Blue Jays call up red-hot Cooper

David Cooper extended his hitting streak to 14 games on Saturday, and is now being called up to play for the Toronto Blue Jays.

Elko County contract post office shuttered

LAMOILLE – A contract post office in Elko County has been shut down without notice amid an investigation by the U.S. Postal Service’s office of inspector general into possible misconduct.

Texans’ Johnson to miss time with groin injury

Houston Texans receiver Andre Johnson says he’ll miss “a week or so” after suffering a minor groin injury during the team’s second morning practice Sunday.

Shooter earns record fifth straight medal

Meet Kimberly Rhode, the first American with individual medals in five straight Olympics, after a golden, record-setting, nearly perfect performance.

In Brief

Paynter stormed into the lead entering the far turn and pulled away from the field to win the $1 million Haskell Invitational on Sunday at Monmouth Park in Oceanport, N.J., giving trainer Bob Baffert his third straight victory in the race and sixth overall.

No reason to worry about mountain lion, officials say

Nevada Department of Wildlife officials say the public has nothing to worry about after a mountain lion killed a deer close to a Lake Tahoe resort and campground.

Las Vegas police, residents unite to make public housing safer

As the summer sun sets over Sherman Gardens Annex, the children go right on playing. They race each other on bicycles through the West Las Vegas public housing complex, play hide-and-seek behind its concrete block apartments, kick their legs on the swings.

Seat-belt campaign works to educate parents, ethnic groups

It almost seems trite to remind someone to wear a seat belt these days. Yet, it’s still a task either overlooked or disregarded daily by thousands of Americans. As a result, some pay with their lives, many of them children.

Quackery or cure? It’s sometimes hard to tell

When Las Vegan Rick Tope showed me a bottle of Canker Cure – pills he advertises as preventing and healing painful canker sores in the mouth – I noted some ingredients had been crossed out with a black pen.
“I have better ingredients now,” he said. “I don’t want to tell you for proprietary reasons … there’s amino acids, too.”

Prevent ‘chair death’ by working to challenge your glutes

Imagine never taking your dream car out for a ride. It just stays in the garage. Eventually, the air seeps from the tires and the gasoline becomes stale. And for some reason, you’re OK with it. Tragic, right?!
Your butt muscles are the same way

HEALTH Q&A: Toddler’s taste

Q My toddler will not eat meat. Are there alternatives I can offer him to provide protein in his diet?

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