OK, tough guy, you think you know how to throw down? You could probably use a few tips on how to punch with maximum power. Here they are, courtesy of Ross Enamait, a boxing trainer and former boxer in Vernon, Conn. In addition to being skills that could save your life one day, punches can make you leaner: You can put combinations of these punches together to make up your own shadowboxing cardio workout.

A US federal court on Friday denied former Nazi death camp guard John Demjanjuk's latest bid to block his extradition to Germany to face charges of aiding in the wartime murder of thousands of Jews.

A federal court on Friday denied former Nazi death camp guard John Demjanjuk's latest attempt to block extradition to Germany to face charges of aiding in the wartime murder of thousands of Jews.

A federal court on Friday denied former Nazi death camp guard John Demjanjuk's latest attempt to block extradition to Germany to face charges of aiding in the wartime murder of thousands of Jews.

A federal court on Friday denied former Nazi death camp guard John Demjanjuk's attempt to block his extradition to Germany to face charges of assisting in the wartime murder of thousands of Jews.

WASHINGTON ? Democratic Rep. Shelley Berkley weighed in on the ongoing flap over the president?s meeting with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez.

Subtle and edgy, old and new, pleasure trips abound. The banter over cultural offerings and local support of the arts is ongoing. It has been for years. Some complain that cultural enrichment is not a priority here. Others say it?s impossible to get people out of their homes.

Drummer who makes his home in Vegas has life lived on road. Daniel de los Reyes is a drummer, a scion of a family of Cuban musicians, raised in Las Vegas as the son of a drummer and brother of a drummer. He?s invented percussion instruments and a practice kit sold by a high-end drum company. He?s played or toured with Jimmy Buffett, Yanni, Sheryl Crow, Gloria Estefan, Peter Frampton, the Killers and Sting.

Dear Mr. Sun,

Lip-synching celebrity everyone loves to hate is back in Vegas with cast of dancing ?freaks?. This is not a story about Britney Spears.

Elvis is back in the building.

The future of the UNLV boxing program could be in jeopardy because of a lack of funding, according to Frank Slaughter, a volunteer coach for UNLV since the team?s inception in 1998.

As I was telling a friend the other day, I want to believe.

Hartford Courant travel blogger Jeanne LeBlanc recently compared two hard-hit tourist states and how their chief executives

County firefighters? union should agree to negotiate as recession balloons budget deficit. Aware that governments at all levels are facing severe budgetary problems because of the recession, many unions representing public employees in Nevada and across the country have been making concessions this year.

State should find ways to encourage both small and large renewable energy projects. The debate in the state Legislature on spurring renewable energy projects has been hung up over the question of whether Nevada should support small-scale solar projects, including those on home rooftops.

Geithner should increase pressure on banks to loosen credit markets. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner gave the nation?s financial bailout performance mixed reviews this week, expressing confidence that there is enough money left from the $700 billion Troubled Asset Relief Program to assist and stabilize banks while stating that credit markets are still too tight.

While under investigation, he loses lawyer, is threatened. Life is not getting any easier for bankrupt Pahrump developer Hans Seibt who, according to court records, has received threats of bodily harm.

These are good times for Marsha Scofield, who appraises the value of homes.

Nay to pay for certain commissioners, actions on alternative medicine. CARSON CITY ? As promised, here?s some of the more colorful legislation that didn?t beat the deadline to make it out of the state Senate.

A story Thursday about the artist Sola incorrectly said that her Las Vegas tapestry will hang at the McCarran Executive Terminal. The tapestry will hang at Atlantic Aviation, formerly called Las Vegas Executive Air Terminal.

State officials are hoping that Las Vegas Clark County Urban League?s choice of Assemblyman Morse Arberry as interim CEO will lead to more answers about how the organization is spending public money.

He?s lobbying for analyst to field their tips, but privacy advocates cry foul. Law enforcement has long counted on casino security chiefs to report tips about suspicious behavior ? and all the more so after the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

Study of test scores finds little gain in math, no improvement in reading. A federally mandated after-school tutoring program, which has cost the state more than $20 million over five years, has had no effect on Clark County student achievement in reading while bringing slight gains in math, according to researchers.

