Provides the latest RSS feeds for Nevada News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Nevada State News.net http://www.nevada.statenews.net/index.php/cat/665230c96a861075/ en-us Tue, 21 May 2013 21:46:21 -0400 Tue, 21 May 2013 21:46:21 -0400 30 Justin Bieber surprised the young students of a Las Vegas primary school on Friday after he visited the place to declare that he had partnered up with Child Hunger Ends Here campaign. The 19-year-old singer, who dropped by Whitney Elementary School ahead of his performance at Sunday's Billboard Music Awards, spent time giving food donations to the children as they shed tears of joy after meeting ... http://www.nevada.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214660584/scat/665230c96a861075 Tue, 21 May 2013 08:10:03 -0400 http://www.nevada.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214660584/scat/665230c96a861075 A viewing has been set Thursday afternoon for Marcos Vicente Arenas, the 15-year-old killed while hanging onto his iPad during an attempted robbery last week. On the same day, the two men charged in his death will appear in Las Vegas Justice Court to argue their bail and set a preliminary hearing on murder charges. The viewing will take place between 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. at Palm Northwest Mortuary ... http://www.nevada.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214677179/scat/665230c96a861075 Tue, 21 May 2013 20:36:25 -0400 http://www.nevada.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214677179/scat/665230c96a861075 As Oklahomans struggle to recover from a massive tornado that wrought devastation Monday afternoon, Southern Nevadans are stepping up with recovery aid and assistance.The American Red Cross of Southern Nevada already has one volunteer in Moore, Okla., a suburb of Oklahoma City where at least 24 people were killed in the disaster.Jennifer Ramieh left Las Vegas Monday afternoon and arrived at a ... http://www.nevada.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214677181/scat/665230c96a861075 Tue, 21 May 2013 20:36:24 -0400 http://www.nevada.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214677181/scat/665230c96a861075 Legislation that could raise gas taxes in Clark County got another supporter Tuesday as the area's main economic development group backed the proposal. "This is critical to our future. I cannot stress that enough," said Tom Skancke, president and CEO of the Las Vegas Global Economic Alliance, former known as the Nevada Development Authority. Skancke said the organization rarely ... http://www.nevada.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214677180/scat/665230c96a861075 Tue, 21 May 2013 20:36:24 -0400 http://www.nevada.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214677180/scat/665230c96a861075 WASHINGTON -- The House on Tuesday approved a bill that would automatically adjust cost-of-living increases for veterans benefits. The measure by Reps. Dina Titus, D-Nev., and Jon Runyan, R-N.J., was passed by voice vote.It would adjust Veterans Administration benefits each year much in the way that Social Security benefits are adjusted for inflation. Under current law Congress must approve ... http://www.nevada.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214677182/scat/665230c96a861075 Tue, 21 May 2013 20:36:22 -0400 http://www.nevada.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214677182/scat/665230c96a861075 Pageant officials announced Tuesday that Nick Jonas of the Jonas Brothers pop act and Giuliana Rancic, co-anchor of "E! News," will host the June 16 ... http://www.nevada.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214677383/scat/665230c96a861075 Tue, 21 May 2013 20:19:35 -0400 http://www.nevada.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214677383/scat/665230c96a861075 CARSON CITY -- A bill that would require insurance companies that provide cancer coverage to pay a bigger share of the cost of new oral chemotherapy medications passed the Assembly with a unanimous vote Tuesday. Changes made to Senate Bill 266 in the Assembly will have to be agreed to by the Senate before the bill can go to Gov. Brian Sandoval for his consideration. The bill was sponsored by Sen. ... http://www.nevada.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214675973/scat/665230c96a861075 Tue, 21 May 2013 19:28:33 -0400 http://www.nevada.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214675973/scat/665230c96a861075 A teenager was hospitalized Tuesday after being struck by a vehicle that jumped the curb then left the scene, Las Vegas police said. The teen, who was on a sidewalk, was hit about 2:45 p.m. near Tropicana Avenue and Jones Boulevard, police said. Police found the vehicle in the 5700 block of Rochelle Drive. Police said one person was in custody, but it was unclear at the time if the person was the ... http://www.nevada.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214675972/scat/665230c96a861075 Tue, 21 May 2013 19:28:32 -0400 http://www.nevada.