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Washington Digest: Senate Republicans block two Obama nominations

Senate Republicans blocked the confirmation of two presidential nominations last week over the objections of Democrats who claimed the minority party was abusing its right to filibuster for partisan purposes.

50 bighorn sheep in Nevada to be moved to Utah

As many as 50 desert bighorn sheep will be moving from Nevada to Utah under a joint effort by wildlife officials in the two states.

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Price of gasoline in U.S. riding a seesaw

Gasoline prices are swinging up and down ever more drastically, a result of a national fuel system that is operating with a shrinking margin for error.

Las Vegas Latinos celebrate Day of the Dead

Skeletal remains were found scattered inside the Las Vegas Springs Preserve near Meadows mall over the weekend, but no murderers were arrested and no crime was committed. It was a Day of the Dead celebration.

Battle for Nevada state funding moving in south’s direction

The jury is still out on whether a long-standing fight over state funding equity between Northern Nevada and Southern Nevada is over or just beginning in earnest.

French journalists abducted, slain by militants in Mali

Gunmen abducted and killed two French radio journalists on assignment in northern Mali on Saturday, grabbing the pair as they left the home of a rebel leader, French and Malian officials said.

‘God’s Army’ twins reunite and seek comrades

When they were kids, Johnny and Luther Htoo were bulletproof and invulnerable to land mines — or so went the story that briefly made them famous as hundreds of guerrillas followed and even worshipped them in the southeastern jungles of Myanmar. Today, well over a decade later, their “God’s Army” is no more, and the twins’ greatest accomplishment may be that both are still alive.

Man sent to prison in northwestern Arizona slaying

A 21-year prison sentence was imposed Friday for a Long Beach, Calif., man who was convicted of second-degree murder in the November 2011 slaying of his uncle in Lake Havasu City, Ariz.

Virginia Tech families discuss ‘legacy’ of campus safety

The families of victims and survivors of the 2007 massacre at Virginia Tech call campus safety measures instituted at colleges and universities nationwide a “living legacy” that won’t be diminished by a court decision involving two who were killed.

Note: Suspect wanted to kill at least one officer

The suspect accused of opening fire inside the Los Angeles airport was determined to lash out at the Transportation Security Administration, saying in a note that he wanted to kill at least one TSA officer and didn’t care which one, authorities said Saturday.