Chicago man, missing for 32 years, arrested in Las Vegas

Faced with rising gambling debts, dangerous mob ties and a troubled home life, Chicago commodities trader Arthur Gerald Jones vanished in 1979, leaving behind his wife of 17 years and three young children.

Gorman freshman has big reach, promising basketball future

Stephen Zimmerman is 6’10” and will be a freshman at Bishop Gorman High School next year. He is a one-of-a-kind exhibit in the carnival that is summer basketball tournaments.

Prosecutors try to revoke bail for ex-officer Carroll

Maurice Carroll, the former process server convicted in a false affidavit scheme, landed in jail again this week following a domestic battery conviction.

Obama, Boehner trade blame as debt talks break down

House Speaker John Boehner abruptly broke off talks with President Barack Obama tonight on a deal to make major cuts in federal spending and avert a threatened government default, sending already uncertain compromise efforts into instant crisis.

Wagner wins recount in North Las Vegas Ward 4 race

It took election workers just over two hours on Friday to come to the same conclusion they had on election night.
Wade Wagner, a 48-year-old dentist, had beaten incumbent North Las Vegas City Councilman Richard Cherchio, 64, by a single vote for the Ward 4 seat.

Next Mars rover will land in 96-mile-wide crater

LOS ANGELES — NASA’s next Mars rover will land at the foot of a towering mountain inside a 96-mile-wide crater to search for evidence that the region once had conditions capable of supporting microbial life, project officials announced Friday.

Mom charged with forcing cocaine, beer on children

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. — A Connecticut mother is charged with forcing her 4-year-old son to drink beer and giving beer and cocaine to her 10-month-old daughter.

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