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214675972/scat/665230c96a861075 John "Jack" Martin will officially take the helm of the Clark County Department of Juvenile Justice Services. The Clark County Commission on Tuesday voted to ratify Martin's appointment as director. He had been serving as acting director since October. Martin's annual base salary will be $129,685, according to Dan Kulin, Clark County spokesman. Martin replaces Russ Jennings, ... http://www.nevada.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214675971/scat/665230c96a861075 Tue, 21 May 2013 19:28:31 -0400 http://www.nevada.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214675971/scat/665230c96a861075 Far from Searchlight, Sen. Harry Reid held a cocktail party fundraiser Friday in New York City hosted by Marianne Nestor Cassini, who runs Oleg Cassini Inc., the fashion design company named after her late husband.Women's Wear Daily sent ... http://www.nevada.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214675970/scat/665230c96a861075 Tue, 21 May 2013 19:28:30 -0400 http://www.nevada.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214675970/scat/665230c96a861075 CARSON CITY -- Senate Majority Leader Mo Denis conceded in a floor speech Tuesday that Democrats will not be able to raise taxes this session to provide the $300 million in education improvement they sought. "At the end of the day we will do nothing to help our kids," said the Las Vegas Democrat. "It is really a shame." Contact Capital Bureau Chief Ed Vogel ... http://www.nevada.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214675976/scat/665230c96a861075 Tue, 21 May 2013 19:28:29 -0400 http://www.nevada.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214675976/scat/665230c96a861075 Cliff Toye of Tabernacle, N.J., takes part in a tea party rally Tuesday outside the Internal Revenue Service offices in Cherry Hill, N.J. The rally was to protest extra IRS scrutiny of conservative ... http://www.nevada.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214675975/scat/665230c96a861075 Tue, 21 May 2013 19:28:27 -0400 http://www.nevada.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214675975/scat/665230c96a861075 FERNLEY -- A judge on Tuesday ordered a psychiatric evaluation for a 25-year-old Northern Nevada man accused of killing two couples in two homes in the rural town of Fernley and a newspaper deliveryman off an Interstate 80 exit in Sparks during the Mother's Day weekend. Jeremiah Bean appeared calm during a short hearing at which Fernley Justice of the Peace Robert J. Bennett granted a ... http://www.nevada.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214675974/scat/665230c96a861075 Tue, 21 May 2013 19:28:26 -0400 http://www.nevada.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214675974/scat/665230c96a861075 Justin Stehan salvages photographs from his tornado-ravaged home Tuesday, May 21, 2013, in Moore, Okla. A huge tornado roared through the Oklahoma City suburb Monday, flattening entire neighborhoods and destroying an elementary school with a direct blow as children and teachers huddled against winds. (AP Photo/Charlie ... http://www.nevada.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214674715/scat/665230c96a861075 Tue, 21 May 2013 18:25:01 -0400 http://www.nevada.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214674715/scat/665230c96a861075 A local urology practice will pay $1 million to the U.S. Department of Justice for improperly billing numerous federal health care organizations, according to Nevada U.S. Attorney Daniel Bogden. Las Vegas Urology, which has seven Las Vegas locations, improperly billed health care agencies such as Medicare, TRICARE, and others from 2005 to 2010. The company settled with the Justice Department ... http://www.nevada.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214674646/scat/665230c96a861075 Tue, 21 May 2013 18:16:18 -0400 http://www.nevada.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214674646/scat/665230c96a861075 Judge Robert J. Bennett granted a motion by Jeremiah Bean's public defender in Fernley Justice Court on Tuesday to require the competency evaluation before Bean stands trial on 19 charges, including first-degree murder, arson and ... http://www.nevada.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214674921/scat/665230c96a861075 Tue, 21 May 2013 17:59:31 -0400 http://www.nevada.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214674921/scat/665230c96a861075 CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) -- A bill creating a state-managed fund to distribute donations and grants to victims of human trafficking has cleared the Nevada ... http://www.nevada.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214674920/scat/665230c96a861075 Tue, 21 May 2013 17:59:31 -0400 http://www.nevada.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214674920/scat/665230c96a861075 LAS VEGAS -- The two men facing murder charges in the death of a 15-year-old high school student appeared in a Las Vegas courtroom Tuesday morning. Michael Solid, 21, and Jacob Dismont, 18, made ... http://www.nevada.