Reporters’ Notebook

To Henderson commuters who did a double take last week as they merged onto U.S. Highway 95 at Horizon Drive, rest assured: Dario Herrera is not running for office again, despite the large campaign sign declaring his candidacy for Assembly District 16.

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The remains of a Las Vegas woman missing since April were found buried beneath the clutter in her own home, which family friends previously characterized as the residence of a compulsive hoarder.

Maglev promoters’ dreams bigger than 747

When the Wright brothers launched themselves into history with their first powered flight in 1903, suggesting an aircraft would someday transport 500 passengers on 15-hour flights would earn you a one-way ticket to the loony bin.

104-year-old heiress spends life in hospitals

NEW YORK — A 104-year-old heiress to a Montana copper mining fortune, now living in a New York hospital room, is at the center of a criminal investigation into her fortune and welfare.

Poll: Poor economy adds to angst

In a new poll conducted for the Las Vegas Review-Journal and 8NewsNow, respondents said life in Nevada has become a bummer, what with the state’s highest-in-the-nation unemployment rate and few signs of recovery coming quickly.

UFC 118: Couture crushes Toney

BOSTON — Five-time Ultimate Fighting Championship titleholder Randy Couture defeated former boxing champion James Toney by submission in the first round of a heavyweight bout at UFC 118 Saturday at the TD Garden.

‘Vapor trail’ leads to Strip arrest of Paris Hilton, nightclub mogul Waits

Smoke wafting from a Cadillac Escalade on the Las Vegas Strip late Friday set off Paris Hilton’s latest legal troubles when a motorcycle officer who suspected the smell was marijuana stopped the vehicle and police say a bag of cocaine later fell out of the 29-year-old socialite’s purse.

N.Y. man dies on AirTran flight from Las Vegas to Milwaukee

DENVER — A man from New York died of an apparent heart attack on an AirTran Airways flight from Las Vegas to Milwaukee early today, forcing the plane to make an emergency landing at Denver International Airport.

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