pavlik knocked out Taylor four months ago to claim the WBC belt, and both agreed to fight the rematch at a 166-pound catch weight with no title on the line.Both claimed the extra weight …

LAS VEGAS — After a large turnout from last year’s event and its need in state neighborhoods, Sen. Harry Reid is bringing back the Foreclosure Mobile Resource Center.Government lenders and nonprofit …

CHICAGO — A judge in Chicago declared millionaire adventurer Steve Fossett legally dead Friday, five months after his plane disappeared over the Nevada desert. Fossett vanished in September after tak…