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1 hour, 57 minutes ago

(AP) Average gasoline prices in Nevada have fallen 6 cents since January, with some locations seeing declines as much as 14 cents.AAA says the average price for a gallon of self-serve unleaded fell to $2.79 statewide. That's still 63 cents higher than it was at this time last year.The national average ...

Secretary of state's office gives filing reminder

2 hours, 33 minutes ago

(AP) The Nevada secretary of state's office is reminding those running for certain offices in 2010 to schedule a time to file declarations of candidacy.Secretary of State Ross Miller's office said Tuesday declarations must be filed between 8 a.m. on March 1 and 5 p.m. on March 12.Miller's office says candidates ...

Nevada casinos win $6.86M on Super Bowl bets

3 hours, 8 minutes ago

(AP) Nevada casinos won almost $6.9 million on this year's Super Bowl as bettors wagered $82.7 million on the NFL title game, gambling regulators said Tuesday.The Nevada Gaming Control Board said the win was $179,000 more than sports books won last year, on $1.21 million more in bets.The underdog New Orleans ...

Nev. Medicaid cuts could lead to diaper rationing

3 hours, 44 minutes ago

(AP) Nevada officials on Tuesday outlined drastic cuts to the state's Medicaid program that include plans to ration adult diapers, eliminate denture and hearing-aid programs, and force personal care assistants to buy their own disposable gloves.State lawmakers learned of the cuts at a committee hearing in which health officials said adult ...

Vegas police find lack of evidence in Rams RB case

4 hours, 18 minutes ago

(AP) St. Louis Rams running back Steven Jackson won't face criminal charges over allegations that he beat a girlfriend who was nine months pregnant with the couple's child at his Las Vegas home last year, a police spokeswoman said Tuesday.Investigators found insufficient evidence that Jackson, 26, attacked Supriya Harris of Mableton, ...

Jones, Hopkins ready for fight 17 years in making

4 hours, 53 minutes ago

(AP) After nearly two decades of bitter squabbling, Roy Jones Jr. and Bernard Hopkins still can't share the same table.Instead, the former champions appeared behind separate podiums Tuesday with placards that had only their own names and likenesses. The stage inside the Hard Rock Cafe in Times Square was set up ...

Nevada, biz leaders try to boost WAC attendance

4 hours, 53 minutes ago

(AP) Plagued by a dip in attendance in recent years, local business leaders are teaming up with Nevada athletic officials to offer discount tickets to the Western Athletic Conference basketball tournament March 11-13.The total attendance of 46,600 fans during the four-day tournament at the Lawlor Events Center in Reno last season ...

Jones, Hopkins ready for long-awaited rematch

4 hours, 53 minutes ago

(AP) After nearly two decades of bitter squabbling, Roy Jones Jr. and Bernard Hopkins still can't share the same table.Instead, the former champions appeared behind separate podiums Tuesday with placards that had only their own names and likenesses.The stage inside the Hard Rock Cafe in Times Square was set up to ...

Las Vegas visitor numbers down 3 percent in 2009

4 hours, 53 minutes ago

(AP) Las Vegas saw nearly 36.4 million visitors in 2009, down 3 percent from the year before.Figures released Tuesday by the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority also show that attendance at conventions was down 23.9 percent, to just under 4.5 million. The number of conventions and meetings held was down ...

NV Medicaid cuts could ration diapers

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(AP) Nevada lawmakers are being told that proposed 10 percent budget cuts could mean rationing adult diapers and requiring personal care assistants to buy their own disposal gloves to help cut $109 million from the state's Medicaid costs.Other services being targeted include ending so-called "optional services," including adult vision, hearing and ...

Lobos hit the road for a big test at UNLV

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(AP) New Mexico's visit to UNLV offers plenty of tantalizing angles _ a showdown between Top 25 squads, two of the hottest teams in the country and a matchup of top Mountain West players in Darington Hobson of the Lobos and Tre'Von Willis of the Rebels.Plus, the winner Wednesday takes over ...

Students at UNLV rally against state funding cuts

6 hours, 3 minutes ago

(AP) Several hundred university students boycotted classes to stage rallies against plans for deep cuts to state funding for Nevada colleges.University of Nevada, Las Vegas, spokesman David Tonelli estimated a crowd of about 500 students took part in a Tuesday morning demonstration and rally at the UNLV Student Union.Campus leaders say ...

Nevada high court denies slaying convict's appeal

6 hours, 37 minutes ago

(AP) The Nevada Supreme Court has upheld a state court judge's decision not to sever the trial of two co-defendants convicted of shooting a man to death during a robbery in September 2006.The high court issued a ruling Monday denying 25-year-old Lee A. Vincent a new trial.The court said Vincent failed ...

Nevada State Fair getting new name

7 hours, 47 minutes ago

(AP) The Nevada State Fair held annually in Reno is getting a new name.The fair's board of directors announced Monday that the fair will now be called the Nevada Territory Wild West Fair and will focus on the state's history."This is certainly conceptual, but it is the direction we would like ...

Shooter sought after fleeing Nye County deputy

10 hours, 32 minutes ago

(AP) Nye County sheriff's deputies are looking for a 24-year-old Pahrump man accused of shooting at a sheriff's deputy and escaping during a traffic stop.Detective David Boruchowitz (buh-ROOK'-uh-witz) says deputy shot back, but no one was wounded in the 9:30 p.m. Monday shooting near Thousandaire Boulevard and Plantation Street.Daniel Dixon is ...