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Archive for April 12, 2014

Ibanez’s homer forces extra innings, but Angels end up falling to Mets: By Joe Resnick, Associated Press; Anthony Recker led off the 13th inning with a home run against rookie Matt Shoemaker and also had a two-run single, leading the New York Mets to a 7-6 victory over the Los Angeles Angels ...; 11:10 p.m.

51s score just one run, still beat Fresno in extras: By Las Vegas Sun Staff; After nine scoreless innings for both teams, Kirk Nieuwenhuis’ solo home run to start the 10th inning today lifted the Las Vegas 51s ...; 10:50 p.m.

Gonzalez homers again as Dodgers beat Diamondbacks 8-5: By Bob Baum, Associated Press; Adrian Gonzalez, who had a two-run homer and five RBIs in the series opener Friday, followed that up with a shot to the left-field seats off Wade Miley. Gonzalez has 26 career home runs and ...; Updated 10:33 p.m.

El Sombrero restaurant says farewell to Las Vegas after 64 years: Yasmina Chavez; The restaurant wasn't packed on its last day, but the only empty tables available were on reserve and the patrons who were already enjoying their dinner looked like regulars ...; 9:00 p.m.

Preservation Hall Jazz Band brings a musical inheritance to the Smith Center: Max Plenke; There are no young men in the Preservation Hall Jazz Band. None at heart, anyway.; 6:19 p.m.

Masters notebook: Scott flails with putter, falls from leaderboard: By Mark Long, Associated Press; Adam Scott lost his touch on the treacherous greens at Augusta National.; 6:06 p.m.

Spieth, Watson tied for lead at the Masters: By Doug Ferguson, Associated Press; In a Masters longing for star power, 20-year-old Jordan Spieth put himself atop the leaderboard and 18 holes away from replacing Tiger Woods as the youngest player with a green jacket.; 5:59 p.m.

Coachella: Six thoughts about the Day 1 dance slate: By Mike Prevatt; Inside the "EDM ghetto," dance music was alive and well on Day 1 of Coachella.; 5:20 p.m.

Blog: Manny Pacquiao gets the decision this time, beats Timothy Bradley: By John Katsilometes, Case Keefer; Hold the thoughts on winding down and retirement; Manny Pacquiao is not done yet. The 35-year-old Filipino boxing superstar avenged one of the two losses in his last three fights Saturday night at the MGM ...; Updated 10:33 p.m.

Five hours, 150 beers and zero boredom: Coachella Day 1 by the numbers: By Andrea Domanick; Long lines, Coachella consumerism and focusing on the music at the festival's Yuma Tent.; 5:05 p.m.

Coachella: Five thoughts from Day 1: By Spencer Patterson; Things "got weird" with OutKast, Swedish experimentalists The Knife confuse the crowd, and other musings from the Southern California music fest.; 4:52 p.m.

UNLVino boosted by all that jazz; Vegas violinists prepping for a disco-rama: By John Katsilometes; The UNLVino is in full swing at the moment at Caesars Palace. Often this event is a true blowout – the winds have been a problem. But what blew me away ...; 2:09 p.m.

Vegas Play of the Day: Dodgers at Diamondbacks: By Case Keefer; Losing streaks are a part of sports betting, but that doesn’t make them any easier.; 11:50 a.m.

New Japanese eats: A first taste of Yusho: By Brock Radke; The new Japanese grill and noodle house at Monte Carlo could be the next foodie favorite.; 10:59 a.m.

Citing safety concerns, BLM calls off cattle roundup: By Ed Komenda; The campaign to round up Cliven Bundy’s cattle has been canceled. The Bureau of Land Management announced today that federal agents would conclude their one-month operation to seize the 900 cattle roaming on federally owned ...; Updated 7:18 p.m.

Wet ‘n’ Wild opens for Spring Break today: By Mark Adams; The west side water park turns the H2O on this weekend.; 8:53 a.m.

Health care reform, then reform, then reform: By Ross Douthat; So you think it’s finished? So you think now that enrollment has hit 7 million, now that the president has declared the debate over repeal “over,” now that Republican predictions of a swift Obamacare unraveling ...; 2:03 a.m.

The birth of the new gay orthodoxy: By Frank Bruni; To appreciate how rapidly the ground has shifted, go back just two short years, to April 2012. President Barack Obama didn’t support marriage equality, not formally. Neither did Hillary Clinton. And few people were denouncing ...; 2:03 a.m.

What suffering does to people: By David Brooks; During the past few weeks, I’ve found myself in a bunch of conversations in which the unspoken assumption was that the main goal of life is to maximize happiness. That’s normal. When people plan for ...; 2:02 a.m.

Offer alternative for funding schools: By Richard Tellier, Las Vegas; We have heard and seen lots of discussion about the Education Initiative. As shown in the Sunday editorial “You want a better Nevada? It starts with our schools,” Nevada ranks near the bottom of every ...; 2:01 a.m.

Playing hockey with Putin: By Thomas Friedman; Shortly before the Sochi Olympics, Russian President Vladimir Putin played in an exhibition hockey game there. In retrospect, he was clearly warming up for his takeover of Crimea. Putin doesn’t strike me as a chess ...; 2:01 a.m.

Rebels’ running backs steal the show at Spring Showcase: By Taylor Bern; QB Blake Decker’s battle with former starter Nick Sherry will be the most-watched position battle when the team resumes practices this summer, yet on Friday it was ...; 2:00 a.m.

This club basketball team made a name for itself with unheralded local players: By Ray Brewer; Garrett Scheer’s growth from a run-of-the-mill high school player to someone drawing interest from colleges didn’t happen overnight. And, he says, it wouldn’t have happened if ...; 2:00 a.m.

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