They’re politicians who want you to put them in charge of the multitrillion-dollar federal budget. You’d think they would at least pay their own taxes on time.
TRUCKEE, Calif. — A 20-year-old man accused of illegally cutting at least three mature pines in the Tahoe National Forest near Truckee has pleaded guilty to a charge of depredation of government property.
Las Vegas police officers who responded to District Judge Elizabeth Halverson’s home last week sounded as though they were stunned at the extent of her injuries when they burst into her bedroom and saw blood pouring from her head.
A 4-month-old girl was fatally mauled by her family’s two pit bulls Friday at their North Las Vegas home.
FALLON — A school district’s budget-cutting proposal to shorten the school week from five to four days is drawing opposition from some parents.
WASHINGTON — Ratcheting up his role as a Democrat attacker, Sen. Harry Reid delivered another blast Friday at Republican presidential candidate John McCain.
Sex offenders are an unsympathetic lot, and deservedly so. But if the government is allowed to trample and shred the constitutional rights of even the tiniest, most shunned segment of the population, how long before authorities decide to take away yours?
Australia-based slot machine maker Aristocrat Leisure Ltd. has tapped a new president of its American operations for the second time in the last two years.
Faced with increased competition from Southern California Indian casinos and reeling from the rocky national economy, the Colorado River gambling town of Laughlin launched a new multimillion-dollar marketing campaign Friday.
WASHINGTON — A House panel is scheduled to vote Tuesday on a new bill that would require federal agencies to define unlawful Internet gambling so banks and other financial institutions can comply with the ban against online wagers.
A California think tank has put a fresh spin on the city’s “Lost Wages” nickname.
CARSON CITY — Collateral, including Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac holdings, that backs pooled Nevada bank deposits is up in value following the Bush administration’s seizure of the troubled mortgage giants, state Treasurer Kate Marshall says.
Smashing his sport’s stereotypes and swinging at coaches with equal abandon, Chinese Olympian Lin Dan has been labeled the “bad boy of badminton,” if you can believe that.
ELY — Two intricate and attacking schemes, two different approaches.