Updated: 11:06 PM Nevada officials declared victory Friday in their fight to stop the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste dump, saying they don't think the Energy Department can meet a stricter standard to protect the public against radiation releases.

Updated: 10:55 PM Federal prosecutors unveiled charges Thursday that placed Enron Corp. founder and former chairman Kenneth Lay at the center of a conspiracy to manipulate the company's books in the frenzied weeks before its scandalous collapse.

Updated: 6:13 AM Nevada lobbyist Harvey Whittemore and his partners are proposing a $25 million casino north of Sparks using the unrestricted gambling license from the now closed Old Reno Casino.

Updated: 6:13 AM A marijuana initiative has failed to qualify in Clark County, jeopardizing the petition's ability to make the statewide November ballot, election officials said Thursday.

Updated: 10:47 PM President Bush has opened a slight lead over John Kerry while regaining the confidence of some voters on the economy and other domestic issues, according to an Associated Press poll with a silver lining for Democrats.

Updated: 6:14 AM Ralph Nader's presidential campaign turned in more than 11,000 signatures Thursday in efforts to get on the Nevada ballot - more than double the number of names of registered voters required from independent candidates.

Updated: 10:42 PM Nevada ranks second in the nation in reports of identity theft per capita, and federal and Las Vegas law enforcers said they've formed a task force to fight it.

Updated: 9:13 PM This old northern Nevada mining town's community center, built as a two-room school in 1867, was destroyed by fire Wednesday.

Updated: 9:12 PM The legality of an initiative petition to raise the minimum wage in Nevada by $1 is in doubt - and there are questions about three other initiatives to amend the Nevada Constitution, according to the secretary of state's office.

Updated: 9:10 PM President Bush on Wednesday curtly dismissed freshman Sen. John Edwards' credentials to be vice president while Democratic challenger John Kerry and his running mate rallied voters in battleground states. "Dick Cheney can be president," Bush declared, and Kerry suggested that was part of the problem.

Updated: 9:07 PM The U.S. Bureau of Land Management has begun rounding up wild horses from two herd management areas in northeastern Nevada.

Updated: 9:05 PM A Douglas County judge has upheld a judgment against a Lake Tahoe man for damage caused to a neighbor's truck by a bear that he was feeding.

Updated: 10:14 PM More than half of Nevada's Democratic National Convention delegates wanted Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry to pick former rival John Edwards as his running mate - and those who were undecided quickly signaled their support Tuesday.

Updated: 10:12 PM Nevada's attorney general was asked Tuesday to review the validity of signatures needed to ensure that a plan to raise the minimum wage qualifies for the November ballot.

Updated: 10:10 PM Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry on Tuesday selected former rival John Edwards to be his running mate, calling the rich former trial lawyer and rookie senator a man who showed "guts and determination and political skill" in his unsuccessful race against Kerry for the party's nomination.

Updated: 10:09 PM A union that represents 3,350 of the state's 12,000 workers hopes to increase its membership by expanding its representation of local government employees in Nevada.

Updated: 10:06 PM Up to 39 soldiers in Nevada are among 5,600 nationwide being recalled to active duty in Iraq or Afghanistan, an Army spokeswoman said Tuesday.

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Updated: 4:41 PM Sparks police have arrested a man accused of breaking into his ex-girlfriend's apartment and stabbing her.

Updated: 4:39 PM An advocacy group for climbers is urging its members to temporarily refrain from scaling Cave Rock at Lake Tahoe through the summer while its lawsuit against the U.S. Forest Service is pending.

Updated: 11:14 PM A former Nevada wildlife commissioner and his son who already are in trouble in Churchill and Pershing counties now face felony charges in Lincoln County alleging unlawful killing or possession of an elk without a valid tag.

Updated: 11:10 PM The Fourth of July was a day for parades, picnics, fireworks and summer stunts such as the annual hot dog-eating contest, but it also included sober reminders of a nation at war and of the ongoing threat of terrorism.

Updated: 5:09 PM A 45-year-old Reno woman was arrested on suspicion of trying to hire an undercover detective to cut off her husband's penis, officers said.

Updated: 11:26 AM A 20-ton slab of granite, inscribed to honor "the enduring spirit of freedom," was laid Sunday at the World Trade Center site as the cornerstone of the skyscraper that will replace the destroyed towers.

Updated: 11:22 AM A militant group denied on Sunday that it killed U.S. Marine Cpl. Wassef Ali Hassoun, injecting hope into his family's tense wait for news. The fate of the Lebanese-born Marine remains unknown, though Lebanon's Foreign Ministry says he is believed dead.