Although I’ve always been drawn to stories of transience, it’s personally not my strong suit. Even though I desperately want to discover new things and find myself wrapped up in some dreamlike adventure, change is practically my biggest fear. Perhaps that’s why I look up to people who master it so well. Personally surviving such a lifestyle would mean overcoming a pretty big hurdle, or more likely — a thousand of them, but I’m always up for a challenge. Maybe that is, in part, what my travel bug is about.
Kara Baldonado has slept outside four times in recent weeks, longing to win the hottest ticket in town — the chance at a driver’s license. First-time Nevada drivers now have to wait up to a month and a half to schedule a driving test, forcing those who need a license sooner to bear the overnight standby line.
Tipster Keith Messina learned this week that the FBI officially denied his claim for the reward in a statement that said the information he provided did not lead to Bulger’s arrest. Messina said several tidbits surrounding the treatment of his tip just don’t add up, including why the FBI’s denial letter was delivered more than two weeks after its July 13 date or why his tip was ignored.
Little old ladies love Las Vegas fireman Chris Stiles, who has been known to bring in their mail or put away groceries after helping them up from a fall. But next year, it’s safe to say the 26-year-old will have a new flock of women calling themselves his fans — and not just for his good deeds. The Las Vegas native stripped down to his bunker pants, showing off his perfectly sculpted abs for the first-ever national fireman’s calendar.
In her communications with at least a dozen species, she has learned dolphins think humans should stick together more, a dog told her the family’s daughter struggled with homework, and one horse’s fear to complete a water jump set in precisely four strides before the leap. As if she were Miss Cleo, the animal communicator works best on phone call readings in which she looks at a pet’s photograph.
The drama is just part of their stressful, successful business — and now, their reality show, “Flipping Vegas.” Working on tight deadlines to transform run-down abandoned properties for profit, the show follows their work, which the couple say is always full of action in the city that never sleeps.
