Yanks favorites in wide-open field

If teen phenom Bryce Harper is swinging for the fences and running the bases like a daredevil in the World Series, don’t be surprised. Harper and his Washington Nationals have about as good a shot to get there as the New York Yankees.

Horsford, Tarkanian duke it out in first congressional debate

Democrat Steven Horsford and Republican Danny Tarkanian, vying for Nevada’s newest congressional seat, mirrored the tone of their sharp-edged campaigns with a debate Thursday that included near constant bickering. It is one of three scheduled for Congressional District 4.

Poll: Nevada Latinos back Obama, rank economy more important than immigration

Nevada’s Latinos approve of President Barack Obama’s job performance, disapprove of Republican challenger Mitt Romney’s stance on immigration, and said fixing the country’s lousy economy tops immigration reform as a concern, according to a survey released Thursday. It found that 69 percent of those surveyed favored Obama, while only 15 percent back Romney.

Five steroid vials seized from Clark County

Federal officials confiscated from Clark County five vials of the steroid linked to a national meningitis outbreak, a health official said Thursday.

Canal break slows Colorado River flow

Federal regulators are slowing the flow of the Colorado River below Hoover Dam after a break in the canal that feeds river water to Arizona’s largest cities.

Crush of people, vertical construction predicted for downtown Las Vegas

Downtown Las Vegas looks a lot different today than it did five years ago, and five years from now it will have another 1,000 residential units and an increased employment base of 3,500 to 4,000 people, business executives predicted Thursday at the Golden Nugget.

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