Miller defeats Guillard in main event of UFC-FX 1

Ultimate Fighting Championship lightweight contender Jim Miller got back in the win column with a first-round submission of Melvin Guillard in the main event of the UFC on FX 1 card in Nashville, Tenn., on Friday night.

Obama supporters ready to rally at Nevada caucuses

The Nevada Democratic caucus is getting little attention this year and is expected to draw far less than the 116,000 people who participated in 2008 when the competition was fierce between Obama and Hillary Clinton.

Contractor gave $36,000 to Collins’ defense fund

Las Vegas Paving gave $36,000 to a legal defense fund for Commissioner Tom Collins three months after the County Commission approved a settlement to award the corporation a $117 million Las Vegas Beltway project that was snarled in litigation.

Henderson man convicted in toddler’s death

A 26-year-old Henderson man was found guilty Friday of second-degree murder and child neglect for the April 2010 slaying of his girlfriend’s 16-month-old daughter.

Chancellor vows to fix funding formula for Nevada colleges

The formula used to distribute state money to Nevada’s colleges and universities is broken. Everyone’s been saying that for years. This year, higher education Chancellor Dan Klaich wants to fix it.

Occupy group facing internal squabbling, end of permit

Clark County management will not renew a permit for the Occupy Las Vegas encampment once it expires Feb. 20.
The decision comes days after internal squabbling among protesters made a splash online.

Marine from Pahrump dies in Afghanistan

The week before he was killed Sunday in an electric generator accident in Afghanistan, Marine Cpl. Jon-Luke Bateman, of Pahrump, wrote on his Facebook page that he was “back now loving life in some freakin’ heat” because where he had been was too “cold for my taste.”

Valley to see strong winds, dust as storm moves in Saturday

High winds are expected to stir up dust in the valley Saturday, Clark County air quality officials said. Blowing dust is expected through the afternoon, according to an advisory issued Friday by the Department of Air Quality and Environmental Management.

Ex-Henderson councilwoman sues Sisolak as charity’s troubles continue

Former Henderson City Councilwoman Kathleen Vermillion has filed a lawsuit that accuses Clark County Commissioner Steve Sisolak, her ex-boyfriend and a major contributor to the charity she founded, of disseminating her personal health records.

29 homes lost in Reno fire; 2,000 evacuated

Reno hasn’t seen a winter this dry in more than 120 years. So residents welcomed a forecast that a storm was due to blow across the Sierra Nevada this week.

Wisconsin recall webcam so boring it’s mesmerizing

MADISON, Wis. — You know you live in a state consumed by politics when a webcam showing bureaucrats silently shuffling around a nondescript room feeding papers into a scanner attracts tens of thousands of viewers.

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