UFC targets New York man in crackdown on piracy

A 27-year-old Staten Island, N.Y., man and others suspected of pirating the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s Pay-Per-View programming and copyrighted content, will be hearing from UFC’s lawyers.

Teen pleads guilty in DUI crash that injured 10 at Egg & I

A 19-year-old man pleaded guilty Thursday to driving under the influence of prescription drugs and marijuana and crashing into an Egg & I restaurant last year, injuring 10 people.

New .vegas domain could transform online marketing

For consumers, .vegas will mean easier website searches and will reap priceless free branding, as well as a revenue split with city agencies that could boost economic development.

Stronger consumer spending drives surge in local taxable sales

Higher consumer spending spurred a strong spike in local taxable sales in March, a state agency said Thursday. The state Taxation Department reported that spending in Clark County surged year over year in March by 12.1 percent, to $3.34 billion.

Carey Hart headed for Southern Nevada Sports Hall of Fame

Friday night at Orleans Arena, Carey Hart will be honored for his accomplishments with induction into the Southern Nevada Sports Hall of Fame. He will be joined by drag racing team owner Ken Black, the Herbst family, which has enjoyed success in off-road racing, golfer Chris Riley and UNLV baseball coach Tim Chambers.

Las Vegas man sentenced in carjacking case

A Las Vegas man who shocked an exchange student with a stun gun and stole her car was sentenced Tuesday to 15 years in prison, according to the U.S. attorney’s office in Nevada.

Cemetery flag vandal turns out to be groundhog

A sheriff’s deputy investigating reports of vandalized flags at an upstate New York cemetery has caught the culprit in the act.

Scandals tarnish New Zealand’s ‘squeaky clean’ reputation

The unraveling corruption cases in New Zealand sports, business and politics have sullied the country’s record as “world’s least corrupt nation for eight years straight by the watchdog group Transparency International.”

 
There’s something not quite right about ‘Maleficent’

The Disney movie turns the tables on the studio’s 1959 animated classic — and undoes most of what you know and love about it — with this wildly revisionist live-action tale that creates a backstory for its most popular villain.

Dead deer used in Philadelphia car insurance scam

Forty-one people in Philadelphia are facing charges in what prosecutors call an elaborate insurance fraud scheme that used dead deer to fake car accidents.

14 places for casual American dining

You might go looking for American food on these menus and wind up off the map — in a good way. Each week Neon spotlights a different cuisine in the Dining Guide, with casual American restaurants this week.

BLM allows Northern Nevada animal grazing, for now

The Bureau of Land Management has agreed to let ranchers continue grazing cattle on more than 300 square miles of Northern Nevada rangeland as long as lingering drought conditions don’t worsen.

Sundown in Downtown brings food, drinks, music to museum

Sundown in Downtown, from 6 to 10 p.m. Friday at the Las Vegas Natural History Museum, 900 Las Vegas Blvd. North, will include small bites, signature cocktails, Latin music, strolling performers and the museum’s summer exhibit, “Hatching the Past.”

On the Menu: Eggs

Be a good egg and consider celebrating the end of National Egg Month with one of these dishes.

Johnny Mathis knows what it takes to keep going

Johnny Mathis gave up a shot at the Olympics to make his first recording. Almost 60 years later, he’s still singing — and returns to Las Vegas to make his Smith Center debut.

Reid promises ‘immediate work’ on VA problems

U.S. Sen. Harry Reid of Nevada promised Thursday that the Senate will get to work immediately on “appropriate legislation” to fix problems at the Department of Veterans Affairs, but was silent on whether beleaguered agency chief Eric Shinseki should be part of the solution.

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