Convict cowboys train horses, seek redemption at Nevada camp

Since 2000, Nevada prisoners have trained wild horses to be sold at auction to the highest bidder. The Stewart Conservation Camp outside Carson City has such a program.

Costumed characters play for tips on Strip

Hello Kitty beckons to passing tourists by waving her paws and blowing cat kisses into the air. In her pink pajamas, pink mittens and brassiere made of seashells, she seems oddly out of place in front of Paris Las Vegas on the Las Vegas Strip. Until you watch her work and see how people respond.

‘Area 51’ book stretches truth, ex-workers say

Is it nonfiction or science fiction? For the most part, the new book “Area 51 — An Uncensored History of America’s Top Secret Military Base” portrays real accounts of work by CIA contractors testing high-flying Cold War spy planes at the classified Groom Lake installation.

Man dies after car strikes two pedestrians

A 28-year-old pedestrian died early Saturday after being struck by a vehicle on Naples Drive, east of Paradise Road.

Retired Army Gen. John Shalikashvili dies

SEATTLE– Retired Army Gen. John Shalikashvili, the first foreign-born chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, who counseled President Bill Clinton on the use of troops in Bosnia and other trouble spots, has died, according to a statement from the White House. He was 75.

Police: Singer Amy Winehouse dies

LONDON — Amy Winehouse, the beehived soul-jazz diva whose self-destructive habits overshadowed a distinctive musical talent, was found dead Saturday in her London home, police said. She was 27.

Michigan father guilty in attack on crossing guard

LANSING, Mich. — A Michigan man has been found guilty of assault and battery in the beating of a 73-year-old school crossing guard who stopped a fight between his son and another boy.

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