WASHINGTON — When House Democrats met behind closed doors on Thursday and took a voice vote on President Barack Obama’s tax deal, it was decidedly lopsided against the agreement.
CARSON CITY — Former Gov. and U.S. Sen. Richard Bryan has agreed to chair a team of six lobbyists who will work for free in representing the Nevada System of Higher Education at the 2011 Legislature.
Las Vegas dedicated the first of three planned solar panel carports Thursday, but patriotism almost got the event canceled before it started. Mayor Oscar Goodman noted that a sample solar module on display was assembled in Mexico.
WASHINGTON — Advocates for online poker were increasingly pessimistic Thursday about the prospects for passing legislation this year that would make the game legal, according to Capitol Hill and industry officials.
Here’s my interview with Kevin Spacey, who was at Planet Hollywood Resort for the premiere Wednesday of “Casino Jack,” which is based on disgraced super-lobbyist Jack Abramoff.
KINGMAN, Ariz.– Eight Vagos motorcycle club members were arrested early Wednesday during a law enforcement sweep in western Arizona.
Michelle Paet wanted her husband out of the picture. She had met another man and no longer cared for Nathan Paet, 28, an Air Force staff sergeant with whom she was raising four children.
For the first time in more than three years, all of the major monthly indicators tracked by the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority came in positive.
LONDON — Skirmishes raged across cyberspace Thursday between WikiLeaks supporters and the companies they accuse of trying to stifle the group, with websites on both sides choked off by attacks. Offline, some efforts by the U.S. government and its allies to punish the website dedicated to publishing secret documents landed in court or headed to one. Supporters in Switzerland and Germany threatened lawsuits against U.S. financial companies who have cut their ties to WikiLeaks.
NEW YORK — Another 17 of America’s richest people, including Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg, have pledged to give away most of their wealth. They are the latest to join the Giving Pledge, an effort led by Microsoft founder Bill Gates and investor Warren Buffett to commit the country’s wealthiest people to step up their charitable donations.
NEW YORK — After all his threats to leave, and others’ speculation on where he might go, Howard Stern is staying put at Sirius XM. The loose-lipped shock jock announced on his show Thursday that he has signed a new five-year contract with the satellite radio company. The deal provides that Sirius XM can now transmit Stern’s show to mobile devices.
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