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Project Neon takes new approach

Three months after taking the job of managing Project Neon, the massive job of reconstructing the highways and streets south of Las Vegas’ infamous Spaghetti Bowl, Cole Mortensen received an invitation to try something new in Nevada.

Auto shop teacher delivers life lessons

Students one nudge away from dropping out will go to teacher Rodney Ball’s class but skip all others.

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Washington Digest: Congress gives final OK to budget deal

Congress last week completed action on a two-year budget blueprint aimed at averting another government shutdown and blunting the sharp impact of a second round of sequestration cuts.

Bear’s euthanasia at Tahoe prompts death threats

A Lake Tahoe couple filed a police report saying they received numerous death threats and harassing messages after reporting problems with a black bear that was captured and euthanized by Nevada wildlife officials.

Teen shot at Colorado school dies, hospital says

A suburban Denver high school student who was shot in the head by a classmate died Saturday afternoon, hospital officials said in a statement.

Parents of girl with cancer accuse Reno hospital of deceptive practices

The parents of a young girl with leukemia are suing Renown Regional Medical Center and its former pediatric oncologist, claiming they misrepresented the Reno hospital’s ability to care for their child and violated the state’s Deceptive Trade Practices Act.

Review board recommends changes in U.S. spy programs

A presidential advisory panel has recommended sweeping limits on the government’s surveillance programs, including requiring a court to sign off on individual searches of phone records and stripping the National Security Agency of its ability to store that data from Americans.

California Latinos show heritage in US

Hilario Santiago Vasquez came to California during a surge of 1980s immigration to follow the crops from the Central Valley to Oregon to Florida. Along the way, he picked grapes, blueberries and oranges.

Each trek across America uniquely personal

For a week following Jadin’s death, Joe Bell lay in bed, beating himself up, wondering what he could — should — have done differently to help his son. Racked with guilt, Bell chided himself over scolding Jadin for smoking a few days before the hanging. The Oregon man worried that he couldn’t survive this grief. Bell knew he had to do something. Then it came to him: He’d walk across the country, sharing Jadin’s story.

US holiday travelers brace for cold, wet weather

Freezing rain. Snow. Thunderstorms. Even tornadoes. Much of the nation braced for foul weather on one of the busiest travel weekends of the year, as a wet winter storm created travel worries from Chicago and Detroit to Boston and New York.