Veteran bull Bushwacker retiring after PBR World Finals

Eight-year-old Bushwacker, 1,750 pounds of bucking bull, is retiring this year and this week’s 2014 World Finals at the Thomas & Mack Center is the bull’s swansong.

Finkelstein helps UNLV women ace fall schedule

UNLV senior golfer Dana Finkelstein is off to her best start and leading the nationally ranked Rebels. That’s saying something; she earned second team All-American honors and won her second straight Mountain West Golfer of the Year award last season.

U.S. regulator targets lower down payments on mortgages

The regulator of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac said on Monday it was developing rules to let Americans buy homes with down payments as low as 3 percent, part of a push to boost access to credit.

Man gets prison time in tax scheme targeting vulnerable seniors

A Southern California man was sentenced to 15 months in federal prison Monday in a tax scheme that took advantage of 32 mentally or physically impaired seniors in the Las Vegas area.

Kingman boy killed in accident identified

Police have released the name of the 4-year-old boy who was killed Friday when he was run over by a pickup truck driven by his stepfather.

Woman saved from chimney, then arrested

A woman stuck in the chimney of a Southern California house has been rescued and arrested.

Report: F-1 chief wants to race down the Strip

Bernie Ecclestone, the czar of Formula One, is telling reporters in the Motherland that he is having discussions with people in Las Vegas about bringing the globetrotting auto racing circus back to town, for a race down the Strip.

Clark County taxi rates going up 8 percent

The Nevada Taxicab Authority on Monday approved an increase of just over 8 percent, boosting Clark County to the second highest rate in the nation among cities with a tourism-based economy.

 
Gloria Lee pleads guilty in pet shop arson

The woman accused in the Prince and Princess Pet Boutique fire pleaded guilty Monday to arson, insurance fraud and cruelty to animal charges.

Carson City Assemblyman Pete Livermore dies

Long-time capital businessman and elected official Pete Livermore died Monday at Carson-Tahoe Regional Medical Center. He was 73.

 
Girl at convenience store to buy gum killed in drive-by

Kansas City police are vowing to find those responsible for the shooting death of a 6-year-old girl who had stopped at a convenience store with her dad to buy bubblegum.

Man fends off shark with fist, surfboard

A man surfing with his three young sons used his fist and surfboard to fend off a shark attack in waters off Maui that were rough and murky from a hurricane that churned passed Hawaii over the weekend.

Pro leagues, NCAA move to stop N.J. sports betting

NEWARK, N.J. — The four major professional sports leagues and the NCAA filed papers in court Monday to stop New Jersey’s plan to allow legal sports betting beginning this weekend, when gamblers could become the first in the nation outside Nevada to wager on single games.

Sad news from Carson City

Three lawmakers who served in the 2013 Legislature have died in the months since: Peggy Pierce, Joe Hogan and, today, Pete Livermore.

Soccer player dies after goal celebration goes wrong

A 23-year-old Indian footballer has died from severe spinal cord damage after attempting to celebrate a goal with a somersault, an official told Reuters on Monday.

 
‘American Idol’ alum Joanne Borgella dies

Singer and model Joanne Borgella, who was a contestant on “American Idol” in 2008, died Saturday after battling cancer, according to a Facebook post from her family. She was 32.

Suspect in abduction of UVA student charged in 2005 rape

A man charged with the abduction of a University of Virginia student has been indicted in suburban Washington, D.C., with a 2005 rape, abduction and attempted capital murder.

 
Monitoring ends for dozens on Ebola watch lists

Weeks of worry about Ebola infection ended on Monday for several dozen people who came off watch lists in the United States, but more than 260 others were still being monitored for symptoms.

Second royal baby due in April

The second child of Britain’s Prince William and his wife Kate is due to be born in April, his office announced on Monday.

Swimming pools, girls in bikinis latest golf hazards

This was believed to be the first time that swimming pools had flanked fairways and greens at a PGA event. Golf and swimming pools go back a long way, however. At least back to 1980 in the movies.

 
Police: Ind. suspect’s victims could go back 20 years

Police investigating the slayings of seven northwestern Indiana women whose bodies were found over the weekend said Monday it could be the work of a serial killer, and that the suspect has told them his victims might go back 20 years.

Nevada teacher killed in school shooting honored

A Nevada middle school teacher has posthumously been awarded a rare Air Force medal for bravery, a year after he was killed while trying to protect children during a schoolyard shooting.

Former Palms employee sentenced in betting scheme

A former Palms race and sports employee was sentenced to three years probation Monday in a scheme that defrauded the resort of $800,000.

Utah mom accused of killing 6 babies appears in court

A Utah judge will get his first chance in December to hear the evidence against a woman accused of killing six of her seven newborns and storing all of their bodies in her garage.

Self-worth comes from loving, being loved

Self-esteem. Self-worth. How do human beings come to feel worthwhile? Or, to risk living as if they are worthy, even if they do not yet feel themselves to be?

Also-rans wreck Kyle Busch’s NASCAR title hopes

The Washington Nationals tied for the best record in baseball this year, and they’re out of the playoffs, too — but at least they were knocked out by another playoff team.