There are four kids in my family. I’m the third child and the middle daughter, which means I have the unique privilege of having both a younger and older sister.
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Anthony Weiner made a mistake. Again. It involved his penis. Again. And he’s sorry. Again.
The new scandal, which bears a striking resemblance to the old scandal, brings a form of infidelity, one void of physical touch, to the limelight.
The Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles, taking a wide variety of living situations into consideration, has tripled the number of documents it will accept from those who are in the country illegally and apply for the new driver authorization cards.
The first thing that tipped off Manny was the representative’s willingness to stay on the phone with him while he drove three miles to the nearest Albertson’s.
Jose Aldo retained the Ultimate Fighting Championship featherweight title Saturday night with a fouth-round technical knockout of “The Korean Zombie” Chan Sung Jung in the main event of UFC 163 in Rio de Janeiro.
The trip underground takes 3½ minutes in an elevator built to carry up to 22 people.
Burlesque icon Dixie Evans has died at age 86, according to the Burlesque Hall of Fame.
Clark County calls will be dialed differently with the addition of a new area code. All new dialed calls should include the area code followed by the number, whether it is long distance or not.
Microsoft is bringing a pared-down version of its Office software to Android phones, but it won’t work on Android tablets just as it doesn’t on iPads.
INCLINE VILLAGE — A man has died after being found unresponsive in water off the beach at Sand Harbor State Park on Lake Tahoe’s north shore.
The College of Southern Nevada dance program and Mosaic Sky presented their inaugural Mosaic Inner Spirit Awards recently at the Nicholas Horn Theatre on the CSN campus in North Las Vegas to recognize the efforts of everyday people to create a stronger community.
Best Friends Animal Sanctuary, located in a region replete with scenic splendor and world-famous outdoor destinations, has developed into an unusual and absorbing attraction in its own right. The nation’s largest no-kill animal sanctuary, Best Friends is a few miles north of Kanab, Utah, and offers free tours daily, except on Christmas Day.
Prince William gave guests at a charity polo match an insight into his new paternal duties Saturday, saying his mind was stuck in “baby mode” thanks to his feisty newborn son.
The Great Bull Run is inspired by the annual running of the bulls in Pamplona, Spain. It’s set to kick off Aug. 24 at a drag-racing strip south of Richmond, Va. A second event is planned for Oct. 19 at an Atlanta-area horse park that hosted events for the 1996 Olympics. More events are planned for Texas, Florida, California, Minnesota, Illinois and Pennsylvania.
CARSON CITY — A federal appeals court has upheld a lower court ruling that blocked the use of Newlands Project water to support waterfowl in the Fallon area.
ELKO — Veteran Elko newswoman Lori Gilbert has won another term on the board of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
ELKO — The Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest has published maps reflecting its new travel management plan for Elko County, and has scheduled two open houses to answer questions about them.
Dozens of Egyptian immigrants rallied outside the Lloyd George U.S. Courthouse on Saturday, urging the Obama administration and Secretary of State John Kerry to withdraw millions of dollars in foreign aid from their homeland and concede that the overthrow in July of their first freely elected president was a military coup.
Companies vying for a stake in the fast-growing electronic cigarette business are reviving the decades-old marketing tactics the tobacco industry used to hook generations of Americans on regular smokes.
Time Warner Cable’s blackout of CBS continued Saturday, and neither side indicated a resolution of their dispute over fees is imminent.
More than 1,000 people had gathered at 6 a.m. in a nearby parking lot to watch the planned implosion at the plant owned by Pacific Gas and Electric in Bakersfield. After structures on the property came crashing down, a police officer at the scene heard a man screaming for help and saw his leg had been severed, police said.
Russia will enforce a new law cracking down on gay rights activism when it hosts international athletes and fans during the 2014 Olympics in Sochi, the country’s sports minister said Thursday, appearing to contradict assurances to the contrary from the International Olympic Committee.
Alex Rodriguez feels singled out — by Major League Baseball in its drug investigation and by his New York Yankees.
“There are a lot of layers,” he said after homering Friday night for the Double-A Trenton Thunder in his return from a leg injury.
While free hasn’t always come cheap to Mike Ziethlow, a resident of North Las Vegas, his organization, Vegas on the Mic, has captured the attention of local artists.
Leo Preston Miller, 53, was killed after he walked into the path of a bus as it traveled north on Las Vegas Boulevard near Owens Avenue.
With its first smartphone designed completely in-house, Google is demonstrating one of the benefits of moving production from Asia to the U.S.: It’s letting buyers customize phones to give them their own style.
NEW YORK — You’re listening to it on the way to the beach, or when your toes are resting in the sand. Or you’re on a crowded train without a seat, sweating as funky smells scorch from the left or right. Luckily, you’re jamming to funky summertime beats, you’re doing OK.
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Family owners of beloved Vegas restaurant involved in mysterious lawsuit
Fiery wrong-way crash kills 2, shuts down 215 in northwest Las Vegas
Woman arrested after police say she climbed on Reno craps table, threw chips at people
Las Vegas family suing to get son an extra year of high school
Asian grocery store looks to add new location near Summerlin