View artist Mike Miller shares the joys of his life

Mike Miller has drawn his last cartoon for View. He spoke recently from a hospice in Southern California and was in good spirits.

9/11 tourism popular, yet still controversial

Out-of-towners and locals alike have shown enormous interest in sites connected to the Sept. 11th attacks. More than 700,000 people from all 50 states and 131 countries have been to the National Sept. 11 Museum since it opened May 21. More have come from New York than any other state, but the museum also hosts so many international tourists that you can’t even identify all the languages being spoken.

2014 Girls Tennis Capsules

Follow the link for the 2014 girls tennis capsules, as submitted by coaches.

NY newspaper no longer using ‘Redskins’

One of the nation’s largest newspapers says it will no longer use the name Redskins when writing about Washington’s NFL team.

’80s garage rockers band together

Real rock sound that defies its era is the common bond for ‘Rock of the ’80s’ tour

2014 Girls Golf Capsules

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Disney asks Patent and Trademark Office to pass on Deadmau5

The Walt Disney Co, creator of Mickey Mouse, is asking the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to refuse a trademark by electronic music star Deadmau5, who wears a LED-light powered, big-eared mouse helmet during concerts.

Nevada’s share of Tesla plant could hit $1.3 billion

Gov. Brian Sandoval will ask state lawmakers next week to approve a deal to bring a Tesla battery plant to Nevada that will result in essentially no taxes being collected from the electric car manufacturer for nearly a decade.

Defendants found not guilty in skinhead murder case

Two men were acquitted of first-degree murder Thursday in the 1998 shooting deaths of two men who supported racial unity. The federal jury sat through a two-week trial in Las Vegas before returning its verdicts in the case against Ross Hack, 42, and Leland Jones, 33.

2014 Boys Cross Country Capsules

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IKEA ‘bookbook’ ad hilariously spoofs Apple

A new ad promoting IKEA’s 2015 catalog is an awesome parody of Apple’s over-the-top commercials.

2014 Girls Cross Country Capsules

Follow the link for the 2014 girls cross country capsules, as submitted by coaches.

The Zipsters are here — car sharing gains Vegas toehold

Zipcar, which calls itself the world’s leading car-sharing network, has arrived at the University of Nevada-Las Vegas campus and McCarran International Airport’s Rental Car Center — and two campus cars were already checked out Thursday.

 
Mayweather’s former fiancee says boxer beat her in new lawsuit

The former fiancee of Floyd Mayweather Jr. claims in a civil lawsuit that the superstar boxer beat her during their relationship and later publicly humiliated her by posting on social media a sonogram of her pregnancy and saying they broke up because she got an abortion.

 
Clinton praises Nevada as clean energy leader

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton proclaimed Thursday that the United States could become the “clean energy superpower” of the world if the nation and states such as Nevada lead in developing renewable energy sources from solar, wind and geothermal power.

Turmoil at Trump casinos as Plaza shutdown nears

ATLANTIC CITY — Two Trump casinos in Atlantic City are in turmoil as the closing of Trump Plaza nears.

UMC fights report in employee pay lawsuit

University Medical Center attorneys are fighting a critical report on the hospital tied to a class-action lawsuit from employees seeking compensation for working during unpaid lunch breaks.

Suspended Browns WR to work for car dealership

Josh Gordon wants to get you in a two-door convertible today. A person familiar with his plans said the Browns’ suspended Pro Bowl wide receiver will work for a car dealership while serving his NFL punishment.

Literary Las Vegas: Donald A. Ozello

Las Vegas-based chiropractor Donald A. Ozello insists, “Running-associated injuries are preventable and manageable with smart training principles, proper warm-up, quality footwear, overall body conditioning, a thorough cool-down and intelligent nutritional and supplementation strategies.”

 
Dog rushed to hospital after eating 43 1/2 socks

The 3-year-old Great Dane was miserable and retching when its owners rushed him to a northwest Portland emergency animal hospital after he ate 43 1/2 socks.

 
Deadly albino cobra finally caught in SoCal

A deadly albino cobra that ran loose for days in a Southern California neighborhood has been captured.

Mom pleads guilty in abuse of 7-year-old son who died

A Las Vegas mother accused of allowing her 7-year-old son to be beaten to death has pleaded guilty to child abuse charges, and is expected to testify in the murder trial of the boy’s stepdad.

 
Northern Nevada steals limelight at clean-energy summit

The National Clean Energy Summit has been held in Las Vegas every year since Sen. Harry Reid launched it in 2008, but Northern Nevada stole much of the limelight at this year’s event with the $5 billion story of the day: Tesla’s decision to place its battery Gigafactory in the same Tahoe-Reno Industrial Center a biofuel plant will be built.