Congress gets ObamaCare relief; public pays

With each passing day as the country lurches toward full implementation of ObamaCare — or at least as full as President Barack Obama deems politically helpful — it seems another report comes out noting yet another problem. It’s rarely the gift that keeps on giving, but rather the gift that keeps on taking away, and it’s not even in full effect yet.

Parole revoked for man who sold then killed his own baby

The parole of a man who sold and then killed his young daughter in 1990 was revoked after a short hearing in the Northern Nevada Correctional Center on Tuesday.

Harper gets tempers flaring, but Braves top Nats

Atlanta pitcher Julio Teheran insisted he didn’t mean to plunk Washington’s Bryce Harper with a pitch two innings after the 2012 NL Rookie of the Year homered. Harper – and everyone else connected to the Nationals – wasn’t buying it.

Hacienda ownership confirms sale to Dotty’s operators

The deal became public last week when the Boulder City Review reported on its website that employees of the Hacienda were told of the sale and they would have to reapply for their positions.

Gold coins of Nevada recluse sold at auction

CARSON CITY— The last remnants of a fortune of coins found packed in ammunition boxes in the garage of a recluse who died last summer was auctioned Tuesday for more than $3.1 million — but not before bidders got assurances they could return any of the rare $20 gold pieces that some collectors spotted as counterfeit.

Manning brothers get into the rap game

Peyton Manning has starred in some silly commercials (“Cut that meat! Cut that meat!”), but his latest spot for DirecTV may top them all.

Amber Alerts via text message upset cell phone users

California residents who didn’t have their cell phone ringers off or set to vibrate might have been surprised or startled by the state’s first Amber Alert via text message.

Chimichurri has versatile uses, flexible recipe chefs say

As a native of Argentina, Jose Luis Pawelek grew up eating chimichurri, a condiment/sauce found on just about every table in the country. So maybe it’s understandable that he’s a little bemused by its recent flash of widespread popularity in the United States, and sees a parallel to another familiar food.

Unpaid furloughs cut nearly in half at Defense Department

The Pentagon is moving to ease the pain of unpaid furloughs, good news for 1,100 civilian workers at Nellis and Creech Air Force bases and 530 civilian technicians who work for the Nevada National Guard.

Shelter euthanizes dog when owner couldn’t pay fee within three days

Staff members at Carson City Animal Services are undergoing an “intensive” training on customer service and ethics this week after a small dog named “Rollie” was put down because its owner couldn’t immediately pay a $100 fee.

 
Python escapes enclosure, strangles two sleeping boys in Canada

A 100-pound python blamed in the strangling deaths of two Canadian boys apparently escaped from its enclosure, slithered through a ventilation system and fell through the ceiling into the room where the young brothers were sleeping, authorities said Tuesday.

 
Pa. man charged with killing 3: Town stole my home

A man who fatally shot a township official and two others during a municipal meeting in northeastern Pennsylvania was about to fire more rounds when he was wrestled to the ground, possibly preventing more bloodshed, authorities said Tuesday.

Recipe found for vinegar-based barbecue sauce

Taste of the Town readers have come to the rescue of Leslie Hall, who is looking for a North Carolina-style vinegar-based barbecue sauce, despairing of the sweet ketchupy sauces she’s been finding.

 
Lawyer: Deadly boardwalk crash “horrible accident’

A lawyer for a Colorado man charged Tuesday with murder and assault for allegedly driving his car through a weekend throng on the Venice Beach boardwalk said it was an accident that has left his client devastated.

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