Provides the latest RSS feeds for Nevada News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Reno News.net http://www.renonews.net/index.php/cat/665230c96a861075/ en-us Sun, 19 May 2013 20:41:14 -0400 Sun, 19 May 2013 20:41:14 -0400 30 O.J. Simpson has recently revealed that he had been drinking for the whole day on Sept. 13, 2007, before he robbed two sports memorabilia dealers in a Las Vegas hotel. But sources close to the case think that it might be that watching "The Oprah Winfrey Show" that afternoon made Simpson impulsive, the New York Post reported. The family of Ronald Goldman, who was murdered along with Simpson's ... http://www.renonews.net/index.php/sid/214613805/scat/665230c96a861075 Sun, 19 May 2013 08:20:02 -0400 http://www.renonews.net/index.php/sid/214613805/scat/665230c96a861075 A tornado from a large storm system moving cross the south has struck a Georgia town 60 miles north of Atlanta, according to CNN. A least one death has been reported in the state. High winds also are raking Tennessee, where a man died after a tree fell into his home, according to ... http://www.renonews.net/index.php/sid/214619601/scat/665230c96a861075 Sun, 19 May 2013 18:27:23 -0400 http://www.renonews.net/index.php/sid/214619601/scat/665230c96a861075 Marcos Arenas, 15, was walking on the side of the road with his iPad when an SUV pulled up. A suspect jumped out, accosted the boy and attempted to steal his iPad. Police investigators told the newspaper that the suspect dragged the teen, who tried to hold onto the device, back toward the car. The suspect then re-entered the passenger side of the car, which sped off with Arenas either still ... http://www.renonews.net/index.php/sid/214618802/scat/665230c96a861075 Sun, 19 May 2013 16:32:01 -0400 http://www.renonews.net/index.php/sid/214618802/scat/665230c96a861075 According to investigators, 15-year-old Marcos Arenas was walking down a street with the iPad on Thursday when a vehicle stopped and one of the suspects got out and tried to steal the device from ... http://www.renonews.net/index.php/sid/214618332/scat/665230c96a861075 Sun, 19 May 2013 16:06:07 -0400 http://www.renonews.net/index.php/sid/214618332/scat/665230c96a861075 In this undated file image released by the British Health Protection Agency shows an electron microscope image of a coronavirus, part of a family of viruses that cause ailments including the common cold and SARS, which was first identified last year in the Middle East. Two respiratory viruses in different parts of the world have captured the attention of global health officials _ a novel ... http://www.renonews.net/index.php/sid/214618333/scat/665230c96a861075 Sun, 19 May 2013 15:58:44 -0400 http://www.renonews.net/index.php/sid/214618333/scat/665230c96a861075 LAS VEGAS -; The Nevada Highway Patrol says a wrong-way crash early Sunday near Las Vegas killed three people and critically injured four ... http://www.renonews.net/index.php/sid/214617830/scat/665230c96a861075 Sun, 19 May 2013 15:09:48 -0400 http://www.renonews.net/index.php/sid/214617830/scat/665230c96a861075 A story last week about conservative activist Chuck Muth's crusade to name a mountain peak to honor President Ronald Reagan drew positive and negative comments from Review-Journal readers. The negative ones were decidedly more colorful. One angry caller who did not leave his name had this to say: "You tell him he can stick Mount Reagan up his nether region." Then, after a short ... http://www.renonews.net/index.php/sid/214617831/scat/665230c96a861075 Sun, 19 May 2013 15:06:02 -0400 http://www.renonews.net/index.php/sid/214617831/scat/665230c96a861075 NEW YORK (AP) -- The police officer who accidentally killed a Long Island college student along with an armed intruder faced the most harrowing decision of a law enforcement career: choosing the split-second moment when the risk is so high that you must act to save a life, says an expert in the ... http://www.renonews.net/index.php/sid/214617864/scat/665230c96a861075 Sun, 19 May 2013 14:52:11 -0400 