Companies inflated prices without economic justification. A federal court in Massachusetts has preliminarily approved a settlement in a case alleging that a drug wholesaler inflated drug prices, and targeted consumers stand to get some of their money back. The total settlement of the suit is $350 million.

Scientists analyze blood from patients infected with H5N1. For the past three years international health officials have lived in fear of a bird flu pandemic that they fear could kills millions of people worldwide, much as the 1918 flu pandemic did. So far, the virus has not mutated so that it can be passed from human to human, and U.S. health officials say they have used this reprieve to learn more about the potentially lethal virus.

Progress seen in overweight individuals even without diet changes. A new University of Illinois study suggests that moderate amounts of exercise alone can reduce the inflammation in visceral fat ? belly fat, if you will ? that has been linked with metabolic syndrome, a group of risk factors that predict heart disease and Type 2 diabetes.

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North Korea announced it has started reprocessing spent fuel rods from a pilot nuclear power plant, in protest at international condemnation of its controversial rocket launch this month.

World finance officials meeting in Washington said they expected the global economic crisis to begin to unwind by year-end, citing encouraging early signs of recovery.

Jerry Kelly, who is seeking to end a seven-year victory drought, fired a six-under 66 to take a one-stroke lead after the second round of the Zurich Classic of New Orleans.

Bayern Munich striker Luca Toni says his side must defend their Bundesliga title or risk being part of a lost generation as they look to over-haul leaders Wolfsburg starting Saturday against Schalke.

Bayern Munich striker Luca Toni says his side must defend their Bundesliga title or risk being part of a lost generation as they look to over-haul leaders Wolfsburg starting Saturday against Schalke.

The United Nations slapped sanctions on three North Korean firms accused of backing missile development, in its first concrete action against Pyongyang over its April 5 rocket launch.

Pepe Reina admits Liverpool have to re-discover their defensive steel to stand any chance of winning the Premier League.

As Inter Milan chase a fourth straight title in Serie A, the focus has now centred on the battle for Champions League places with a weekend of intriguing fixtures on the agenda in Italy.

Barcelona will be desperate to maintain their six-point cushion over Real Madrid on a crucial weekend in the Spanish League before the two giants meet in the 'El Clasico' at the Santiago Bernabeu.

Tiger Woods will make his first start since the Masters next week when he tees it up at the Quail Hollow Championship in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Munster scrum-half Tomas O'Leary could be forced out of the British and Irish Lions tour to South Africa after suffering a suspected fractured ankle in his team's 29-10 Celtic League win over the Scarlets on Friday.

Spanish Citroen driver Dani Sordo led the Rally Argentina on Friday after a dramatic day of action which saw the lead change eight times over nine stages.

Talk show host Jay Leno left a Los Angeles hospital Friday, one day after a sudden illness forced cancellation of his appearance on US television's "The Tonight Show," his spokesman said.

Mexican and US officials Friday took emergency steps to contain outbreaks of a new multi-strain swine flu that has sickened hundreds in Mexico, causing at least 20 deaths, and infected eight in the United States.

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With celebrities such as Ashton Kutcher and Oprah Winfrey helping fuel Twitter mania, the micro-blogging website is soaring to stardom around the world, according to Hitwise.

Today's mobile workforce is putting precious business secrets at risk, with lost or stolen laptop computers costing companies dearly, according to the Ponemon Institute.

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Seven-time winner Stephen Hendry ended China's Ding Junhui's world championship hopes on Friday with a 13-10 win to book a quarter-final place.

World finance officials meeting in Washington Friday said they expected the global economic crisis to begin to unwind by year-end, citing encouraging early signs of recovery.

Cuban leaders seem "a little less sure of themselves" after US President Barack Obama's lifted travel and money transfer restrictions on Cuban-Americans, White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said Friday.

Republican hopes of an early electoral resurgence against President Barack Obama took a blow Friday when the party's candidate in a tight New York congressional race conceded defeat.