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If the hierarchy of the National Hot Rod Association were running NASCAR in 1989 when stock cars needed to be slowed, the drag racing czars would have coned off the outer half of high-banked corners on ovals at Daytona and Talladega.
When pitcher Josh Ellis was drafted by the Arizona Diamondbacks last year, his older brother, 51s catcher A.J. Ellis, joked maybe they’d face each other in Triple A “down the road” when he was on a major league rehabilitation assignment and his baby brother was just arriving at that level.
It would be a nice tribute to the NBA Summer League to say it played a part in helping the Los Angeles Lakers reach the NBA Finals this past season.
Say the words Del Mar and Saratoga to a horseplayer and expect to see a big smile. They are the two most enjoyable race meets all year long.
Many will argue that Alex Rodriguez — October aside — is the best player in baseball. He also appears to be an accomplished player away from baseball.
At least two Nevada legislators are pursuing bills on illegal immigration for the 2009 legislative session, even though similar bills didn’t get very far last time.
Five months after her arrest in Pahrump, Heidi Fleiss has been formally charged with drug use and possession.
More than 100 Nevada Power employees protested in front of the company’s Sahara Avenue headquarters Thursday night, the utility reported.
Las Vegas police are hoping that surveillance video taken during the fatal shooting of a liquor store clerk will lead to the arrest of two suspects.
Individuals whose patient records were seized in the investigation of the Endoscopy Center of Southern Nevada now have a phone number to call to check the status of their documents, Las Vegas police said Thursday.
Those who want to vote in the primary election have until Saturday to register at locations other than the Clark County elections offices.
RENO — Nearly a year after the discovery of a radioactive isotope in some wells prompted two dairies to dump milk, federal officials have announced plans to conduct a study to determine the extent of the contamination around Fallon.
The thought of Steven Murray on the streets of Las Vegas frightens Robin Wynkoop, who was stunned by a judge’s decision Thursday to set a $500,000 bail for a man who repeatedly has driven while intoxicated.
DENVER — Unless he has another brush with the law and a DNA sample is taken from him, JonBenet Ramsey’s killer might never be caught.
Caesars Palace headliner Cher has a new beau: a 6-foot-5 biker/adventurer who appeared in a 2006 Disney Channel miniseries about a Mount Everest climb.
The salmonella strain that has sickened more than 1,000 people nationally is the source of a Clark County woman’s illness, Southern Nevada Health District officials announced Thursday.
A hard-of-hearing juror wasn’t enough to win a mistrial for Nelson Ronald Brady Jr., who was convicted of trying to hire a hit man to kill three witnesses in a murder case against former bodybuilders Craig Titus and Kelly Ryan.
Jazz keyboard man Dick Fazio isn’t letting a stroke keep him from playing.
The parents accused of killing their 4-year-old son by leaving him in a vehicle for 17 hours appeared briefly in court Thursday, but Las Vegas Justice of the Peace Karen Bennett-Haron delayed their preliminary hearing for several weeks.
ALBION, Calif. — Sweat rolled down Lisa Mirander’s forehead as she hacked a tangle of saplings and brush down to bare dirt to prevent a wildfire from spreading. The job was a tough one but no harder than the 13 months she served in Afghanistan.