KINGMAN, Ariz. — The constitutionality of controversial April raids at a Texas ranch and the admissibility of evidence seized at the property is being litigated in the Arizona prosecution of polygamous sect leader Warren Jeffs.
O.J. Simpson was so confident that he was going to beat the rap again that he had an acquittal party planned, it was learned.
WASHINGTON — After one false start, Congress in the final week of its 2008 session passed the massive emergency rescue plan for the U.S. financial system.
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. — The U.S. Forest Service has launched a project to eradicate nonnative trout from seven lakes near Lake Tahoe to help save the rare mountain yellow-legged frog.
KINGMAN, Ariz. — The Harley-Davidson Motor Co. is relocating some of its testing operations from Mesa to Mohave County.
NORTH LAS Vegans who live in Mayor Mike Montandon’s neighborhood might want to shield their eyes when venturing outside in the early morning hours.
RENO — A subsidiary of JPMorgan Chase & Co. will take over ownership of Reno’s largest gambling property, a newspaper reported Saturday.
PHOENIX — Frustrated that a massive telescope project he backed had hit a snag in 1989, Sen. John McCain lashed out at a U.S. Forest Service supervisor, threatening his job if he failed to help get approval for the project.
“I’M SURPRISED YOU HAVEN’T SEEN MY HEAD SPIN AROUND AND FIRE COME OUT OF MY MOUTH AT THIS POINT.”
The scene was like a Southern church revival, with preachers whipping into a frenzy those in the audience, who held onto every word as gospel.
When O.J. Simpson became inmate number 02648927 early on Saturday morning, everything else about his life changed, too.
O.J. Simpson and his co-defendant, Clarence “C.J.” Stewart, were each convicted of 12 criminal charges late Friday night in a September 2007 holdup in a Palace Station hotel room, where they and others seized several game balls, plaques and photos.
RENO — That morning, the sky was clear, the wind light. Steve Fossett took off alone from hotel magnate Barron Hilton’s Flying M Ranch, about 70 miles southeast of here, in a blue-and-white stunt plane with orange stripes and blue sunbursts on the wings.
The 3rd Congressional District rings Las Vegas in a geographic embrace, then sprawls outward to the edges of Clark County.
There seem to be more cyclists on valley roads lately, and they’re not all wearing tight yellow spandex.
Millions of years ago, Nevada and the rest of the Great Basin were covered by a shallow inland sea. The fossilized remains of creatures that lived in and along that sea can still be dug from exposed sand and gravel faces throughout this desert.
Bill Clinton knows better than anyone how a Democrat gets elected president. Like the eager-beaver smartest kid in class, he loves to tell you.
Quite “a coincidence that you’re interested in this one,” the salesman says. “Another lady was just in here wanting it and she ran home for her checkbook. I can’t guarantee it’ll still be here in half an hour.”
As we fly headfirst into election 2008, it is worth noting how big Nevada figures in the outcome.
Assembly Speaker Barbara Buckley hosted a town-hall forum Monday, ostensibly to discuss challenges facing Nevada and hear residents’ ideas about solving our problems.
After all the fear and anger on Wall Street, in Washington and across the country over the past couple of weeks, here’s what you probably don’t want to hear: The $700 billion Wall Street bailout should be just the beginning.
The McCain-Palin ticket doesn’t want anyone to look back for good reason.
The justices of the U.S. Supreme Court — famously averse to publicity — are probably just as happy that the lineup of cases they will consider this term seems unlikely to stir widespread public controversy.
Review-Journal music critic Jason Bracelin and feature writer Corey Levitan received national first-place awards in the 2008 Excellence-in-Feature-Writing Competition sponsored by the American Association of Sunday and Feature Editors.