WASHINGTON -- Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., expressed confidence Thursday that he has enough votes to become the Senate's Democratic leader if Tom Daschle steps aside to run for president.
A death row inmate has suffered what his defense attorney said is a severe stroke, raising the question of whether Nevada is willing to execute a disabled killer.
COLUMN: Norm!
Celine Dion's presence on the Strip soon will get a bit personal. A giant marquee of the international singing star is going up in a couple of weeks, and its placement is certain to bruise some egos.
Nuclear agency rejects two Utah arguments
SALT LAKE CITY -- The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission has handed down two rulings rejecting arguments made by Utah officials in an effort to prevent a nuclear-waste storage facility from being built on an Indian reservation in the state's western desert.
Lab's credit card program criticized
LOS ALAMOS, N.M. -- Nearly $4.9 million in employee credit card purchases at Los Alamos National Laboratory were not processed properly, were questionable or had been disputed by the lab and not credited by the bank, according to an audit report.
Deaths
Samuel Belcher Jr. Samuel Arnold Belcher Jr., 58, died Sunday. He was born May 27, 1944, in Toledo, Ohio.
Lake Tahoe outages still seen
RENO -- About 2,800 Sierra Pacific Power Co. customers remained without power Thursday because of last weekend's powerful wind storms.
State welfare count down
CARSON CITY -- The number of Nevadans getting welfare benefits dropped 4.3 percent between October and November, the fifth decline in the past six months.
Reid praises local public lands workers
In a talk he described as a "pat on the back," Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., on Thursday told employees who manage public lands in Southern Nevada that he will fight for funding to carry out their jobs and try to protect them from the Bush administration effort to downsize federal agencies.
AIR TANKER SAFETY: Official: 1994 crash needs another look
RENO -- On a ridge in the San Gabriel Mountains north of Los Angeles lies the debris of a firefighting airtanker that crashed more than eight years ago, twisted pieces of metal that might hold the answer to the mystery of what caused the plane to carry three crew members to their deaths.
COLUMN: John L. Smith
It sounds corny in an era of cutthroat corporate finance, but employees at Southern Nevada's two Furr's cafeterias felt like family.
Classical pianist Lillian Bauer Cox dies at age 83
It was nearly 80 years ago that a cat darted across the keys of a piano within earshot of Lillian Bauer Cox and changed the course of the little girl's life.
WALTERS DEAL: James could cast key vote
Clark County Commissioner-elect Mark James could cast the decisive vote on a controversial zoning decision that allows a developer to build a shopping center on public land if the decision is reconsidered after he takes office next month.
Energy Department granted partial Yucca water rights
The Energy Department will be allowed to use water temporarily to flush toilets and take showers at the Yucca Mountain site but not yet for building a nuclear waste repository there, state and federal officials said Thursday.
BLM threatens Dann sisters with more livestock seizures
RENO -- Two Western Shoshone sisters who had 227 cattle confiscated this fall are defying federal orders to remove additional livestock from public land and face seizure of up to 250 more cattle and nearly 1,000 horses, federal officials said Thursday.
Report blasts tortoise protection efforts
WASHINGTON -- Despite spending $92 million over the past 10 years and enforcing land controls over swaths of the Mojave Desert, the government cannot determine whether its efforts are helping to protect the endangered desert tortoise, federal investigators said Thursday.
Man convicted in friend's slaying
A young man who fatally shot an acquaintance on the soccer field of Western High School was convicted by a Clark County jury Thursday of second-degree murder and other charges.
In Brief
LAS VEGAS Man gets maximum for causing accident A man who caused a traffic accident that killed two Las Vegas sisters received the maximum prison sentence possible Thursday.
Death row killer suffers stroke
A death row inmate has suffered what his defense attorney said is a severe stroke, raising the question of whether Nevada is willing to execute a disabled killer.
DEMOCRATIC LEADERSHIP: Reid says he has votes for top post
WASHINGTON -- Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., expressed confidence Thursday that he has enough votes to become the Senate's Democratic leader if Tom Daschle steps aside to run for president.