http://www.renonews.net/index.php/sid/214617864/scat/665230c96a861075 2012 Tiger Jam at Mandalay Bay Events Center with Tiger Woods, Jon Bon Jovi, David Cook and Lindsey Vonn on Saturday, April 28, 2012. END .inline-content --> Amid online buzz of buying engagement rings, golf great Tiger Woods was all smiles as he walked hand-in-hand with Olympic skiing champion girlfriend Lindsey Vonn on their Las Vegas honeymoon-styled weekend visit. Their eyes sparkled with ... http://www.renonews.net/index.php/sid/214617316/scat/665230c96a861075 Sun, 19 May 2013 14:13:28 -0400 http://www.renonews.net/index.php/sid/214617316/scat/665230c96a861075 According to Las Vegas police, two suspects have been arrested in the hit-and-run accident on Thursday that resulted in the death of a Bonanza High School student.Marcos Vincente Arenas, 15, died Thursday while fighting off two men who wanted his iPad.Las Vegas police said Marcos was walking on Charleston Boulevard near Scholl Drive about 4:15 p.m. when he was approached by two men in a white ... http://www.renonews.net/index.php/sid/214616782/scat/665230c96a861075 Sun, 19 May 2013 13:22:37 -0400 http://www.renonews.net/index.php/sid/214616782/scat/665230c96a861075 Three people were killed and four were critically injured Sunday morning in an accident on Interstate 15 near the Las Vegas Speedway. An Acura Legend was northbound in the southbound lanes of I-15 when it crashed into a GMC ... http://www.renonews.net/index.php/sid/214616256/scat/665230c96a861075 Sun, 19 May 2013 12:32:03 -0400 http://www.renonews.net/index.php/sid/214616256/scat/665230c96a861075 Taylor Swift to fun. to Maroon 5 -- are the key finalists at Sunday's awards show, airing live from MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on ABC. Those acts are up for 11 awards ... http://www.renonews.net/index.php/sid/214615938/scat/665230c96a861075 Sun, 19 May 2013 12:23:29 -0400 http://www.renonews.net/index.php/sid/214615938/scat/665230c96a861075 Las Vegas and Dubai. From the Bellagio fountain, bright lights and top-notch hotels, Vegas is a top destination for not only pleasure, but business as well, playing host to some of the biggest conferences and conventions in the world. As well as having thematic parallels, the cities overlap economically. The Nevada city's economy was hit hard by the recession and it lost out to cheaper ... http://www.renonews.net/index.php/sid/214615515/scat/665230c96a861075 Sun, 19 May 2013 11:46:57 -0400 http://www.renonews.net/index.php/sid/214615515/scat/665230c96a861075 Three people were killed and four others were critically injured Sunday in a collision involving an apparent wrong-way driver in Las Vegas, police said. The Nevada Highway Patrol said an Acura was traveling north in the southbound lanes of Interstate 15 and plowed into an oncoming sport utility vehicle. Both drivers and a passenger in the SUV were killed. Four others were taken to hospitals in ... http://www.renonews.net/index.php/sid/214615730/scat/665230c96a861075 Sun, 19 May 2013 11:16:48 -0400 http://www.renonews.net/index.php/sid/214615730/scat/665230c96a861075 Ricardo Woods, left, sits with attorney Wendy Calaway on Thursday after he was found guilty in the shooting death of a man who authorities say identified his assailant by blinking his eyes while ... http://www.renonews.net/index.php/sid/214612982/scat/665230c96a861075 Sun, 19 May 2013 05:46:28 -0400 http://www.renonews.net/index.php/sid/214612982/scat/665230c96a861075 Oscar Goodman's most difficult client wasn't a mobster. It was visionary Jay Sarno, the Caesars Palace founder "who probably had as much to do with shaping the modern theme-oriented Las Vegas as Steve Wynn or Howard Hughes," Goodman wrote in his new book, "Being Oscar." "He wouldn't listen," according to Goodman, and they were "constantly banging ... http://www.renonews.net/index.php/sid/214612273/scat/665230c96a861075 Sun, 19 May 2013 04:04:39 -0400 http://www.renonews.net/index.php/sid/214612273/scat/665230c96a861075 In his State of the State message