CARSON CITY — The Nevada Conservation League gives all but a few state legislators good grades for their votes last year on matters affecting the environment, wildlife and renewable energy.
WASHINGTON — The Senate took an initial step Thursday to end funding for the Yucca Mountain Project when its budget committee approved a 2011 blueprint that senators said contains no room for the nuclear waste repository plan.
A state Fire Marshal’s office investigator died Thursday afternoon after a several-hour-long standoff with Henderson police in a south valley neighborhood.
Las Vegas could have twice as many layoffs as originally projected now that the city is cutting deeper and saving more of its reserves, Mayor Oscar Goodman said Thursday.
Boyd Gaming Corp., which has been seeking to purchase all or a portion of Station Casinos for the past year, filed objections to its rival’s bankruptcy reorganization plans Thursday, saying the proposed concept would diminish the value of certain properties, thus eliminating offers from potential bidders.
CHICAGO — Many U.S. school districts are urging parents to keep their kids in class and not take them to work Thursday for an annual event they say disrupts learning at an increasingly critical time of year. From Arizona to Illinois to Texas, educators are alerting parents that the timing of “Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day” doesn’t make sense.
LOS ANGELES — Not enough “American Idol” viewers were inspired to vote for 20-year-old college student Tim Urban who was eliminated from the ninth season of the Fox singing competition Wednesday. Urban, who wasn’t at his best with his version of the Goo Goo Dolls’ “Better Days” on Tuesday, received the fewest viewer votes.
NEW YORK — A radical Muslim group has warned the creators of “South Park” that they could face violent retribution for depicting the prophet Muhammad in a bear suit during last week’s episode. The website RevolutionMuslim.com has since been taken down, but a cached version shows the message to “South Park” creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone. The article’s author, Abu Talhah Al-Amrikee of New York, said the men “outright insulted” the religious leader.
