The Latino Vote: Presidential candidates pursue splintered bloc

Latinos make up 26 percent of swing-state Nevada’s population. But while the campaigns of President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney court the state’s Latinos, the political lens needs a sharper focus.

Pickets pick up pace on Fremont Street

Hundreds of pickets with the local Culinary and Bartender unions broke free of their mono­tonous circular rhythm and danced to the beat of live music on Fremont Street on Saturday.

Berkley trails Heller campaign by $1 million

U.S. Sen. Dean Heller has $1 million more cash on hand for his Senate campaign than challenger Rep. Shelley Berkley, giving him a financial advantage for the final weeks before the Nov. 6 election.

Pahrump man held on child lewdness, porn charges

A 39-year-old Pahrump resident was arrested on lewdness with a minor and child pornography charges Saturday, according to the Nye County Sheriff’s Office.

Actor, TV host Gary Collins dies at 74 in Mississippi

BILOXI, Miss. – Gary Collins, an actor, television show host and former master of ceremonies for the Miss America Pageant, has died. He was 74.

New York jail sees terror suspect’s fake arms as weapons

NEW YORK – Every night, while an Egyptian Islamic preacher awaits trial on terrorism charges, jailers confiscate items he carries with him during the day that they consider to be weapons- his prosthetic arms, including one with a metal hook.