State to take unemployment calls Saturday

The Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation has fixed the problems with its $30 million new computer system that made it difficult for unemployment calls this month.

Child pornography suspect skips court

A suspect in a child pornography investigation escaped house arrest and failed to make a court appearance Wednesday.

Thousands of Latinos celebrate independence in Las Vegas

Thousands of Latinos from Mexico and Central and South American countries are expected to flood downtown Las Vegas starting with a parade Saturday morning to celebrate their respective independence revolutions from Spain.

Man arrested in shooting that killed 46-year-old

Police arrested a man Thursday night suspected of a multiple shooting that left one man dead and another wounded.

Rebels have plenty to prove

UNLV would seem to be a mental wreck after a stunning run of errors in its first two games, but looking inside a football player’s head is almost impossible.

Two indicted in Canyon Springs High School beating

Two 18-year-old men were indicted Friday in connection with the August beating of three students at Canyon Springs High School.

Wife testifies she hid in closet as husband beaten, robbed

The wife of a robbery and beating victim testified Friday that she hid in a closet and called 911 after two men dressed as Mormon missionaries forced their way into the couple’s home.

FRIDAY FOOTBALL SHOWDOWN: Week 2

Week 2 of the Friday Football Showdown pits Steve Fezzik against Cris Zeniuk and Frank Perez.

EDITORIAL: Make the TSA just go away

As Americans observed the 12th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks last week, surprisingly little attention was given to a seismic change in the country’s most visible legacy of those terrorist strikes: the Transportation Security Administration.

EDITORIAL: Zappos’ new downtown headquarters a major step

The resurgence of downtown Las Vegas can be traced to some major milestones over the past decade. The opening of the World Market Center, the Las Vegas Premium Outlets, the Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health and The Smith Center for the Performing Arts transformed the west side of downtown.

NASCAR adds Gordon to Chase field amid controversy

NASCAR added Jeff Gordon to the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship field on Friday, a stunning and unprecedented step in the fallout from at least two attempts to manipulate the results at the season-ending race at Richmond last weekend.

Appeals court upholds slugger Bonds’ conviction

A federal appeals court on Friday upheld former Giants slugger Barry Bonds’ obstruction of justice conviction stemming from rambling testimony he gave during a 2003 appearance before a grand jury investigating performance enhancing drug use among elite athletes.

Check out film history in Lone Pine

Lone Pine, Calif., is best known as a base camp to hiking, backpacking and horse packing expeditions in the eastern Sierra Nevada. It’s also a mecca to film buffs, especially those who cut their popcorn teeth on westerns. It is not only home to the Beverly and Jim Rogers Lone Pine Film History Museum but is also the site, every Columbus Day weekend, for the Lone Pine Film Festival.

North America’s tallest peak may be shorter

An effort to update decades-old maps using airplane-mounted radar technology showed the Alaska’s Mount McKinley, called Denali by locals, stands at 20,237 feet. That’s 83 feet shorter than an estimate of 20,320 feet from the early 1950s.

Rabbit-proofing requires a few tricks

Question: Do you have any solutions for keeping rabbits from eating plants? I live in Sun City Anthem, and they are a real problem. I just planted some lovely gerbera daisies, and they’ve eaten the plants to the ground.

 
‘Up’ balloon cluster attempt falls short

A balloonist who was trying to cross the Atlantic Ocean using hundreds of helium-filled balloons landed short of his goal in Newfoundland.

Taliban attack on US Consulate kills 4 Afghans

The Taliban attacked a U.S. Consulate in western Afghanistan with car bombs and guns on Friday, killing at least four Afghans but failing to enter the compound or hurt any Americans.

 
Colorado death toll rises to 4 after body found

Colorado officials have raised the death toll from this week’s flooding to four after a woman’s body was found in Boulder.

United Airlines says it will honor freebie tickets

United Airlines passengers reported buying tickets for $5 to $10 before United shut down the bookings on its website and phone centers to prevent more tickets from being sold or given away.

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