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Winning numbers drawn in 'Daily 3 Midday' game

16 minutes ago

(AP) The winning numbers in Wednesday afternoon's drawing of the California Lottery's "Daily 3 Midday" game were:2-1-4(two, one, four)

115K expected at Electric Daisy Carnival in Vegas

16 minutes ago

(AP) Up to 115,000 ravers are expected each night this weekend for a dusk-to-dawn sensory overload of electronic dance music, partying and mingling at a sprawling racing complex outside Las Vegas.Electric Daisy Carnival organizers said Wednesday that all 345,000 available tickets ...

As fires rage, feds cut funding on prevention

1 hour, 26 minutes ago

(AP) As the West battles one catastrophic wildfire after another, the federal government is spending less and less on its main program for preventing blazes in the first place.A combination of government austerity and the ballooning cost of battling the ruinous ...

Man convicted of fraud wins appeal in 9th circuit

1 hour, 26 minutes ago

(AP) The conviction of a former Alaska prosecutor on wire fraud charges is no longer valid, a federal appeals court has determined.A 2010 decision by the U.S. Supreme Court narrowed the definition of the kind of wire fraud to which Avery ...

Feds in Calif. bust international gambling ring

1 hour, 26 minutes ago

(AP) Federal authorities have charged 18 people with involvement in an illegal gambling ring they say spanned from California to Peru and used violence against customers with outstanding debts.The U.S. Attorney's Office in San Diego unsealed an indictment Wednesday charging the ...

As fires rage, feds cut funding on prevention

1 hour, 26 minutes ago

(AP) The federal government is spending less and less on preventing wildfires even as the nation endures increasingly destructive blazes.The Obama administration is proposing a 31 percent cut to the main program that clears brush and overgrown trees to prevent forest ...

94th Reno Rodeo opens Thursday; West's richest

1 hour, 26 minutes ago

(AP) An up-and-coming young buck who's trading his basketball shoes for cowboy boots and the defending world champion bull rider are among the headliners this week at the 94th Reno Rodeo.Three months ago, 18-year-old T.J. McCauley was competing as an all-conference ...

Vegas police to pay $26.3M to switch radio systems

4 hours, 56 minutes ago

(AP) Las Vegas police are switching radio systems after spending two years and $42 million on a network that led to complaints of dropped calls and dead zones.The Las Vegas Sun reports ( http://bit.ly/190JDKE) the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department's fiscal ...

Vegas police officer facing dismissal in drug case

5 hours, 30 minutes ago

(AP) A Las Vegas police officer is suspended without pay pending dismissal after being accused of unlawfully obtaining prescription painkillers.An aide to Clark County District Attorney Steve Wolfson says Officer Ramin Allen Amely is expected to take a plea deal July ...

Grads sickened by substance at school's grad party

6 hours, 3 minutes ago

(AP) RENO — A Catholic high school's "Safe and Sober" graduation party was cut short in Reno after some students reported getting sick from eating cookies and sheriff's deputies are investigating whether the goodies may have been laced with marijuana or ...

Vandals sought at Tahoe's Glenbrook Golf Course

9 hours, 51 minutes ago

(AP) Douglas County sheriff's deputies are looking for suspects who drove onto a golf course at Lake Tahoe in the middle of the night and caused substantial damage.Investigators say someone in a motor vehicle raced around Glenbrook Golf Course at about ...

Winning numbers drawn in 'Fantasy 5' game

13 hours, 47 minutes ago

(AP) The winning numbers in Tuesday evening's drawing of the Arizona Lottery's "Fantasy 5" game were:09-10-22-25-38(nine, ten, twenty-two, twenty-five, thirty-eight)Players with all five numbers win all or share a prize that starts at $50,000. Tickets with four winning numbers are worth ...

Winning numbers drawn in 'Pick 3' game

13 hours, 47 minutes ago

(AP) The winning numbers in Tuesday evening's drawing of the Arizona Lottery's "Pick 3" game were:6-8-6(six, eight, six)Ticket-holders with all three winning numbers in the order given win the top prize of $500.Lesser amounts ranging from $330 to $40 are awarded ...

Winning numbers drawn in '2 BY 2' game

13 hours, 47 minutes ago

(AP) The winning numbers in Tuesday evening's drawing of the Arizona Lottery's "2 BY 2" game were:Red Balls: 21-23, White Balls: 18-25(Red Balls: twenty-one, twenty-three; White Balls: eighteen, twenty-five)Top Prize: $20,000

Nevada receives $3.4 million homeland security

13 hours, 47 minutes ago

(AP) Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval will decide later this week what to do with more than $3.4 million in grant money from the federal Department of Homeland Security.The award was announced Tuesday. It's $700,000 more than the state got from the ...

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