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LEFTOVERS: M.I.A. tries to beat rap in NFL flap

It was probably lost in the shuffle of Madonna’s performance at Super Bowl XLVI in 2012, but female rap artist and singer M.I.A. apparently ticked off the NFL by flipping everyone the bird during the halftime show.

UNLV football tailgating rules relaxed

Students will now be allowed to enter the tailgate area with their student IDs. The fee for students to enter the area was dropped to $10 per vehicle, but non-students will still have to pay $20 per vehicle. Last year, the fee was $40 per car.

Las Vegas veteran, 87, recalls POW days at Nellis ceremony

Ray Hamman of Las Vegas, who said he doesn’t consider himself a war hero, was among those recognized at Friday’s POW-MIA Day ceremony at Freedom Park on Nellis Air Force Base.

Fleeing suspect falls through apartment ceiling

A burglar who tried to break into an ATM at a bank in San Francisco was arrested Friday after he hopped onto the roof of a nearby building to escape and fell into an apartment, police said.

 
‘I felt him breathe’: Escape from the Navy Yard

The first bang sounded distant and muffled. On the fourth floor, Bertillia Lavern assumed somebody downstairs was setting up for an event and had dropped a folding table.

Five times the diapers: Quints come home to Las Vegas

Newborn quintuplets headed to Summerlin Hospital in Las Vegas on Friday as their grateful parents got ready to take care of a family of 11.

 
Pennsylvania town seeks to fire police chief in gun videos

Town officials said Thursday they intend to fire a police chief suspended after he posted online videos of himself shooting automatic weapons and going on profanity-laced tirades about liberals and the Second Amendment.

 
Pope blasts abortion after decrying focus on rules

Pope Francis offered an olive branch of sorts to the doctrine-minded, conservative wing of the Catholic Church on Friday as he denounced abortions as a symptom of today’s “throw-away culture” and encouraged Catholic doctors to refuse to perform them.

 
Scheme to snag iPhones leads to chaos in Calif.

An overnight campout for the new iPhone turned chaotic Friday morning when two men were arrested for fighting outside an Apple Store and a man’s plan to hire homeless people to wait in line for the coveted devices backfired, authorities said.

 
House guts funding for Obamacare, sets up showdown

Charting a collision course with the White House, the Republican-controlled House approved legislation Friday to wipe out President Barack Obama’s health care program, and simultaneously prevent a partial government shutdown.