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Casinos hunger for Walking Dead game

Zombies will soon be chasing Pat Sajak and Vanna White, Dorothy and the Oompa Loompas across casino floors.

Sea monster ichthyosaur left state fossil

Picture a dolphin the size of a tractor-trailer with reptilian blood in its veins. Now picture it swimming after giant squid in a tropical ocean that covered Nevada roughly 220 million years ago.

Police to holiday shoppers: You better watch out

Black Friday came and went, but holiday shoppers are still out in force. So are the criminals looking to take advantage of them, according to Las Vegas police.

Robots: Google’s new ‘moonshot’ venture

Google may be gearing up to build robots that resemble props in science-fiction movies as the ambitious Internet company expands into yet another technological frontier.

Facing scrutiny, Sandoval creates state mental health council

Nevada officials on Monday said they will delve more deeply into allegations of patient dumping at Rawson-Neal Psychiatric Hospital in Las Vegas, a commitment that follows a California newspaper report that hundreds of patients were given one-way bus tickets to out-of-state destinations in the past three years.

National Finals Rodeo officials say they’re not hitched to Florida yet

The chairman of the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association board, which governs the popular 10-day rodeo held in Las Vegas for nearly three decades, said Monday that his board wants to make a counter offer that would keep the NFR in Las Vegas after 2014.

Popular tax breaks expiring at end of year

When the U.S. House went home last week, so went any chance for Congress to act timely on extending 55 tax provisions expiring at the end of the year, including several that have been particularly popular in Nevada.

Coroner identifies victim in fatal Sunday shooting

The Clark County coroner’s office identified the North Las Vegas man who died in a Sunday morning shooting near Spring Mountain Road and Decatur Boulevard.

New Utah dad dies suddenly day after son’s birth

Erica Robison faces parenthood alone after her husband, Josh, died of a sudden illness the day after the birth of his newborn son.

PUC approves sale of NV Energy to MidAmerican Energy

The Public Utilities Commission of Nevada unanimously approved the $5.6 billion sale of NV Energy to MidAmerican Energy Holdings Co. on Monday, including stipulations outlined in a settlement agreement filed Oct. 28.

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