LEFTOVERS: PCL team’s moniker has little bite

New Orleans Pelicans fans, rejoice. Your NBA team might no longer possess the worst nickname in professional sports.

PHOTOS: PBR World Finals underway

The Professional Bull Riders World Finals opened at the Thomas & Mack Center on Wednesday night.

Bullying complaint hits too close to home

I’m pretty sensitive when it comes to the topic of bullying. Having an older brother who is the size of John Candy and likes to give wet willies at the dinner table will do that to a fella.

Allegiant’s quarterly earnings rise modestly

For a company typically placed in the fast-growth category, third-quarter results released Wednesday proved relatively plodding for Allegiant Travel Co.

Clark County School District students take stands at KidsVention 2013

Everything about it screamed political rally, except the screams themselves. High-pitched shrieks erupted not from fervent voters and die hard party-liners, but from 2,000 fifth- and seventh-graders. Similar to a political party’s rally, they gathered to take a stand on school policies from dress codes to whether they should be forced to eat healthy lunches and the effectiveness of student suspensions.

Hidden room a part of Romney’s new Utah house

A new house Mitt Romney is building in Utah is not only spacious and luxurious, but it’s also a little mysterious. Its got a hidden room.

Rebels’ offense forced to regroup

Fresno State ended a stretch of four straight games in which the UNLV offense scored more than 30 points. Will other teams adopt the Bulldogs’ tactics?

House directs study of invasive quagga mussels

The House on Wednesday directed federal experts to devise new strategy to combat quagga mussels and other invasive species threatening the nation’s waterways, including Lake Mead.

Sparks police reject media demands for young shooter’s name

Despite growing pressure from news media statewide, Sparks police and their legal adviser refused again on Wednesday to release the name of the 12-year-old boy who took a handgun to Sparks Middle School on Monday, killed teacher Michael Landsberry, wounded two other students and then killed himself.

Baby born with AIDS virus may be cured, tests suggest

Doctors now have convincing evidence that they put HIV into remission, hopefully for good, in a Mississippi baby born with the AIDS virus — a medical first that is prompting a new look at how hard and fast such cases should be treated.

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