Nevada's jobless rate increased in November, even as new statistics show improvements in important wage indicators.
Unemployment in the Silver State rose from 14.2 percent in October to 14.3 percent in November, the state Department of Employment, Training & Rehabilitation said this morning. Joblessness in Las Vegas went from 14.1 percent to...
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev., talks to the media on Capitol Hill in Washington Thursday, Dec. 16, 2010. (Credit: AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
After abandoning on Thursday night a $1.3 trillion omnibus Senate spending bill, Democratic Senate Leader Harry Reid filed cloture for the DREAM Act and a stand-alone repeal of "Don't Ask, Don't...
Parents who think their kids are growing up too fast should be glad they're not Neandertals. A new study of the fossilized teeth of eight Neandertal children finds that their permanent teeth grew significantly faster and erupted earlier than those of our own species, Homo sapiens. Taken with recent studies showing subtle differences in the brain...
'The sea gave her back': Wonder in Israel as ancient Roman statue buried for centuries is uncovered by powerful winter storm
A long-lost Roman statue buried for thousands of years has been unearthed by massive winter storms that have lashed the coast of Israel this week.
The mysterious white-marble figure of a woman in toga and 'beautifully...
Though it may contain billions worth of earmarks they requested, most Senate Republicans are outraged at the 2,000-page omnibus spending package. However, if even a few GOP Senators vote ‘yes,’ the bill would have a good chance of passing.
The prime culprits are the Republican members of the Senate Appropriations Committee (whence the pork...
