Family asked to leave Southwest flight over tweet

A Minneapolis man and his two children were asked to leave a Southwest Airlines flight in Denver after he tweeted about a boarding disagreement.

Investigators gain health insurance using fake IDs

Undercover investigators using fake identities were able to secure taxpayer-subsidized health insurance under President Barack Obama’s health care law, congressional investigators said Wednesday.

McCarran OK’d for overtime reimbursement

McCarran International Airport will receive federal funding to pay overtime expenses to U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers that have been swamped with last year’s 30 percent increase in international passenger traffic.

Comic Con begins its four-day run in San Diego

Like Batman responding to a beaming Bat signal in the sky, fans are streaming to San Diego for the 45th annual Comic-Con pop culture extravaganza.

VA nominee advances; Heller votes yes

The U.S. Senate is wasting little time in advancing President Barack Obama’s pick to head the embattled Department of Veterans Affairs.

Quarterback took colorful steps in a game before football

Dance Dance Revolution is a music video game introduced in Japan 16 years ago, where players stand on a platform or stage and hit colored arrows with their feet to musical and visual cues.

Panaca shares sesquicentennial with Nevada

Nevadans will celebrate 150 years of statehood on Oct. 31, but residents of a small town near the state’s eastern border are getting two sesquicentennials in one year.

Joe Merica was a Vegas ‘Mad Man’

There was a time Joe Merica had this town by the tail. Don’t remember him? Even his cool name had a finger-popping snap to it that made you think of an endless Happy Hour and the clink of ice in fresh glasses.

Broncos owner Pat Bowlen steps down due to Alzheimer’s

Denver Broncos owner Pat Bowlen is giving up control of the team because of Alzheimer’s disease. The 70-year-old Bowlen will no longer be a part of the club’s daily operations, the Broncos announced Wednesday.

Power outage affecting 200 residents in east valley

At least 200 residents near East Charleston Boulevard and South Main Street are without power Monday morning, according to NV Energy’s website.

Gaming board sticking to medical pot stance

A regulatory mandate that Nevada gaming license holders stay away from the state’s neophyte medical marijuana business could be challenged again Thursday at the Nevada Gaming Commission. But the outcome is inevitable.

Transport planes with victims’ bodies land in Netherlands

Two military transport planes carrying 40 coffins bearing victims of the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 landed Wednesday in the southern city of Eindhoven, and pro-Russian rebels shot down two fighter jets in Ukraine’s restive east as fighting flared.

Woman killed in auto-pedestrian accident identified

The Clark County coroner’s office has identified the woman who died Monday night in the southwest valley after being struck by a car.

Newsmakers, July 24-30, 2014

Army PV2 Thomas Snow graduated from basic training and Airborne School at Fort Benning, Ga. He is stationed in Alaska. Snow is the son of Philip and Jeannette Snow of Las Vegas and is a 2013 graduate of Northwest Career and Technical Academy.

Lineup announced for iHeartRadio

Friends, not-so-friendly rivals, retiring rockers, an outlaw country cuss and more are among the acts highlighting the iHeartRadio Music Festival, whose lineup has been announced.

NAACP panel: Quit quashing minority vote

State legislatures in the past few years have made more than 250 attempts to pass laws to roll back voting rights and 22 states have approved such laws, NAACP panelists said in Las Vegas on Tuesday, accusing Republicans of trying to quash the growing minority vote.

Residents oppose power rate increase

About 40 residents attended a consumer session sponsored Tuesday by the Nevada Public Utilities Commission to discuss NV Energy’s latest general rate filing.

Preparing for cyber warfare

The question is being raised – is America prepped to handle a contemporary cyber war?

Program’s self-defense strategy is simple: escape the assailant

Many self-defense classes concentrate on moves to incapacitate or disarm an attacker, but Simple Self Defense for Women teaches that the best defense is to not be there for the offense.

Jones case costs Judicial Discipline Commission over $180k

The Nevada Commission on Judicial Discipline spent at least $183,300 — more than three-fourths of its publicly funded fiscal budget in 2014 — pursuing a case against suspended Family Court Judge Steven Jones, according to its executive director.

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