((brian loftus)) >>> mel larson, a co-founder >>> mel larson, a co-founder of las vegas motor speedway and one of the pioneers of the city's rise to international acclaim, died tuesday. larson helped spearhead the construction of lvms in the mid-1990s. it was his guidance that paved the way for the new speedway to land its first nascar premier series event in 1998. he was 87./// ((brian loftus)) >>> las vegan jessie vargas and manny pacquiao are ready meet in a title fight this saturday. special fighter arrival day. to help sell a few more tickets and keeps the promotion on the front page. (( )) manny pacquiao/former champ ":it's cool i didn't think this kind of receptions... why not... i thought the people maybe forget me already." jessie vargas; champion; the fans are happy the event is only a few days awway and they're waiting for a great night of boxing and that's what it's going to be. ((brian loftus)) >> saturday's fight card is philippino's fighting two las vegans named jessie. both are title fights... two las vegans have never won major titles on the same fight card on the same

somewhere and finally the system out at las vegas motor speedway i co-founder mel larson passed away today at 87 years old. he helped spearhead the speedway's construction in the mid 1990s and apparently helped lead the way, in 1998. what i heard, quite a racing pioneer. we all know how successful nascar has been and this city owes a thanks to him for helping is. >> the biggest sporting event every year. >> not just that, the camping truck series, it is a whole [ cheers and applause ] ?? >> steve: from studio 6b in rockefeller center in the heart of new york city, it's "the tonight show starring jimmy fallon." tonight, join jimmy and his guests -- whoopi goldberg,

racing pioneer has passed away mel larson was best known as the co-founder of the las vegas motor speedway. in the mid-nineties, larson joined forces with the late ralph engelstad, bill bennett and richie clyne to build the speedway. he competed in nascar... and served as the public relations director and then the vice president of circus circus. larson passed away on tuesday. he was 87-years- old. donald trump and hillary clinton are getting some major donations as we head into the final days of the election. received a 10- million dollar advertising boost from a super pac led by "future 45." billionaire sheldon adelson is future 45's largest donor. on the other side, clinton's supporters have raised more than 11-million dollars in the past three days, as clinton's national lead shrinks in the final week of the race. donald trump is vowing to get rid of obamacare if he's elected president. trump plans to call a special session of congress to replace president obama's signature health care law if elected. nominee says obamacare will destroy american healthcare forever if it stays in tact.

speedway..mel larson.. has died. this is according to leaders at the speedway. larson was 87. he helped to pioneer the city's rise to fame in the nascar world. federal investigators are looking into a deadly crash..... involving a school bus and a commuter bus.... this morning.... in maryland. police say... -6- people died... and... at least -10- others.... are injured. according to police the school bus first hit a car.. outside a cemetary. from there... it went into on-coming traffic slowed down.. leaving them to believe..... something terrible happened.... to the driver. there were no children.... on the school bus... at the time. look at this.... a helicopter crashed.... in north carolina... this morning. despite that mangled mess..... the pilot survived! according the local sheriff's department... the helicopter had mechanical problems..... on it's way to spray a field. and by the end of today.. nearly half of all registered voters in nevada will have cast ballots. here are the latest numbers: more than half a million people have voted statewide. in the political breaking

mel larson, a co-founder of las vegas motor speedway and one of the pioneers of the city's rise to international acclaim, died engelstad and bill bennett, along with richie clyne, to spearhead the construction of lvms in the mid-1990s. it was his guidance that paved the way for the new speedway to land its first nascar premier series event in 1998. he was 87. ((chris maathuis)) the two fighters are ready to go. jessie vargas and manny pacquiao meet in a title fight this saturday. top rank's bob arum came up with the idea of a special fighter arrival day. it's now a big part of the week. he's glad he did... and keeps the promotion on the front page. and for fans, it officially kicks off fight week in vegas. fighter arrivals really took a turn back in the day with oscar de la hoya. (( )) bob arum/promoter;'then with oscar because he was such a prominent mexican american i introduced a mariachi band and oscar thought he was a singer... and we made it really a very festive occasion. manny pacquiao/former champ ":it's cool i didn't think this kind of receptions... why not... jessie vargas; champion;

mel larson, a co-founder of las vegas motor speedway and one of the pioneers of the city's rise to international acclaim, died tuesday. larson assisted the late ralph engelstad and bill bennett, along with richie clyne, to spearhead the construction of lvms in the mid-10 paved the way for the new speedway to land its first nascar premier series event in 1998. he was 87. ((chris maathuis)) the new look rebels took the court in an exhibition game against dakota wesleyan... an naia division two team that was picked top 25 so maybe the tigers could give the rebels a little more then a simple workout. there weren't really any big fireworks... but marvin menzies saw some sparks to build a fire. field and jumped out to a 56-41 lead. 9 players scoring points... six in double digits led by kris clyburn's 22 points and 11 boards as the rebels roll to a 96-80 win. unlv was somewhat impressive on offense, they've got some work to do on defense. but that's what an exhibition game is for. jalen poyser/guard: "it doesn't count so our focus is to send a statement, that how we look at it." kris clyburn/rebels: "

mel larson-- the co-founder of the las vegas motor speedway died today. in the mid- nineties he joined forces with the late ralph engelstad, bill bennett and richie clyne to build the speedway. he competed in nascar... and served as the public relations director and then the vice president of circus circus. larson was 87- years old. now fox5 weather 24/7, with chief meterologist ted pretty skies stay mostly clear for your tuesday night with overnight temperatures dropping into the 50s. it will be a chilly start wednesday morning, but with plenty of sunshine we'll be warming up into the mid 70s during the afternoon. a northerly breeze will be blowing will be stronger down the colorado river valley in laughlin. thursday stays mostly sunny and a bit breezy with temperatures pushing closer to 80 degrees. we'll keep an eye on some showers that develop over arizona thursday and friday. they look to stay east of the las vegas valley, but they will throw us some cloud cover weekend will hold around 80 degrees with a mix of sun and clouds. we'll keep this mild nov

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