Silva has good cry, last laugh over Diaz at UFC 183

Nick Diaz posed, talked trash and taunted Anderson Silva from the opening bell of their UFC 183 main event bout Saturday night at the MGM Grand Garden.

Super Bowl opinion poll

Super Bowl XLIX between the New England Patriots and Seattle Seahawks is a pick’em game, and the total is 48. A survey of opinions from Las Vegas Review-Journal staff members, other media, oddsmakers and professional handicappers:

UNLV beats Air Force with 74-63 win

A 74-63 victory over Air Force on Saturday night before 13,137 at the Thomas & Mack Center was another illustration of how coach Dave Rice’s new players are starting to figure things out.

New Rebels had lesson to learn in Air Force game

UNLV keeps the turnovers to a minimum — just five — and shoots well enough against Air Force’s 3-2 zone defense to win their third straight Mountain West game, 74-63.

 
Whitney Houston’s daughter revived after found unresponsive in bathtub

Bobbi Kristina Brown, the only daughter of the late pop star Whitney Houston and singer Bobby Brown, was found unresponsive in a bathtub at her Georgia home on Saturday, but she was revived and rushed to a hospital, police said.

Mavericks Rajon Rondo suffers head injury during Magic game

Dallas Mavericks point guard Rajon Rondo left Saturday’s game against the Orlando Magic because of a head injury in the first quarter and will be re-evaluated when the Mavericks return home, the team announced.

 
Here are the 2015 Sundance Film Fest winners

“Me and Earl and the Dying Girl,” Alfonso Gomez-Rejon’s visually inventive comedy-drama about the friendship between a misfit teenager and a classmate diagnosed with leukemia, received both the grand jury prize and the audience award at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival on Saturday night.

Seniors learn how to live better, healthier lives at Vegas expo

Thousands of people on Saturday attended the Successful Aging Expo Las Vegas at Cashman Center put on by the Las Vegas Review-Journal to learn about topics relevant to the senior community.

Habitat for Humanity building 100th home in Las Vegas

When volunteer Joanne Langston-Hendrickson’s faucet started leaking in her Las Vegas home, a friend told her to visit a Habitat for Humanity ReStore, a nonprofit home improvement store. Her decision to do so resulted in more than just a new sink.

Vegas celebrates drop-in center for homeless youth expansion

Las Vegas’ drop-in center for homeless youth elebrated its expansion Saturday with several hundred attendees, including clients, partner agencies and community members.

 
Japanese hostage purportedly beheaded wanted to tell ISIS’ story

Kenji Goto had every reason to stay home in Japan. A successful career. An adoring mother. A loving wife. A pair of young daughters, one of them just 3-weeks old. Yet, in his mind, he had to go into war-torn Syria.

Nevada assemblyman confirms Metro probe in attempted extortion

Republican Assemblyman Chris Edwards confirmed Saturday that Las Vegas police are investigating allegations of attempted extortion in exchange for his vote for Assembly speaker.

5 of the best Super Bowl ads in history

Every once in a while, brands strike gold with their Super Bowl ads. Here are some of the best.

New study ranks Nevada crater among world’s largest

About 382 million years before Las Vegas sports books perfected the prop bet, a meteor crashed down on what is now Nevada, leaving behind a bowl-shaped crater nearly large enough to swallow Clark County.

Nevada tax hike proposals upset smokers, ‘vapers’

Smokers would pay more under Gov. Brian Sandoval’s proposal to increase cigarette taxes while those who get their nicotine fix from flavored concoctions inhaled through battery-powered devices could see new levies and restrictions on “vaping.”

 
Disney to introduce first Latina princess

Princess Elena of Avalor, who will debut next year on Disney Junior’s “Sofia the First,” according to the company, appears to represent a commitment to diversity — which also happens to be a smart business strategy in a country with a burgeoning Latino population.

Las Vegas Curve makes a comeback

If you’re looking for the epicenter of the Las Vegas Valley’s housing earthquake, consider the 5-mile stretch of the 215 Beltway from Rainbow Boulevard to Tropicana Avenue that real estate locals call “the curve.”

5 of the worst Super Bowl ads in history

Some Super Bowl ads knock it out of the park. Most are just OK. And a few are wildly bad. Here are the worst of the worst.

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