'Superstars of Dance' premiere: WHY? (Entertainment Weekly) By Annie Barrett Annie Barrett sees last night's premiere as a second-rate substitute for anyone who missed the Olympics and needed a two-hour recap

How it all turned out (Las Vegas CityLife) From bad lawyers to bad governors to some good theater, we sure covered a lot in the last year. Here's how some of the bigger stories we covered came out.

Serenity Now/By Mark Jalkanen (The Daily Mining Gazette) There will be a distinct new tone resonating throughout the column this week. My friend Paul, the banker, thought that I might have been a little ill-tempered with regard to the BCS in last week's column.

Local entertainer finds international stage in O.J. Simpson sentencing (Opelika-Auburn News) Michael Jordan, who grew up and worked in the Columbus, Ga., and Smiths Station communities before moving to Las Vegas a couple of years ago to further his singing and acting career, sat in an overflow room of the Clark County Regional Justice Center as Simpson was sentenced.