Betting NFL preseason games is not insane

Six months after Super Bowl 50, it’s time to do this again. It’s time to bet football and sweat the results, starting with the Colts-Packers Hall of Fame game Sunday.

Bill Foley again asks for fans’ patience on NHL team name

Las Vegas NHL team owner Bill Foley said progress is being made on finding a name and a logo for his expansion franchise and it’s down to four names, with the plan to unveil it in late September or early October.

An insider’s guide to tipping etiquette

If you always have a hard time figuring out how much to tip your manicurist, the hotel valet or housekeeping, take a cue from these tipping “insiders” and utilize this cheat sheet.

Las Vegans benefit from brighter job market

The Review-Journal talked to three Nevadans who got jobs this year in order to get a snapshot of some of those benefiting from the economic recovery.

51s’ offense struggles again in loss to Fresno

The 51s’ bats, reliable all season, have begun to swelter in the summer heat. It cost them again Friday night in a 3-2 loss to the Fresno Grizzlies at Cashman Field.

1st black woman to earn college degree in Nevada dies at 86

Nevada’s two major universities are mourning the loss of the first black woman to earn a college degree in the state at a time when most of the nation was still segregated.

Nevada Secretary of State launches mock voting website

Nevada Secretary of State Barbara Cegavske has launched a new website that lets students too young learn about the election process and cast mock votes.

 
Fire hits bar in French city, at least 13 dead

A fire swept through a Friday night birthday party at a bar in the Normandy city of Rouen, killing at least 13 people and injuring six others, French authorities said.

Jubilant ceremony officially opens 2016 Rio Olympics —PHOTOS

With fireworks forming the word “Rio” in the sky and supermodel Gisele Bundchen shimmering to the tune of “The Girl from Ipanema,” Rio de Janiero jubilantly welcomed the world Friday to the first Olympic Games in South America.

Solid US hiring in July added 255,000 jobs and lifted pay

A second straight month of robust hiring — 255,000 jobs added in July — pointed to employer confidence that suggested that the economy is powering through a slump that struck early this year.

Donald Trump, looking to right campaign ship, endorses Paul Ryan, senators

Republican Donald Trump took steps to steer his White House campaign back into favor with his party establishment on Friday by endorsing U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Paul Ryan and two Republican senators seeking re-election, after expressing coolness toward them earlier this week.

Metro arrests robbery suspect after car crash near Las Vegas Strip

Westbound lanes of Sands Avenue near the Strip were reopened Friday morning, but Las Vegas police are still investigating a car crash involving an armed robbery suspect.

 
Calmer heads prevail as Conor McGregor and Nate Diaz discuss rematch

Absent were the typical heated and profanity-laced exchanges that typify most meetings between Conor McGregor and Nate Diaz when the UFC stars engaged in a media conference call Friday afternoon to promote their rematch at UFC 202.

6 myths about credit cards — busted

Many cardholders hold false beliefs about how these pieces of plastic work. Here are six credit card myths, debunked.

October Taj Mahal closing may sway NJ casino expansion vote

The closure of Atlantic City’s Trump Taj Mahal casino, planned for Oct. 10, may help bolster the arguments of both sides in a referendum over putting casinos in northern New Jersey.

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