Jan. 16, Gov. Brian Sandoval said "we must be mindful that while Nevada's economy is growing, we must avoid actions that will slow our economy. Tax increases will only hurt job growth. I have no doubt we can fund our state's priorities without increasing ... http://www.renonews.net/index.php/sid/214612277/scat/665230c96a861075 Sun, 19 May 2013 04:04:38 -0400 http://www.renonews.net/index.php/sid/214612277/scat/665230c96a861075 Complaining works. Whether it's to get yourself motivated, or just to make you feel like you've done something, go ahead and complain. Complain to your spouse, complain to your boss, complain to your kids and your friends and your co-workers. Don't let the self-help gurus deter you with their talk of negativity and bad juju. Negativity is a part of life. Let us not ignore it. ... http://www.renonews.net/index.php/sid/214612276/scat/665230c96a861075 Sun, 19 May 2013 04:04:38 -0400 http://www.renonews.net/index.php/sid/214612276/scat/665230c96a861075 WASHINGTON -- House Republicans took another whack last week at the 2010 health care overhaul, voting to repeal the law that is transforming the landscape for health insurance. Lawmakers voted 229-195 along party lines to repeal "Obamacare" in its entirety, marking the 37th time the GOP-controlled House has voted to get rid of all or part of the law. The measure stands no chance of ... http://www.renonews.net/index.php/sid/214612274/scat/665230c96a861075 Sun, 19 May 2013 04:04:37 -0400 http://www.renonews.net/index.php/sid/214612274/scat/665230c96a861075 School counselor Brenda Reeh stands next to a mural that she helped paint at Quannah McCall Elementary School on Monday in North Las Vegas. Reeh has been selected as Clark County's Educator of the ... http://www.renonews.net/index.php/sid/214612280/scat/665230c96a861075 Sun, 19 May 2013 04:04:37 -0400 http://www.renonews.net/index.php/sid/214612280/scat/665230c96a861075 Blink and you might have missed it. But the stakes were raised this past week in the burgeoning investigation of corruption inside local homeowners associations and the construction defect racket. Two events promise to substantially increase pressure on key defendants -- and just might cause some unnamed subjects to lose a little sleep. The first event involves Leon Benzer, a central figure in ... http://www.renonews.net/index.php/sid/214612275/scat/665230c96a861075 Sun, 19 May 2013 04:04:37 -0400 http://www.renonews.net/index.php/sid/214612275/scat/665230c96a861075 Dancers in Ballet Folklorio from the After-School All-Stars at Squires Elementary School prepare to dance Wednesday for the grand opening celebration of La Comida. Restaurateur Jenna Morton credited a grant worth up to $45,000 for prompting the decision to open the trendy Mexican restaurant in downtown Las ... http://www.renonews.net/index.php/sid/214612279/scat/665230c96a861075 Sun, 19 May 2013 04:04:36 -0400 http://www.renonews.net/index.php/sid/214612279/scat/665230c96a861075 Alcohol, suspension and fights. Tajah Johnson, 14, experienced it all. The Bridger Middle School student, who used to be in and out of foster care, was only 11 years old when she drank alcohol for the first time. "I would go to my friend's house, and we would be drinking and on the phone," she said. "We would talk to boyfriends." Johnson also got into numerous fights that ... http://www.renonews.net/index.php/sid/214611814/scat/665230c96a861075 Sun, 19 May 2013 03:13:56 -0400 http://www.renonews.net/index.php/sid/214611814/scat/665230c96a861075 TRUCKEE, CA (AP) - Federal investigators are trying to determine the cause of a small plane crash that killed a pilot near the Sierra town of Truckee. The Federal Aviation Administration says the pilot was flying alone when the twin-engine Cessna 421 crashed Thursday afternoon in the Tahoe National Forest about 15 miles northeast of Truckee. The pilot's name wasn't immediately ... http://www.renonews.net/index.php/sid/214608994/scat/665230c96a861075 Sat, 18 May 2013 22:03:14 -0400 