Southern Nevada teams help with rescue efforts in Colorado

Nevada Task Force 1 arrived in Loveland, Colo., Sunday afternoon and hit the ground running, setting up camp and deploying a 45-member team for rescue missions.

EDITORIAL: Watchdog group a welcome addition

Few local residents have the time to read local government meeting agendas and backup materials. Even fewer have the desire to study such documents to learn about proposed ordinances, expenditures, contracts, licenses and permits.

 
Honest homeless man returns money-filled backpack

A homeless Boston man who police said turned in a backpack containing tens of thousands of dollars in cash and traveler’s checks said even if he were desperate he wouldn’t have kept “even a penny.”

MGM: Renovation of The Hotel at Mandalay Bay being delayed

MGM Resorts International has announced that the renovation of The Hotel at Mandalay Bay into the Delano Las Vegas has been pushed back several months because the design phase has taken longer than originally anticipated.

 
Family of man shot 10 times by NC cop wants answers

An unarmed man seeking help after a car crash over the weekend was shot 10 times by the Charlotte police officer who’s now charged in his death, investigators said Monday.

 
‘Chaos?’ Obama goes after ‘extreme’ Republicans

A potential federal shutdown looming, President Barack Obama on Monday warned congressional Republicans they could trigger national “economic chaos” if they demand a delay of his health care law as the price for supporting continued spending for federal operations.

 
Shipwrecked Concordia gently wrested off Italian reef

Using a vast system of steel cables and pulleys, maritime engineers on Monday gingerly winched the massive hull of the Costa Concordia off the reef where the cruise ship capsized near an Italian island in January 2012 and were poised to set it upright in the middle of the night.

 
UN finds ‘convincing evidence’ of Syria chemical attack

Careful not to blame either side for a deadly chemical weapon attack, U.N. inspectors reported Monday that rockets loaded with the deadly nerve agent sarin had been fired from an area where Syria’s military has bases, but said the evidence could have been manipulated in the rebel-controlled stricken neighborhoods.

Vacant home catches fire

The Las Vegas Fire Department responded to a fire near Sahara Avenue and Valley View Boulevard early Monday morning.

Senate lifts some restrictions as Navy Yard shooter sought

WASHINGTON — Senate officials lifted some restrictions on their side of the U.S. Capitol complex Monday while authorities searched for a potential second suspect in the Navy Yard shootings.

Navy Yard shooting shakes Fort Hood victims

HOUSTON — Kathy Platoni stood in a doctor’s office trying to hide her shaking from the other patients in the waiting room as she watched the news unfold about a shooting at the Washington Navy Yard.

 
Colo evacuees return to find more heartbreak

Weary Colorado evacuees have begun returning home after days of rain and flooding, but Monday’s clearing skies and receding waters revealed only more heartbreak: toppled houses, upended vehicles and a stinking layer of muck covering everything.

Navy Yard suspect hunt postpones Nationals-Braves game

WASHINGTON — The Washington Nationals postponed Monday night’s game against the Atlanta Braves following shootings at the nearby Navy Yard.

White House postpones music event, cites shooting

WASHINGTON — The White House decided late Monday to postpone the taping of a program celebrating Latin music, citing a morning shooting at the Washington Navy Yard that left at least 12 people dead.

Box truck rolls over in Spaghetti Bowl

A box truck rolled over at the interchange of Interstate 15 southbound and U.S. Highway 95 southbound Monday morning, causing delays for drivers.

WHO’S GOT CLOUT? The Business Press presents the power brokers of Las Vegas

Roughly 100 or so “wounded warriors” — soldiers who suffered catastrophic injuries while serving in Iraq and Afghanistan — are annually welcomed with their families for an all-expenses-paid weekend in Las Vegas at The Venetian.

Third person arrested in homeless man’s death

A third person has been arrested in the case of a homeless man who was beaten and tossed in a dumpster last month.

Actor Hemsworth sees Mayweather fight after Cyrus split

Australian actor Liam Hemsworth — and now, apparently, ex-beau of Miley Cyrus — reportedly got the breakup message from her via Twitter while in Las Vegas for the big boxing match.

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