Chavez eager to escape legendary father’s shadow

Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. is tired. Tired of the comparisons to his legendary father. Tired of being denigrated for having grown up amid privilege and affluence. Tired of the accusations he’s lazy and difficult to work with. And, most of all, tired of Sergio Martinez running his mouth about him.

Lawsuit aims to protect snails from pipeline plan

An environmental group is suing the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service over tiny snails that live in the path of the Southern Nevada Water Authority’s proposed groundwater project in eastern Nevada.

Texas mayor among surrogates on both sides campaigning in Nevada

San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro may not be a household name yet, but President Barack Obama’s campaign sent him to Las Vegas on Friday to tout the administration’s housing programs and to criticize GOP White House rival Mitt Romney for not offering a plan to help Nevadans stay in their overmortgaged homes.

First California sea otter to survive oil spill has a pup

SAN FRANCISCO – Just three years after she was found covered in oil and near death, a California sea otter called Olive is a new mom – another milestone for the first otter to survive an oiling in the state.

Sands fined for ‘intention to deceive’ on Jacobs evidence

Finding that Las Vegas Sands Corp. and affiliate Sands China Ltd. had shown an “intention to deceive the court,” Clark County District Judge Elizabeth Gonzalez on Friday fined the companies $25,000 and imposed several other sanctions.

Fellow riders recall victims of bus stop accident

It could have been me. That was a constant refrain Friday morning as riders and mourners flocked to the bus stop at Spring Mountain Road and Decatur Boulevard, the scene Thursday of one of the worst accidents in Las Vegas in recent years.

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