To the editor: In regard to the article about moving up by three weeks the school starting date in 2012, I wonder if any of the adults affected by this were asked their opinion. It sounds like students complained and the Clark County School Board members popped their heads up and came to action.
The promotional company for boxing champion Floyd “Money” Mayweather Jr. has been evicted from its Las Vegas office after accruing almost $63,000 in unpaid rent.
J.P. Arencibia doubled twice and drove in a run, Brad Emaus homered and four Las Vegas pitchers held Sacramento to two runs as the 51s defeated the River Cats 5-2 Sunday night in a Pacific Coast League game in West Sacramento, Calif.
Juan Manuel Marquez became the pre-eminent Mexican boxer of his generation with his virtuosic win over Juan Diaz, and he feels his impressive career would be complete after one more fight with Manny Pacquiao.
Silas Stepp, Years: 1962 to 1966, Career highlights: The 6-foot-5-inch center ranks No. 5 in career points (1,942) and rebounds (895).
SAN DIEGO — A common refrain from Jon Jones this week was that Vladimir Matyushenko would be the toughest test of his young career.
PHOENIX — The search continued Sunday for two convicted murderers who escaped from a private prison in northwest Arizona, while a third escaped convict was back behind bars following an early morning shootout with police in western Colorado.
The jury already had convicted Charles Conner of first-degree murder and two counts of sexual assault in the death of Beth Lynn Jardine, a 23-year-old woman he raped and beat to death with a claw hammer in 1985.
The cries of golfers yelling “fore!” at Bali Hai Golf Club could be replaced with a different warning sound: the beeps of delivery trucks backing into loading docks.
NEW YORK (AP) — It’s a maxim of technology: Invent the newest gadget and the porn industry will find a way to cash in.
So when Apple Inc. launched the iPhone 4 and its FaceTime videoconference feature, it didn’t take long for adult-entertainment companies to develop video-sex chat services and start hiring workers through Craigslist.
NEW YORK — A few months ago, Dr. Thomas Einhorn was treating a patient with a broken ankle that wouldn’t heal, even with multiple surgeries. So he sought help from the man’s own body.
Einhorn drew bone marrow from the man’s pelvic bone with a needle, condensed it to about four teaspoons of rich red liquid, and injected that into his ankle.
