From left, Sally Tabor-Dahancik, Virginia Mills and Sonja Palmer applause for testimony given during a town hall meeting on the state budget at the Grant Sawyer Building on Saturday, Feb. 13, 2010. DA…

By OSKAR GARCIAAssociated Press Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) – A 51-year-old Ohio man has embraced the Valentine's Day spirit faster than anyone before, giving 7,777 hugs in 24 hours for a new world rec…

VANCOUVER – Shannon Bahrke has won the Truckee Meadows first medal of the 2010 Olympic Games. Bahrke earned a 25.43 from the judges to win the bronze in the women's moguls finals.

Moments ago at the Hilton Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada, former champion Eric Morel escaped with a highly questionable split decision over fellow former champ Gerry Penalosa. Despite appearing to land th…

More than 600 people came to a town hall meeting Saturday where people were able to share their budget ideas and concerns with state legislators.

POWERPLAY…..Wow! You got something right! I'm very proud of you….I bet your high school history teacher is also very proud… Yes, FDR took the oath of office in March of 1933, not January of …

– Valley residents showed up in force Saturday to voice concerns about the prospect of more budget cuts for the state of Nevada. There were hundreds of people at town hall meeting orchestrated by le…

By MATT JOYCEAssociated Press Writer CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) – A proposal in Wyoming to impose the nation's first state excise tax on wind energy production is generating debate over how the state sh…

OXNARD, Calif. (AP) – The wife of an Olympic shot put medalist gunned down in his Southern California back yard last summer was arrested Saturday in the homicide case, authorities said. Oxnard police…

By PAUL ELIASAssociated Press Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – Warren Jacobs was desperate when he received a "robo-call" promising to help him stave off foreclosure of his home near Dallas. The father o…