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 Wed, 08 Feb 2012 05:21:06 -0500 Wed, 08 Feb 2012 05:21:06 -0500 30 Pinar del Rio, Cuba, Feb 7 (Prensa Latina) Cuban cigars Vegas Robaina, ratify their worth after 15 years in the domestic and foreign market, said promoters of the hallmark made from leaves grown in ... http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/203317889/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:05:15 -0500 Prensa Latina http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/203317889/ PLEASANT VALLEY -- Gov. Brian Sandoval told 23 first-graders in a school that survived a devastating wildfire last month that he wants to create a Nevada full of job opportunities by the time they ... http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/203319409/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:57:45 -0500 Las Vegas Review Journal http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/203319409/ Henderson police officers are shown on a Nevada Highway Patrol dashboard camera video during an October 2010 traffic stop in which motorist Adam Greene was mistaken for a drunken driver, pulled from ... http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/203319410/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:57:41 -0500 Las Vegas Review Journal http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/203319410/ Kathleen Vermillion's teenage daughter found her at home after the former Henderson councilwoman appeared to have overdosed on prescription pills in a possible suicide attempt Friday, a source ... http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/203319411/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:57:39 -0500 Las Vegas Review Journal http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/203319411/ Call him a mystery man for the moment.He's an unidentified Las Vegas physician who ran around town wearing a wire for the FBI the past four years.His task was to record conversations with ... http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/203319412/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:57:34 -0500 Las Vegas Review Journal http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/203319412/ WASHINGTON -- After the Catholic Church in Nevada spoke out over the weekend, an Obama administration decision to require church-affiliated groups to offer birth control coverage became a sudden ... http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/203319413/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:57:27 -0500 Las Vegas Review Journal http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/203319413/ Spirit Airlines officially opened its Las Vegas crew base Tuesday, formally starting the process of making 200 of the company's pilots, flight attendants and mechanics local residents. About ... http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/203315577/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:57:21 -0500 Las Vegas Sun http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/203315577/ State Sen. Ruben Kihuen announced Tuesday that he was dropping out of his congressional race, clearing the path for former Rep. Dina Titus to almost certainly win the Democratic seat.Kihuen, D-Las ... http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/203319414/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:57:19 -0500 Las Vegas Review Journal http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/203319414/ Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012 | 6 p.m. Everyone told me to cut in line. Just flash your business card and remind the gatekeepers who's sponsoring this very sexy party, they said. But when I saw how ... http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/203319426/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:57:18 -0500 Las Vegas Sun http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/203319426/ The man shot by Henderson police officers Dec. 26 in a failed suicide attempt is grateful to be alive.Tony Allen McNeill said Tuesday that he was shot three times, not once as was previously ... http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/203319416/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:57:11 -0500 Las Vegas Review Journal http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/203319416/ CARSON CITY -- Nevada's highest-earning casinos would pay more in gambling taxes under an initiative filed with the secretary of state's office.The measure being backed by conservative ... http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/203319417/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:57:07 -0500 Las Vegas Review Journal http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/203319417/ A former fugitive pastor chatted in a Henderson courtroom with police officers and a deputy public defender Tuesday while awaiting a brief hearing following his return in custody from Mexico on ... http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/203319415/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:57:01 -0500 Las Vegas Review Journal http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/203319415/ UNLV head coach Dave Rice calls for a new player against Colorado State during their Mountain West Conference game Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012 at the ... http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/203319427/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:57:01 -0500 Las Vegas Sun http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/203319427/ The County Commission ratified a two-year contract agreement Tuesday with the Service Employees International Union for fiscal years 2012 and 2013.Under the contract provisions, which are expected ... http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/203319418/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:56:54 -0500 Las Vegas Review Journal http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/203319418/ Rob Phenicie as the offensive coordinator. Phenicie will stay in his role as quarterbacks coach. Williams, a former NFL first round draft pick who played in four Super Bowls with the Buffalo Bills, ... http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/203319428/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:56:52 -0500 Las Vegas Sun http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/203319428/ A Las Vegas pharmacy has agreed to pay the government $1 million to resolve civil allegations that it violated federal drug laws, U.S. Attorney Daniel G. Bogden announced Tuesday.Lam's Pharmacy ... http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/203319419/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:56:42 -0500 Las Vegas Review Journal http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/203319419/ Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012 | 3:50 p.m. A bankruptcy judge is weighing whether Nevada's new law on "deficiency judgments" will apply to the auction of the