The 51s allowed three runs in the third inning and three more in the fourth, and their offense mustered only three hits in a 6-2 loss to the Portland Beavers on Sunday in the Pacific Coast League at Portland, Ore.
HAMPTON, Ga. — Ten drivers have locked up spots in the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship.
To the editor: The U.S. Department of Education became a Cabinet level department signed into law by Jimmy Carter in 1979. According to the agency’s website, the total estimated 2010 expenditures were $56 billion.
Labor Day has a different history in America than in Europe, points out Julia Vitullo-Martin, editor of “Breaking Away: The Future of Cities.”
Not that the quest for campaign cash ever slows, but now that summer is over, both U.S. Senate candidates are primed to travel this month to keep the dollars flowing into their high-cost showdown.
CARSON CITY — Teaching children with limited English skills costs the state $722 million a year, takes instruction time from other students and contributes to Nevada’s bottom ranking on student achievement on tests, according to a study by a national anti-illegal immigration group.
It didn’t sound any better a few days later. It didn’t play any less disgusting on YouTube. It wasn’t any less racist, any less hateful, any less ignorant. As for the apology Floyd Mayweather Jr. subsequently released via another video, well, there are kiddie pools all around Summerlin that aren’t as shallow.
NEW YORK (AP) — Hip-hop star Kanye West is still feeling the pain over his ambush of Taylor Swift last year – and he’s expressing his pain all over Twitter.
West unleashed a torrent of emotions on his official Twitter account Saturday, acknowledging once again that he was wrong for jumping on stage, grabbing the microphone from Swift at the MTV Video Music Awards and saying her trophy should have gone to Beyonce.
INDIANAPOLIS — Scientists concerned by reports from the public that they are seeing fewer of the luminous insects each summer have turned to a network of backyard volunteers spanning much of the nation to track their range and numbers. Their observations may shed light on whether fireflies are indeed declining – a trend that could dwindle the targets for the childhood rite of passage of chasing fireflies.
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‘Top Chef’ stars to close Las Vegas Strip pop-up restaurant
Southwest Vegas food hall closing only a year after opening
Wynn’s plans to build a third tower on Strip still alive
Fontainebleau signs ‘once in a generation talent’ to residency deal
The Eagles add more shows to series at Sphere in Las Vegas