WASHINGTON — The Interior Department is moving forward with a plan to ban new mining claims on 1 million acres near the Grand Canyon, even as congressional Republicans try to block efforts to limit mining operations in an area known for high-grade uranium ore.
PHOENIX — Authorities are investigating whether a sheriff’s deputy shot to death while answering a burglary call and a New Hampshire couple found dead in their car in Arizona were killed by the same gunman.
An independent political committee supportive of Newt Gingrich is planning to release a film critical of Mitt Romney’s tenure at a private equity firm, just days after Las Vegas Sands Corp. chairman Sheldon Adelson contributed $5 million to the group to bolster the former House speaker’s White House run.
In parts of America, an apartment is a place to live for a few years while saving for a house.
North Las Vegas finally is making progress toward restoration of the historic Kiel Ranch, the long-neglected home of one of Nevada’s oldest buildings and site of three infamous local slayings.
Las Vegas Constable John Bonaventura may go down in history as the guy who prompted an overhaul of constable offices across Nevada, reducing the independence of an elected job few know about and even fewer care about — until a foul-mouthed video surfaced featuring deputies in his office.
Five years have passed since America’s iconic bird of prey was removed from the endangered species list, and its presence at Lake Mead appears to be growing.
Much of the buzz at this year’s International Consumer Electronics Show will be on new products unveiled by the world’s largest companies. But at a Sunday night gathering at Mandalay Bay’s Foundation Room, small tech startups — including several from Las Vegas — were the stars of the show.
Your home electronics will soon be smarter than you, if a Sunday preview of the 2012 International Consumer Electronics Show is any indication.
Tablet computer makers, hoping to get attention in a market dominated by Apple Inc.’s iPad, have taken over the 2012 International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, using North America’s largest trade show as a coming-out party.
Tim Tebow connected with Demaryius Thomas on an electrifying 80-yard touchdown pass on the first play of overtime and the Broncos defeated the stunned Steelers 29-23 in the AFC wild-card game on Sunday.
The label didn’t say “Please finish all this medication,” and you didn’t, so now you have a few pills left, and wonder about the best way to get rid of them. To flush or not to flush? To trash or not to trash? Neither, if you care about the safety of the water supply and the problem of drug abuse.
“You can never give up on anybody,” says paramedic John Osborn. “You never know who’s going to make it.”
He’ll never forget one who did –a woman who was ejected from her car yet survived when it rolled over her.
Osborn found her walking around in shock. There was a perfect imprint of her body in a farmer’s freshly plowed pasture.
I’m often curious about how the concept of a long rubber tube with a handle at each end made it into the gym, but I am glad it’s here to stay. Stretchy bands are fun to work with and provide constant resistance without relying on gravity.
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