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214674647/scat/665230c96a861075 Tue, 21 May 2013 17:58:59 -0400 http://www.nevada.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214674647/scat/665230c96a861075 The party-line vote Tuesday in the Senate Finance Committee came after family members of Sandy Hook and the Tucson shooting victims held a news conference urging passage of SB221. The bill now heads to the Senate ... http://www.nevada.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214672100/scat/665230c96a861075 Tue, 21 May 2013 16:46:50 -0400 http://www.nevada.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214672100/scat/665230c96a861075 In the mid-2000s, Dr. Dipak Desai was shopping his clinics around and, as his business consultant testified Tuesday, facilities with higher volumes of traffic garnered the higher sales price. Lawrence Preston, a health care consultant, said endoscopy clinics could go for around $5 million or $6 million. Most of the national companies that expressed interest in Desai's Shadow Lane facility ... http://www.nevada.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214670109/scat/665230c96a861075 Tue, 21 May 2013 15:52:44 -0400 http://www.nevada.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214670109/scat/665230c96a861075 Tuesday, May 21, 2013 | 12:26 p.m. Metro Police homicide detectives were investigating a suspicious death Tuesday at a house in the 8000 block of Green Pasture Avenue in northwest Las Vegas. Police were called about 11 a.m. after a woman was found dead in the house in the area of Lone Mountain Road and Durango Drive, police spokesman Sgt. John Shehan said. A homicide unit was dispatched because ... http://www.nevada.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214669434/scat/665230c96a861075 Tue, 21 May 2013 15:52:43 -0400 http://www.nevada.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214669434/scat/665230c96a861075 VATICAN CITY -- Is Pope Francis an exorcist? The question has bubbled up ever since Francis laid his hands on the head of a young man in a wheelchair after celebrating Sunday Mass in St. Peter's Square. The young man heaved deeply a half-dozen times, shook, then slumped in his wheelchair as Francis prayed over him. The television station of the Italian bishops' conference reported ... http://www.nevada.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214670111/scat/665230c96a861075 Tue, 21 May 2013 15:52:43 -0400 http://www.nevada.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214670111/scat/665230c96a861075 Leon Benzer, indicted in a scheme to take over homeowners associations in the Las Vegas Valley, says he had approval from Nevada Attorney General Catherine Cortez ... http://www.nevada.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214670108/scat/665230c96a861075 Tue, 21 May 2013 15:52:43 -0400 http://www.nevada.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214670108/scat/665230c96a861075 Jodi Arias told a jury on Tuesday that she can contribute to society through volunteer programs in prison. She was allowed to address the jury as part of the penalty phase, following her conviction in the death of Travis Alexander. Arias, shown here during a May 1 court appearance, could get the death ... http://www.nevada.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214670113/scat/665230c96a861075 Tue, 21 May 2013 15:52:42 -0400 http://www.nevada.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214670113/scat/665230c96a861075 Neil Heslin, whose 6-year-old son Jesse was killed in Newtown, Conn., in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in December, speaks on Tuesday in Carson City during a rally to require background checks on private sale gun purchases in Nevada. Gilles Rousseau, left, whose daughter Lauren was among the staff killed that day, also spoke at the rally. Senate Bill 221 passed the Senate Finance ... http://www.nevada.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214670112/scat/665230c96a861075 Tue, 21 May 2013 15:52:42 -0400 http://www.nevada.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214670112/scat/665230c96a861075 New Delhi, May 21 : The third installment of "The Hangover" series will take the lead characters of the movie back to Las Vegas, where the plot of the first movie was ... http://www.nevada.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214668542/scat/665230c96a861075 Tue, 21 May 2013 14:40:44 -0400 http://www.nevada.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214668542/scat/665230c96a861075 A child is pulled from beneath a collapsed wall at Plaza Towers Elementary School Monday after a tornado struck the school in Moore, Okla. The tornado, as much as a mile wide with winds up to 200 mph, roared through the Oklahoma City suburb, flattening entire neighborhoods and landing a direct blow on this elementary ... http://www.nevada.