Las Vegas jury orders drug companies to pay $500M in punitive damages in hepatitis C case

Jury awards $500M punitive damages in hep C case

Tea party protest in Sen. Harry Reid’s Nevada hometown seeks to turn anger into votes

Showdown in Searchlight: Tea party targets Reid

Pacquiao files defamation lawsuit against Mayweathers and Golden Boy

Pacquiao files suit against Mayweathers

LAS VEGAS — Manny Pacquiao upped the ante Wednesday in his standoff with Floyd Mayweather Jr. by filing a lawsuit alleging that Mayweather and others defamed him by falsely accusing Pacquiao of using performance-enhancing drugs.

Nevada orders urine tests for both Pacquiao and Mayweather to try and break impasse

Nevada orders urine tests for Pacquiao, Mayweather

Arum delivers what he says is final proposal to resolve Pacquiao-Mayweather fight

Final proposal by Pacquiao camp

LAS VEGAS — Promoter Bob Arum delivered what he said would be his last proposal Sunday to salvage the fight between Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr., which has been on life support over a blood testing dispute.

Promoter Bob Arum calls Pacquiao-Mayweather fight dead, though talks continue

Promoter calls Pacquiao-Mayweather fight dead

Patient who says she was ignored in ER files federal lawsuit against Las Vegas hospitals

‘Ignored’ patient sues Las Vegas hospitals

Blood testing remains lone issue in way of Pacquiao-Mayweather fight

Blood remains issue for Pacquiao-Mayweather

Dispute over drug testing puts Pacquiao-Mayweather fight in jeopardy

Pacquiao-Mayweather fight in jeopardy

LAS VEGAS — The proposed megafight between Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr. was thrown into jeopardy Tuesday with a demand by Mayweather’s camp that both fighters be subjected to Olympic-type drug testing in the weeks leading up to the bout.

Saying goodbye: Jackson, Cronkite, Wyeth, Updike among artists, entertainers who died in 2009