Nevada Mortgage Lending Division Commissioner Joseph Waltuch, who took office on the eve of Nevada’s financial industry collapse, has been fired by Gov. Brian Sandoval’s administration, effective Feb. 18.
CARSON CITY — Lt. Gov. Brian Krolicki expressed what a lot of people were thinking after Sen. Shirley Breeden introduced her bill Thursday to outlaw all drivers from using hand-held cell phones and texting.
CARSON CITY — A high-ranking Nevada official on Thursday said she doesn’t want to impose pay cuts demanded by Republican Gov. Brian Sandoval on her office in part because low-ranking workers “may end up needing public assistance.”
CLARENCE, N.Y. — Rep. Christopher Lee of western New York abruptly resigned with only a vague explanation of regret after a gossip website reported that the married congressman had sent a shirtless photo of himself flexing his muscles to a woman whose Craigslist ad he answered. A woman provided the Gawker website with e-mails she said were an exchange between her and Lee. Gawker reported Lee, 46, identified himself as a divorced 39-year-old lobbyist.
DELANO, Calif. — A Central California man who was at a cockfight died after being stabbed in the leg by a bird that had a knife attached to its own limb, officials confirmed Monday.
A Wynn Las Vegas executive was found dead in a luxury high-rise community late Wednesday night, sources said.
NEW YORK — The average rate on the 30-year mortgage topped 5 percent this week for the first time since April. Higher rates could further hamper the struggling housing market ahead of the spring’s prime home-buying season. The average rate rose to 5.05 percent from 4.81 percent last week. It hit a 40-year low of 4.17 percent in November.
JACKSON, Miss. — A fight is brewing in Mississippi over a proposal to issue specialty license plates honoring Confederate Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest, who was an early leader of the Ku Klux Klan. Forrest, a Tennessee native, is revered by some as a military genius and reviled by others for leading the 1864 massacre of black Union troops at Fort Pillow, Tenn. Forrest was a Klan grand wizard in Tennessee after the war.
NEW YORK — These days, guns are more popular than guitars, at least when it comes to video games. The company behind “Guitar Hero” said it is pulling the plug on one of the most influential video game titles of the new century. Activision Blizzard Inc., which also produces the “Call of Duty” series, is ending the “Guitar Hero” franchise after a run of more than five years. The move follows Viacom Inc.’s decision in November to sell its money-losing unit behind the “Rock Band” video games.
Nevada ended two straight years of declining gaming revenues by the slightest of margins. The Gaming Control Board said Thursday that casinos statewide collected $10.4 billion in gaming revenues in 2010, an increase of 0.1 percent, or roughly $12 million, compared to $10.39 billion in gaming revenues reported in 2009.
Plaintiffs in a federal lawsuit filed four years ago against several rental car companies have begun receiving notices to claim their piece of the settlement.
Greg Gentry is still bothered by the memory of missing two free throws late in a one-point loss to Spring Valley in his sophomore year.
DURHAM, N.C. — Duke’s most hated rival was running the Blue Devils off their home court, so Mike Krzyzewski huddled up his players at halftime and delivered a speech.
The Lady Rebels made things interesting at the end but couldn’t overcome big nights from Texas Christian’s top three players in a 71-64 Mountain West Conference loss Wednesday at Cox Pavilion.
