Nevada

Jon Ward

GOP's Team Nevada For Romney Elbows Past Ron Paul

HuffingtonPost.com | Jon Ward | Posted 06.01.2012

LAS VEGAS –- Near the foothills of the Spring Mountains, 20 minutes west of the Vegas strip, the shadow Republican party of Nevada is building out i...

Teen Encourages Classmates To Take Students With Disabilities To Prom

Posted 05.23.2012

Ben Bunker had never been to a school dance. The Foothill High School senior suffers from a spinal cord tumor and navigates his away around the hal...

Crucial Voters Disapprove Of Obama's Handling Of Housing Crisis: Poll

The Huffington Post | Dave Jamieson | Posted 05.16.2012

Independent voters in several battleground states are sour on President Barack Obama's handling of the housing crisis, according to polling data relea...

Obama Disembarks The Media Wave

AP | JIM KUHNHENN | Posted 05.12.2012

RENO, Nev. (AP) — Refocusing on the economy, President Barack Obama on Friday pushed Republicans to back housing policies the White House says would...

In Nevada, Car Drive You

AP | MICHELLE RINDELS | Posted 05.07.2012

LAS VEGAS — Nevada drivers could soon be sharing the road with vehicles that don't need them. Department of Motor Vehicles officials said Monda...

outhwestern Tribes Lead 3-Day March to Move Beyond Coal

Mary Anne Hitt | Posted 04.26.2012

Mary Anne Hitt

We can do better than coal -- for the Moapa Band of Paiutes, other Native American tribes and all Americans.

Man Tried To Have Wife Killed As 'Birthday Present' To Himself, Cops Say

The Huffington Post | Steven Hoffer | Posted 04.25.2012

A Las Vegas man is accused of hiring a hitman to kill his wife as a "birthday present" to himself, according to an official report obtained by The Huf...

Astronomers: Loud Explosion In Nevada, California Likely Caused By Meteor

AP | MARTIN GRIFFITH | Posted 04.23.2012

RENO, Nev. -- Astronomers say a loud explosion heard across a large swath of Nevada and California on Sunday morning was likely caused by a meteor. T...

Gambling Vegas Preacher Man Goes To Prison

AP | KEN RITTER | Posted 04.14.2012

LAS VEGAS -- A Roman Catholic priest from Las Vegas surrendered Friday at a federal prison in Texas to serve his sentence for siphoning $650,000 from ...

Federal Lawsuit Aims To Advance Gay Marriage In Nevada

Posted 04.10.2012

In what's been called "a strategic step" in the effort to advance marriage equality, Lambda Legal has filed a federal suit on behalf of eight Nevada-b...

The Ghost Towns Of Nevada

CarsTravelFood | Posted 04.05.2012

CarsTravelFood

Nevada has its fair share of wonderfully preserved ghost towns. These desolate landscapes and dilapidated buildings provide wonderful subjects for photographers as well.

Lots To Love In Nevada

CarsTravelFood | Posted 04.02.2012

CarsTravelFood

When we think Nevada, our minds often go to Las Vegas. But not everything happens in Vegas.

Bringing Florida to Justice, Not Just George Zimmerman

Michael Shank | Posted 05.25.2012

Michael Shank

A bigger question that must also be asked is "Who is Florida?" We could ask a question about the direction America is headed on race and violence but let's stick to Florida for a moment.

WATCH: Robots Can Apply For Driver's Licenses In Nevada

HuffPost Weird News | David Moye | Posted 03.02.2012

Nevada allows gambling, prostitution and, now, robot driver's licenses. As of March 1, the state allows robot researchers to apply for a special li...

10 States With Biggest Foreclosure Problems

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 03.01.2012

The national foreclosure crisis might be headed in the right direction, but it's still got a ways to go. The percentage of loans in foreclosure fe...

Ad Calls GOP Senator 'Another Sharron Angle'

The Huffington Post | Meghan Neal and Mike McAuliff | Posted 03.27.2012

A radio ad geared toward Nevada's Latino voters calls Republican Sen. Dean Heller "another Sharron Angle," comparing his hard-line immigration stance ...

Don't Underestimate Santorum

Hoyt Hilsman | Posted 04.23.2012

Hoyt Hilsman

While Democrats will decry Santorum's views on social issues, and the Republican base will rally behind him, most truly independent voters may largely ignore his extreme conservatism on social issues, simply because they don't really care about the wedge issues.

Soon Driving In Nevada May Not Require Driving

AP | By SANDRA CHEREB | Posted 02.17.2012

CARSON CITY, Nev. -- Nevada is envisioning a day when taxicabs might shuttle fares without a driver, or people with medical conditions that make them ...

Judge Sets Trial For Class-Action Suit Over Polluted Nevada Mine

AP | SCOTT SONNER | Posted 04.15.2012

RENO, Nev. (AP) — A trial is still more than a year away, but a federal judge on Monday cleared the way for neighbors of an abandoned, toxic mine in...

Rickrolled: Romney Will Be "Inevitable" Again When...

William Bradley | Posted 04.10.2012

William Bradley

Romney has some big fundamental problems. He and his "independent" super PAC can't concentrate their fire on two opponents at one time. There is something about Romney which doesn't work when he's running a positive campaign.

David Lohr

Nevada Police Beating Of Man In Diabetic Shock Produces $300,000 Settlement

HuffingtonPost.com | David Lohr | Posted 02.10.2012

A diabetic who was suffering from insulin shock when Nevada police officers mistook him for a drunk driver and physically assaulted him will receive a...

Newtonian Motion, the Big Nevada Bust, the Road Ahead (and the Rise of Rick?)

William Bradley | Posted 04.08.2012

William Bradley

The bust that was the Nevada Republican presidential caucuses revealed much about brewing Republican swing state problems, and the decided limitations of Romney's candidacy and that of Gingrich.

Immigration & Latino Voters in Nevada: Why the 2008 & 2010 Results Are More Instructive for November

Adam Luna | Posted 04.07.2012

Adam Luna

If there's one number that you need to know it's that in 2012, Latinos constitute 26 percent of the state's population. Latino Decisions estimates that Latinos will comprise 15 percent of Nevada's registered voters by the 2012 general elections.

What Nevada, Florida and South Carolina Have in Common & What Republican Candidates Ignored: A Credible Economic Cure

Michael Shank | Posted 04.05.2012

Michael Shank

As the Republican candidates leave Nevada, one topic seems to have escaped their attention entirely: a credible economic cure for what ails the states where they're waging their campaigns for president.

Gingrich, Paul Battle For Second Place

Posted 02.04.2012

By SHANNON MCCAFFREY, ASSOCIATED PRESS LAS VEGAS -- Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich has little hope for an upset in Nevada's caucus...