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Video shows blasts at nuclear waste dump site that shut down U.S. 95

A video of Sunday’s explosions that preceded a fire in a state-owned radioactive waste trench at the US Ecology site 10 miles south of Beatty shows white smoke emanating from the soil before the ground erupts, shooting debris and more white smoke into the air.

 
Man testifies against brother at death penalty trial — VIDEO

Robert Sitton’s testimony could help determine whether his brother is sentenced to death. Prosecutors say the siblings killed a 68-year-old man, viciously beating him with their fists and stomping on his back, leaving him to die inside his northwest valley home.

 
Lamar Odom released from Sunrise, friend confirms

A friend of Lamar Odom confirmed an E! News report that the former NBA star and husband of Khloe Kardashian was released from Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center Monday.

 
Mud cleanup keeps Central California-to-Las Vegas highway closed

A popular highway that links Las Vegas and Central California remained closed Saturday night after a mudslide stranded nearly 200 vehicles in the small mountain town of Tehachapi on Thursday night, authorities said.

 
Lamar Odom speaks to doctors, gives thumbs-up

Lamar Odom gave doctors a thumbs-up and spoke briefly Friday morning, a family spokeswoman said in the first official update on his condition since he was found unconscious in a Nye County brothel and hospitalized in Las Vegas.