Nevada

GOP's Team Nevada For Romney Elbows Past Ron Paul

HuffingtonPost.com | Jon Ward | Posted 06.01.2012

Read More: Video, Mitt Romney 2012, Ron Paul, Nevada Gop Shadow Party, Mitt Romney, Republican, Gop, Ron Paul 2012, Nevada, Nevada Republican, Nevada Gop, Team Nevada, Politics News

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...

Read Whole Story

Teen Encourages Classmates To Take Students With Disabilities To Prom

Posted 05.23.2012

Read More: Henderson, Foothill High School, Video, Wheelchair, Greatest-Person-of-the-Day, Meagan Baker, Prom, Nevada, Spinal Cord Tumor, Ben Bunker, Senior Prom, Handicapped, Impact News

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...

Read Whole Story

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

The Huffington Post | Dave Jamieson | Posted 05.16.2012

Read More: Housing Market, Obama Reelection, Election 2012 Blog, Elections 2012, Nevada, Obama, Arizona, Obama Campaign, Housing Crisis, Obama 2012, Hamp, Pennsylvania, 2012 Election, Home Affordable Modification Program, Florida, North Carolina, Video, Politics News

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

Read Whole Story

Obama Disembarks The Media Wave

AP | JIM KUHNHENN | Posted 05.12.2012

Read More: Video, 2012 Elections, Obama Reno, Obama Gay Marriage, 2012 Election, Obama Economy, Obama Fundraiser, Obama Nevada, Obama Fundraising, Nevada, Obama Gay Rights, Ap, Obama 2012, Obama Same Sex Marriage, Politics News

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

Read Whole Story

In Nevada, Car Drive You

AP | MICHELLE RINDELS | Posted 05.07.2012

Read More: Cars, Self Driving Car Nevada, Nevada, Autonomous, Self Driving, Self Driving Car, Self Driving Cars, Google Self Driving Car, Technology News

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

Read Whole Story

outhwestern Tribes Lead 3-Day March to Move Beyond Coal

Mary Anne Hitt | Posted 04.26.2012

Read More: Nevada, Green, Energy, Native Americans, Environmental, Sierra Club, Coal, Moapa Band of Paiutes, Coal Energy, Moapa-Air-Pollution, Green News

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

Read Post

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

The Huffington Post | Steven Hoffer | Posted 04.25.2012

Read More: Murder, Hit Man Birthday Present, Murder for Hire, Solicitation to Commit Murder, Mug Shots, Birthday Present Hit Man, Las Vegas Crime, Nevada, Jorge Victorino-Vazquez, Hit Man, Jorge Vazquez, Jorge Victorino-Vazquez Arrested, Las Vegas, Crime News

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...

Read Whole Story

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

AP | MARTIN GRIFFITH | Posted 04.23.2012

Read More: Video, Sierra Nevada Meteor, California, Meteors, Space, Sierra Nevada, Meteor, Nevada-Meteor, Nevada, California-Meteor, Science News

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...

Read Whole Story

Gambling Vegas Preacher Man Goes To Prison

AP | KEN RITTER | Posted 04.14.2012

Read More: Roman Catholic Priest, Monsignor Kevin McAuliffe, Video, Roman Catholic Church, Prison, Nevada Crime, Las Vegas Crime, Kevin Mcauliffe Las Vegas, Kevin Mcauliffe, Nevada, Las Vegas, Crime News

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 ...

Read Whole Story

Federal Lawsuit Aims To Advance Gay Marriage In Nevada

Posted 04.10.2012

Read More: Gay Rights, Same Sex Marriage, Lambda Legal, LGBT Rights, Nevada, Nevada Gay Rights, Gay Marriage, Marriage Equality, Same-Sex Marriage, Video, Gay Voices News

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...

Read Whole Story

The Ghost Towns Of Nevada

CarsTravelFood | Posted 04.05.2012

Read More: Eureka, Nevada, Ghost Towns, Travel, Rhyolite, Austin, Pony Express, Red Dog Saloon, Travel Nevada, Loneliest Road in America, Wild West, Road Trips, Goldfield, Travel News

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

Read Post

Lots To Love In Nevada

CarsTravelFood | Posted 04.02.2012

Read More: Virginia City, Burning Man, Nevada, Travel, National Championship Air Races, Great Reno Balloon Race, Reno, The Great American Road Trip, Great Basin National Park, Road Trip, Valley of Fire State Park, Mob Museum, Las Vegas, Wild West, National Automobile Museum, Nevada Discovery Museum, Nevada Travel, Commrow, Travel News

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

Read Post

Bringing Florida to Justice, Not Just George Zimmerman

Michael Shank | Posted 05.25.2012

Read More: Global Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflict, Florida, Institute for Economics and Peace, Louisiana, Violent Crime, Trayvon Martin, Inequality, US Peace Index, George Zimmerman, Nevada, Michael Shank, Incarceration, Racism, Policing, Homicide, George Mason University, School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution, Tennessee, Crime News

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.

