PHOTOS: Electric Daisy Carnival 2014 Day 2

Electric Daisy Carnival experienced its second day of 2014 on Saturday. Check out these photos from the event.

Gun control lobby wrong on Wilcox

Joseph Wilcox’s funeral is today. I hope the political opportunists who’ve spent the past two weeks second-guessing or trashing this community hero have the grace to stay away and allow his family and friends to honor him appropriately.

EDITORIAL: Secret agency

The more a government seeks refuge in secrecy, the less credibility it has with the people it serves. The longer a government refuses to answer basic questions about public business, the more suspicious taxpayers become.

EDITORIAL: Money and democracy

If money is such a threat to democracy, as Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid insists, how could any candidate with a big bank account and rich supporters lose an election?

Too few good men

Lately it seems as if we’re losing too many of the good ones.

Mature Lopez revives career, gains title shot

A year ago, few people in boxing were talking about Juan Manuel Lopez. He appeared finished in the ring after Mikey Garcia destroyed him inside of four rounds.

Ashton not too antsy to defend title

Matthew Ashton originally planned to spend more time watching his native England in person in the World Cup.

Las Vegas prospects maintain connected

More than a decade after playing together on the same Little League team in Las Vegas, Tommy Pham and Michael Blazek were reunited as teammates in the St. Louis Cardinals’ farm system.

When to see a geriatrician

Dear Savvy Senior: What kinds of health problems do geriatricians treat? My mother, who’s 80, takes several different medications for several health problems, but she hasn’t been feeling herself lately. I’m wondering whether she’d benefit by seeing a geriatrician in place of her regular family doctor. — Inquiring Daughter

Elko-area mines still thriving despite continued slide in gold prices

The state’s mining industry might be taking a hit right now due to low gold prices, but walk through the Northern Nevada city of Elko on any weekday morning about 6 a.m. and you wouldn’t know it.

Lung association stages annual fashion show

The American Lung Association in Nevada held its fourth annual Fashion Show and Dinner June 6 at the Las Vegas Country Club.

David Branch becomes WSOF’s first middleweight champion

David Branch choked out Jesse Taylor 1:41 into the first round of the main event of the World Series of Fighting card at the Hard Rock Hotel on Saturday night to become the organization’s first middleweight champion.

Jersey Boy anew

Erich Bergen had the last laugh. Or maybe it was Clint Eastwood.

Bucket list? With fatherhood’s riches, I’m all set

The sun cracks the horizon on my 23rd canvas of our tent. Curled in my sleeping bag, I notice I’m cold. It’s mid-June, and I am cold! Later today it will be a billion degrees in the Mojave Desert. But right now, camped on the shores of Navajo Lake in Kane County, Utah, the thermometer registers 36 degrees.

Lawyer: Revel ‘a melting ice cube’ that needs help

Atlantic City’s Revel is “a melting ice cube” that needs immediate help to stay open until a buyer can be found, its lawyer told a Bankruptcy Court judge Friday.

Nigeria beats Bosnia-Herzegovina 1-0 at World Cup

Nigeria eliminated Bosnia-Herzegovina from World Cup contention with a 1-0 win Saturday, with Peter Odemwingie’s first-half goal getting the African champions closer to the knockout stage.

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