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214668544/scat/665230c96a861075 Tue, 21 May 2013 14:38:45 -0400 http://www.nevada.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214668544/scat/665230c96a861075 CARSON CITY -- In a rare vote that killed a bill, the Senate late Monday evening on a 10-11 vote rejected an Assembly-approved bill that would have limited the designs charitable groups can place on special license plates. Assembly Bill 243 was among only four bills that have been killed this session, which has just two weeks to go, according to Senate Secretary David Byerman. Sen. Don Gustavson, ... http://www.nevada.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214668545/scat/665230c96a861075 Tue, 21 May 2013 14:38:45 -0400 http://www.nevada.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214668545/scat/665230c96a861075 KINGMAN, Ariz. -- The weekend death of a Mohave County jail inmate was blamed on complications from a gastric ulcer, according to a preliminary finding by a medical examiner. The final cause of death for Gilberto Alvarado Avila Jr. will be determined once a toxicology analysis is complete, Mohave County Sheriff's Office spokeswoman Trish Carter said. Avila had been in the Kingman jail's ... http://www.nevada.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214668546/scat/665230c96a861075 Tue, 21 May 2013 14:38:44 -0400 http://www.nevada.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214668546/scat/665230c96a861075 WASHINGTON (AP) -- Utah Gov. Gary Herbert says his state does a better job than federal managers and has a bigger stake than the bureaucrats in protecting the natural resources and rugged beauty that drives Utah's outdoor recreation and tourism ... http://www.nevada.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214668417/scat/665230c96a861075 Tue, 21 May 2013 14:19:03 -0400 http://www.nevada.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214668417/scat/665230c96a861075 This evidence photo released Monday by the West Valley City Police Department shows a journal collected from Josh and Susan Powell's house. Citing a lack of leads, a police agency said Monday that it is closing the active investigation of the disappearance of Susan Powell, a Utah mother whose now-dead husband was a prime ... http://www.nevada.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214666565/scat/665230c96a861075 Tue, 21 May 2013 13:21:05 -0400 http://www.nevada.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214666565/scat/665230c96a861075 Two men will remain jailed without bail pending another court appearance in the death of a teenage boy who police say fell beneath the wheels of their vehicle when he refused to give up his iPad. A judge on Tuesday appointed attorneys to represent 21-year-old Michael Samuel Solid and 18-year-old Jacob "Jake" Dismont. Another hearing was set Thursday to consider bail amounts and pick a ... http://www.nevada.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214666564/scat/665230c96a861075 Tue, 21 May 2013 13:21:05 -0400 http://www.nevada.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214666564/scat/665230c96a861075 Clark County commissioners Monday approved a $1.2 billion budget for the next fiscal year that reflects a cautious outlook in response to the local economy's slow climb out of the recession. The budget isn't marked by the steep cuts made in the years immediately following the economic collapse in 2008. Nor does it have a rosy outlook with revenue growing rapidly. Instead, there's a ... http://www.nevada.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214666567/scat/665230c96a861075 Tue, 21 May 2013 13:21:04 -0400 http://www.nevada.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214666567/scat/665230c96a861075 Driver's will get a grim reminder of the dangers of unsafe driving starting 6 a.m. Wednesday as they traverse Las Vegas freeways. The digital message signs that now state travel times will also display statewide traffic death numbers. They also will have safe driving tips, including reminders to wear a seat belt and never drive while impaired, according to the Nevada Department of ... http://www.nevada.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214666566/scat/665230c96a861075 Tue, 21 May 2013 13:21:04 -0400 http://www.nevada.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214666566/scat/665230c96a861075 PARIS (Reuters) - Police evacuated Paris' Notre Dame cathedral on Tuesday after a well-known far-right former activist committed suicide by shooting himself in the mouth in front of its main altar, a police source ... http://www.nevada.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214665644/scat/665230c96a861075 Tue, 21 May 2013 12:54:37 -0400 http://www.nevada.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214665644/scat/665230c96a861075 SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - A high-tech startup is wading into the gun control debate with a wireless controller that would allow gun owners to know when their weapon is being moved - and disable it ... http://www.nevada.