Aunt Frances and I were teasing each other when she turned to her 5-year-old daughter and said, “Call Jane a taxi.” Without hesitating my little cousin, mustering all the contempt she could, spat out a one-word epithet: “Taxi!”
It took just two months for invasive quagga mussels to find and colonize a piece of pipe that was submerged in Lake Mead as part of a test by the regional Clean Water Coalition. When it was pulled from Boulder Basin late last month, it already was speckled inside and out with juvenile quaggas no bigger than a grain of sand.
A 2.6-mile segment of a recreational trail along Las Vegas Wash that had been planned for construction last year instead was stalled by approvals from various agencies that have a stake in the wash, a city public works official said.
CARSON CITY — A Carson City church that Mark Twain helped build as a fledgling writer in the 1860s is getting financial help from the city.
A Nevada man who claims his life is in danger because his identity was compromised after he went undercover to help the FBI sniff out terrorists has filed a federal lawsuit in Washington seeking $54 million from the government.
Crystal Ralyea lives a half block from Liberty High School. She loves the peace and quiet. But her neighborhood has been affected by the distressed real estate market. The unoccupied homes help explain why Liberty High is underpopulated by 768 students. Just five miles away, Coronado High School seems worlds apart from its sister school. Coronado is 512 students over its ideal capacity.
Barack Obama, still basking in his own messianic glow, chided Senate Republicans over the weekend for not swooning and collapsing like teenage girls at a pop idol concert and simply rubber-stamping his misnamed “stimulus” package.
NEW YORK — Alex Rodriguez has admitted using performance-enhancing drugs. The New York Yankees star responded to Sports Illustrated’s report that he tested positive for steroids in 2003 by recording an interview today with ESPN.