Aldo floors Mendes at UFC 142, keeps featherweight title

RIO DE JANEIRO — Jose Aldo stopped Chad Mendes with one devastating knee to the head in the first round Saturday night, retaining his featherweight title in his homeland at UFC 142.

In Brief

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Las Vegas parade in honor of King turns 30

The Las Vegas parade honoring slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. has grown substantially since it began three decades ago.

Group to appeal ruling on Reno strip club sign

RENO — A citizens’ group said it intends to appeal an administrative hearing officer’s decision that paves the way for a downtown Reno strip club to construct a new three-sided sign.

Mint with facility near Reno wants to improve Bronze Stars

RENO — A Nevada mint is trying to improve the quality of Bronze Star medals awarded to American military members for heroic or meritorious achievement.

This week

WEEK IN REVIEW: Reporters’ notebook

On Monday morning, a Review-Journal reporter covering the International Consumer Electronics Show interviewed rapper/actor Xzibit. They were chatting about which video games he liked the best (first-person shooters), when as a joke, she asked him whether he played World of Warcraft.

Arizona has big backer for I-15 toll road plan

If Arizona officials need only a single supporter to push through their proposal to place toll booths on the portion of Interstate 15 that links Nevada and Utah, they just might have their man.

Pluto mission excites Nevada scientists

As you read these words, a robotic spacecraft no bigger than a Volkswagen Beetle is racing toward Pluto at about 13 times the speed of a rifle bullet. The New Horizons probe has traveled more than 2 billion miles since it left Earth in January 2006, and it still has almost a billion miles to go before it reaches its destination in 2015.

WEEK IN REVIEW: Top news

Outreach workers and authorities descended on a vacant lot on Owens Avenue just west of Interstate 15 to clean up a homeless encampment that had grown to unprecedented size in recent weeks.

Three lawyers pursue post as Clark County’s top prosecutor

The three finalists for Clark County district attorney have experience with prosecution and defense. On Tuesday, Drew Christensen, John Hunt and Steve Wolfson will stand before the County Commission to argue one of the more important cases of their careers: Why each would be the best candidate to direct the local pursuit of justice.

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