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According to a report in LiveScience.com, the oldest-known tracks of a creature apparently using legs have been discovered in rock dated to 570 million years ago in what was once a shallow sea in Nevada.

Scientists think land beasts evolved from ancient creatures that left the sea and evolved lungs and legs. If the new finding is real - the discoverer says will fuel skepticism - it pushes the ...

Kimbo Slice tasted defeat for the first time as a heavyweight Saturday night in Sunrise, Fla., and it came at the hands of an unlikely source.

After Ken Shamrock - scheduled to fight Slice - suffered a cut above his left eye earlier in the day, virtual unknown Seth Petruzelli jumped at the chance to enter the octagon. He ...

A head-to-head pay-per-view confrontation between the Ultimate Fighting Championship and a Affliction/Golden Boy card probably won't happen despite the same announced booking date by both organizations.

In a sign of how credit turmoil is forcing companies to look for new sources of funding, Sheldon Adelson, the billionaire chief executive and major shareholder of Las Vegas Sands Corp., agreed to loan his gambling company $475 million of his own cash, the Wall Street Journal is reporting.

Barrett-Jackson Chairman Craig Jackson is excited about the first Las Vegas car auction coming up in October, despite the weak economy. That's because while the rest of the U.S. might be feeling the impact of the current recession, the luxury car buying market hasn't dipped.

Shane Mosley knocked out Ricardo Mayorga with one second remaining in the 12th round of their junior middleweight bout Saturday in Carson, Calif. "I felt I was winning the fight and he stole a few rounds. But I wanted the knockout. I wanted to give the fans what they deserved, and that was a knockout," said Mosley, who said ...

Mexican boxers have become legendary for pouring their hearts out in the ring to make their countrymen proud. Two UFC fighters, Cain Velasquez and Efrain Escudero, plan on putting that same pride on the line in the Octagon.

Tim Rutten says the trial brings out the worst in journalism: paying for interviews. "Tabloid subjects are bad enough; tabloid methods are something else entirely."

The Los Angeles Times reports on the boarded up Queen of Hearts hotel being open for eight hours recently to allow its owners to retain its gaming license for another year.

"One-day casinos -- mandated by law for a handful of places that are closed but want to hang onto their gaming rights -- are governed by the same ...

Reuters reports on the Las Vegas night club scene: "It's after midnight when celebrity heiress Paris Hilton glides into the PURE nightclub at Caesar's Palace with her sister, Nicky, sending the dance floor throng into a frenzy."

"That PURE remains one of the hottest nightspots on the Las Vegas Strip four years after it opened is a testament to ...