Report: Romney picks Ryan for running mate

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has picked Wisconsin congressman Paul Ryan to be his running mate. Romney was expected to introduce Ryan during a rally Saturday morning in Norfolk, Va.

UNLV welcomes incoming freshmen

The ritual is the same, even if the specifics differ from year to year. Hundreds of thousands of new high school graduates flood into the nation’s universities every fall.

David Rakoff, acclaimed humorist, dies at 47

NEW YORK – David Rakoff, an award-winning humorist whose cynical outlook on life and culture developed a loyal following of readers and radio listeners, has died after a long illness. He was 47.

School District rehires laid-off teachers

The last of 419 laid-off teachers have been rehired by the same district that let them go.

Desai, nurses charged with murder

A grand jury on Friday indicted Dr. Dipak Desai and two nurse anesthetists on a second-degree murder charge in the death of Rodolfo Meana, a victim of Southern Nevada’s hepatitis C outbreak.

Connor Fields finishes seventh in Olympic BMX final

He sat down to write in a journal Thursday evening, overlooking the Olympic village and envisioning his voyage to it. Connor Fields wanted more than anything else to grasp the moment and how so many played a part in delivering him here. His friends, his family, his coaches past and present.

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