Sunday morning Las Vegas house fire extinguished

The Clark County Fire Department responded to a house fire caused by discarded smoking materials Sunday morning near Jones Boulevard and Russell Boulevard.

FBI: cellphone records linked authorities to robbery, murder suspect

A suspect killed by Phoenix police in a bank robbery attempt is believed to be the same man accused in the shooting death of a Mississippi police officer and the wounding of another, the FBI said Sunday.

“Hobbit,” “Frozen” help box office to record year

Over the bustling post-Christmas holiday weekend, Peter Jackson’s “The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug” continued to lead the box office, as it landed in the No. 1 slot for the third weekend in a row.

The reviews are in on Britney Spears

The reviews are in on Britney Spears’ Las Vegas residency launch and there’s no dancing around it: Those “flashes of greatness,” as Rolling Stone put it, came with questions.

New Year’s Eve TV guide

Got your noisemakers? Party hats? Champagne? How about your TV remote? You’ll need it to keep up with Ryan Seacrest this New Year’s Eve.

4 other bowls we’d like to see the Rebels in

When you haven’t been to a bowl game in 13 years, you can’t be picky. That being said, here are 4 bowls we’d like to see the Rebels play in.

Rebels repay fans’ loyalty

Joan Dimmitt had a dream, or maybe it was a premonition.

Outgoing president plans to back Rebels

DALLAS — Neal Smatresk has chosen to laugh at what could be a predicament if he chose to make it one.

No grand entrance for Rebels

UNLV offensive left tackle Brett Boyko got to the customs line in Toronto and began to panic. The line was so long, he wasn’t sure he would make his connecting flight to Dallas.

Cyclist’s participation in 206-mile race raises funds for cancer research

When Summerlin resident Michael Kling takes to the road on his bicycle, he doesn’t opt for the flatlands. He’s a regular participant in the LoToJa, a 206-mile bike race that goes from Logan, Utah, to Jackson, Wyo.

Hyde embodies swagger of 1984 Rebels

It was Dec. 15, 1984, and the Hawaiian Airlines charter, a DC-9, was sitting on the tarmac at the air terminal in Fresno, Calif., ready for takeoff.

Terrific year for Tark, any way you spin it

Just when you thought Jerry Tarkanian was never going to get into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame, he got in.

North Sea crossing aborted after suspected arson

LONDON — A ferry bound for Amsterdam was forced to return to England Sunday following a fire which sent passengers to the outer deck in the middle of the night and prompted rescue services to scramble lifeboats and helicopters.

Lecturer brings life lessons to classroom

Danny Siciliano doesn’t use just a textbook to instruct his accounting students at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

Longtime UMC nurse, whose work life started as a dancer, readies to retire

The more you watch the 62-year-old Michelle Ennist work in maternal child services at University Medical Center, the more you realize why the unit’s director, Lisa Pacheco, says that with the nurse’s upcoming retirement, the hospital is losing “a solid part of the foundation of the unit.”

Ample room to play in the sand at Dumont Dunes

Beautiful Dumont Dunes near Death Valley National Park attract more than 120,000 visitors annually. One of the great dune systems of the Mojave Desert, Dumont Dunes provide opportunities for a variety of outdoor adventures.

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