Tarkanian ad smacks Reid on immigration reform ‘bailout’

Competing for the anti-illegal immigration vote, U.S. Senate candidate Danny Tarkanian on Monday revealed a new TV ad that smacks down U.S. Sen. Harry Reid’s proposal for comprehensive immigration reform, calling it “nothing more than a bailout for those who break the rules.”

UNLV president announces program cuts

Hundreds of students and dozens of faculty members at UNLV got the bad news Monday: Their programs are getting the ax.

Oil spill threatens already weakened wetlands

SHELL BEACH, La. — Battered by hurricanes, weakened by erosion and flood-control projects, the sprawling wetlands that nurture Gulf of Mexico marine life and buffer coastal sites from storm surges now face another stern test as a monster oil slick creeps ever closer. About 40 percent of the nation’s coastal wetlands are clumped along southern Louisiana, directly in the path of oil that was still gushing Monday from a ruptured underwater well.

Wi-Fi to come in a much faster, short-range flavor

NEW YORK — The industry group that supports Wi-Fi is adopting a new technology that should boost data speeds more than 10 times at short distances, which could replace video cables in the home entertainment center. The Wi-Fi Alliance said it is joining up with the Wireless Gigabit Alliance, or WiGig, which has been developing ways to exploit the 60 gigahertz frequency band for extremely high data speeds between devices in the same room.