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Unemployment falls in 40 US states, rises in 3
Solid hiring helped lower unemployment rates in 40 U.S. states last month, the most since November. The declines show the job market is improving throughout most of the country. The Labor Department said Friday that unemployment rates increased in only three states: Louisiana, Tennessee and North Dakota. Rates were unchanged ...
Powerball jackpot grows to $600 million
Powerball officials say the jackpot has climbed to an estimated $600 million, making it the largest prize in the game's history and the world's second largest lottery prize. Lottery officials say the prize is growing quickly Friday because so many people have been purchasing the $2 tickets. The jackpot has ...
California fuels $550 million Powerball jackpot
The numbers sum up the frenzy that has taken over the Golden State since it became the newest in the nation to join the madness over Powerball, which saw its jackpot soar Thursday to $550 million. California has sold $83 million worth of Powerball tickets since it started selling them ...
OJ back in court; Day 4 of bid for new Vegas trial
The lead defense attorney in O.J. Simpson's armed robbery trial had a conflict of interest because he could have been a witness in the case, a lawyer who worked on Simpson's unsuccessful appeal to the Nevada Supreme Court testified Thursday. Witness Malcolm LaVergne said that defense attorney Yale Galanter's conflict ...
Study: Fewer Nevada kindergartners are overweight
Nevada kindergartners are less likely to fritter away long periods of time in front of a TV than in past years, and fewer of them are overweight or obese, according to a new report from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. The report issued Thursday by the university's Nevada Institute ...
Senate committee approves 3 judicial nominees
The Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday approved three of President Barack Obama's judicial nominees, including one for an influential appeals court, for a full Senate vote. Senators voted 18-0 to move forward with nomination of Sri Srinivasan to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, considered ...
OJ Simpson testifies in bid for new Vegas trial
His leg shackles rattling as he shuffled to and from the witness stand, O.J. Simpson made his own case Wednesday for a new trial on armed robbery charges with testimony that he relied on the advice of his trusted attorney when he tried to reclaim mementos from his football glory ...
Panels adopt Nevada higher ed funding formula
Members of a joint legislative panel formally adopted a new funding formula Wednesday for Nevada's universities and community colleges, a change that shifts more general fund support to campuses in southern Nevada. The action was one of several taken by a joint subcommittee of the Senate Finance and Assembly Ways ...
Murder charges sought for man in 5 Nevada deaths
Authorities in northern Nevada are seeking murder charges against a 25-year-old man they believe is responsible for killing five people, carjacking a newspaper deliveryman, and setting fire to an elderly couple's home all in a matter of hours. Lyon County Sheriff Allen Veil said it appears Jeremiah Bean acted alone ...
AP PHOTOS: OJ Simpson testifies in new trial bid
O.J. Simpson didn't testify at his infamous murder trial. And he declined a chance to testify when he was tried for a bungled attempt to retrieve personal items and memorabilia. Now, after more than four years in prison, Simpson has taken the witness stand to explain why he deserves a ...
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