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.

 
Slave who died in 1798 finally buried ‘not as slave, but child of God’

A slave who died more than 200 years ago in Connecticut but was never buried was given an extraordinary funeral Thursday that included lying in state at the Capitol and calls for learning from his painful life.

 
Washington teens plead not guilty in vet beating death

Two 16-year-old boys pleaded not guilty Thursday to murder and other charges in the beating death of an 88-year-old World War II veteran in Spokane nearly seven decades after he was shot in Okinawa and survived.

 
Water, then fire: Two New Jersey shore towns suffer again

Two Jersey shore communities that share an iconic boardwalk find themselves having to rebuild it and help scores of businesses pick up the pieces for the second time in less than a year after a massive fire roared along the wooden walkway Thursday.

Would you board flight 666 to HEL?

Finnair passengers don’t seem bothered boarding flight 666 to HEL, even on Friday the 13th.

 
37 dead in fire at Russian psychiatric hospital

A pre-dawn fire swept through a Russian psychiatric hospital Friday, killing 37 people, officials said. Authorities had long warned that the mostly wooden building dating to the 19th century was unsafe.

Federal control of Nevada lands hot topic at summit

Representatives of Nevada’s diverse collection of cities and counties don’t always find common ground, but the federal government’s control of so much of the state’s public lands struck a nerve at a summit here Friday.

Trial of ex-Assemblyman Steven Brooks delayed in California

Trial has been delayed in California for former Nevada Assemblyman Steven Brooks who is facing felony and misdemeanor charges stemming from a high-speed freeway chase and fight with police the same day he was expelled from the Legislature.

Las Vegas police identify man shot to death Thursday

A man shot to death near Wigwam Avenue and the Las Vegas Beltway on Thursday night has been identified as Brandon Kuhn, 32, of Las Vegas.

It’s a crazy life for ‘Pawn Stars’ Chumlee

Four years in and life just keeps getting crazier for Austin “Chumlee” Russell, the improbable breakout star of “Pawn Stars.”

Sprinkler head causes Sparks school evacuation

SPARKS — School district officials say a loud sound that prompted officials to evacuate a Sparks high school was caused by a broken fire sprinkler head.

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