51s hold on for win over Iowa

Josh Satin’s double in the top of the ninth broke a 5-5 tie and the 51s held on for a 6-5 win over the Iowa Cubs in a battle of Pacific Coast League first-place teams at Des Moines, Iowa.

EDITORIAL: DEA’s money train

There’s waste, and then there’s downright stupidity. The Drug Enforcement Administration might have set a new government standard for the latter.

UNLV linebackers trying to find the middle

Battles are taking place at all three UNLV linebackers spots, but the most competitive is in the middle. Marc Philippi and Iggy Porchia could wind up sharing the position.

Taste of the Town: If you’ve got the dough, they’ve got your malasadas

Whatever form they take — doughnuts, beignets, zeppole, churros or fritters — we sure love our fried dough, and that would include malasadas, being sought by Tom Sullivan. And as usual, his fellow Taste of the Town readers have suggestions.

Nevada prisoner escapes for a few minutes, is caught

Inmate Brian Kakowski, 41, briefly escaped from a northern Nevada corrections facility Tuesday evening, corrections department officials say.

BLM auction will test Vegas land market

A big real estate auction could soon test the local development industry’s recovery.

Bieber facing misdemeanor, not DUI in illegal drag racing case

Justin Bieber will plead guilty to lesser charges stemming from his arrest in South Florida in what police initially described as an illegal street drag race, two people directly involved in the case told The Associated Press on Tuesday.

Bold nail art is latest rage in fashion, Hollywood

Move over, studded bracelets and chandelier earrings. Right now, it’s all about nails. Rhinestones, 3-D designs, textured topcoats and new offerings from fashion royalty have upped the ante on fingertips, said Kahlana Barfield, beauty director for InStyle magazine.

O.J. Simpson civil judgment to be auctioned online

After waiting 17 years for O.J. Simpson to pay a $9 million wrongful death judgment, Ronald Goldman’s mother is selling her right to the cash online.

Eastern reopens at Viking after collision

Eastern Avenue was shut down Tuesday evening by a crash that sent one person to an area hospital.

‘New Girl’ re-run episodes to air on MTV, TBS

20th Century Fox Television announced an exclusive 5-year basic cable syndication deal with MTV and TBS Tuesday. As a result, re-runs of Zooey Deschanel’s popular sitcom will begin airing weekdays on those networks in Fall 2015.

Trial opens for man accused in Strip shooting

A Clark County jury heard opening remarks Tuesday in the trial of Robert Jackson, who is accused of shooting four people on the Strip in 2007.

‘Play it Again, Dick’ webseries revisits ‘Veronica Mars’

While a sequel to the “Veronica Mars” movie is up in the air, there will be more “Veronica Mars” in store for fans. Web series “Play It Again, Dick,” from creator Rob Thomas and following Ryan Hansen’s character Dick Casablancas, was announced in January, and now the casting that’s firmed up should be welcome news to fans.

New apps make last-minute travel a breeze

Procrastinating travelers who find it difficult to plan trips in advance could find some spontaneity and even bargains with last-minute travel apps to book flights and hotel rooms.

Mom arrested after helping son film ‘fire challenge’

A Charlotte woman is facing charges after police say she helped her son set himself on fire in a videotaped stunt known as the “fire challenge” that’s gaining popularity on social media and has left at least two other children with severe burns.

Orthopedic surgeon to UNLV athletes dies

The orthopedic surgeon and doctor, who served UNLV’s entire athletics department for four decades, died on Sunday. Dr. Gerald Higgins, who would have been 80 years old in September, has been inducted into both the UNLV Athletics Hall of Fame and the Southern Nevada Sports Hall of Fame.

Nevada pursues Route 160 widening project

Nevada highway officials hope the era of car crashes, injury accidents, road rage and misery on the road to Pahrump is nearing an end.

Police detail shooting of knife-wielding man

The man involved in Monday’s northwest valley officer-involved shooting was prepared for a fight: he wore a mask, carried two butcher knives and had placed a cutting board in his clothing as a shield, Las Vegas police said.

 
Steve Ballmer buys Clippers for $2 billion

The Clippers moved on from months of ugliness Tuesday, with Steve Ballmer officially becoming the team’s new owner in a record $2 billion sale that ousted Donald Sterling as the NBA’s longest-tenured owner.

Politics, not law, guide AG under Obama, authors say

The Department of Justice under U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder has become beholden to politics, not federal law, under the Obama administration, the authors of a new book said Monday in Las Vegas.

 
Police withholding officer’s name after fatally shooting teen

Police said death threats prompted them to withhold the name of the officer, who was placed on administrative leave after fatally shooting 18-year-old Michael Brown in Ferguson, where the incident has stoked racial tension, rallies and a night of looting.

 
Actress Lauren Bacall dead at 89

Film actress Lauren Bacall has died at the age of 89, the estate of the Bogart family said on Tuesday.

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