Provides the latest RSS feeds for Las Vegas News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Las Vegas Herald.com http://www.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/10/id/1e0899715fbc2697/ en-us Tue, 06 Jan 2009 04:45:56 -0500 Tue, 06 Jan 2009 04:45:56 -0500 30 The recession figures to tone down the flashiness of this week's International Consumer Electronics Show, but the lineup of innovative products likely will measure up to those of past years.The CES pr... http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/20895702/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 03:54:13 -0500 Miami Herald http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/20895702/ SALT LAKE CITY - The Reno Bighorns won only their third game of the season Monday night, but it was their second consecutive win, giving them a 2-1 record so far in 2009. The NBA D-League team beat t... http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/20895701/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 03:53:05 -0500 KOLO 8 http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/20895701/ Nevada dropped into the bottom 10 of the unhealthiest U.S. states due to low graduation and high crime rates in an annual report issued in December. The Silver State dropped three spots to 42 overall... http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/20894176/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 03:32:59 -0500 Las Vegas Sun http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/20894176/ Basic forward James Holmes comes up with a defensive board over Boulder City’s Chris Leach (left) and Preston Swasey during a game at Basic High School on Monday night. http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/20895698/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 03:33:00 -0500 Las Vegas Sun http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/20895698/ Jeffrey B. Klein, executive director and CEO of Nevada Senior Services, opens the door to the new Adult Day Care Center of Henderson. Located next to Nevada State College, the facility offers adult da... http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/20895699/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 03:32:58 -0500 Las Vegas Sun http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/20895699/ Between the recession and the impending creation of a 1,200-acre redevelopment area on the city's east end, the Henderson Redevelopment Agency has its hands full these days. To help handle the load, ... http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/20895700/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 03:32:56 -0500 Las Vegas Sun http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/20895700/ While most of the fall and winter are typically slow at Hoover Dam, the period between Thanksgiving and New Year's nearly rivals the summer peak, with roughly 3,000 visitors a day. "Anytime it's a ho... http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/20895697/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 03:32:55 -0500 Las Vegas Sun http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/20895697/ When a fire strikes day or night, you're likely to see Red Cross volunteers working right alongside fire crews. Disaster case worker Mercedes Barksdale was herself a victim of a devastating fire 2... http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/20895696/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 03:03:36 -0500 KVBC3 http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/20895696/ LAS VEGAS -- Police have named an 18-year-old woman who died after a weekend wreck.The victim was Ashley Michelle Uceda, of Las Vegas. The cause of death is pending.Two teenage girls were seriously in... http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/20892359/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 00:51:57 -0500 Fox 5 http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/20892359/ One year ago, a Henderson woman named Mariela Moreno was murdered and her body dumped in the desert. The 20-year-old was missing for two months before her body was found. Her boyfriend emerged as a su... http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/20892334/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 00:03:43 -0500 KLAS8 http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/20892334/ SACRAMENTO (AP) - California Highway Patrol officers say they were nearly run over by a burglary suspect who was trying to get away with a flat-screen television. Officer Lizz Dutton, a CHP spokeswom... http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/20892343/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 00:03:29 -0500 KLAS8 http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/20892343/ RAMONA, Calif. (AP) - Sheriff's deputies are looking for a small plane that reported engine trouble after taking off from the Ramona Airport northeast of San Diego. Sheriff's Lt. Hope Andrews says th... http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/20892341/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 00:03:32 -0500 KLAS8 http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/20892341/ Members of Centennial High School’s NJROTC Peer Tutoring program pose for a portrait in front of a fraction of the numerous awards the NJROTC program has won. http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/20892357/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 00:33:46 -0500 Las Vegas Sun http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/20892357/ WASHINGTON -- Nevada Sen. Harry Reid is wasting no time getting the Yucca Mountain project on the president-elect's mind.Reid met with Barack Obama and Vice President-elect Joe Biden.All three oppose ... http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/20892361/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 00:51:54 -0500 Fox 5 http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/20892361/ CARSON CITY, Nev. -- While Gov. Jim Gibbons is preparing a lean budget, legislators have more than 200 bills already drafted for introduction at the start of their 2009 session -- including plans for ... http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/20892360/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 00:51:56 -0500 Fox 5 http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/20892360/ , but now it's official - the federal DTV coupon program has run out of money less than 2 months before the big switch to digital. Meredith Attwell Baker, acting assistant secretary for Communicat... http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/20892350/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 00:03:27 -0500 KVBC3 http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/20892350/ CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) - While Gov. Jim Gibbons is preparing a lean budget, legislators have more than 200 bills already drafted for introduction at the start of their 2009 session - including plans f... http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/20892345/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 00:03:26 -0500 KLAS8 http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/20892345/ (2 hrs 35 mins ago) Gaming giant MGM Mirage has begun taking the first of 12,000 job applications for a new multi-billion dollar development. The owner of Bellagio, Mirage and eight other Las Vega... http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/20892333/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 00:33:11 -0500 The Standard http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/20892333/ reporting A quick-thinking Henderson police officer stopped a woman from being sexually assaulted - and may have saved her life. Officer Camille Tsitsinakis was responding to a burned-out vehicle call... http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/20892351/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 00:03:25 -0500 KVBC3 http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/20892351/ NVMoneyMatters.com : If the recent penny-by-penny rise in gas prices has you thinking of taking the bus, be warned, those prices are going up too. Starting Sunday, January 11, the Regional Transportat... http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/20892352/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 00:03:23 -0500 KVBC3 http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/20892352/ After a year when we saw local judges facing discipline for everything from abusing their staff, falling asleep on the bench, and disobeying the Chief Justice, the Nevada Supreme Court wants everyone ... http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/20892340/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 00:03:35 -0500 KLAS8 http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/20892340/ RICHLAND, N.Y. (AP) - New York authorities say a house fire that killed eight people may have been caused by a wood burning stove. Police in Richland say the victims included four young brothers. Ric... http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/20892347/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 00:03:23 -0500 KLAS8 http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/20892347/ Police say they're looking for three people in the slaying of a man whose body was found late Sunday night in a room at a motel several blocks east of downtown Las Vegas. Police say it looks like ... http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/20892336/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 00:03:42 -0500 KLAS8 http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/20892336/ JACKSON, Ohio (AP) - Police say an angry 4-year-old Ohio boy grabbed a gun from a closet and shot his baby sitter. Eighteen-year-old Nathan Beavers was hospitalized Sunday with minor wounds to his ar... http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/20892348/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 00:03:22 -0500 KLAS8 http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/20892348/ A local psychiatrist with a history of making headlines has been evicted from his medical office. The constable locked the doors to Dr. David Linden's office just before New Year's and now pat... http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/20892338/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 00:03:38 -0500 KLAS8 http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/20892338/ LAS VEGAS -- This is not just a place people are born and live. Las Vegas is an enterprise. It is a deal people enter, a set of givens agreed upon: More is better. Biggest is best. To live in Las Vega... http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/20891961/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 00:48:39 -0500 The China Post http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/20891961/ Las Vegas lawyer Kris Pickering, who spent nearly $1 million in her successful campaign for a Nevada Supreme Court seat, was sworn in Monday as the newest member of the high