http://www.renonews.net/index.php/sid/214608994/scat/665230c96a861075 LAS VEGAS (AP) -- The Federal Election Commission says former U.S. Sen. John Ensign has agreed to pay a $32,000 civil penalty over a payment made by his parents to his one-time ... http://www.renonews.net/index.php/sid/214609044/scat/665230c96a861075 Sat, 18 May 2013 21:52:00 -0400 http://www.renonews.net/index.php/sid/214609044/scat/665230c96a861075 Two people found dead in an apparent murder-suicide in central Las Vegas on Friday have been identified as Luis Montiel, 29, and Vanniesa Fernandez, 18, according to the Clark County coroner's office. They were found at the Mark 1 Apartments on 1020 E. Desert Inn Road near Maryland Parkway shortly after 3 p.m. when officers were performing a welfare check, Las Vegas police said. One of ... http://www.renonews.net/index.php/sid/214607972/scat/665230c96a861075 Sat, 18 May 2013 20:17:11 -0400 http://www.renonews.net/index.php/sid/214607972/scat/665230c96a861075 Ivan Arenas told the Las Vegas Review-Journal that he bought the iPad for his oldest son, Marcos, less than two months ago. The father says the family has never had a lot and his 15-year-old son knew the value of everything he had. But police say the Bonanza High School student's refusal to surrender his iPad to the thieves cost him his life Thursday and serves as a lesson for owners of ... http://www.renonews.net/index.php/sid/214608018/scat/665230c96a861075 Sat, 18 May 2013 20:16:23 -0400 http://www.renonews.net/index.php/sid/214608018/scat/665230c96a861075 UNLV will celebrate its 50th commencement on Sunday with about 2,500 graduates receiving diplomas. Ceremonies are scheduled for 9 a.m. and 2 p.m. at the Thomas & Mack Center. Since its original days in the early 1950s, the University of Nevada, Las Vegas has become the largest public university in the state. It has awarded more than 109,000 degrees since its original graduating class in 1964 ... http://www.renonews.net/index.php/sid/214607270/scat/665230c96a861075 Sat, 18 May 2013 19:22:22 -0400 http://www.renonews.net/index.php/sid/214607270/scat/665230c96a861075 Late night talk show host Jimmy Kimmel donated money to equip the Jimmy Kimmel Technology Center at Ed W. Clark High School. At a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Saturday, the 1985 Clark High School graduate and former band member, entertained the crowd with his bass clarinet ... http://www.renonews.net/index.php/sid/214607269/scat/665230c96a861075 Sat, 18 May 2013 19:22:22 -0400 http://www.renonews.net/index.php/sid/214607269/scat/665230c96a861075 CARSON CITY -- Nevada lawmakers are steamrolling into the final two weeks of the 2013 session -- a time when action behind the scenes can move at a dizzying pace while the public process dissolves into a mode of hurry up and wait. There is no logic to "legislative time." Committees scheduled to begin at 8 a.m. might not convene until afternoon. Five-minute recesses can stretch into ... http://www.renonews.net/index.php/sid/214607268/scat/665230c96a861075 Sat, 18 May 2013 19:22:21 -0400 http://www.renonews.net/index.php/sid/214607268/scat/665230c96a861075 Luxor Hotel and Casino on the Atrium Level was unveiled at a press conference along with a tribute-themed mural by performance painter David Garibaldi. The new theater for the world-famous dance crew's all-new show "PRiSM" has been one year in the making and occupies the space where the old motion ride was ... http://www.renonews.net/index.php/sid/214607370/scat/665230c96a861075 Sat, 18 May 2013 19:19:05 -0400 http://www.renonews.net/index.php/sid/214607370/scat/665230c96a861075 CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) -- Legislative money committees have added $6 million for mental health programs, including a home visit pilot program, community interaction services and more beds for mentally ill inmates at a northern Nevada psychiatric ... http://www.renonews.net/index.php/sid/214607371/scat/665230c96a861075 Sat, 18 May 2013 19:08:58 -0400 http://www.renonews.net/index.php/sid/214607371/scat/665230c96a861075 