Rebels refuse to sink to opponent’s level

UNLV has developed a troubling tendency to play down to the level of many opponents over the last few years. That trend was bucked on Friday night as UNLV put an early 18-0 run on Sacred Heart en route to an 82-50 victory.

Cosmo’s new music venue aims for socializing without annoying others

The Chelsea, the eye-popping new venue at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, was designed to account for, even facilitate, social interaction without ruining the night for those who just want to watch the show.

One of two teens who left mountain youth camp arrested

One of two 17-year-old boys who ran away Thursday from the Spring Mountain Youth Camp on Mount Charleston has been apprehended in the northwest Las Vegas Valley.

State hearing officer upholds firing of former Capitol Police officer

CARSON CITY – A former Capitol Police sergeant who engaged in sexual harassment and failed to respond to harassment by other officers directed at a female colleague has had his firing upheld by a state hearing officer.

Pita Pit to open soon; Moe’s delayed

The year 2013 brought out a slew of new entrepreneurs, among them a few who wanted to open franchises in the Las Vegas area.

 
Utah’s same-sex marriage ban struck down

A federal judge struck down Utah’s same-sex marriage ban Friday in a decision that brings a nationwide shift toward allowing gay marriage to a conservative state where the Mormon church has long been against it.

2 more inmate deaths reported at Nevada prisons

The Nevada Department of Corrections has reported two more inmate deaths this week, making nine such cases since October.

Dining Pick of the Week: Cafe Zupas

A steamy bowl of homemade soup is the perfect meal during these short winter days or long winter nights, and all soups at Cafe Zupas are served with bread and a chocolate-dipped strawberry.

Did botched vasectomy prompt Reno hospital shooting?

Nevada authorities say they’re trying to determine whether a California man’s anger over complications he suffered from a 2010 surgery prompted him to go on a shooting rampage at a urologist’s office, killing one doctor and critically wounding another before committing suicide.

10 places in Nevada you have to visit

We took to social media to find the places in Nevada that best display what’s great about our state. Here’s what you had to say.

EDITORIAL: Obamacare in full-on Hail Mary mode

With yet more Affordable Care Act deadlines at hand, it’s time for the increasingly desperate Obama administration to throw some more Hail Mary passes.

Reid sent home from Washington hospital

U.S. Sen. Harry Reid of Nevada was released from a Washington, D.C., hospital on Friday after doctors diagnosed him as “exhausted,” a spokesman said.

Man reached for shotgun before officers fired on him, police say

Jose Luis Barrios-Aguilar, the 39-year-old Las Vegas man who tried to kill himself by injecting dog insulin, was shot in the leg by police officers on Monday night after he apparently tried to reach for his shotgun, Clark County Assistant Sheriff Joe Lombardo said in a press conference on Friday.

Bell-ringer shocked, but undeterred, by kettle theft

Leroy Fuller, a Salvation Army volunteer for over 15 years, was saddened and confused when a couple took his kettle with about $200 in it. “It made me feel upset,” he said. “I think they feel bad about what they did. They’ve got to feel bad, unless they have no heart.”

 
MGM Resorts wins license for Maryland casino; Murren credits team effort

MGM Resorts International won a license for a new casino near the nation’s capital in Maryland on Friday. A state commission voted 5-2 in favor of MGM’s proposal to build a $925 million resort near the Potomac River at National Harbor.

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