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214666431/scat/665230c96a861075 Tue, 21 May 2013 12:52:35 -0400 http://www.nevada.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214666431/scat/665230c96a861075 BUDAPEST, Hungary -; Hungarian police say they are investigating an incident in which an elderly man may have been mauled to death by two ... http://www.nevada.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214663792/scat/665230c96a861075 Tue, 21 May 2013 12:13:33 -0400 http://www.nevada.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214663792/scat/665230c96a861075 Senate President Pro Temp Darrell Steinberg, D-Sacramento speaks with Senator Ricardo Lara, D-Bell Gardens during session in the Senate chambers in Sacramento, Calif. on Monday, March 11, ... http://www.nevada.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214663554/scat/665230c96a861075 Tue, 21 May 2013 12:12:28 -0400 http://www.nevada.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214663554/scat/665230c96a861075 LAS VEGAS -- A Las Vegas man has pleaded guilty to fraud charges in connection with the embezzlement of $5.6 million from the prominent builder of residential high-rises in the Vegas area over nearly five years.U.S. Attorney Daniel Bogden says Rocco Lazazzaro pleaded guilty Monday to conspiracy to commit wire fraud at the Florida-based Turnberry Associates.He says Lazazzaro personally was ... http://www.nevada.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214664317/scat/665230c96a861075 Tue, 21 May 2013 12:07:54 -0400 http://www.nevada.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214664317/scat/665230c96a861075 WEST WENDOVER, Nev. (AP) -- A Salt Lake City man who briefly escaped from Nevada police by climbing through a patrol car window is behind bars in West Wendover on a series of drug and escape ... http://www.nevada.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214664599/scat/665230c96a861075 Tue, 21 May 2013 10:51:22 -0400 http://www.nevada.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214664599/scat/665230c96a861075 Sparks police say a 38-year-old woman was driving on 4th Street in Sparks when her car door flew open. As she attempted to close it, she accelerated and crashed into a nearby ... http://www.nevada.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214664598/scat/665230c96a861075 Tue, 21 May 2013 10:51:21 -0400 http://www.nevada.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214664598/scat/665230c96a861075 A notorious former football star brings a liquored-up posse, two members of which are armed, to a Palace Station hotel room to forcibly retrieve a few boxes of sports memorabilia. What could possibly go wrong? We know the answer to that, but O.J. Simpson and his trio of attorneys spent the past week trying their best to change the subject as they fought to win a new trial on the grounds he ... http://www.nevada.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214662755/scat/665230c96a861075 Tue, 21 May 2013 09:56:45 -0400 http://www.nevada.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214662755/scat/665230c96a861075 Michael Luangrath, 29, gave his mother, Dao Vahn, a longtime downtown Las Vegas business owner and cancer survivor, a $175,000 house for Mother’s Day. The mother and son are shown here in a photo illustration of her house in North Las Vegas on Thursday, May 16, ... http://www.nevada.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214658050/scat/665230c96a861075 Tue, 21 May 2013 05:20:33 -0400 http://www.nevada.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214658050/scat/665230c96a861075 A former mob lawyer, he promoted his city and himself with antics that lent credibility to his self-given title of "Happiest mayor in the ... http://www.nevada.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214657076/scat/665230c96a861075 Tue, 21 May 2013 04:15:24 -0400 http://www.nevada.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214657076/scat/665230c96a861075 Interim School Board Superintendent Pat Skorkowsky listens during a Clark County School Board meeting at the Clark County School Board headquarters on Thursday, April 11. Skorkowsky was appointed to the top school board job after former superintendent Dwight Jones sudden decision to depart his post last ... http://www.nevada.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214655263/scat/665230c96a861075 Tue, 21 May 2013 02:04:48 -0400 http://www.nevada.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214655263/scat/665230c96a861075 Col. Barry Cornish, commander of the 99th Air Base Wing, discusses measures Nellis AFB has taken to curb sexually aggressive behavior during an interview in his office at the base in Las Vegas, Tuesday, May ... http://www.nevada.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214655262/scat/665230c96a861075 Tue, 21 May 2013 02:04:48 -0400 http://www.nevada.