North Las Vegas police are investigating the slaying of a 30-year-old man in his apartment Thursday night.
RENO — A jury acquitted a former Nevada sheriff’s deputy of bribery charges Friday after she was accused of accepting nearly $10,000 in gifts in exchange for giving special treatment to the jailed founder of the “Girls Gone Wild” video empire.
Sue Lowden’s camp on Friday clarified the role of political strategist Dick Wadhams in her U.S. Senate campaign.
Vegas Confidential reported Friday that Paul Lowden indicated Wadhams, sometimes referred to as the next Karl Rove, was “on board,” my words, not Paul Lowden’s.
• A Page 1A article in Friday’s Review-Journal about MGM Mirage rejoining the Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce misstated Nevada’s revenue shortfall. The amount is at least $580 million. The revenue shortfall in 2003 was $833 million.
Kevin Favreau was supposed to take over as special agent in charge of the FBI’s Las Vegas division on Jan. 4, but that Monday morning, he stayed home sick instead. … Shortly after deciding to postpone his first day on the job, Favreau received a phone call and some shocking news: A gunman had just opened fire inside the Lloyd George U.S. Courthouse in downtown Las Vegas. … With the help of his BlackBerry, he quickly learned more details: The assailant had acted alone and had been killed in an ensuing gunbattle. … “There was really no need for me to come in,” Favreau said.
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration continued its march away from Yucca Mountain on Friday with the naming of a 15-member panel of experts to chart new paths to manage highly radioactive nuclear waste.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid raised and spent $2 million in the final three months of the year, increasing the amount he’s raised so far to win re-election to more than $15 million.
Once again, and for the third time, Oscar Goodman isn’t a candidate for governor.
American Red Cross volunteers on the ground in Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince, have been trained extensively on how to help those in need while keeping it together themselves by participating in psychological first aid classes as well as other disaster relief preparation.
District Attorney David Roger on Friday filed court papers to compel Department 14 Justice of the Peace candidate Amber Candelaria to prove she meets the legal requirements to seek the judgeship.
KINGMAN, Ariz. — Human remains discovered in Mohave County are believed to be linked to two deaths that occurred in other jurisdictions. Investigators with various agencies are comparing notes in an effort to better understand the sequence of events.
Patience will be rewarded when the congregation of Christ Episcopal Church celebrates the arrival of its new pipe organ with two concerts Thursday and Friday.
A partnership that includes the Las Vegas-based Navegante Group won a prolonged bidding process Friday and was selected to build and operate a potentially lucrative casino at the Aqueduct Race Track in New York City.
The Nevada Division of Mortgage Lending said Friday that it disciplined two licensees that violated Nevada Revised Statute 645B.
Filling out a tax return may sound about as much fun as visiting a dentist. Yet, it’s a financially rewarding task for many, including low-income workers who qualify for the Earned Income Tax Credit.
A Clark County District Court judge on Friday ordered Harrah’s Entertainment to turn over documents related to gaming activities of a high-roller accused of bouncing checks totaling $14.75 million at two of the company’s casinos.
The two-year recession is clearly taking a toll on Southern Nevada’s retail market, emptying shopping centers and pinching consumer spending, though some real estate analysts see glimpses of improvement in fourth-quarter commercial reports.
Gaming stocks started off the year with a bounce as investors anticipated fourth-quarter earnings and casino watchers tried to gauge the impact of the recently opened CityCenter on Las Vegas.
Miss Virginia Caressa Cameron has been crowned Miss America 2010 during a two-hour pageant tonight at Planet Hollywood. … Cameron, 22, received the traditional crown and roses from 2009 Miss America Katie Stam. Cameron, whose career ambition is to become a television news anchor, is from Fredericksburg, Va. Her platform issue was “Real Talk: AIDS in America.”
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