Suspect in child sex case wore Star Wars costume

A 60-year-old suburban Detroit man has been arrested in a Star Wars costume after meeting with police officers who posed online as a child.

Thanks for playing, Mississippi

Thanks for checking in, Mississippi. The Rebels dropped from being in the College Football Playoff at No. 4 last week to way outside of it at No. 11 with a home loss to Auburn.

‘Timid’ Wolves come on late, beat Wildcats

In the eyes of Basic girls volleyball coach Robin Wood, Tuesday’s first-round match in the Sunrise Region tournament was way too close for comfort.

Elderly man struck in crosswalk in Chinatown

An elderly man was clinging to life Tuesday after a car struck him in a crosswalk in Chinatown, Las Vegas police said.

Demos buck trend in Clark County races

The Republican tide that swept across the nation and much of Nevada failed to catch on Tuesday in Clark County, where three Democratic county commissioners and all other county elected officials appeared to be heading toward re-election over any GOP challengers.

Republicans grab U.S. Senate from Reid

Republicans grabbed the keys from Sen. Harry Reid on Tuesday as they swept into control of the U.S. Senate.

Bay State voters choose to preserve fledgling casino industry

Massachusetts voters saved the state’s fledgling casino industry Tuesday by overwhelming rejecting a ballot referendum that would have tossed a three-year-old gaming law.

Henderson council OKs Sage Mountain deal

The Henderson City Council on Tuesday approved a $25 million like-value land swap with developers behind the Sage Mountain Ranch proposal that city officials and nearby residents said was too close to the Henderson Executive Airport.

Is staying home the best trip of all?

Pico Iyer has spent the past several decades on the move, incessantly hopping from one far-flung destination — Ethiopia, Morocco, Indonesia — to another. But the globetrotting travel writer is now convinced the most exciting place to go is nowhere at all.

World Series drama, Nintendo-style

Royals-Giants bottom of the ninth gets recreated using old video game technology.

Woman pleads guilty in tax fraud case

A Las Vegas woman pleaded guilty Tuesday in a scheme to obtain $307,231 in phony tax refunds from the IRS.

Las Vegas builder stages comeback with affordable homes

Signature Homes, a 40-year-old local builder that stopped building single-family homes in the downturn, is relaunching its single-family operation with Solana Terrace, a community of about 50 homes in the northeast near Las Vegas and Nellis boulevards.

Oregon cracks top 4 in College Football Playoff rankings

Mississippi State, Florida State and Auburn have held their spots in the second College Football Playoff rankings, with Oregon joining them in the top four.

 
Polls quiet as Election Day turnout lags

It’s been a mostly quiet Election Day across Clark County. More than 34,000 registered voters had cast a ballot by 10:30 a.m., right about in line with the lackluster mid-morning voter tallies seen in past midterm elections.

Recycling deal announced as SEMA revs up

Two companies exhibiting at this year’s Specialty Equipment Market Association trade show figure there’s still some mileage left on tires well after they’ve been removed from their cars.

Rams could be shut out

Colorado State is the Mountain West’s best hope to make a top bowl, except that the Rams might not qualify.

‘Dancing’ tour coming to The Venetian

Mark Ballas and Witney Carson are the first performers announced for “Dancing with the Stars Live.”

NASCAR hands crew chiefs, members penalties for post-race fight

NASCAR Sprint Cup drivers Jeff Gordon, Kevin Harvick and Brad Keselowski avoided fines after a fight on pit row Sunday at the AAA Texas 500, but their crew chiefs and crew members received penalties on Tuesday resulting from the brawl at Texas Motor Speedway.

More of us, less of them: Decline of wild animals

The extraction of “unconventional” fossil fuels, whether through fracking, deep-water drilling or the unimaginable waste of Canadian tar sands, has provided much of the motivation in my personal life to methodically reduce our family’s CO2 footprint. Since the baseline year of 2000, we have managed to reduce our contribution to greenhouse gasses by approximately 90 percent.

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