Ensign tries to ignore predictions that his political life is over

Nearly a year after submerging into scandal with his confession to an extramarital affair and subsequent allegations of payoffs and misdeeds that have ethics and criminal investigators on his tail, U.S. Sen. John Ensign cherishes signs of what used to be normalcy.

Esmeralda County has few people, fewer jobs, but don’t talk about consolidation

According to the latest state estimates, the population of Esmeralda County slipped below 1,200 last year for the first time since 2004. Leading the slide was tiny Silver Peak, which lost 41 residents to a mine layoff in 2009. That amounts to almost a quarter of the community’s total population, easily the largest decline by percentage of any city or town in the state.

Angle takes lead in GOP primary

Continuing her stunning rise, Sharron Angle has shot into a clear lead in the U.S. Senate Republican primary, according to a new poll for the Las Vegas Review-Journal that shows the Tea Party favorite heading toward likely victory Tuesday.

Record-breaking heat may invade valley

The poor souls who dare to challenge Mother Nature by stepping away from air-conditioned environments should prepare themselves for possible record-breaking heat in upcoming days.

Valley remains under heat warning

An excessive heat warning remains in effect until 8 p.m. Monday for Southern Nevada, according to the National Weather Service.

Radio show host disputes Tarkanian’s version of altercation

Las Vegas talk-radio host Alan Stock claims the version offered by Republican U.S. Senate candidate Danny Tarkanian about their altercation at a GOP event on Friday is “absolute crap.”

El Salvador man drowns in Lake Mohave

A man from El Salvador drowned in Lake Mohave this afternoon, an official for the National Park Service said.

Spelling bee winner part of Indian-American streak

WASHINGTON (AP) — Shantanu Srivatsa and Anamika Veeramani sat nervously, side by side on stage. Once again, an Indian-American was going to win the Scripps National Spelling Bee. It was just a matter of what word and what time on Friday.

Drug boosts survival in major skin cancer study

CHICAGO (AP) — Researchers have scored the first big win against melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer. An experimental drug significantly improved survival in a major study of people with very advanced disease.

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