Chambers suspended for rest of regular season

UNLV coach Tim Chambers received the automatic four-game suspension of the baseball regular season for bumping an umpire. The Rebels play Arizona State Tuesday night and UNR on Thursday through Saturday.

Brager ad is awesome, but for one little word

Clark County Commissioner Susan Brager’s biographical spot identifies her as a “progressive,” but does her voting record support that contention?

MGM’s $800 million Massachusetts casino plan to get final public hearing

After more than two years of competition, MGM Resorts International holds the last resort-casino proposal remaining for western Massachusetts. It’s in Springfield, a former manufacturing hub where an $800 million project straddling its downtown and South End neighborhoods represents the city’s biggest economic development undertaking in a generation.

Rare ‘mono mono’ twins breathing independently

Jillian and Jenna Thistlethwaite, twin Ohio girls born Friday with a shared amniotic sac and placenta, a condition occuring in one of every 10,000 pregnancies, are now breathing on their own.

Ikea museum to happen, but still no store in Las Vegas

If you’re a big Ikea fan, you’ll need to start planning your trip to Sweden because the furniture, appliance and home accessory store is going to open its own museum.

Nevadans stuck in Arizona desert for 3 days

Arizona authorities assisted two Nevada residents who were stranded three days in a remote area of southern Mohave County as they attempted to free their pickup truck after it got stuck in a wash.

N.Y. sets $350 million minimum for Orange County casino

Developers proposing to build a casino in Orange or Dutchess counties must commit to investing at least $350 million in the project, the panel overseeing the licensing process announced Monday. The requirement is designed to maximize the economic impact of a casino in the area, and to ensure that any Las Vegas-style facility approved for the area is a “high-quality, large-scale destination” casino.

 
Possible charges against Utah ATV protest riders

The Bureau of Land Management has begun an investigation that could lead to charges against nearly 50 people who rode ATVs on an off-limits trail last weekend in Utah to show their displeasure with the federal government.

Man sentenced to prison on pimping charges

A 31-year-old man was sentenced Monday to 47 months to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to pimping charges in March.

Your first look at Fox’s new fall shows

For the 2014-15 TV season, the network has announced five new dramas, four new comedies, two new event series and a bonkers new reality series that will strand its contestants in the wilderness for a year.

Caesars makes ‘and’ a four-letter word to lenders

An innocuous three-letter conjunction in an 80,000-word legal document helped enable more than $450 million of losses for bondholders at a Caesars Entertainment unit. Whether that transaction is legal may depend on an interpretation of the word “and” in a contract of more than 100 pages that governs some of the company’s bonds.

 
‘Idol’ singer Aiken’s opponent in congressional primary dies

The North Carolina entrepreneur who was locked in a too-close-to-call Democratic Party primary with former “American Idol” singer Clay Aiken died Monday, said the president of the textile company he founded.

Las Vegas Bowl set for Dec. 20

The Las Vegas Bowl will be played Dec. 20 at Sam Boyd Stadium, according to an announcement from ESPN Events.

1 dead after Las Vegas hookah lounge shooting

One man has died after Sunday morning’s shooting at a Las Vegas hookah lounge, according to the Clark County coroner’s office.

Teen with cerebral palsy crosses finish line to cheers

A sophomore at Phoenixville Area High School in Pennsylvania has proved that nothing is impossible for him, including competing in a track and field event despite having cerebral palsy.

Workers complete installation of White House solar panels

Technicians have finished installing solar panels on the White House roof, capping a project that President Barack Obama hopes will send a signal that renewable energy is feasible and environmentally shrewd.

14 migrants die, 200 rescued as crowded boat sinks north of Libya

A boat crowded with migrants sank Monday in the Mediterranean just beyond Libya’s territorial waters, leaving at least 14 people dead, said the Italian navy, which helped rescue more than 200 survivors.

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Scared chihuahua rescued from busy freeway

The California Highway Patrol was getting attention Monday after rescuing a tiny chihuahua off a Bay Area freeway median over the weekend.

As bridge to better sales, brokers are worth fees, observers say

Working with sales brokers comes at a price, so you might as well do so effectively. “All brokers charge a percentage, never more than 5 percent, and it’s always negotiable,” says Jeffrey Grad, president and founder of Eyes of the World Inc.

Are journalists getting less political?

The latest edition of a longstanding survey finds more journalists identifying themselves as “independents” than affiliated with one of the two major political parties. But they may be doing their jobs less aggressively than before.