After an extended feeling out process, it didn’t take long for Anderson Silva to knock out Vitor Belfort and retain the Ultimate Fighting Championship middleweight title.
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Mayoral candidate Chris Giunchigliani’s campaign organizing meeting drew more than 200 people this afternoon at her 15th Street home.
Former Nevada Gov. Bob Miller is writing a book about his life entitled, “Son of a Gambling Man.” The Democrat who served as governor from 1989-99 says his memoirs are scheduled to be published next year by Thomas Dunne Books, a division of St. Martin’s Press.
Only one team showed up to play in the first period Friday night at the Orleans Arena.
About 300 mourners gathered Friday in Mesquite for a memorial service in honor of Donna and Bill Fairchild. Donna Fairchild, a Mesquite city councilwoman, shot and killed Bill Fairchild and then herself on Jan. 25.
The bullet fired from a Las Vegas police officer’s handgun Jan. 12 should have pierced the driver’s side window of Leonard Greer’s car. But the bullet deflected and got buried in the door.
An article published in the Jan. 29 Review-Journal said U.S. Attorney Daniel Bogden had offered probation to mortgage broker Joseph Manfredonia in return for a guilty plea on fraud charges. In fact, the Department of Justice recommended 37 months in prison but U.S. District Judge Philip Pro instead chose house arrest and supervised release.