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214655262/scat/665230c96a861075 Former Cantor Gaming sports book director Michael Colbert, shown here at an October 2012 court appearance, is being investigted by the Nevada Gaming Control ... http://www.nevada.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214654399/scat/665230c96a861075 Tue, 21 May 2013 00:59:55 -0400 http://www.nevada.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214654399/scat/665230c96a861075 Researchers say this fossil, pulled from the hills north of Las Vegas last year, is the lower jaw and bottom teeth of an extinct ice age horse that roamed the area more than 13,000 years ... http://www.nevada.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214652597/scat/665230c96a861075 Mon, 20 May 2013 22:52:27 -0400 http://www.nevada.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214652597/scat/665230c96a861075 There were years they won the most awards, but never THE award for best Clark County high school newspaper. For the past four years, The Tribune staff at Liberty High School has been stuck at third place in the Clark County High School Journalism Awards. They landed second in 2008 and squeezed by with an honorable mention in 2007. But they were never recognized as the best standard-format ... http://www.nevada.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214651646/scat/665230c96a861075 Mon, 20 May 2013 21:46:55 -0400 http://www.nevada.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214651646/scat/665230c96a861075 RENO - Two more of Harvey Whittemore's former employees testified Monday they each voluntarily contributed $4,600 to Sen. Harry Reid's campaign in 2007 at the suggestion of the wealthy ex-developer and lobbyist but didn't fear for their jobs if they didn't do so. Both said they generally supported Reid's re-election but both also acknowledged they wouldn't have ... http://www.nevada.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214650639/scat/665230c96a861075 Mon, 20 May 2013 20:40:46 -0400 http://www.nevada.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214650639/scat/665230c96a861075 Las Vegas police have identified an 18-year-old man as the second suspect in a fatal shooting last month on Fremont Street. Darion Muhammad-Coleman is wanted in the April 19 death of Dale Borero. Authorities consider him armed and dangerous. Officers responded to gunfire on the 2800 block of Fremont Street near Eastern Avenue when they discovered Borero with an apparent gunshot wound to the ... http://www.nevada.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214650640/scat/665230c96a861075 Mon, 20 May 2013 20:40:46 -0400 http://www.nevada.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214650640/scat/665230c96a861075 Nevada Secretary of State Ross Miller is shown here testifying at the Legislative Building in Carson City, Nev.in March. Miller is being sued by a national Republican organization for failing to turn over what it says are public ... http://www.nevada.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214650642/scat/665230c96a861075 Mon, 20 May 2013 20:40:46 -0400 http://www.nevada.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214650642/scat/665230c96a861075 CARSON CITY - A bill to require police to take DNA cheek swabs of anyone arrested on a felony charge won approval in the Assembly on Monday. The so-called "Brianna's Law" bill passed on a 29-9 vote, one more than the two-thirds vote needed. The Senate must now consider whether to accept changes made to Senate Bill 243 in the Assembly before it can go to Gov. Brian Sandoval for his ... http://www.nevada.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214650641/scat/665230c96a861075 Mon, 20 May 2013 20:40:45 -0400 http://www.nevada.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214650641/scat/665230c96a861075 WASHINGTON -- A bill that would make it a crime to lie about receiving honors for military service was passed Monday in the U.S. House. The "Stolen Valor Act of 2013" was approved 390-3 in a vote timed to fall between Armed Forces Day last Saturday and Memorial Day this Monday. "What better way to show our support for our brave servicemen and women than by passing this ... http://www.nevada.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214650643/scat/665230c96a861075 Mon, 20 May 2013 20:40:44 -0400 http://www.nevada.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214650643/scat/665230c96a861075 CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) -- A bill requiring DNA to be collected from everyone arrested on felony charges in Nevada has almost cleared the state ... http://www.nevada.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214650867/scat/665230c96a861075 Mon, 20 May 2013 20:24:26 -0400 http://www.nevada.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214650867/scat/665230c96a861075 LAS VEGAS -- A Las Vegas man pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud for his role in the embezzlement of nearly $5.6 million from Turnberry Associates, Nevada's U.S. Attorney Daniel Bogden ... http://www.nevada.