2014-15 Basketball State Tournament Glances

Follow the link for the schedule and results (when available) for the boys and girls basketball state tournaments.

Nance, Wyoming feel UNLV’s pain

In the middle of a promising season, Larry Nance Jr. reinforced his worth by disappearing. A mild case of mononucleosis shut him down, doing what no defense could do.

 
Putin critic gunned down in Moscow

Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov was shot and killed Friday night in central Moscow, the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation said in a statement Saturday, prompting immediate speculation from fellow opposition figures that the killing was targeted.

UFC 184 matchups

A breakdown of the fights on the main card of UFC 184 today at Staples Center in Los Angeles:

 
Aaron Hernandez sent urgent text to friend on night of murder

Former National Football League star Aaron Hernandez texted a friend to “hurry” in the hours before prosecutors say the pair and another man murdered an associate in an industrial park in 2013, according to testimony on Friday.

UNLV loses Mountain West baseball opener at Fresno State, 10-5

Manny Argomaniz hit a three-run homer and Austin Guibor a solo shot in the first inning Friday in leading Fresno State to a 10-5 win over UNLV in the Rebels’ Mountain West baseball opener in Fresno, Calif.

Northeast valley toddler injured in accidental shooting

A toddler wounded in what appears to be an accidental shooting in the northeast valley on Friday night is expected to survive, Las Vegas police said.

Woman knocked unconscious in drive-by egg-throwing attack

Seattle police searched on Friday for a vandal who hurled an egg at a woman standing outside a local bar, striking her in the head and knocking her unconscious in an apparently random drive-by attack, officials said.

It’s still summer in these 5 hot spots

For people living in North America, it’s been an especially brutal winter. The first day of spring — March 20 — can’t come too soon.

 
Israeli competition challenges safe-cracking skills of 4 Clark County school teams

Call them either Bycraft’s Five or a reincarnation of the Hole in the Wall gang, but a team of four juniors and one senior from Green Valley High School are ready to crack some safes. Science teacher Mike Bycraft and members of the Henderson school’s engineering club are headed to Israel in March to compete in an international safe-cracking competition. Three other Clark County schools are also participating.

Women’s MMA makes leap with top two fights on UFC 184

LOS ANGELES — Of all the things women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey has accomplished during her short time in the Ultimate Fighting Championship, tonight’s event might represent her most implausible achievement.

Stillpoint offers a place to turn down the noise

Stillpoint Center for Spiritual Development offers people of all — or no — religious persuasions a place to expand their prayer life and explore spirituality in its many interpretations away from the interference and distractions of everyday life.

Iran hacked Sands operations, U.S. official says

It’s been a year since American billionaire Sheldon Adelson’s casino company was hacked. Now the blame is officially being placed on Iran.

 
Senate passes temporary fix to avoid Homeland Security shutdown

The U.S. House of Representatives gave final approval on Friday to a one-week stopgap spending bill for the domestic security agency, averting a partial shutdown with just hours to spare before a midnight deadline.

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