Here's how Montana's members of Congress voted on major issues in the week ending May 17, 2013. Votes of Sen. Max Baucus, Democrat; Rep. ... http://www.renonews.net/index.php/sid/214606786/scat/665230c96a861075 Sat, 18 May 2013 18:28:41 -0400 http://www.renonews.net/index.php/sid/214606786/scat/665230c96a861075 Hiker "Quinoa" talks about being given credit for saving the lives of Carson Balckburn, Dalton Thomason, and Faith Ritchie after he ran them and others off the road with a water gun during a festival parade in Damascus, Va., on Saturday. Just as the children ran off the street, a car came down the road and struck several ... http://www.renonews.net/index.php/sid/214606691/scat/665230c96a861075 Sat, 18 May 2013 18:28:09 -0400 http://www.renonews.net/index.php/sid/214606691/scat/665230c96a861075 CARSON CITY -- Two rural Nevada colleges will feel less budget pain than initially proposed under actions taken by legislative money committees Saturday. Lawmakers on the Senate Finance and Assembly Ways and Means Committees agreed to add $1 million a year to reduce losses Great Basin and Western Nevada colleges would realize under a new higher education funding formula. The action holds the ... http://www.renonews.net/index.php/sid/214606693/scat/665230c96a861075 Sat, 18 May 2013 18:28:09 -0400 http://www.renonews.net/index.php/sid/214606693/scat/665230c96a861075 CARSON CITY -- The Legislature's money committees on Saturday approved nearly $6.5 million in new funding for mental health programs, using money from a windfall tobacco settlement as recommended by Gov. Brian Sandoval. The additional funding includes $1.4 million for a second Program for Assertive Community Treatment team in Southern Nevada. The PACT team will work with mental health ... http://www.renonews.net/index.php/sid/214606692/scat/665230c96a861075 Sat, 18 May 2013 18:28:08 -0400 http://www.renonews.net/index.php/sid/214606692/scat/665230c96a861075 Last Sunday Andrea Rebello, a 21-year-old Hofstra University junior studying public relations, posted a recipe for how to prepare July 4-themed strawberries covered in sparkling sugars on her ... http://www.renonews.net/index.php/sid/214605461/scat/665230c96a861075 Sat, 18 May 2013 16:37:58 -0400 http://www.renonews.net/index.php/sid/214605461/scat/665230c96a861075 PHILADELPHIA -- A former Philadelphia police officer once hailed as a hero and given a seat next to the first lady at a speech by President Obama has been arrested and charged with rape and other crimes. Authorities allege that former officer Richard DeCoatsworth left a party with two females early Thursday and took them to another location, where they allege that he produced a handgun and ... http://www.renonews.net/index.php/sid/214605645/scat/665230c96a861075 Sat, 18 May 2013 16:37:38 -0400 http://www.renonews.net/index.php/sid/214605645/scat/665230c96a861075 A woman prepares to choose her numbers on a lottery ticket Saturday in the Chinatown district in Oakland, Calif. A record Powerball jackpot has climbed to $600 million, and lottery officials speculated the jackpot would continue to soar in the run-up to Saturday's ... http://www.renonews.net/index.php/sid/214605644/scat/665230c96a861075 Sat, 18 May 2013 16:37:37 -0400 http://www.renonews.net/index.php/sid/214605644/scat/665230c96a861075 In this May 2 photo, Paul T. Woodal Jr. poses for photos next to his Barbie-pink 2008 Volkswagen Beetle adorned with photos and sayings from one of country music's most beloved artists, Dolly ... http://www.renonews.net/index.php/sid/214605079/scat/665230c96a861075 Sat, 18 May 2013 15:40:08 -0400 http://www.renonews.net/index.php/sid/214605079/scat/665230c96a861075 This 2012 photo provided by the National Airline History Museum shows its Lockheed Constellation, or Connie, as the propeller-driven aircraft was known, in Kansas City, ... http://www.renonews.net/index.php/sid/214604523/scat/665230c96a861075 Sat, 18 May 2013 14:42:33 -0400 http://www.renonews.net/index.php/sid/214604523/scat/665230c96a861075