court. Pickering, criticiz... http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/20892335/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 00:03:41 -0500 KLAS8 http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/20892335/ It's being called the largest, single new employment opportunity in the country, and it's happening right here in Las Vegas. Monday, CityCenter began accepting applications, and they mean busi... http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/20892353/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 00:03:20 -0500 KVBC3 http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/20892353/ CARSON CITY, Nev. -- Las Vegas lawyer Kris Pickering, who spent nearly $1 million in her successful campaign for a Nevada Supreme Court seat, was sworn in Monday as the newest member of the high court... http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/20892362/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 00:51:53 -0500 Fox 5 http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/20892362/ NEW YORK (AP) - Criminal charges have been filed in connection with a New York crane collapse that killed seven people in March. Contractor William Rapetti and his rigging company face manslaughter a... http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/20892346/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 00:03:24 -0500 KLAS8 http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/20892346/ BURNEY, Calif. (AP) - Shasta County sheriff's deputies are searching for a 32-year-old man they say cut his brother's leg with an ax during a fight. Sgt. Marc St. Clair says Michael Mitchell hit his ... http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/20892344/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 00:03:27 -0500 KLAS8 http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/20892344/ SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) - An Anaheim pastor who videotaped himself molesting a 13-year-old girl in a church office has been sentenced to 90 years in prison. Raul Rosas Hernandez cried and clutched a B... http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/20892342/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 00:03:31 -0500 KLAS8 http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/20892342/ FREDERICK, Md. (AP) - According to police documents released today, anthrax mailing suspect Bruce Ivins behaved erratically in the weeks before the Army scientist took his own life. The Frederick (Md... http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/20892349/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 00:03:20 -0500 KLAS8 http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/20892349/ NVMoneyMatters.com : The CityCenter careers Web site just picked up some more traffic. Harrah's Entertainment announced late Monday that it had eliminated or "reclassified" 70 positions at the Rio... http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/20892354/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 00:03:18 -0500 KVBC3 http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/20892354/ A man suspected in a string of bank robberies in the Las Vegas Valley is being sought by Metro Police. The most recent robbery occurred Friday after the man entered a bank near the 7000 block of Nort... http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/20888217/ Mon, 05 Jan 2009 21:03:00 -0500 Las Vegas Sun http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/20888217/ Mon, Jan 5, 2009 (4:13 p.m.) Lee Young has been named Nevada State College's first associate vice provost for enrollment management, a position created to optimize the college's recruitment and reten... http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/20888219/ Mon, 05 Jan 2009 21:02:57 -0500 Las Vegas Sun http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/20888219/ HENDERSON, Nev. -- A man has been arrested on charges of kidnapping and attempted sexual assault by Henderson police after being pulled over in a remote area of the desert after a woman passenger in h... http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/20888227/ Mon, 05 Jan 2009 21:22:27 -0500 Fox 5 http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/20888227/ Basic High School choir students are remembering teacher Matthew Cox through performances they perfected during his classes. Cox was discovered dead in his home Dec. 22. Police and the coroner's offi... http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/20888216/ Mon, 05 Jan 2009 21:02:56 -0500 Las Vegas Sun http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/20888216/ Demand among Las Vegas Strip casino and hotel operators held up well over the New Year's holiday even though room rates had to be lowered to help combat tightened consumer spending, a Deutsche Bank No... http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/20886129/ Mon, 05 Jan 2009 21:02:47 -0500 Las Vegas Sun http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/20886129/ CARSON CITY, Nev. -- The state Board of Medical Examiners will ask the 2009 Nevada Legislature to approve a measure to increase transparency and efficiency and let patients participate when errant doc... http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/20888231/ Mon, 05 Jan 2009 21:22:17 -0500 Fox 5 http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/20888231/ Jana Williams, now 12, was in first grade when she became the first youngster to complete Lake Mead National Recreation Area’s Junior Ranger program in 2002. http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/20888221/ Mon, 05 Jan 2009 21:02:54 -0500 Las Vegas Sun http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/20888221/ With shoppers in a funk and companies scaling back, the annual Consumer Electronics Show extravaganza in Las Vegas this week is likely to be subdued, with fewer manufacturers, retailers and people exp... http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/20888191/ Mon, 05 Jan 2009 21:01:08 -0500 Reuters http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/20888191/ LAS VEGAS (AP) - The Clark County Commission has agreed to settle airspace restriction lawsuits with two families for $31 million. The agreement reached Monday settles eminent domain cases with the M... http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/20888197/ Mon, 05 Jan 2009 20:34:07 -0500 KLAS8 http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/20888197/ The Sierra snowpack is weighing in somewhere between 80% and 90% of for this time of the year. That's according to a survey conducted Monday morning on Mount Rose. Hydrologists say the results match t... http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/20888224/ Mon, 05 Jan 2009 21:25:30 -0500 KOLO 8 http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/20888224/ A sign announcing the library’s holiday program Food for Fines hangs at the building’s entrance. Food for Fines accepts can goods in lieu of accumulated fines. http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/20886120/ Mon, 05 Jan 2009 21:02:49 -0500 Las Vegas Sun http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/20886120/ RENO - Citing the loss of 17 flights since last year, the Reno-Tahoe International Airport is announcing 11 people are being laid off, and other measures taken to save $2.5 million dollars. In additi... http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/20888222/ Mon, 05 Jan 2009 21:25:34 -0500 KOLO 8 http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/20888222/ Mon, Jan 5, 2009 (4:45 p.m.) With only a little bit of help, third graders at C.T. Sewell Elementary School learned that Betsy Ross, not Betsy Rosy, sewed the first American Flag. Elks Lodge No. 280... http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/20888218/ Mon, 05 Jan 2009 21:02:58 -0500 Las Vegas Sun http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/20888218/ Light rain and snow showers formed over the Spring Mountains and into western portions of the Las Vegas Valley this afternoon, but are expected to deliver only a trace to very light amounts of precipi... http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/20888215/ Mon, 05 Jan 2009 21:03:04 -0500 Las Vegas Sun http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/20888215/ East Cheyenne Avenue at Losee Road near Interstate 15 in North Las Vegas, according to Nevada Highway Patrol trooper Kevin Honea.Eastbound Cheyenne Avenue is closed due to the collision, which has cau... http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/20888228/ Mon, 05 Jan 2009 21:22:23 -0500 Fox 5 http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/20888228/ CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) - Las Vegas lawyer Kris Pickering, who spent nearly $1 million in her successful campaign for a Nevada Supreme Court seat, was sworn in Monday as the newest member of the high c... http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/20888195/ Mon, 05 Jan 2009 20:34:08 -0500 KLAS8 http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/20888195/ Mon, Jan 5, 2009 (4:57 p.m.) After a new approach to municipal elections bumped up voter turnout in 2007, the Henderson City Council is being asked to reauthorize the vote center system for the 2009 ... http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/20888214/ Mon, 05 Jan 2009 21:03:02 -0500 Las Vegas Sun http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/20888214/ The holidays are over, but the specials for locals aren't. New York, New York has a locals hotel package you can't beat. In addition to a 10-percent discount on room rates, local guests will g... http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/20888194/ Mon, 05 Jan 2009 20:34:12 -0500 KLAS8 http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/20888194/ WASHINGTON (AP) - President-elect Barack Obama has told congressional leaders he'll make his stimulus proposal available on the Internet. People attending the meeting say Obama told the lawmakers the... http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/20888201/ Mon, 05 Jan 2009 20:33:58 -0500 KLAS8 http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/20888201/ The county hospital is getting a financial shot in the arm. The University Medical Center Foundation announced $275,000 in donations for the hospital. The money is headed toward the organ transplant u... http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/20888209/ Mon, 05 Jan 2009 20:33:58 -0500 KVBC3 http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/20888209/ A wind project with 156 generators is being planned for 24,383 acres of public land near Searchlight. Bureau of Land Management realty specialist Mark Chandler said the bureau received the applicatio... http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/20886440/ Mon, 05 Jan 2009 21:02:51 -0500 Las Vegas Sun http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/20886440/ If you are a bus rider, you will be paying more to get around the Las Vegas Valley. The Regional Transportation Commission has announced it is increasing its