Read Post

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

HuffPost Weird News | David Moye | Posted 03.02.2012

Read More: Google Robo-Cars, Weird Cars, Weird Science, Robot Driver's Licenses, Nevada, Maureen Aladin, Weird Nevada, Google Robot Car, Nevada Robotic Cars, Video, Weird Sciene, Robotics, Robot Driver's License, Weird Photos & Videos, Robots, Robot Drivers, Robot Prius, Weird News News

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...

Read Whole Story

10 States With Biggest Foreclosure Problems

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 03.01.2012

Read More: Mortgage Bankers Association, Mortgages, Mortgage Delinquency Survey, Foreclosure Crisis, Calculatedrisk, Loans, Mortgage Crisis, Foreclosure, Florida, Nevada, Delinquency Rate, Case-Shiller Home Price Index, Business News

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...

Read Whole Story

Ad Calls GOP Senator 'Another Sharron Angle'

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

Read More: Latinos, Latino Vote, Congressional Elections, Nevada Immigration, House Race, Nevada Senate Race, Dean Heller 2012, 2012 House Races, 2012 Senate Races, Elections 2012, Hispanic Vote, Immigration, Nevada, 2012 Senate Elections, 2012 Congressional Elections, Dean Heller, Immigration Reform, Video, Shelley Berkley, Senate Race, Latino Voters, In Case You Missed It Politics, DREAM Act, Nevada Senate 2012, Hispanic Voters, Senator Dean Heller, 10 Things, Sharron Angle, Tea Party, 2012 Congressional Races, Politics News

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

Read Whole Story

Don't Underestimate Santorum

Hoyt Hilsman | Posted 04.23.2012

Read More: Polls, Michelle Bachmann, 2004 Election, George Bush, Gas Prices, White House, Al Gore, 2010 Elections, Economy, President Obama, Democratic Party, Missouri, Nevada, Virginia, Unemployment, 2012 Presidential Election, John Kerry, Ohio, Super Tuesday, Rick Perry, Republican Party, North Carolina, Florida, Independent Voters, Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum, Presidential Election, Democrats, Newt Gingrich, Barack Obama, Pew, 2000 Election, Michigan, 2008 Presidential Race, Herman Cain, Republicans, Indiana, Politics News

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.

Read Post

Soon Driving In Nevada May Not Require Driving

AP | By SANDRA CHEREB | Posted 02.17.2012

Read More: Video, Nevada Self Driving Cars, Self Driving Cars, Self-Driving Cars Nevada, Nevada Self-Driving Cars, Self Driving Cars Nevada, Self-Driving Cars Regulations, Self-Driving Cars, Regulations Self-Driving Cars, Self Driving Car, Nevada, Google Self Driving Car, Technology News

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

Read Whole Story

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

AP | SCOTT SONNER | Posted 04.15.2012

Read More: Energy, Video, Nevada Copper Mine Suit, Anaconda Copper Mine, Copper Mines, Environment, Copper Mining, Nevada, Anaconda Copper Mine Suit, Nevada Toxic Mine, Green News

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...

Read Whole Story

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

William Bradley | Posted 04.10.2012

Read More: Iowa, Republican Party, Rickrolling, 2012 Elections, Minnesota, South Carolina, New Hampshire, Barack Obama, Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum, Missouri, Nevada, Florida, Newt Gingrich, Colorado, Video, Politics News

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.

Read Post

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

HuffingtonPost.com | David Lohr | Posted 02.10.2012

Read More: Adam Greene, Crime News, Crime, Caught on Tape, Douglas Lynaugh, Police Brutality, Settlements, Nevada, Police Beating, Adam Greene Police Beating, Henderson, Seth Vanbeveren, Brett Seekatz, Video, Francis Shipp, Crime News

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...

Read Whole Story

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

William Bradley | Posted 04.08.2012

Read More: Iowa, Republican Party, Donald Trump, 2012 Elections, Barack Obama, Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum, Ron Paul, South Carolina, Florida, Nevada, Newt Gingrich, Gary Hart, Video, Syria, Politics News

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.

Read Post

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

Adam Luna | Posted 04.07.2012

Read More: 2010 Census, Nevada, Latino Decisions, Latino Voters, Kris Kobach, Sharron Angle, Mitt Romney, Harry Reid, Election 2012, Las Vegas, Nevada Caucuses 2012, Politics News

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.

Read Post

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

Michael Shank | Posted 04.05.2012

Read More: Institute for Economics and Peace, Mitt Romney, US Peace Index, 2012 Republican Primary, Newt Gingrich, Nevada, Michael Shank, Incarceration, Homicide, Florida Economy, GOP Candidates, Nevada Economy, South Carolina Economy, Election 2012, Politics News

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.

Read Post

Gingrich, Paul Battle For Second Place

Posted 02.04.2012

Read More: Nevada Caucus 2012, Nevada Caucus, Video, Newt Gingrich 2012, Nevada Caucuses 2012, 2012 Election, Mitt Romney 2012, Ron Paul, Elections 2012, Mitt Romney, Ron Paul 2012, Nevada, Nevada Caucuses, Newt Gingrich, Politics News

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

Read Whole Story