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Johnson retains flyweight title with submission win over Moraga

It took UFC flyweight champion Demetrious Johnson awhile on Saturday night, but he put some of that talk to rest by submitting John Moraga in the main event of UFC on Fox 8 in Seattle to retain the belt.

Burning Man Festival population allowed to grow to 68,000

Federal land managers have issued Burning Man organizers a four-year special recreation permit that allows a peak population of 68,000 on the Northern Nevada desert this year.

Police seek help find Las Vegas bank robbery suspect

Las Vegas police are asking for the public’s help in finding a man suspected in nine bank robberies and attempted bank robberies in Las Vegas and Henderson.

Teresa Heinz Kerry leaves Boston rehab hospital

Teresa Heinz Kerry, the wife U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, was discharged from a Boston hospital Saturday, just under three weeks after she suffered a seizure at their Nantucket home, a State Department spokesman said.

Former Bunkhouse Saloon owner to transform Industrial Road property

You probably need a special kind of vision to see what Charlie Fox sees when he looks at the property he recently purchased at 1800 Industrial Road. To the untrained eye, it might look like a run-down mix of light industrial warehouses and office space that have seen better days — but probably not in the last 40 years.

Musician JJ Cale dies; wrote Clapton, Skynyrd hits

Cale, the singer-songwriter and producer known as the main architect of the Tulsa Sound, passed away Friday night at Scripps Hospital in La Jolla, Calif. His manager, Mike Kappus, said Cale died of a heart attack. He was 74.

Rubik’s cube competition aligns corners, color and people

In the same building where Barbra Streisand, Dean Martin and Elvis Presley performed over 50 years ago, more than 600 people from 37 countries came to show off their Rubik’s Cube talents Saturday.

Merger costs hold down NV Energy earnings

Costs relating to merging with MidAmerican Energy were responsible for a $6.2 million decline in NV Energy’s second-quarter earnings, compared with 2012, though net income for the year is up by $3 million, the company reported Friday.

Embracing change: Nonprofit shows youths genocide’s effects to help curb gang influence

Esther Brown is out to steer troubled youths to a better life. Brown established The Embracing Project in 2005. She teaches juveniles in the criminal justice system the similarities between gangs and genocide, including recruiting by peer pressure and using symbols. She then relates it to genocide in other countries. The 12-week curriculum includes tools for improving self-worth and bettering themselves.

UNLV gets nod to build new student housing

Upperclassmen and graduate students at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas might be able to enjoy a different kind of living starting in fall 2015.

 
Pope celebrates Mass in Rio aimed at youths

Pope Francis is celebrating Mass in Rio de Janeiro’s massive cathedral as he begins the culminating weekend of his first international trip, to the church’s World Youth Day.

The Internet allows bedridden man to explore the world

Dale Dulaney has been bedridden for more than 25 years with Duchenne muscular dystrophy. It was only in 2009 when a nurse introduced him to one of her friends — Henderson resident Karen Wheeler — that Dulaney found an escape from his bed.

Ellenberger enjoys hype for UFC bout

Jake Ellenberger thinks he has won the battle against Rory MacDonald in the buildup to their fight on tonight’s UFC on Fox 8 card in Seattle.

 
Bride-to-be, best man missing after NY boat crash

A bride-to-be and her fiance’s best man were missing Saturday after a speedboat carrying six friends crashed into a construction barge near New York’s Tappan Zee Bridge. Four others, including the groom-to-be, were hurt.

 
Gunman among 7 dead after Fla. apartment shootout

A gunman holding hostages inside a South Florida apartment complex killed six people before being shot to death by a SWAT team that stormed the building early Saturday following an hours-long standoff, police said.

Baby Prince George shares birth with infants born at the same time

When the new heir to the British throne was born Monday, three other babies were likely born somewhere in the world in the very same second, statistics show; 254 others within a minute; 360,000 others before the Earth had completed a single turn on its axis.

Ramsay confident in ‘Hell’ champion

Thursday’s winner of “Hell’s Kitchen” will become head chef at Gordon Ramsay’s pub in Caesars Palace. Does that mean Ramsay has enough confidence in a reality-TV star to let her take over his kitchen?