Two Northern Nevada men admitted in Reno federal court that they killed wild horses last November on federal land in Pershing County, according to U.S. Attorney Daniel G. Bogden.
LIMA, Peru — For all of his garrulous charm, Joran van der Sloot didn’t do himself any favors in his online interactions, where his generation tends to reveal a lot about itself. “If I would have to describe myself as an animal it would be a snake,” he wrote on his YouTube page. Perhaps wistfully wishing the past undone, he continued: “however, I want to be a lion and one day I will be a lion.” At age 22, Van der Sloot is now a caged animal. He sits in a bleak Peruvian prison, where he fears his fellow inmates.
SEATTLE — The president of the Seattle Police Officers Guild says an officer was justified in punching a young woman who shoved him in a dispute over jaywalking. Rich Neil told KCPQ-TV that punching her in the face was an appropriate use of force as the officer struggled with two women and a crowd formed. Neil says it’s wrong to call the punch police brutality or racist.
HARTFORD, Conn. — Jonathan Metz had his left arm stuck in his furnace boiler for about 12 hours when he asked himself “what would MacGyver do?” and concluded that amputating the limb was his only chance for survival. The 31-year-old West Hartford man was released from the hospital Monday after getting his arm stuck in his furnace for two days and nearly cutting it off.
LOS ANGELES — A few seconds after seldom-used Boston reserve Shelden Williams missed an uncontested dunk, Kobe Bryant floated to the rim and somehow willed a layup through tight defense to put the Lakers ahead by 22 points.
Wynn Resorts Ltd. is restoring nearly 3,700 workers to full-time work schedules and pay, but announced that it will lay off 261 workers at its two Strip resorts, casino executive Steve Wynn said.
With a lagging economy, it wouldn’t have been too surprising if it took a few years for the Rock ‘n’ Roll Las Vegas Marathon to attract a title sponsor.
Jorge Padilla’s go-ahead three-run double capped a four-run rally with two outs in the ninth and carried the 51s to a 6-5 victory over the Salt Lake Bees in a Pacific Coast League game Tuesday in Salt Lake City.
Burlesque star Dita Von Teese excused herself from a photo opportunity Tuesday at McCarran International Airport when Virgin Atlantic Airlines’ Richard Branson walked up with a bottle of Bombay Sapphire Gin.
LOS ANGELES — This time, Kobe Bryant got plenty of help from his teammates.