Henderson

7 mins: Edin Dzeko is preferred to Carlos Tevez in the Man City starting line up. Fair enough so long as Tevez is ready and willing to come on as a sub if required, unlike last season when his alleged refusal to warm up led to a months-long feud with Mancini.

Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers is convinced his side do not deserve to be just four points above the Premier League relegation places, citing refereeing errors as a key reason for their plight.

Teenager Ellie Henderson controversially left X Factor after "one of the biggest shocks" ever seen on the show.

US President Barack Obama prepared Monday for his first debate with Mitt Romney, saying the clash was about economic security for hard-working Americans, not rhetorical "zingers."

US President Barack Obama and rival Mitt Romney prepared for Wednesday's debate this weekend, leaving their running mates to spar over policy and seek votes in key swing states.

US President Barack Obama and rival Mitt Romney lay low Saturday ahead of next week's debate, leaving their running mates to spar over policy and seek votes in key swing states.

Mitt Romney's running mate Paul Ryan will break off the campaign trail next week for three days of debate preparation ahead of his face-off with US Vice President Joe Biden, a campaign aide said.

Liverpool will not be able to reenter the Champions League next season and even a top six finish will be difficult to accomplish, Reds legend Stephane Henchoz said Thursday.

A host of the world's top cyclists are plotting to stop Mark Cavendish from giving Britain a dream start to the Olympics on the opening day of the Games Saturday.

England international Phil Jagielka was left on the Everton substitutes bench for Saturday's FA Cup semi-final against Liverpool at Wembley.

Paul Henry, who served as chairman of the Nevada Democratic Party from 1996 to 1999 after coming to Las Vegas to manage Sen. Harry Reid's local office, has died after a two-year battle with cancer. He was 48.

Criminals, too, see opportunity in transactions agreed to on the Web . While bargain shoppers troll Craigslist for deals, criminals are increasingly prowling the site to lure them into traps, police say. The setup goes something like this: A "seller" posts an ad for an item such as an iPad or an expensive watch - often at an incredibly low price. He lures in a prospective buyer, then arranges a meeting, perhaps in a remote parking lot in the evening. When the buyer shows up with the cash, instead of getting a great deal, he gets a gun pointed in his face and is robbed.

Henderson's new city attorney, Josh M. Reid, said this week that he is eager to move past the controversy surrounding his appointment and on to city business.

CHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. agribusiness giant Cargill Inc said it was voluntarily recalling a year's output of dog food made for its brands River Run and Marksman due to high levels of aflatoxin.

Next spring, water bills will rise to help pay the Southern Nevada Water Authority's mounting debt used to fund some $3.3 billion in pumps, pipes and intakes installed over the past several years.

The public-private partners pushing for a multibillion-dollar stadium at UNLV received a 180-day extension to develop a plan to build it without a special tax district to fund construction.

Besides turning too many left-wingers into authoritative constitutional experts and serially obnoxious Cassandras, a conservative think tank's lawsuit to clarify the separation-of-powers clause might actually have one salutary effect: Spark a real debate about curing the disease known as the Nevada Legislature.Even if you disagree with the Nevada Policy Research Institute's attempt to excise executive branch employees from the capital Legislative Building, no one who has been around that alleged process, save some lobbyists and lawmakers who have profited from it, would not argue it is a sick institution. And no one can possibly believe the only infirmity is computer technicians from the Public Utilities Commission (state Sen. Mo Denis) being lawmakers, although NPRI is right to raise the serious legal question of separated powers. (See my Friday column.)

Arizona-based Meritage Homes Corp. is winding down operations in Las Vegas and will exit the struggling market in early 2013.

The Nevada Cancer Institute, whose joint mission of research and outpatient treatment was jeopardized by financial stresses, breathed new life Friday in a deal that turns it over to the University of California, San Diego.

CHARLESTON, South Carolina (Reuters) - The national Episcopal Church has cleared a conservative South Carolina diocese bishop of accusations that he abandoned the church's principles amid disagreement over the denomination's acceptance of homosexuality.