Hooters hotel-casino in Las ... http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/203319429/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:56:35 -0500 Las Vegas Sun http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/203319429/ Metro Police Officers Rachel Calderon and Bryce Jones patrol Fremont Street in downtown Las Vegas on foot Monday, Aug. 8, 2011, as part of an initiative called Crime Free Corridor, a plan to reduce ... http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/203315932/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:56:13 -0500 Las Vegas Sun http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/203315932/ /inline-content --> After having fled from Henderson eight months ago, Otis Holland was back Tuesday to face multiple felony sexual assault charges for allegedly having sex with underage ... http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/203319430/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:56:08 -0500 Las Vegas Sun http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/203319430/ Governor Brian Sandoval wants the state to create 50,000 jobs by the end of 2014. He announced the challenge Tuesday morning when he unveiled the State Economic Development Plan at the University of ... http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/203319421/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:55:44 -0500 KOLO 8 http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/203319421/ This is the one time it's okay to be a "snitch" Somebody died, and his killer MUST BE FOUND. If you were at the part.y, please call secret witness. The smallest detail you think may ... http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/203319422/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:55:40 -0500 KOLO 8 http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/203319422/ SPARKS, NV - Sparks police are still trying to piece together the details of an apparent stabbing that happened Sunday. The victim tells police she was walking along Victorian Avenue just west of ... http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/203319424/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:55:33 -0500 KOLO 8 http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/203319424/ RENO, NV - A volunteer group from California wants to help people clean up their property in the aftermath of the Washoe Drive Fire. California Southern Baptist Disaster Relief volunteers are in ... http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/203319423/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:55:30 -0500 KOLO 8 http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/203319423/ A federal appeals court on Tuesday declared California's same-sex marriage ban to be unconstitutional, putting the bitterly contested, voter-approved law on track for a likely appeal to the ... http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/203319425/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:55:23 -0500 KOLO 8 http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/203319425/ The woman who was arrested for drunk driving following a crash that left a 15-year-old in critical condition is a Las Vegas first grade teacher. Twenty-six-year-old Noel Lardeo teaches students at ... http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/203319407/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:56:42 -0500 Las Vegas Now http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/203319407/ Sky high unemployment and home foreclosure rates have combined to give the Las Vegas metro area the nation's fourth highest rate of homelessness. Las Vegas, with 50 homeless individuals per ... http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/203319408/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:56:37 -0500 Las Vegas Now http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/203319408/ People celebrate during the New York Giants ticker tape Super Bowl victory parade through the Canyon of Heroes along Broadway in New York February 7, ... http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/203319405/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:54:00 -0500 Reuters http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/203319405/ Students at Shippensburg University in central Pennsylvania can get the "morning-after" pill by sliding $25 into a vending machine installed at the request of the student government. The ... http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/203311177/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:01:25 -0500 Las Vegas Review Journal http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/203311177/ NEW YORK -- Thousands of fans roared as New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning hoisted the team's Super Bowl trophy from a glittering blue-and-white float Tuesday during a victory parade along ... http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/203311178/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:01:19 -0500 Las Vegas Review Journal http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/203311178/ Robin Leach has been a journalist for more than 50 years and has spent the past decade giving readers the inside scoop on Las Vegas, the world's premier platinum ... http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/203306861/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:01:12 -0500 Las Vegas Sun http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/203306861/ Photographs of Braden and Charlie Powell, the sons of Susan Cox Powell and Josh Powell, are displayed during a candlelight vigil at McKinley Park in Tacoma, Wash., on Monday, the day after Braden ... http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/203311179/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:01:11 -0500 Las Vegas Review Journal http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/203311179/ RENO, NV - Nevada Highway Patrol troopers had a busy Tuesday morning when a dusting of snow fell in the area. The stretch of roadway with the most calls for service was on US 395 between North ... http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/203311180/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:00:09 -0500 KOLO 8 http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/203311180/ RENO, NV - Power is back to 7,000 customers in Sun Valley and Spanish Springs. NV Energy says power went out about 8:30 Tuesday morning in both areas. Spanish Springs customers got their power back ... http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/203311184/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:00:05 -0500 KOLO 8 http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/203311184/ From KOLO 8 Weather Now The National Weather Service in Reno has issued a Wind Advisory. A wind advisory will be in effect from 8 AM until 11 PM on ... http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/203311183/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:00:02 -0500 