TheCenter helps UNLV athletes tap their potential

Musiette McKinney helps local athletes at The Center for Academic Enrichment and Outreach at UNLV. She searches out high school students and helps them with a wide range of educational services.

 
Scientists examine ‘big, beautiful’ colossal squid

It was a calm morning in Antarctica’s remote Ross Sea when Capt. John Bennett and his crew hauled up a creature with tentacles like fire hoses and eyes like dinner plates from a mile below the surface.

Stadium crowd relies on optimistic attendance projections

An estimated 100 fans in blue “MLS2LV” T-shirts turned out at a Sept. 3 City Council meeting to support a controversial plan to build a $200 million Major League Soccer stadium downtown.

EDITORIAL: Unelected arbitrator gets final say on UMC

If it weren’t already obvious that Nevada taxpayers and their elected stewards are powerless to rein in growing public employee compensation costs — far and away the largest expense of local government — an arbitrator ended all doubt last week.

House passes Northern Nevada land bills

The House passed a collection of Northern Nevada land bills on Monday that would create nearly 73,500 acres of new wilderness in the state while making more than 23,000 acres available for economic development in a rural counties.

Big new building a sign of hope for Vegas market

When developer Prologis breaks ground Tuesday morning on its 464,203-square-foot Las Vegas Corporate Center No. 19, it will be the first time since the recession that a large-scale, speculative building has been attempted in the local market.

Understanding chronic pain

Imagine suffering from something that your doctor, loved ones, or co-workers cannot see, feel or touch. It can be difficult to understand and even feel compassion for. Yet, for nearly 100 million Americans, chronic pain is a daily struggle on the inside, while the person appears fine on the outside.

Eagles beat Colts on late FG

Nick Foles threw a tying touchdown pass with 3:25 to go, and then set up Cody Parkey for the winning 36-yard field goal as time expired, lifting Philadelphia to a 30-27 win at the Indianapolis Colts.

BOYS SOCCER: Kramer, Mustangs nip Bengals

Nathan Kramer scored the winning goal with 10 minutes left in the match Monday to lift Shadow Ridge’s boys soccer team to a 3-2 win at Bonanza.

Appeals court needed to speed up justice, panel says

Nevada needs an appeals court before its legal system can graduate from the “horse and buggy” era, a panel of experts said Monday.

TENNIS: Doubles teams help Green Valley girls beat Coronado

The doubles teams of Elle Johnsong and Rethika Kumar, and Megan Madrid and Olivia Nhaisi each went 3-0 on Monday to help Green Valley’s girls tennis team to an 11-7 win over visiting Coronado.

Test cheat allegations at Vegas school still unresolved

State Superintendent of Public Schools Dale Erquiaga said five months ago that “student answer sheets were altered by one or more adults,” in test cheating at Kelly Elementary School, but the battle still rages over evidence that might support the allegation.

Hauck: Eddie Shore has left the building

UNLV football coach says old-time hockey, old-time defensive stats are a thing of the past.

 
National Guard soldiers attend deployment ceremony

About 30 Nevada National Guard soldiers in the 72nd Military Police Company participated in a deployment ceremony Monday, Sept. 15, 2014, at the Orleans.

African tourism hit hard by Ebola scare

Ebola is thousands of miles away from Kenya’s pristine Indian Ocean beaches, but the deadly disease appears to be discouraging tourism there and elsewhere in this vast continent.

Congressman break ups with fiancee on Facebook

South Carolina U.S. congressman Mark Sanford and his ex-wife have agreed to go to mediation over the latest spat arising from their divorce in 2010. And Sanford’s fiancee learned in a Facebook post by him that he was breaking off their engagement.

Phillies closer Papelbon suspended for lewd gesture

Philadelphia Phillies closer Jonathan Papelbon has been suspended seven games and fined by Major League Baseball for making a lewd gesture and then bumping an umpire.

Devante Davis preparing for ‘home game’

UNLV star wide receiver Devante Davis returns to his hometown of Houston to play the Cougars. He wanted to play for Houston, but wasn’t recruited by that school.

Prosecutor: Vegas urologist endangered patients

Jury selection began Monday morning in the federal trial of a Las Vegas-area urologist charged in a scheme to reuse needle guides meant for single use in prostate procedures.

Arlovski erases bad memory with KO

After a boring return to the UFC, former heavyweight champ Andrei Arlovski bounced back with a first-round knockout of Antonio “Bigfoot” Silva in Brazil on Saturday.

 
Reno incident prompts science demo scrutiny

A federal agency on Monday urged museums and schools to stop using methanol and other flammable chemicals in their fire-based science demonstrations in light of a flash fire that injured 13 people, most of them children, at a Reno museum earlier this month.

Peterson accused of injuring another son

Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson, who is facing charges in Texas for child abuse in an incident involving a 4-year-old son, has been accused in a separate incident involving another 4-year-old son, KHOU-TV in Houston reported Monday.

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