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Junior Dos Santos reacts after knocking out Mark Hunt in the third round of a UFC 160 mixed martial arts heavyweight bout,  Saturday, May 25, 2013, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)

Cain stops Bigfoot in 1st round, defends UFC title

Cain Velasquez finished his UFC heavyweight title defense in just 81 merciless seconds. Junior Dos Santos waited until the last minute to end his own bout in spectacular fashion. The UFC's top two heavyweights both arrived at the same place, however. They're headed for a third fight before the end ...

Kyle Busch (54) drives along the front stretch during the NASCAR Nationwide Series auto race at the Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, N.C., Saturday, May 25, 2013. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)

Kyle Busch wins Nationwide race at Charlotte

Kyle Busch has shown repeatedly he can win at Charlotte Motor Speedway on the Nationwide and Truck series. The question remains whether he can capture that elusive first Sprint Cup victory. Busch dominated Saturday, racing to his sixth Nationwide Series victory of the season and record seventh career win at ...

A tourist takes a photo at the Neon Museum in Las Vegas on Friday, May 24, 2013. For the past six months, visitors have had to squint up at the hulking metal forms through the desert sun. On Friday, the museum unveiled nighttime hours. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)

Museum starts night tours of signs from Vegas past

The junked signs that attracted throngs to old Las Vegas have for years gathered dust in a neon boneyard just a few miles from the sleek mega-casinos on the Strip. This Memorial Day weekend, the hulking metal come-ons are once again glinting and shimmering at night. The Neon Museum, where ...

Albuquerque officer involved in fatal crash fired

The Albuquerque police officer facing criminal charges for a February crash that killed a 21-year-old woman has been fired, Police Chief Ray Schultz said Friday. Schultz said Sgt. Adam Casaus was terminated after an internal probe found he violated several sections of department protocol in the late-night accident. The Bernalillo ...

Nevada Assemblyman David Bobzien, D-Reno, speaks on the Assembly floor at the Legislative Building in Carson City, Nev., on Friday, May 24, 2013. Bobzien urged lawmakers to support a plan to withdraw Nevada's threat to leave the Tahoe Compact with California. The Assembly approved the measure 40-1. (AP Photo/Cathleen Allison)

Nevada withdraws threat to leave Tahoe Compact

Nevada lawmakers agreed Friday to withdraw the state's threat to pull out of the Tahoe Compact with California. The Assembly voted 40-1 to pass SB229 which repeals a law passed by the 2011 Legislature that paved the way for Nevada to exit the Tahoe Compact created in the late 1960s ...

Damage reported from magnitude-5.7 quake in Calif.

Residents in rural northeastern California assessed damage to their homes and businesses Friday from a magnitude-5.7 earthquake, one of the strongest temblors to hit the densely forested region in decades. The quake centered near Greenville downed chimneys and sent items tumbling from grocery store shelves when it hit shortly before ...

FILE - In this March 17, 2005 file photo, former Oakland Athletic and Texas Ranger baseball player Jose Canseco testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, to examine the use of steroids in baseball. Las Vegas police are investigating a woman's allegations that Canseco sexually assaulted her, according to officials Wednesday, May 22, 2013.  (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, file)

Jose Canseco denies sexual assault allegation

Former baseball slugger Jose Canseco denied a woman's claim that he sexually assaulted her, calling the allegations in Nevada "laughable" before playing in an independent league game in Texas on Thursday. The 48-year-old former rookie of the year with the Oakland A's said he was prepared to take a polygraph ...

Bills seeks $2M for Teach for America

Gov. Brian Sandoval's proposal to allocate $2 million to Teach for America has new life in the Nevada Senate. SB517 was introduced Thursday and referred to the Senate Finance Committee, where the proposal was stalled earlier by partisan divide when it was considered as part of the governor's K-12 education ...

Prosecutor: IPad theft defendants ambushed victim

Two men accused of killing a high school freshman who refused to let go of his iPad were like wild animals ambushing a weak victim, a prosecutor said Thursday. Michael Samual Solid and Jacob "Jake" Dismont stood in shackles before a judge as Chief Deputy Clark County District Attorney Robert ...

Ex-chairman of Moapa Band of Paiutes Meyers dies

Calvin Meyers, the former chairman of the Moapa Band of Paiutes and outspoken opponent of building a nuclear waste dump at Yucca Mountain north of Las Vegas, has died. He was 57. Friends told the Las Vegas Review-Journal (http://tinyurl.com/ot4cj9v ) Meyers was buried Saturday with a traditional service in the ...

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