LEFTOVERS: No sign of relief in arms debate

Picking on college baseball for the “ping” of its bats was a longtime tradition for baseball purists.

Youths make most of Free Fishing Day

Despite the severe heat that enveloped the Las Vegas area Saturday, hundreds of anglers made their way to the valley’s urban ponds to take advantage of Nevada’s Free Fishing Day. And why not? That is the one day each year when anyone can fish in the Silver State without having to first procure a fishing license.

Government way off-balance on privacy

Just when you thought federal intrusion couldn’t go much further, we learn the government knows far more about our business than we’d ever imagined.

Questions surround runaway siblings

Five siblings reported missing for about 24 hours were back at a Las Vegas emergency children’s shelter Wednesday, but unanswered questions surround their return.

Weighty work ahead for construction crews at new Lake Mead intake site

Workers have finished drilling and blasting a connector tunnel 400 feet underground that will link the valley’s two existing straws to the third one now under construction. It took three years and more than $52 million to carve the half-mile long connector through fractured rock and seeping water from the nearby lake.

Heller says he’s leaning for immigration bill

U.S. Sen. Dean Heller of Nevada said Wednesday he wants to vote for comprehensive immigration reform, and it doesn’t have to be perfect.

ACLU announces ‘patient dumping’ lawsuit

A lawsuit over allegations of patient dumping at Rawson-Neal Psychiatric Hospital in Las Vegas drew in the American Civil Liberties Union of Nevada because it’s “a major civil rights issue.”

Baseball lessons put to use at poker table

It’s a good thing Eric Baldwin couldn’t hit the curveball. Otherwise, no one would have known how good a poker player he is.

In search of the ‘Ultimate’ Elvis

“Elvis wasn’t just a singer. Elvis was a cultural icon. He changed the way the world viewed popular culture when he came out onto the scene,” says Brian Simpson, an Elvis tribute artist.

Woman finds niche – with shirt on – in MMA cages

She grew up in those little fishing villages on Alaska’s Kenai Peninsula — towns with names such as Homer and Seward and Soldotna. So when Swayze Valentine heard the roar of the mixed martial arts crowd in Anchorage one night, because MMA is everywhere except New York these days, she said it was just about the loudest thing she’d ever heard. If you don’t count a Kodiak bear with a toothache.

UFC empire grows, but New York state still out

Las Vegas-based Ultimate Fighting Championship expanded its combat sport empire with recent legislative MMA wins in Connecticut and Canada, but as of Wednesday afternoon, it could not get the New York Assembly to make mixed martial arts events legal in the Empire State.

Don’t let the band names scare you

Wearing an incredulous grin and a skull-festooned T-shirt, Michael Gordon recalls the time he accidentally broke a dude’s nose.

Producer hopes shows will go on

Producer David King says he learned enough about Las Vegas in the past year to put together “a business course on how to open a show in Las Vegas and what to do if you get kicked out of your venue: Follow these six rules.”

No-swim advisory lifted at Lake Mead

Lake Mead officials lifted the no-swim advisory Wednesday after no toxin producers were found in the water, according to the National Park Service.

 
Three wildfires burn out of control in Colorado

A wildfire fueled by hot temperatures, gusty winds and thick, bone-dry forests has destroyed 92 homes, damaged five more and prompted more than 7,000 residents northeast of Colorado Springs to flee, sheriff’s official said Wednesday.

 
Pennsylvania girl’s double-lung transplant deemed success

PHILADELPHIA — A 10-year-old girl whose efforts to qualify for an organ donation spurred public debate over how organs are allocated underwent a successful double-lung transplant on Wednesday, the girl’s family said.

Rebels can afford to stay home for nonleague games

If crafting an annual schedule to create an impressive RPI is a science, UNLV has consistently graded higher than most biology honor students. The Rebels have advanced to five of the past six NCAA Tournaments, mostly because of impressive records and yet also because their RPI has been so strong throughout the course of a season, their placement as an at-large team is often solidified weeks before Selection Sunday.

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