LVCVA board upholds contract for telecom services with Cox

The contract between Cox Nevada Telcom and the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority remains in effect after Tuesday’s board of directors meeting, despite Chairman Tom Collins placing an item on the agenda suggesting he wanted to terminate the business agreement.

Nevada extends $5 million contract to fight Yucca Mountain

Nevada is ready to continue its fight against any efforts to license Yucca Mountain as a high-level nuclear waste dump with a vote Tuesday by a state board to extend a contract for private legal representation.

2013 Girls Golf Capsules

Follow the link for girls golf preseason capsules, as submitted by coaches.

Home builder sentenced to prison for embezzling Navajo Nation money

A Mesquite home builder was sentenced to 51 months in prison Tuesday for embezzling money from a federal housing grant program for the Navajo Nation, Nevada U.S. Attorney Daniel G. Bogden announced.

Gambler’s challenge to ‘markers’ law disputes $384,000 casino debt

If you are going to play, then you have to pay. That was the clear message that Chief Clark County District Attorney Bernard Zadrowski gave Tuesday in a case challenging the constitutionality of the state’s “markers law” that requires gamblers to pay their debts when requested, or face civil and criminal penalties.

Aging U.S. up against crisis in cancer care

Baby boomers are entering the years when they’re most prone to tumors, and doctors are having a hard time keeping up with complex new treatments, government advisers reported Tuesday. The combination poses a serious problem.

 
iPad video could be key in George Zimmerman case

Police investigating a domestic dispute between George Zimmerman and his estranged wife said Tuesday that video from her broken iPad may be crucial evidence in determining whether any charges are filed.

Big student debt in unexpected places

Don’t let the big price tags nix an application to Harvard or Yale. The average student receiving financial aid on those campuses paid about a quarter of the public sticker price and most graduates leave their ivy-covered quads with smaller debts than peers who attended less prestigious schools.

Feds detail previously secret spying abuses from 2009

Federal officials on Tuesday released previously classified documents showing misuse of a domestic spying program in 2009 that went too far in collecting domestic phone data and then mislead a secret spy court.

 
Report: Oklahoma State players took thousands from boosters

Boosters and assistant coaches at Oklahoma State handed out tens of thousands of dollars to players for at least a decade as the program grew into a national power under coaches Les Miles and then Mike Gundy, according to a Sports Illustrated article released Tuesday.

 
Apple introduces 2 new iPhone models

Apple’s latest iPhones will come in a bevy of colors and two distinct designs, one made of plastic and the other that aims to be “the gold standard of smartphones” and reads your fingerprint.

Longtime Elko newspaper owner Mel Steninger dies

Mel Steninger, a colorful, longtime figure in Nevada newspaper history, died Monday at his home of chronic pulmonary disease. He was 82.

Oscar De La Hoya admits himself to rehab

Oscar De La Hoya has admitted himself to a treatment facility as he continues to fight his substance abuse.

Storm system hits northeastern Clark County

Storms moving into the Las Vegas Valley Monday afternoon gave the northwest a break and hit other areas of the county.

Movie blogger calls 911 over phone use at screening

A movie blogger irate about cellphone usage during a Toronto International Film Festival screening called 911 to report the offense.

 
Solar boat reaches Paris after crossing Atlantic

The world’s largest solar-powered boat has docked on the banks of the Seine River, its final port of call after a three-month voyage across the Atlantic Ocean to study how the Gulf Stream and climate change could influence each other.

Proposed merger of MTR Gaming Group, Eldorado Resorts called growth opportunity

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The proposed merger of West Virginia’s MTR Gaming Group and Nevada’s Eldorado Resorts creates opportunity for growth, and executives with both companies told investors Tuesday that they should expect to see the combined company play a role in the consolidation of the gambling industry.

 
‘Insensitive’ 9-11 special retracted by Wisconsin golf club

A Wisconsin golf course owner who advertised nine holes of golf for $9.11 to mark the anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks apologized Tuesday but said he would keep the club open despite a backlash that included death threats.

EDITORIAL: UNLV great Tarkanian enters Hall of Fame

Jerry Tarkanian’s induction into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame was way overdue. Few coaches in any era who have rethought the game and influenced it as much as Mr. Tarkanian.

Body found in desert near Kingman, Ariz.

The Mohave County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the death of a man whose body was discovered in the open desert just north of the Kingman, Ariz., city limits Sunday.

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