6 cowboys poised to repeat as world champs at NFR

Entering the 57th National Finals Rodeo, which opens its 31st annual 10-day run in Las Vegas today at the Thomas & Mack Center, six reigning world champions are poised to repeat as champs this year.

Boulder City reverses course, refers case of former animal control supervisor to DA

Boulder City officials have reversed course, saying they will submit previously dismissed information from a criminal investigation of the city’s former animal control supervisor to the Clark County District Attorney’s office for review.

Rollover cleared on northbound US 95 near Charleston

A single-vehicle rollover accident that caused delays on northbound U.S. Highway 95 near Charleston Boulevard on Thursday morning has been cleared.

Uber is trying to make it easier to find your driver

How many times have you rushed into an Uber and realized it’s not yours? Or worse, tried to get into a car that’s not even an Uber.

NCAA upholds Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim’s 9-game suspension

Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim will begin serving a nine-game suspension immediately after the NCAA ended a review lasting nearly eight months and upheld the punishment with modifications on Thursday.

‘Rose Quartz’ and ‘Serenity’ named colors of the year

Serenity, now. That’s the message from Pantone, the color experts, which named “Serenity,” a kind of baby blue, one of its two colors of the year for 2016. The other is Rose Quartz, a dusty pink.

 
Mountain Dew is bringing back grape-flavored Pitch Black

Keeping with the trend of bringing back retro sodas like Coca-Cola’s Surge and Crystal Pepsi, fans of Mountain Dew now have something to celebrate as the company announced this week they will be re-releasing Pitch Black.

 
Pamela Anderson will be centerfold for Playboy’s last nude issue

Pamela Anderson is the last person to pose nude for Playboy magazine, closing a more than 60-year tradition that has seen women ranging from Madonna to Kim Kardashian and Cindy Crawford strip off for the glossy men’s publication.

Lawyer’s poke at Hardesty falls flat

When wealthy Las Vegas attorney Robert Eglet presented an education seminar to more than 200 attorneys and judges and put up a slide showing mug shots of Nevada Supreme Court Chief Justice James Hardesty and mobster Al Capone side by side, some laughed. Others didn’t.

Woman throws drink at child with Down syndrome at Taco Bell

A 69-year-old Michigan woman could face assault and battery charges after she dumped her beverage on a boy with Down syndrome at a Taco Bell restaurant, ABC reports.

Handcrafted beer festival on tap

Locally and regionally produced beers will be showcased in the Brew’s Best Handcrafted Beer Festival from 1 to 6 p.m. Saturday at Town Square, 6605 Las Vegas Blvd. South. Tickets are $30 and can be obtained by visiting brewsbestlv.com. …

Swiss police arrest 2 top soccer officials in FIFA corruption scandal

Swiss police arrested the two top soccer bosses in the Americas on Thursday on suspicion of taking millions of dollars in bribes linked to television rights, widening a graft probe into world soccer’s governing body.

Appeals court clears NYC’s ‘Cannibal Cop’ of all charges

New York’s so-called “Cannibal Cop” was cleared of all charges by a divided U.S. appeals court on Thursday, more than two years after a jury convicted him of plotting to kill and eat women.

Man killed in Wednesday shooting near McCarran ID’d

The man who died Wednesday night after an apartment-complex shooting near McCarran International Airport was identified by the coroner’s office Thursday.

Oscar Pistorius found guilty of murder, could get 15 years in prison

South Africa’s “Blade Runner” Oscar Pistorius was found guilty on Thursday of murdering his girlfriend, in an appeal court ruling that could see him sent back to prison for at least 15 years.

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