transit fares starting Sunday, January 11t... http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/20888192/ Mon, 05 Jan 2009 20:34:16 -0500 KLAS8 http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/20888192/ JACKSON, Ohio (AP) - A 74-year-old southern Ohio man has pleaded guilty to hiring someone to kill his wife in their farmhouse last spring. David Evans Sr. of Jackson pleaded guilty Friday to conspira... http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/20888202/ Mon, 05 Jan 2009 20:33:57 -0500 KLAS8 http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/20888202/ It has been by anyone's measure an unusual exchange. The state's Republican governor and Republican lieutenant governor slugging it out over the operation of the Tourism Commission. The back and fort... http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/20888225/ Mon, 05 Jan 2009 21:25:28 -0500 KOLO 8 http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/20888225/ WINNEMUCCA, Nev. (AP) - A Winnemucca man is facing numerous charges after allegedly shooting at a New Year's Eve party after an argument over his truck keys. The Humboldt County sheriff's office says... http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/20888200/ Mon, 05 Jan 2009 20:34:01 -0500 KLAS8 http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/20888200/ Many businesses are struggling during these tough economic times, but a lot of pawn shops are actually doing well as many financially-strapped Americans look for ways to make ends meets. Electronics, ... http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/20888210/ Mon, 05 Jan 2009 20:33:56 -0500 KVBC3 http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/20888210/ A local woman escaped a sexual assault and her alleged attacker is behind bars thanks to good police work. A Henderson Police Officer thought the situation looked unusual, and her instincts were right... http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/20888193/ Mon, 05 Jan 2009 20:34:14 -0500 KLAS8 http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/20888193/ Sempra Generation has completed its 10-megawatt photovoltaic power-generation facility in Boulder City, with hopes to expand the plant to 60 megawatts in the future. The new power plant features more... http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/20886441/ Mon, 05 Jan 2009 21:02:50 -0500 Las Vegas Sun http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/20886441/ Metro detectives are investigating Las Vegas' first murder of the year. Investigators say a man was found dead inside a motel room near Fremont and Charleston. He had been shot. Witnesses say they... http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/20888211/ Mon, 05 Jan 2009 20:33:53 -0500 KVBC3 http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/20888211/ , but the lineup of innovative products likely will measure up to those of past years. The CES product list still looks intriguing partly because startups haven't yet been hit as hard by this down... http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/20888212/ Mon, 05 Jan 2009 20:33:50 -0500 KVBC3 http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/20888212/ LAS VEGAS -- The former owner of the Crazy Horse is being accused of hiding assets to avoid paying $10 million to a tourist who was paralyzed in the defunct club.Kirk Henry was beaten by employees at ... http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/20883058/ Mon, 05 Jan 2009 17:58:35 -0500 Fox 5 http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/20883058/ LAS VEGAS -- Just days before his trial was set to start, a man accused of raping and murdering a woman in 2006 has pleaded guilty.Kahmuhh Eisenhour, 30, pleaded guilty Friday to murder with a deadly ... http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/20883060/ Mon, 05 Jan 2009 17:58:31 -0500 Fox 5 http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/20883060/ CARSON CITY – While Gov. Jim Gibbons is preparing a lean budget for the next two fiscal years, legislators are drafting bills that call for tax increases and for programs that would require bigger s... http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/20883046/ Mon, 05 Jan 2009 17:37:28 -0500 Las Vegas Sun http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/20883046/ CityCenter is accepting applications beginning today to fill 12,000 positions, the largest employment opportunity available in the country, the company said. Applications will be accepted on the City... http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/20883048/ Mon, 05 Jan 2009 17:37:26 -0500 Las Vegas Sun http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/20883048/ Mon, Jan 5, 2009 (7:23 a.m.) An 18-year-old Las Vegas woman was pronounced dead at the scene of a crash Sunday evening in the southern Las Vegas Valley, Metro Police said. Two passengers in her vehic... http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/20883051/ Mon, 05 Jan 2009 17:37:20 -0500 Las Vegas Sun http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/20883051/ Masks from "The Lion King" are on display during a recent sneak peak at preparations for Disney's full-length production at Mandalay Bay. Previews begin April 22, and opening day is May 2. Disney coul... http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/20883047/ Mon, 05 Jan 2009 17:37:27 -0500 Las Vegas Sun http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/20883047/ RENO, Nev. (AP) - Actor and comedian Kevin Nealon is known at Lake Tahoe for the