UNLV’s Patrick Armstrong had a very good weekend

Hello Rebel Fans! I hope you’re enjoying this warm weather. As I sat out at the UNLV baseball games this weekend, it felt like I was at a football game in August, it was so hot out. I’m not used to that this early in the year.

Mojave banks on underrated talent, grit in I-A tourney

Most varsity athletes have grown up with some measure of success. Generally, they were the top athletes on youth teams, leading their squads to championships and getting selected to all-star teams.

Actually, no Vacancy

After record high heat on Saturday, the temperature cool off on Sunday. Expect more cooler temperatures on Monday and Tuesday. Tuesday’s high temperature is forecasted to be in the low 80s.

Billboard awards give Thrills, ‘Chills’

The Billboard Music Awards are a musical mashup, but they haven’t quite figured out how to carry today’s stars into the spirit realm. Michael Jackson still got his own stage.

Get it straight from the shoulder: Bad position hurts

Have you ever seen something that just doesn’t make sense? Like referring to a 5-year-old as being 60 months old? Or maybe it’s so obviously wrong that it kind of hurt your eyes. Like a 2-by-4 wooden car spoiler.

Lawmakers focus on pleas from mothers of autistic children

Julia Aguirre said Friday she feels a sense of relief now that state officials are paying attention to a plea from her and other mothers of autistic children awaiting desperately needed services. The Legislative Committee on Health Care last week heard testimony on the great need for more funding to support autism treatment.

Henderson City Council to vote on budget

Henderson’s latest budget, which continues the trend of tapping reserves, goes before the City Council for approval Tuesday. About $4.6 million will be pulled from the city’s vehicle purchasing and maintenance fund to fill operating gaps.

Pops’ Parisian concert lacked only words

The romantic theme for Saturday’s Pops Concert was “Paris, Je T’Aime” (“Paris, I love you”) and orchestra, conductor and soloists played it to the hilt.

Tears for relatives after fatal hunger strike

Hope Keown was reading the newspaper in her kitchen when she noticed a face she hadn’t seen in years. Staring up from the page was her estranged stepfather’s mug shot, next to a story about how he starved himself to death in a Kentucky prison.

‘Godzilla’ opens with smashing $93.2 million

The 3-D monster movie from Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures had the second-largest debut of the year this weekend with $93.2 million, according to studio estimates Sunday.

Aligning body and soul

Plastic and cosmetic surgery is a life-changing decision that can positively affect a teen’s life, but needs to be made for the right reasons.

Las Vegas soccer prodigy, 10, in scouts’ sights

About a year ago at this time, Lateef Omidiji Jr. was standing in the dock at Southampton. He wasn’t trying to get to Holland or France. That was John Lennon and Yoko Ono in the “Ballad of John and Yoko.”

Trauma Intervention Program volunteers help at scenes of deaths, accidents

When Dr. Jim Preddy recalls the night he was called to the scene of his 43-year-old mother’s suicide in 1997, he always remembers how he stood outside the house where his mother took her own life and talked with a stranger for hours.

Small-business owners say margins tax could destroy companies

Should voters approve a 2 percent tax on businesses earmarked for Nevada public schools, Rebecca Merrihew fears that she could lose the company she has owned for 15 years. Red Rock Insulation brings in between $3 million and $4 million a year in revenue, and Merrihew estimates that the tax could cost her between $24,000 and $32,000 annually.

EDITORIAL: Dire climate-change predictions just a distraction

With the midterm elections less than six months away and Democrats rightly feeling the heat on multiple fronts, it’s hardly a surprise that their most fearless leaders, President Barack Obama and Sen. Harry Reid, once again are raising the temperature on climate change rhetoric. The strategy is obvious: If you can’t win the arguments that Americans actually care about, then throw out as many other distractions as possible to deflect attention from those arguments.

Human Transformer takes to the Michigan streets

A street performer in Ann Arbor, Mich., is gaining a lot of attention this week after a video of his bit spread online.

Example of cancer care we all need

If, God forbid, you come down with cancer, pray your case is handled in the same manner as Maria Shaffer’s.

Nevadan at Work: Top Rank chief brings open approach to work, office

Todd duBoef doesn’t believe in offices. That’s why his space at Top Rank — the Las Vegas-based boxing promotion company — is more like a lounge with comfy couches along with a slab on four legs that looks like a granite kitchen counter covered with papers.

LIVE STREAM: Billboard Music Awards Red Carpet

Jordin Sparks and Lance Bass host Red Carpet LIVE!, which features exclusive red carpet access, including celebrity arrivals, interviews and musical performances.

20,000 bees really like this Nissan Micra

A queen bee migrated to student George Neal’s Nissan Micra outside of his home in Hampshire, England, and the rest of the hive followed.

Dogs detect prostate cancer with high rate of accuracy

It has long been known that dogs have a stronger sense of smell than humans. While humans have roughly five million olfactory cells in their noses, dogs have about 200 million.

Nasal strip could clog California Chrome’s Triple Crown bid

Trainer Art Sherman made no threats about the Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner passing on a chance to become horse racing’s 12th Triple Crown winner, but he suggested it was a possibility.