Church fundraiser offers glimpse at homeless lifestyle

The parking lot of Holy Spirit Lutheran Church is a testament to the amazing things that can happen when discarded cardboard boxes meet the minds of dedicated people armed with duct tape, staple guns and scads of enthusiastic creativity.

If it’s OK for women to pop the question, why don’t they?

If a man is marrying a woman somewhere in America, odds are that he proposed to her. That may seem obvious, but consider this: Three-fourths of Americans say it would be fine for the woman to do the proposing, in theory.

African nation may try ecotourism to save chimpanzees

Conservationists and the Ivory Coast government hope to promote ecotourism in a national park with a chimpanzee population that is conditioned to be relatively comfortable around humans.

22 places for Italian food

From pizza to fine Italian dining, here are some restaurants to consider when you’re in the mood for Italian.

Reno firefighter training includes Mexican cruise

The city of Reno is spending thousands of dollars sending firefighters to emergency medical certification training at out-of-state tourist destinations despite the fact the same training is offered in Northern Nevada.

Jury’s award takes bite out of Apple-Samsung verdict

A California jury awarded Apple $119 million — far less than the $2.2 billion it demanded — in a patent battle with Samsung over alleged copying of smart phone features, and the jury made the victory even smaller by finding that Apple illegally used one of Samsung’s patents.

 
Boy’s father apologizes at funeral for not saving him

The father of a 5-year-old boy who was missing for months before his body was found by the side of a highway apologized at his funeral Saturday, saying he wished he could have saved his son.

This horseplayer will try to beat the chalk in Kentucky Derby

Just about everyone will have an opinion on the Kentucky Derby, some more educated than others. Before giving my picks – since it’s just one man’s opinion and this is the biggest handicapping challenge of the year with a 19-horse field of fast-developing 3-year-olds — I’d like to share the consensus of the sharpest Derby handicappers: the future-book bettors.

Area resident puts heart and soul into life’s musical career

On a relatively quiet street in North Las Vegas where many of the houses look the same, one house holds hidden treasures. In the living room, there are several platinum and gold records hung on a wall. Larry White sits beneath them in a crisp black button-down shirt and black pants.

First case of American contracting MERS confirmed

Health officials confirmed the first case of an American infected with a mysterious virus that has sickened hundreds in the Middle East.

Eggplant parm pizza a highlight at Custom Built Artisan Pizza

Artisan — as it applies to just about anything — is one of the biggest buzzwords in the food world right now, and artisan pizza places have been popping up like the mushrooms in their toppings during the past few years. So what makes Custom Built Artisan Pizza stand out?

Condoleezza Rice backs out of Rutgers commencement

Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has backed out of delivering the commencement address at Rutgers University following protests by some faculty and students over her role in the Iraq War.

Drones ‘taking away from Yosemite’s natural beauty’

The bald eagle, the yellow warbler and the peregrine falcon have been joined in the skies above Yosemite National Park by a noisy newcomer: the drone.

Controversy clouds run-up to tonight’s Mayweather-Maidana fight

WBA welterweight champion Marcos Maidana is forced to switch to a different style of glove than the ones he originally intended to fight in tonight at the MGM Grand Garden after WBC champ Floyd Mayweather and his camp objected to the location and style of the padding.

Toyota spurns California for Texas — here’s why

Although Toyota is playing it coy for the reasons behind the move of its national headquarters from Los Angeles to Dallas, you don’t have to be an economist to know why.

Utah officials: Feds should round up wild horses

Utah wildlife officials are supporting ranchers and county leaders who are threatening to break federal law and round up wild horses this summer if federal officials don’t do it first.

Up to 2,700 people possibly dead after Afghan landslide

Afghan rescuers and hundreds of volunteers armed with shovels and little more than their bare hands dug through earth and mud Saturday looking for survivors or bodies of loved ones killed by a massive landslide in the remote northeast.

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