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Justices to get Vegas home possession case

A former real estate agent accused of breaking into homes he didn’t own and renting them out to unsuspecting tenants wants the Nevada Supreme Court to throw out the charges against him.

Washington Digest: House advances child tax credit changes

Some higher income families would be eligible to receive a child tax credit on their federal returns under a bill approved in the U.S. House last week.

Plane hits truck in Nevada; all survive

A small airplane with engine trouble struck a pickup during an emergency landing on a Nevada highway Saturday morning and no one died, authorities said.

Plane strikes pickup truck in Reno

Nevada Highway Patrol say a small airplane with engine trouble struck a pickup truck as it made an emergency landing on a northern Nevada highway on Saturday morning, and all people involved escaped serious injury.

Air Force grounds F-35s for safety check after fire

The Air Force Thursday grounded its fleet of F-35 fighter jets made by Lockheed Martin Corp., including those based at Nellis Air Force Base, as a safety precaution after a fire on one of the planes forced an aborted takeoff in Florida.

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Older residents fuel Clark County population growth

Looking for someone to thank for Nevada’s population mini-boom? Thank the baby boomers. Clark County’s over-65 crowd grew by nearly 6 percent in 2013, according to census figures released Thursday.

Super Summer Theatre gets $600,000 grant

Super Summer Theatre at Spring Mountain Ranch State Park, has received the largest grant in its 39-year history: a $600,000 grant from the Donald W. Reynolds Foundation.

Reid declines to second-guess UNLV paying for Hillary Clinton speech

U.S. Sen. Harry Reid on Thursday declined to second-guess officials at the UNLV Foundation who have agreed to pay $225,000 for Hillary Clinton to speak at a fundraiser this fall, a month after she is speaking for free at an energy conference Reid and the university are holding in Las Vegas.

BLM: No money, room for more mustang roundups

Saying they don’t have money or room to corral many more wild horses, federal land managers have sided with horse advocates in calling for the dismissal of a Nevada lawsuit demanding acceleration of roundups.

Ex-Simpson lawyers in Las Vegas case reach settlement

O.J. Simpson’s feuding former Las Vegas trial lawyers have settled a breach-of-contract lawsuit in Nevada federal court and a slander claim in Florida state court, leaving one dispute remaining between the imprisoned former football star’s ex-lawyer from Miami and one of his current attorneys in Nevada.

‘Pony Bob’ among best of Pony Express riders

Given the romance that Americans have enjoyed with the Pony Express era, you would be forgiven for thinking those courageous riders were in the saddle for decades instead of just 18 months from April 1860 to October 1861.

3-D movie will let you jump in Lake Tahoe and not get wet

Visitors to Lake Tahoe soaking up the view of the sparkling azure waters will get a close-up look beneath the surface in a new 3-D movie being produced by the Tahoe Environmental Research Center.

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