large galleries that follow him as he hacks his way around the golf course at an annual celebrity tournament in July. ... http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/20883035/ Mon, 05 Jan 2009 17:09:01 -0500 KLAS8 http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/20883035/ CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) - The state Board of Medical Examiners will ask the 2009 Nevada Legislature to approve a measure to increase transparency and efficiency, and let patients participate when erran... http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/20883034/ Mon, 05 Jan 2009 17:09:00 -0500 KLAS8 http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/20883034/ RENO, Nev. (AP) - Three Washoe County commissioners have taken their oath of office to 4-year terms. District 4 Commissioner Bob Larkin begins his second term. Commissioner Kitty Jung, who was appoi... http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/20883032/ Mon, 05 Jan 2009 17:08:57 -0500 KLAS8 http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/20883032/ ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - There are no free lunches in life, but one could always count on free beer at Anheuser-Busch theme parks. Until now. The brewer has stopped giving free samples in hospitality cen... http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/20883037/ Mon, 05 Jan 2009 17:08:53 -0500 KLAS8 http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/20883037/ LAS VEGAS -- It may have started as a frat house drinking game, but beer pong has hit the mainstream.More than 400 teams flocked to Las Vegas over the weekend to literally take a shot at the $50,000 p... http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/20883059/ Mon, 05 Jan 2009 17:58:32 -0500 Fox 5 http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/20883059/ WASHINGTON (AP) - Vice President-elect Joe Biden is heading to Southwest Asia on a congressional trip. The Delaware senator is making the trip later this week in his capacity as the outgoing chairman... http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/20883040/ Mon, 05 Jan 2009 17:08:52 -0500 KLAS8 http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/20883040/ Michael Thompson , Contributing writerBaby boomers who return to college, or who enroll for the first time, may fear that they will feel uncomfortable among a bunch of giddy teenagers and young adults... http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/20883056/ Mon, 05 Jan 2009 17:58:39 -0500 Fox 5 http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/20883056/ WASHINGTON (AP) - The government says it has supplied another $15 billion to seven banks in the latest round of payments from the $700 billion rescue fund. The Treasury Department says the biggest pa... http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/20883039/ Mon, 05 Jan 2009 17:08:50 -0500 KLAS8 http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/20883039/ By Our Partners at the Las Vegas Sun LAS VEGAS, Nevada -- Strip resorts, restaurants, show producers and exotic dancers reeling from slumping tourism will get a boost in coming weeks with four major ... http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/20880631/ Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:54:28 -0500 Casino City Times http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/20880631/ Cody Mucino, who plays for the Silverado Middle School Skyhawks, catches a pass during practice. The Del Webb Middle School eight grader played in the inaugural Football University Youth All-American ... http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/20881184/ Mon, 05 Jan 2009 17:37:30 -0500 Las Vegas Sun http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/20881184/ (Las Vegas, NV) -- More than one-thousand volunteers are wanted to help with the homeless census survey. The local organization, "Help Hope Home" needs volunteers to do a head count on the number of h... http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/20883022/ Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:47:02 -0500 Cox.net http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/20883022/ Don't let the smell of beer and the rock music fool you, beer pong is a serious game. Some dare say a sport. Granted, they tend to be grinning and drinking when they say it. There was plenty of bo... http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/20883028/ Mon, 05 Jan 2009 17:09:09 -0500 KLAS8 http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/20883028/ NEW YORK (AP) - Prosecutors in New York are asking a judge to put Bernard Madoff (MAY'-dawf) behind bars without bail. They told the judge today that the disgraced financier had violated bail conditi... http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/20883038/ Mon, 05 Jan 2009 17:08:49 -0500 KLAS8 http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/20883038/ CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) - The state Board of Medical Examiners will ask the 2009 Nevada Legislature to approve a measure to increase transparency and efficiency, and let patients participate when erran... http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/20883053/ Mon, 05 Jan 2009 18:01:04 -0500 KOLO 8 http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/20883053/ (Reno, NV) -- The man accused of killing a 19-year old college student in Reno and sexually assaulting two other woman pleaded not guilty in court last week. Twenty-seven-year-old James Biela is