NASCAR drivers owe huge debt of gratitude to Gordon

Jeff Gordon changed the face of NASCAR when he burst onto the scene full-time in 1993 at age 21. Now on the brink of retirement, he’s still finding his way into the winner’s circle.

 
Boston Marathon bombing suspects may have had help making the bombs

It was a sophisticated attack with sophisticated devices. Authorities quickly identified the Boston bombing suspects, but almost immediately after Tamerlan Tsarnaev was killed during the manhunt for the perpetrators and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was captured, investigators privately questioned if more people were involved.

 
Woman killed, 43 students hospitalized after Wash. school bus crash

A truck driver who may have been fatigued veered into oncoming traffic on a rural Washington state highway on Thursday, killing a woman driving a car and crashing into a school bus loaded with children, a state trooper said.

 
Mistrial declared, Jodi Arias escapes death penalty

A jury in Arizona failed to reach a verdict on Thursday in the sentencing retrial of Jodi Arias, sparing the former waitress from the death penalty for murdering her ex-boyfriend in 2008.

Man makes daughter hold sign admitting to plagiarism

It was on the corner of Milton Road and Main Street corner where people in Joanna, South Carolina said a father was teaching his daughter a lesson.

Vegas hospital lost track of fetuses for 8 hours before they were found in laundry

The twin fetuses of a woman who miscarried this week were unaccounted for by medical staff at Spring Valley Hospital Medical Center for least eight hours until they were discovered in a soiled linen shipment at a Henderson laundry, according to a police report released Thursday.

Las Vegas police seek man in knife attack on woman

A man is being sought by police after kicking in a door and attacking a woman with a “large knife” in the area of Charleston Boulevard and Sahara Avenue in late February, Las Vegas police said Thursday.

IRS suggests dropping casino winnings threshold to $600

An IRS proposal released this week suggests the reporting rules for winnings from gambling on slots, keno and bingo be reduced from $1,200 to $600. The agency set a 90-day period for the casino industry to respond to the suggested regulation changes.

Metro seeks help finding suspect in Tuesday stabbing

Las Vegas police are asking for the public’s help in finding a man they say stabbed a woman Tuesday at Park Forest Apartments, 50 N. 21st St.

Paralympian’s prosthetic running leg stolen from car

A leading U.S. amputee athlete seeking to compete in next year’s Paralympic Games in Brazil has been sidelined from training after his $30,000 prosthetic running leg was stolen from his car in San Francisco, he said on Thursday.

Self-driving cars could generate billions, study says

Self-driving cars could generate billions of dollars a year in revenue from mobile internet services and products, even if occupants spend only a fraction of their free time on the web, according to a new study by McKinsey & Company.

 
Missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 sparks conspiracy theories

A year on from the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, an extraordinary amount of key data remains unknown – fueling conspiracy theories and heated online debate about one of aviation’s biggest mysteries.

Here’s a look at the 2015 MLS season

Major League Soccer will open its 20th season on Friday. Here are some facts and key dates for the campaign.

Guerrero relishes opportunity to fight for welterweight title on NBC

Robert Guerrero, a three-division world champion, will fight World Boxing Association welterweight champ Keith Thurman on Saturday at the MGM Grand Garden in the 12-round main event of the Premier Boxing Champions on NBC.

Nevada rape victim tells her story at gun campus-carry hearing

A woman who was raped on the UNR campus in 2007 told her story to Nevada legislators for a third time Thursday in support of a bill that would allow concealed weapons permit holders to carry their weapons on college campuses.

Las Vegas book briefs for March 5-11-2015

Las Vegas literary happenings this week include visits by Obert Skye and Steve Jenkins and an author session with Jennifer Debs.

National Geographic team discovers lost city in Honduran jungle

Archaeologists searching for a lost city in the jungles of Honduras have discovered the urban remains of what they believe is a vanished ancient civilization, National Geographic reports.

Hardy seeks more time for BLM comment

U.S. Rep. Cresent Hardy on Thursday put in a request to Interior Secretary Sally Jewell that Nevadans be given more time to weigh in on a new resource management plan for 3.1 million acres of federal land in Southern Nevada.

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