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214650644/scat/665230c96a861075 Mon, 20 May 2013 20:24:03 -0400 http://www.nevada.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214650644/scat/665230c96a861075 Monday, May 20, 2013 | 3:50 p.m. One of the newest businesses to gain support from VegasTechFund is Local Motors. Founded five years ago, Local Motors uses crowdsourcing to help in the design of a car, motorcycle or other type of vehicle. John Rogers Jr., president and CEO, last week was in downtown Las Vegas, where VegasTechFund is headquartered. The fund is a tech investment group whose ... http://www.nevada.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214649477/scat/665230c96a861075 Mon, 20 May 2013 19:27:50 -0400 http://www.nevada.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214649477/scat/665230c96a861075 CARSON CITY-- On a 20-1 vote, state senators on Monday passed a bill that would allow people who are not in the country legally to acquire driver authorization cards. Under the bill, they would have to pass a driving test before they could acquire the card, which cannot be used for identification purposes. The annual fee for renewing the driver's card is $18.50. Four states, including Utah ... http://www.nevada.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214649479/scat/665230c96a861075 Mon, 20 May 2013 19:27:45 -0400 http://www.nevada.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214649479/scat/665230c96a861075 After seeing improvements to test scores or advancement in math curriculum, students who come to Mathease always have the same reaction, according to the program's tutors. "They always say, 'I wish I knew about this program sooner,'" said Patricia Gordon, owner of the tutoring company Mathease. "The program works because we empower students." Mathease, which has ... http://www.nevada.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214649478/scat/665230c96a861075 Mon, 20 May 2013 19:27:45 -0400 http://www.nevada.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214649478/scat/665230c96a861075 The valley's wholesale water supplier and its largest water utility have adopted spending plans for the coming year that seem to mirror the local economy at large -- mostly flat but showing signs of growth. Under a final budget approved Monday, the Las Vegas Valley Water District expects to cut its spending by about $4.2 million while adding about $4 million to its reserve fund during the ... http://www.nevada.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214649480/scat/665230c96a861075 Mon, 20 May 2013 19:27:44 -0400 http://www.nevada.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214649480/scat/665230c96a861075 Incumbent Henderson Municipal Court Judge Mark Stevens, left, presents Warner Smith with a certificate of achievement at the court, 243 Water St., March 22 as part of the Veterans Court program. Stevens received 41.88 percent of the votes in the April primary election and his challenger, Sandra Allred DiGiacomo, received 40.75 ... http://www.nevada.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214649481/scat/665230c96a861075 Mon, 20 May 2013 19:27:44 -0400 http://www.nevada.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214649481/scat/665230c96a861075 LAS VEGAS (AP) -- A wrong-way driver may have been under the influence of prescription medication when the car he was driving slammed head-on into an SUV on Interstate 15, killing two family members from India and injuring four others, authorities said ... http://www.nevada.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214649695/scat/665230c96a861075 Mon, 20 May 2013 19:10:15 -0400 http://www.nevada.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214649695/scat/665230c96a861075 Construction crews with Federal Heath Sign Company take down the cowboy sign at Terrible's Hotel & Casino on Paradise Road Monday in preparation for the hotel-casino's transition to its new name, the Silver Sevens Hotel & Casino. The neon sign will be donated to the Neon Museum in downtown Las ... http://www.nevada.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214644362/scat/665230c96a861075 Mon, 20 May 2013 18:20:31 -0400 http://www.nevada.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214644362/scat/665230c96a861075 A second gastroenterologist who worked closely with Dr. Dipak Desai testified Monday that Desai operated his endoscopy clinics in a frugal manner but did not put patients' safety at risk. Dr. Vishvinder Sharma performed colonoscopies and upper endoscopies at Desai's clinics between 1994 and 2008, when the facilities closed following a hepatitis C outbreak that contaminated seven ... http://www.nevada.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214644365/scat/665230c96a861075 Mon, 20 May 2013 18:20:30 -0400 http://www.nevada.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214644365/scat/665230c96a861075 Las Vegas police investigators collect evidence Thursday after an officer-involved shooting in a parking lot near East Charleston Boulevard and Bruce Street. Police officer Michael Donovan shot and wounded a man police say was brandishing a pellet ... http://www.nevada.