State employees cannot use cell phones or send text messages while operating state-owned vehicles under a regulation approved Tuesday by the state Board of Examiners.
The College of Southern Nevada on Tuesday hired Green Valley High School baseball coach Nick Garritano to replace Chris Sheff, who was relieved of his duties last week.
Three more suspects were arrested Tuesday in connection with last month’s death of Eldorado High School teacher Timothy VanDerbosch.
International Game Technology reversed a fourth-quarter net loss from a year ago, but diminished sales because of casinos’ continued disinterest in new purchases caused quarterly revenues to slide 3 percent. The Reno-based company, which controls about 60 percent of the North American slot machine market, said Tuesday its net income was $19.9 million during the quarter that ended Sept. 30, or earnings of 7 cents per share. A year ago, IGT lost $28.6 million, or 10 cents a share.
Quintin Dailey, who was part of the University of San Francisco basketball program’s resurgence back to national prominence in the late 1970s and into the early 1980s but battled personal problems off the court, died Monday in his North Las Vegas home. He was 49.
LOS ANGELES — “The Twilight Saga” has a chance to eclipse the competition at the 2011 People’s Choice Awards. Nominations were announced Tuesday, and the vampire love story and its stars racked up a leading eight bids. The film is up for favorite movie and favorite drama, and stars Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner are nominated for favorite on-screen team.
WASHINGTON — Remember “The Little Old Lady from Pasadena”? Baby boomers who first danced to that 1964 pop hit about a granny burning up the road in her hot rod will begin turning 65 in January. Experts say keeping those drivers safe and mobile is a challenge with profound implications.
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Family owners of beloved Vegas restaurant involved in wild lawsuit
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Las Vegas family suing to get son an extra year of high school
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