BATTLE MOUNTAIN — A man who says he intends to run for the seat held by U.S. Sen. Harry Reid has been arrested in Lander County.
LOS ANGELES — Michael Jackson’s doctor has agreed to surrender to authorities today to face a criminal case stemming from the singer’s death, his lawyer said Thursday.
If he were to get a dollar for every question about steroids he’ll be asked between now and his May 1 fight against Floyd Mayweather Jr., Shane Mosley figures, he wouldn’t need to climb into the MGM Grand Garden ring to collect his reported $15 million purse.
Five-time NHRA season champion Jeg Coughlin Jr. is eager to get back in his Pro Stock hot rod when the drag racing season opens today with the Pro Stock Showdown at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
HOT SPRINGS, Ark. — The stage is set for the first ladies of racing. Now all Rachel Alexandra and Zenyatta have to do is show up.
Most inexperienced basketball teams take time to mesh and learn how to finish games strong.
The success of the Ultimate Fighting Championship has been built largely on the brash, outspoken style of its president, Dana White. Now one of the organization’s top middleweight contenders is trying to build his career in much the same way. Chael Sonnen will meet Nate Marquardt in a featured bout on the UFC 109 card at Mandalay Bay on Saturday night, a fight that will determine the next challenger for the middleweight title that Anderson Silva will defend against Vitor Belfort in April.
As far as coach-quarterback combinations go, only a couple in the NFL inspire belief in bettors more than Sean Payton and Drew Brees. Who imagined the New Orleans Saints would be considered cutting edge and hip?
After an exceptional career at UNLV and a seven-year stint in the NBA that ended in 1984, Robert Smith never left basketball. The former point guard played in the Continental Basketball Association and in France, coached at all levels from youth to college and spent a lot of time in local rec centers teaching fundamentals.
For the first time during prerace introductions at a Sprint Cup race in Las Vegas, Jeff Gordon might not draw the most boos.
Trailing conference-leading Idaho 4-0 after two periods, the last-place Wranglers appeared doomed to another disheartening defeat Thursday night.
The woman convicted of first-degree murder for causing a fatal head injury to her 7-month-old foster son in 2006 was sentenced to 20 to 50 years in prison Thursday.
Daniel Miramontes never got over his younger brother’s death. “It haunted him,” mother Brenda Miramontes said. “He could not let go.”
Jordan Haar’s eye is still black and swollen a week after he was robbed and beaten while walking home from a Shadow Ridge High School basketball game.
A Southern California man has been arrested in connection with the death of a 7-month-old baby north of Lake Havasu City, Ariz. more than two years ago.
North Las Vegas Municipal Court Judge Warren VanLandschoot says he shares the safety concerns of some prosecutors who work at his courthouse. He’s just not sure he can help them now.
The city of North Las Vegas couldn’t avoid the word any longer: layoffs. The financially strapped city announced Thursday it might have to cut 273 jobs, beginning as soon as March, to save the additional $33.4 million it needs to make it through fiscal year 2011.
Flamingo headliner George Wallace is alive and well and cracking jokes about his demise.
Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman’s critical remarks about President Barack Obama drew heat from Las Vegas residents Thursday night and prompted the mayor to storm out of a meeting.
Chrissy Mazzeo’s attorney will depose Gov. Jim Gibbons today at the federal courthouse in downtown Las Vegas instead of at his own law offices.
What we’ve got Saturday at Mandalay Bay is a big fight between old friends. Las Vegan Randy Couture, 46, takes on Vegas-trained Mark Coleman, 45.
CARSON CITY — The Nevada Mining Association is in talks with Gov. Jim Gibbons on helping to plug the state’s $880 million budget shortfall, administration officials said Thursday.
A man was killed Thursday when his motorcycle collided with a 2006 Honda Accord, North Las Vegas police said.
Vanity at the Hard Rock Hotel was built with the clubgoer in mind.
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