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214644364/scat/665230c96a861075 Mon, 20 May 2013 18:20:30 -0400 http://www.nevada.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214644364/scat/665230c96a861075 CARSON CITY-- Senate Finance Committee members backed a bill Monday that would require full-day kindergarten in all Nevada elementary schools, but removed a requirement to provide state funds to carry out that mandate. Their support for Senate Bill 182 caused one lobbyist, John Wagner of the Independent American Party, to question what lawmakers were doing. He noted it would cost $90 million to ... http://www.nevada.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214644363/scat/665230c96a861075 Mon, 20 May 2013 18:20:30 -0400 http://www.nevada.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214644363/scat/665230c96a861075 Democratic Senate Majority Leader Mo Denis of Las Vegas says the bill will make Nevada roads safer because it will allow people in the country illegally to take a driving test, obtain a card and obtain ... http://www.nevada.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214644569/scat/665230c96a861075 Mon, 20 May 2013 18:05:27 -0400 http://www.nevada.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214644569/scat/665230c96a861075 Publicist Heidi Robinson-Fitzgerald says Manzarek died Monday at the RoMed Clinic in Rosenheim, Germany, surrounded by his family. Robinson-Fitzgerald says his manager, Tom Vitorino, confirmed Manzarek died around 3:30 p.m. EDT. He had bile duct ... http://www.nevada.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214644510/scat/665230c96a861075 Mon, 20 May 2013 18:05:19 -0400 http://www.nevada.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214644510/scat/665230c96a861075 The purchase of WebHost XTC will help three Watertown business executives offer more e-commerce capabilities to customers of their respective companies. Three Watertown business owners have purchased a Las Vegas-based commerce hosting company and plan to add jobs locally, according to a Monday press release. Paul Dickey, owner of Accurate Pool & Spa Services in Watertown, along with Brian ... http://www.nevada.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214643950/scat/665230c96a861075 Mon, 20 May 2013 17:13:27 -0400 http://www.nevada.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214643950/scat/665230c96a861075 VIRGINIA CITY, Nev. -; A Mark Twain expert from Connecticut is making his first visit to Virginia City this week to help raise money for needed repairs at the Comstock's historic Fourth Ward ... http://www.nevada.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214642072/scat/665230c96a861075 Mon, 20 May 2013 16:17:37 -0400 http://www.nevada.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214642072/scat/665230c96a861075 FILE - Jodi Arias cries as Steven Alexander, brother of murder victim Travis Alexander, makes his "victim impact statement" to the jury in this Thursday, May 16, 2013 file photo, during the penalty phase of the Jodi Arias trial at Maricopa County Superior Court in Phoenix. Arias returns to court Monday May 20, 2013 for the continuation of her trial after being convicted of murder in her ... http://www.nevada.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214640265/scat/665230c96a861075 Mon, 20 May 2013 15:13:37 -0400 http://www.nevada.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214640265/scat/665230c96a861075 Marcos Arenas, 15, was run over Thursday when robbers tried to take his iPad as he walked near Charleston Boulevard and Torrey Pines Drive. He later died of his ... http://www.nevada.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214640656/scat/665230c96a861075 Mon, 20 May 2013 15:09:04 -0400 http://www.nevada.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214640656/scat/665230c96a861075 A man killed in an explosion near Nellis Air Force Base Friday morning has been identified by the Clark County coroner's office. Gregory Kent Wong, 51, from Las Vegas, was an employee of Nevada Truck and Trailer Repair, where the explosion and fire happened. Wong died from blunt force trauma to the head and other contributing causes, including explosive fire injury and first- and second- ... http://www.nevada.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214640655/scat/665230c96a861075 Mon, 20 May 2013 15:09:04 -0400 http://www.nevada.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214640655/scat/665230c96a861075 SB346 sponsored by Republican Sen. Greg Brower of Reno ran into trouble when the chairman of the Nevada Gaming Control Board raised red flags over how such groups would be ... http://www.nevada.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214640947/scat/665230c96a861075 Mon, 20 May 2013 14:50:35 -0400 http://www.nevada.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214640947/scat/665230c96a861075