accus... http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/20883021/ Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:47:03 -0500 Cox.net http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/20883021/ in new spending and tax cuts within two weeks of his taking office. "The economy is very sick," Obama said after meeting with Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid. "The situation is getting worse. ...... http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/20883052/ Mon, 05 Jan 2009 18:01:06 -0500 KOLO 8 http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/20883052/ LAS VEGAS -- Four county commissioners were sworn into office Monday, creating the first all-Democratic Commission in 40 years, city officials said.New commissioners Larry Brown and Steve Sisolak join... http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/20883055/ Mon, 05 Jan 2009 17:58:40 -0500 Fox 5 http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/20883055/ Mon, Jan 5, 2009 (8:57 a.m.) Metro Police are investigating the year's first homicide after a man was found shot to death in a motel at Fremont Street and East Charleston Boulevard shortly before mid... http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/20880721/ Mon, 05 Jan 2009 17:37:21 -0500 Las Vegas Sun http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/20880721/ (Las Vegas, NV) -- Metro police is investigating the first homicide of the year. Detectives say they found a man shot to death inside a room at the Lamplighter Motel, located near Fremont and Charlest... http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/20883023/ Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:47:01 -0500 Cox.net http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/20883023/ The man accused of shooting to death a woman at a stop light in April has been given a $500,000 bail. Calvin Kirklin's attorney says his client won't be able to afford the bail so he will like... http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/20883036/ Mon, 05 Jan 2009 17:09:04 -0500 KLAS8 http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/20883036/ Nevada 's most populous county to serve three consecutive terms. Traditionally, the head of the commission changes every two years.Former Nevada university Regent Steve Sisolak was sworn in to replace http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/20883062/ Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:59:21 -0500 Examiner http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/20883062/ (Las Vegas, NV) -- The vehicle of a North Las Vegas man who left his car running in the driveway with his toddler inside was stolen Friday. Daniel Parker says he is happy his one-year-old son is safe ... http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/20883024/ Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:47:01 -0500 Cox.net http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/20883024/ (Las Vegas, NV) -- One Las Vegas mega-resort is starting to take applications today. MGM Mirage's CityCenter is needing to fill 12-thousand positions as part of the nine-billion-dollar development set... http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/20883025/ Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:47:00 -0500 Cox.net http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/20883025/ (Las Vegas, NV) -- The International Consumer Electronics Show kicks off today. CES is the largest trade show in the United States and will feature the newest in electronic gadgets from giant TVs to h... http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/20883026/ Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:46:59 -0500 Cox.net http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/20883026/ LAS VEGAS -- Thousands of people seeking jobs will have the chance to find one, thanks to the CityCenter Resort.Beginning Monday, MGM Mirage officials started accepting applications for 12,000 positio... http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/20876867/ Mon, 05 Jan 2009 14:08:07 -0500 Fox 5 http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/20876867/ LAS VEGAS -- An 18-year-old woman is dead and two teenage girls were seriously injured after a weekend wreck, Metro police said.Just before 8 p.m. Sunday, a Ford Taurus was pulling into the intersecti... http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/20876872/ Mon, 05 Jan 2009 14:08:00 -0500 Fox 5 http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/20876872/ LAS VEGAS -- A plan is being developed to add religious schools to the Las Vegas area, according to officials from the Catholic diocese.Over the past decade, the diocese has added new parishes to acco... http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/20876873/ Mon, 05 Jan 2009 14:07:57 -0500 Fox 5 http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/20876873/ LAS VEGAS -- Metro police are investigating a body that was found in a vacant lot Saturday.Investigators said the 30-year-old man was found in a vacant lot on http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/20876871/ Mon, 05 Jan 2009 14:08:02 -0500 Fox 5 http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/20876871/ RENO, Nev. -- A trip to China and accusations of skipping work meetings for fun has escalated a public feud between the two top Nevada Republican elected officials.Lt. Gov. Brian Krolicki refuted Gov.... http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/20876869/ Mon, 05 Jan 2009 14:08:04 -0500 Fox 5 http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/20876869/