These days, it's not assumed that a woman will take her husband's surname when they tie the knot, and many are keeping their own.

Thirty-seven-years-ago on November 21, 1980, an electrical fire at the MGM Grand killed 85 people and injured more than 700.

Last Thursday evening, November 16, the stars of the local legal scene — Barbara Buckley, Jason Frierson, Harry Reid — gathered in an auditorium-style classroom at UNLV’s law school.

When a woman chooses not to take her husband's surname after marriage, people perceive her husband as being higher in traits related to femininity and lower in traits related to masculinity. He is also perceived as having less power in the relationship. This is according to a study led by Rachael Robnett of the University of Nevada in the US. The research is published in Springer's journal Sex Roles and is the first to examine whether people's perceptions of a man's personality vary depending on whether his wife adopts his surname or retains her own.

Increasingly, women are keeping their surname when they get married. But they remain a minority, and some researchers suggest the social costs of bucking tradition may explain why.

Passing the gravy can quickly escalate to a debate on passing tax or immigration reform, especially during the holidays.

Back in 1976, when Chad Braverman’s father, Ron, invested a small grubstake in a manufacturing start-up, consumers bought his products at the back of seedy bookstores and scurried out with their purchases concealed in brown paper bags.

In Northern Nevada’s Great Boiling Spring, strange microscopic creatures thrive in water hot enough to kill you.