Week in Review: Top News

A nationwide manhunt ended Sunday with the arrest of Thomas Steven "Spider" Sanders, the suspect in the slaying of 12-year-old Lexis Kaye Roberts of Las Vegas.

Sanders, 53, was arrested at a truck stop in Gulfport, Miss., just over a month after Roberts' remains were found in the woods of central Louisiana.

The girl left in September on a trip to Arizona with her mother, Suellen Roberts, and Sanders. They never returned.

The day after his arrest, Sanders reportedly pointed police in Arizona to what authorities believe to be the body of the 31-year-old Roberts along Interstate 40 near Seligman, Ariz.

Monday

Two shootings in a day

Las Vegas police shot and killed two men in unrelated incidents, a rarity for the Metropolitan Police Department that has occurred only one other time in 20 years.

In the first shooting, an officer shot a 32-year-old man who attacked police with a pointed wooden walking stick after shots from a Taser stun gun and bean bag shotgun failed to stop him, authorities said.

Less than five hours later, police fatally shot a 23-year-old who tried to rob a bar and held the bartender hostage with a knife, police said.

The only other time Las Vegas police shot and killed two people on the same day was on Jan. 2, 2006, when officers confronted two gun-wielding men in unrelated incidents within minutes of each other.

Tuesday

Still leader of the pack

Two weeks after he won re-election in a hard-fought campaign against a Tea Party-backed challenger, Harry Reid was reinstalled as majority leader by his Democratic colleagues in the Senate.

Reid's selection in a closed-door meeting assures the Nevadan of another two years of running the upper house.

Wednesday

Newton gets go-ahead

Entertainer Wayne Newton won approval to run shuttle tours through his 52-acre ranch despite staunch resistance from many neighbors.

Clark County commissioners voted unanimously to let Newton, 68, give guided tours of his Casa de Shenandoah ranch just south of Sunset Road, where visitors can see his Arabian horses, classic cars, opulent mansion and exotic menagerie.

They also gave the go-ahead for a museum, auditorium, car wash and 500-space parking lot on the north side of Sunset. Newton plans to start tours by late 2011.

Thursday

Parade goes Green

The marching band from Green Valley High School in Henderson will march in this year's Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City.

Band director Diane Koutsulis said Green Valley is the first marching band from Southern Nevada to participate in the parade, which is nearly three miles long and known for its giant balloons of Bart Simpson, Snoopy and other beloved cartoon characters.

The event attracts about 3.5 million observers to the sidewalks of New York.

Friday

FEC clears Ensign

The Federal Election Commission has dismissed a complaint alleging Sen. John Ensign improperly paid his former campaign aide Cindy Hampton $96,000 following the discovery of their extramarital affair.

The allegation formed one of the legs of investigations, still ongoing in other federal bodies, into Ensign's conduct after the affair was revealed.

The Nevada Republican had a nine-month relationship with Hampton, a family friend who also was treasurer of his two political committees.