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GOP senator: Give up driver card reluctance

A bill to allow unauthorized residents to drive legally in Nevada is not a special privilege for people here illegally but a recognition that the federal government has failed miserably at controlling illegal immigration, a Utah state senator said.

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Motorcyclist killed in accident near Jean

A 50-year-old motorcyclist was killed Saturday night after he lost control of his motorcycle near Jean.

Bill mandates background checks for gun sales

Groups on both sides of the gun control debate are mustering their forces for a legislative hearing Tuesday on a bill that would require background checks for private-sale weapons purchases.

Ivory Coast techies elect new ‘Web Mayor’

A 22-year-old who lives with his parents is the new mayor of Ivory Coast’s largest city, at least according to the West African nation’s active community of self-described Internet geeks.

Monsanto protest attracts 2,000 in Las Vegas

Protesters rallied in Nevada as part of a global protest against seed giant Monsanto and the genetically modified food it produces.

Search continues for teen missing in Texas flood

The search intensified Sunday for a teenage boy believed to have been swept away by floodwaters as he tried to swim across a swollen creek near San Antonio, authorities said.

Rockets in Lebanon capital signal Syrian spillover

Two rockets hit Hezbollah strongholds in Beirut on Sunday, tearing through an apartment and peppering cars with shrapnel, a day after the Lebanese group’s leader pledged to lift President Bashar Assad to victory in Syria’s civil war.

School trustees praised for courage in hiring Skorkowsky as new leader

It took “a lot of courage” for the Clark County School Board to hire Pat Skorkowsky as permanent superintendent, said board member and past president Linda Young, noting that her colleagues were “being hammered to do a national search.”

 
NASA head views progress on asteroid lasso mission

Surrounded by engineers, NASA chief Charles Bolden inspected a prototype spacecraft engine that could power an audacious mission to lasso an asteroid and tow it closer to Earth for astronauts to explore.