Lowden’s first ad hits Hutchison on Obamacare

Republican Sue Lowden’s first TV ad in her bid to become Nevada lieutenant governor slams her GOP foe Mark Hutchison for voting to implement Obamacare.

Family court judge suspended for three months without pay

A judicial panel on Monday ordered Family Court Judge Steven Jones suspended without pay for three months for misconduct over his romantic relationship with the late prosecutor Lisa Willardson.

 
Man survives 13 months adrift eating birds, turtles

A man leaves Mexico in December 2012 for a day of shark fishing and ends up surviving 13 months on fish, birds and turtles before washing ashore on the remote Marshall Islands thousands of miles away.

Defendant pleads guilty to conspiring to kidnap cop

A 43-year-old man accused of conspiring to kidnap, convict and execute a random police officer as part of a domestic terrorist movement cut a plea deal with prosecutors that will land him probation.

Zoo tiger with Las Vegas roots remembered at memorial

People gathered at Panaewa Rainforest Zoo in Hilo, Hawaii, on Saturday to remember a white male Bengal tiger that was a long time star attraction and recently died at age 15.

Man dies after fight at Las Vegas bar

A man died Monday after an early morning bar fight near Flamingo Road and Arville Street.

Henderson police car involved in crash

A Henderson police officer suffered minor injrues after colliding with another car on St. Rose Parkway and Jeffreys Street Monday afternoon.

Lieutenant governor candidates trade jabs over donations

The race for lieutenant governor is heating up with the two Republicans vying for the office, Sue Lowden and Mark Hutchison, trading jabs for donating to Democrats in the past.

California man who ran Las Vegas tax scheme gets prison

A Fresno, Calif. man was sentenced to 30 months in federal prison Monday for failing to pay $564,464 in taxes to the Internal Revenue Service over several years.

18-year-old Las Vegan will drive in Nationwide Series

Dylan Kwasniewski will compete in the Nationwide Series this season, becoming one of four Las Vegans to drive in one of NASCAR’s top two tiers. Kwasniewski, 18, will drive the No. 31 Chevrolet for Turner Scott Motorsports.

 
Cars that ‘talk’ to each other to avoid crashes near reality

Your car might see a deadly crash coming even if you don’t, the government says, indicating it will require automakers to equip new vehicles with technology that lets cars warn each other if they’re plunging toward peril.

 
Student kills teacher, policeman in shooting at Moscow school

A 10th-grade student with two rifles burst into his Moscow school on Monday, killing his geography teacher and a policeman in front of about 20 students, investigators said.

 
Packets found in Hoffman investigation contained heroin

Tests have confirmed there was heroin in at least some of the scores of plastic packets in the New York City apartment where Philip Seymour Hoffman was found dead, a law enforcement official said Monday.

 
Google must move ‘mystery’ barge because of permit issue

Google must move a mystery barge from a construction site on an island in the middle of San Francisco Bay because the permits are not in order, a state official said Monday.

A La Carte, Feb. 4-10

Dining events and news from across the valley.

 
Convicted killer captured after Michigan prison break

A convicted killer who peeled a hole in two fences with his hands to escape from a Michigan prison before abducting a woman and fleeing to Indiana was captured Monday evening, authorities said.

Lawmakers move to weed out inactive boards, committees

CARSON CITY — As the Legislature’s Sunset Subcommittee questioned state officials on Monday, Assemblyman Richard Daly asked why eight legislatively approved committees seldom, if ever, meet.

Police say 2 shot, killed at business in Washington state

A gunman killed another person and himself at a business park Monday in an attack that briefly prompted a lockdown at a nearby school in this southwestern Washington city.

Obamacare a big headache for Hispanics

The White House’s failed rollout of its Spanish-language health care website, CuidadoDeSalud.gov, is already a laughingstock. Much like its English language counterpart, the site is filled with technical issues. There are mistranslations and links to English-only pages and forms.

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