Say NO to Crack, YES to Skating: Watch the Best Local Ad for a Roller Rink Ever The local ad geniuses who brought you Chuck Testa and Presidential Car Wash are here with a half-PSA, half-local ad for Roller Kingdom in Reno, Nevada. Peep Rhett & Link’s “Say no to crack, say yes to roller skating.” Read more More
“Horrific” Scene: Deadly Fighter Pilot Crash at Nevada Air Show A World War II-era fighter plane spiraled uncontrollably into the grandstands at an annual air show in Nevada on Friday. Pilot Jimmy Leeward, a 74-year-old airman and movie stunt pilot aboard the “Galloping Ghost,” was confirmed dead. Read more More
Senator Ensign Resigns to Spend More Time with Other People’s Families Senator John Ensign (R-NV) resigned from the U.S. Senate as an ethics probe continued to look into his relationship with a top staffer’s wife. Ensign did not say he will be resigning to “spend more time with other people’s families.” Read more More
Botched Surgery: ♫ I’d Like a Big Butt and I Cannot Lie/It’s Sad That I Had to Die ♫ A back-room homeopathic doctor from Colombia and his wife are both facing murder charges after 42-year-old Elena Caro died on Saturday following a medical procedure to enhance her buttocks. Read more More
War is Hell: What Happens When We Mistakenly Open Fire on Afghan Civilians No matter how much our technological improvements allow us to fight smarter wars, this incredible account of a convoy strike gone awry shows us confusion is common and war, as we know, is still hell. Read more More
Hotel Guest Staying at Bellagio Arrested…for December’s $1.5 Million Bellagio Heist It’s far more common in buddy-cop movies and television crime dramas for criminals to return to the scene of the crime than they do real life. But that’s exactly what’s happened in Nevada: Apparently he who happens to rob a Vegas casino stays in Vegas. Read more More