CARSON CITY — State spending on education would be cut by 6.9 percent under a budget deal Democrats and Republicans reached late Saturday, a source who had seen the draft budget document said.
HONOLULU (AP) — With a rapt world watching the drama unfold on live television, a tsunami raced across a quarter of the globe today and set off fears of a repeat of the carnage that caught the world off guard in Asia in 2004.
LOS ANGELES — Marie Osmond’s 18-year-old son Michael Blosil has died, the entertainer said today. Osmond said in a statement through her publicist that her family is devastated by the “tragic loss.” She did not provide details on the death.
Kevin Harvick rallied from two bad pitstops today to win the Sam’s Town 300 Nationwide Series race by 1.3 seconds over Denny Hamlin at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
The light rain lasted for about 20 minutes at Las Vegas Motor Speedway and track drying equipment took over the track at 1:30 p.m.. If no more rain falls, the Sam’s Town 300 NASCAR Nationwide race could begin by 3 p.m. The race is scheduled for 200 laps but can be determined to be an officially completed event if 101 laps are completed.
HILO, Hawaii (AP) — Waters have begun receding off the shores of Hawaii in what appears to be the first sign of a tsunami.
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Gov. Jim Gibbons said Saturday that he and lawmakers were nearing a deal and were only $10 million to $30 million apart on how to raise enough revenue to close a $887 million budget gap.
AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. — Chace Stanback scored a career-high 21 points and UNLV coasted to a 77-47 victory over last-place Air Force in a Mountain West Conference game.
TALCA, Chile (AP) — One of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded struck Chile on Saturday, toppling homes, collapsing bridges and plunging trucks into the fractured earth. A tsunami set off by the magnitude-8.8 quake threatened every nation around the Pacific Ocean – roughly a quarter of the globe.