DENVER — A 61-year-old retired logger feared he might die alone in a remote Colorado forest after his right foot was pinned under his six-ton trailer. With few choices, he used a 3-inch pocket knife to cut off all five toes to get free.
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Three suspects indicted Wednesday in the slaying of Katherine Cole, including her daughter, could face the death penalty. Prosecutors say Autumn Cole knew when her mother would be home from work and timed a break-in that led to the strangulation of the 68-year-old woman. A grand jury indicted Autumn Cole, Joseph Perez and Lorenzo Cardenas-Sanchez on charges including murder, robbery and kidnapping.
The drunken driving case that cost former Henderson City Attorney Elizabeth Quillin her job has concluded with a guilty plea. Quillin on Tuesday pleaded guilty to DUI-first offense. She was ordered to pay a $585 fine and attend a DUI class and a victim impact panel.
The state, not counties will pay the $539,137 cost of the Sept. 13 special congressional election spawned by disgraced John Ensign’s decision last spring to quit the U.S. Senate. Members of the Legislature’s Interim Finance Committee agreed Wednesday to take the money out of their contingency fund. The election will cost Clark County about $33,000
YORKTOWN, Va. — A Chicago man who quickly accelerated in a sport utility vehicle with a cable around his neck decapitated himself after a domestic dispute in Yorktown, authorities said Tuesday.
President Barack Obama said Wednesday he doesn’t want a repeat of Capitol Hill gridlock that halted construction this summer at dozens of airports across the nation, including McCarran International Airport. He also warned against any similar delay in renewal of a highway funding bill, legislation that brings more than $300 million a year in gasoline tax money to Nevada for highway and other transportation projects.