KOLO 8 http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/203311183/ /inline-content --> Clouds will be rolling into the Las Vegas Valley today, holding temperatures down just a bit and bringing a very slight chance of some sprinkles tonight, says Kevin Janison, ... http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/203303627/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:52:22 -0500 Las Vegas Sun http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/203303627/ Twitter reaction to Madonna's Super Bowl show seemed to intensely divide men and women -- inspiring disgust from guys and envy from females and fashionistas.That's a generalization, but it ... http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/203303623/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:52:11 -0500 Las Vegas Review Journal http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/203303623/ Las Vegas again showed the nation Saturday why it remains the Entertainment Capital of the World.I speak not of the return of Siegfried & Roy or the latest surrealistic spectacle from Cirque du ... http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/203303624/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:52:03 -0500 Las Vegas Review Journal http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/203303624/ The Las Vegas Mob Experience at the Tropicana resort is now operating out of bankruptcy, and it's getting a new name and a new manager. The tourist attraction was purchased out of bankruptcy ... http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/203303628/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:51:42 -0500 Las Vegas Sun http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/203303628/ Assistant site manager J.C. Arens checks voter verification Saturday during the GOP caucus at the Centennial High School gym. Party officials and the presidential campaigns cited several factors in ... http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/203297957/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 04:46:29 -0500 Las Vegas Review Journal http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/203297957/ NEW YORK (AP) - You may like the food you buy, but is it "Great for You"? Wal-Mart Stores Inc. plans to help its customers figure that out by adding a new green icon that reads ... http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/203297958/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 04:45:35 -0500 KOLO 8 http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/203297958/ Rodolfo Meana, pictured here in 2008, is one of seven patients diagnosed with hepatitis C that has been genetically linked to the Endoscopy Center of Southern Nevada. Meana's doctors have told ... http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/203293645/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:48:50 -0500 Las Vegas Review Journal http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/203293645/ Call it Burning Man: The Las Vegas Spectacular.A group of artists is looking to re-create in the city the counterculture vibe of the annual Burning Man festival in the Northern Nevada desert, ... http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/203293648/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:48:36 -0500 Las Vegas Review Journal http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/203293648/ A former legal aide who is a key witness in the criminal case against defense attorney Brian Bloomfield is now in Las Vegas police custody.Brandon Snowden, 28, a felon who has convictions for theft ... http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/203293647/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:48:30 -0500 Las Vegas Review Journal http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/203293647/ WASHINGTON -- Future commercial air service out of White Pine County Airport in Ely may be imperiled by legislation that cleared Congress on Monday.The Senate voted, 75 to 20, to approve a ... http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/203293649/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:48:24 -0500 Las Vegas Review Journal http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/203293649/ Henderson resident Flavor Flav celebrates the New York Giants victory against the New England Patriots at Super Bowl XLVI at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis on Tuesday, Feb 5, ... http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/203293656/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:48:22 -0500 Las Vegas Sun http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/203293656/ Crews are working to reseed federal land that was scorched in the Washoe Drive Fire. On Monday, they used a helicopter to dump 6,000 lbs. of seed on the hills east of US ... http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/203293652/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:47:28 -0500 KOLO 8 http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/203293652/ Sensing a possible threat, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney criticized rival Rick Santorum's time in the Senate as "not effective" because of his past support for ... http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/203293651/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:47:26 -0500 KOLO 8 http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/203293651/ Amid a tragic explosion at a Marine housing base, there is also heroism. A duplex exploded at the Coleville Military Housing Base Friday night, leaving a woman dead and sending two other people to ... http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/203293650/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:47:23 -0500 KOLO 8 http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/203293650/ Accusations of death threats and embezzlement. Characters like an "ominous, burly" guy named Ray demanding someone open a safe and taking the contents with him. It's just a lawsuit, ... http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/203293653/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:47:20 -0500 KOLO 8 http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/203293653/ Looking for a promising career in a lousy economy? A new study suggests you're apt to find it in apps - the services and tools built to run on smartphones, computer tablets and Facebook's ... http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/203293654/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:47:17 -0500 KOLO 8 http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/203293654/ The Los Angeles Unified School District superintendent says the faculty at Miramonte Elementary School will be removed following allegations of child sex abuse against two ... http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/203293655/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:47:14 -0500 KOLO 8 http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/id/203293655/