Trujillo gets boost from highlight KO

After a record number of fights went the distance on Saturday night’s Ultimate Fighting Championship card in Newark, N.J., UFC president Dana White wasn’t in a particularly cheery mood.

Calvary Chapel clamps down on Mountain View

Calvary Chapel boys basketball coach Doug Lee has heard observers compliment his team’s defensive effort. On Monday night, the Lions showcased their defensive abilities against Mountain View.

SHOT Show adds year to contract

After a successful 2014 event, organizers of SHOT Show have decided to commit further to Las Vegas.

Meadows Bank’s annual profits up 11 percent to $3.1 million

Meadows Bank on Monday attributed its profitable 2013 to Nevada’s improving economy as the community bank benefits financially from its focus on Small Business Administration loans as well as other financial services.

Funeral homes, casket stores setting up shop in shopping malls

We eat there, buy our clothes there and some people suspect teenagers may actually live there. So perhaps it was just a matter of time until funeral homes began moving into the local shopping mall.

Sex doesn’t always sell, even in Las Vegas

Sin City is known for sex, gaming and general hedonism, but Las Vegas’ reputation has not helped the Erotic Heritage Museum.

Heck reasserts financial advantage in race for Congress

Incumbent Rep. Joe Heck has reasserted a financial advantage in the race for Congress, out-raising challenger Erin Bilbray toward the end of the year and building a fund exceeding $1 million.

Lowden’s first ad hits Hutchison on Obamacare

Republican Sue Lowden’s first TV ad in her bid to become Nevada lieutenant governor slams her GOP foe Mark Hutchison for voting to implement Obamacare.

Family court judge suspended for three months without pay

A judicial panel on Monday ordered Family Court Judge Steven Jones suspended without pay for three months for misconduct over his romantic relationship with the late prosecutor Lisa Willardson.

 
Man survives 13 months adrift eating birds, turtles

A man leaves Mexico in December 2012 for a day of shark fishing and ends up surviving 13 months on fish, birds and turtles before washing ashore on the remote Marshall Islands thousands of miles away.

Defendant pleads guilty to conspiring to kidnap cop

A 43-year-old man accused of conspiring to kidnap, convict and execute a random police officer as part of a domestic terrorist movement cut a plea deal with prosecutors that will land him probation.

Zoo tiger with Las Vegas roots remembered at memorial

People gathered at Panaewa Rainforest Zoo in Hilo, Hawaii, on Saturday to remember a white male Bengal tiger that was a long time star attraction and recently died at age 15.

Man dies after fight at Las Vegas bar

A man died Monday after an early morning bar fight near Flamingo Road and Arville Street.

Henderson police car involved in crash

A Henderson police officer suffered minor injrues after colliding with another car on St. Rose Parkway and Jeffreys Street Monday afternoon.

Lieutenant governor candidates trade jabs over donations

The race for lieutenant governor is heating up with the two Republicans vying for the office, Sue Lowden and Mark Hutchison, trading jabs for donating to Democrats in the past.

California man who ran Las Vegas tax scheme gets prison

A Fresno, Calif. man was sentenced to 30 months in federal prison Monday for failing to pay $564,464 in taxes to the Internal Revenue Service over several years.

18-year-old Las Vegan will drive in Nationwide Series

Dylan Kwasniewski will compete in the Nationwide Series this season, becoming one of four Las Vegans to drive in one of NASCAR’s top two tiers. Kwasniewski, 18, will drive the No. 31 Chevrolet for Turner Scott Motorsports.

 
Cars that ‘talk’ to each other to avoid crashes near reality

Your car might see a deadly crash coming even if you don’t, the government says, indicating it will require automakers to equip new vehicles with technology that lets cars warn each other if they’re plunging toward peril.

 
Student kills teacher, policeman in shooting at Moscow school

A 10th-grade student with two rifles burst into his Moscow school on Monday, killing his geography teacher and a policeman in front of about 20 students, investigators said.

 
Packets found in Hoffman investigation contained heroin

Tests have confirmed there was heroin in at least some of the scores of plastic packets in the New York City apartment where Philip Seymour Hoffman was found dead, a law enforcement official said Monday.

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