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Hummingbirds filmed taking fast drink in Vegas

Freelance photographer Don Carroll’s close-up, high-speed images reveal how hummingbirds use their extended tongues to drink nectar in his Las Vegas backyard.

 
Rancher Cliven Bundy’s son released from jail

One of rancher Cliven Bundy’s sons was released from jail Thursday and ordered to undergo an intensive outpatient drug program.

 
One Nellis aggressor squadron being deactivated

The next time fighter jets take off from Nellis Air Force Base for a Red Flag air combat exercise there will be fewer would-be “bad guys” to battle.

 
Man sentenced for Carson City road rage death

A 28-year-old man has been sentenced to 20 years to life in prison for what prosecutors call the road-rage death of a teenager in Carson City.

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Sandoval open to helping flood-damaged Rainbow

Gov. Brian Sandoval said Friday he wants to help a battered Mount Charleston neighborhood get the protection it needs to guard against future flooding.

 
Judge wants Nevada juvenile centers’ restraining policies reviewed

A Las Vegas Family Court judge said Thursday that he wants to tour the Caliente Youth Center a week after ordering the removal of all Clark County’s juvenile offenders from a facility in Elko amid allegations of hogtying.

 
Study: Nevada margins tax cost — 3,610 jobs

A proposed 2 percent margins tax on Nevada businesses could result in the loss of 3,610 private sector jobs in 2015, according to a new study released Tuesday and commissioned by a conservative think tank that opposes such a levy.

 
Storm brings mud to northwestern Nevada

Residents of Douglas County in northwestern Nevada are digging out after flash flooding left up to 3 feet of mud and debris in some neighborhood streets.

 
Authorities identify two killed in Virgin River Gorge plane crash

Two teenage brothers from Utah were killed when a small plane crashed Sunday in northwest Arizona, authorities said. The Mohave County Sheriff’s Office identified the victims of the crash as the pilot, Daulton Rey Whatcott, 19, and Jason McKee Whatcott, 16, of Clinton City.

 
Siegfried & Roy welcome white lion cubs

Magicians Siegfried & Roy are welcoming three new snowy white lion cubs to their Secret Garden habitat on the Strip.

 
USS Nevada commemorated in Carson City

A host of dignitaries, U.S. Navy veterans and others turned out at the state Capitol in Carson City on Friday to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the launching of the famed battleship U.S.S. Nevada.

 
Lake Mead sinks to a record low

Savaged by drought, Lake Mead has shrunk to its lowest level since the Great Depression.

 
Nevada OKs $200,000 settlement in marshal groping case

A state panel has settled two civil rights lawsuits with a Las Vegas woman who alleged a Clark County District Court marshal groped her in August 2011.

 
Banner month for Nevada returning unclaimed money

A Henderson woman’s find of more than $11,000 feeds increase in the number of Nevadans claiming their abandoned property, according to the state treasurer’s office.