Two sentenced for cocaine smuggling, money laundering

Two defendants linked to a Mexican drug cartel — who previously faced charges in the high-profile kidnapping of a Las Vegas boy — have been sentenced to lengthy federal prison terms.

Microsoft says 2012 CES tech show will be its last

NEW YORK — Microsoft Corp. is pulling out of the International Consumer Electronics Show, the largest trade show in the Americas. It’s joining Apple in saying that it prefers to put on its own events when the time is right to show off its products.

Judge rules abortion petition can’t be circulated

An anti-abortion petition is so vague that it cannot be circulated among voters, a judge ruled Wednesday. District Judge James Wilson granted an injunction that prevents Personhood Nevada from circulating its petition.

Three men sought in northeast valley attack

An unidentified man was found severely injured in a motel room in the northeast valley earlier this month and investigators are searching for three men who might know what happened, Las Vegas police said Wednesday.

Serial killer blamed for 1974 killing of Georgia girl

ATLANTA — Georgia investigators used DNA and other evidence to link the slaying of a 13-year-old girl who went missing in 1974 with a serial killer who was blamed for murdering at least 18 people, authorities said Wednesday.

BofA in $335 million settlement over Countrywide loans

Bank of America Corp. has agreed to a record $335 million to settle allegations that its Countrywide Financial Corp. unit engaged in a widespread pattern of discrimination against more than 200,000 qualified African-American and Hispanic borrowers.

Three indicted in scam for court-ordered counseling, service

A veteran defense lawyer and a county juvenile probation officer were among those indicted Wednesday in a scam that provided prostitutes and other defendants with phony certificates of completion for court-ordered counseling and community service.

Mayweather sentenced to 90 days for battery

A Clark County prosecutor and investigator went to California earlier this year to meet with Josie Harris, the longtime on-again, off-again girlfriend of champion boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr.

New Mexico woman gives birth in truck during snowstorm

SANTA FE, N.M. — Russell LeFevre learned how to birth a baby in nursing school using clamps, blankets, a suction bulb that clears a baby’s mouth of mucus and other medical supplies.

Average power bills could rise $15 on Jan. 1

The average monthly single-family residential power bill could go from $140 to $155 on Jan. 1. But don’t hold us to that number. Don’t hold the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada to it, either. Or NV Energy, or the state Bureau of Consumer Protection, for that matter.

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