Some fish stories turn into science experiments

A rumor captured my interest early this week when I heard someone talking about an angler who had reeled in a 48-pound striper from the cool waters of Lake Mead’s uppermost basin.

Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson proves he’s a better actor than golfer

Social media was abuzz last week with reports about the prodigious drive of actor Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson at Bali Hai Golf Club, where he was filming an episode of his HBO series “Ballers.”

 
Bob Dylan to receive Nobel Prize this weekend in Stockholm

Nobel literature prize laureate Bob Dylan will meet with members of the Swedish Academy during a weekend visit to Stockholm and they will hand over his Nobel diploma and medal, the academy said Wednesday

Python swallows Indonesian man

A 25-year-old Indonesian man has been swallowed whole by a python on the island of Sulawesi, villagers and news reports said.

 
Woman arrested after driving vehicle into US Capitol Police cruiser

A 20-year-old woman described as “erratic and aggressive” drove a vehicle into a U.S. Capitol Police cruiser and was taken into custody Wednesday morning, a disruption that closed down streets near the Capitol for nearly three hours.

Recording registry spans Judy Garland to N.W.A. to Vin Scully

First it became the basis for an Oscar-nominated movie. Now, “Straight Outta Compton” — the groundbreaking album from rap group N.W.A. and a one-time flashpoint in the nation’s culture wars — has been selected for the prestigious National Recording Registry. Plenty of standards are joining the registry too, including Judy Garland’s version of “Over the Rainbow,” the Eagles’ 1976 greatest-hits collection and Don MacLean’s elliptical 1971 folk song “American Pie.”

Fire at Checkers confined to grill

Nobody was hurt after a grill caught fire at a fast food restaurant in the central Las Vegas Valley Wednesday morning.

 
Spiders could eat every human in 1 year and still be hungry

The world’s spiders consume somewhere between 400 million and 800 million tons of prey a year. That means that spiders eat at least as much meat as all 7 billion humans on the planet.

3 storm chasers die in West Texas crash

Three storm chasers were killed when their vehicles collided at a rural crossroads during severe West Texas storms on Tuesday.

GIRLS TRACK: Gorman defeats Desert Oasis

Devyn Rosenbverg and Gwenavere Bobowicz each won two individual events and ran on the winning 400-meter relay team Tuesday to lead Bishop Gorman’s girls track team to an 87-54 home win over Desert Oasis.

SOFTBALL: Tech blanks Mojave in five innings

Gizele Cascos fired a one-hitter and singled, tripled and drove in two runs to lead Tech’s softball to a 10-0 five-inning rout of host Mojave on Tuesday.

VOLLEYBALL: Centennial rallies to take down Palo Verde in five sets

Kade Frischknecht had 23 kills, 11 digs and three aces, and Sam Belnap recorded 43 assists and 11 digs as Centennial’s boys volleyball team came back from a two-set deficit to stun host Palo Verde 20-25, 24-26, 25-22, 25-20, 18-16 on Tuesday.

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