GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney on Wednesday criticized President Barack Obama for “failing the American people” by expanding government and increasing the U.S. debt by $1 trillion a year. In a Las Vegas speech before 1,000 supporters, Romney didn’t mention any of his three GOP opponents a day after he won an overwhelming victory in the Florida primary.
Angelo Dundee, the brilliant motivator who worked the corner for Muhammad Ali in his greatest fights and willed Sugar Ray Leonard to victory in his biggest bout, died Wednesday in Tampa, Fla. He was 90.
A House vote Wednesday could make it more difficult for people on welfare to get a lap dance or pull levers at the slot machines. By a lopsided 395-27, lawmakers passed a bill that would require states to block welfare debit cards from being used at casinos, strip clubs and liquor stores.
The Nevada Partnership for Homeless Youth, whose director left amid concerns she misused the charity’s money, could lose $100,000 in funding if two Clark County commissioners have their way.
Oscar Bellfield and Chace Stanback scored 16 points apiece to lift 11th-ranked UNLV to an 82-63 victory over Colorado State at the Thomas & Mack Center.
A deal to move online retailer Zappos into downtown Las Vegas closed Wednesday, with the City Council voting unanimously to allow a developer to purchase City Hall for Zappos to renovate and import as many as 2,000 workers. The deal is the brainchild of Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh and is being hailed by cheerleaders as a milestone in Las Vegas history.
A Las Vegas police officer was arrested Wednesday on several charges stemming from accusations that while on duty in 2011 he stopped two women in separate cases and coerced them into exposing their breasts.
The Clark County School District needs about $5.3 billion to maintain an equal educational environment for students over the next decade, the School Board was told Wednesday. However, the district doesn’t have the money and few options besides asking voters to pass a bond and pay more in property taxes.
Leaders of the Blue Ribbon Commission on America’s Nuclear Future urged Congress on Wednesday to abandon the long-troubled strategy that has failed to solve the problem of how the nation should dispose of nuclear waste. A hearing on the commission’s findings turned testy after lawmakers kept returning the discussion to Yucca Mountain.
Developer and gaming lobbyist Harvey Whittemore fired back at his former business partners Wednesday by filing his own multimillion-dollar lawsuit, accusing them of making death threats, racketeering and extortion. Whittemore is seeking $60 million from Thomas Seeno, Albert Seeno Jr., and Albert Seeno III, alleging they defrauded him through their partnership, which oversees the languishing Coyote Springs community and other companies.
Fresh off his defeat in the Florida primary, Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich enthralled about 200 cheering supporters today, calling for repealing “Obamacare” and promising as president to never bow to a Saudi king. He did not speak entirely negatively about his chief opponent, Mitt Romney, instead calling all his challengers “my friends” who just have a different perspective on how to improve America.
