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Air Force pilot Scott Powell returned home three weeks early from a yearlong deployment to Afghanistan, surprising his children at school.

The first draft of my review of Steven Soderbergh's Liberace film for HBO , " Behind the Candelabra ," referenced a visit I made a few years ago to the Liberace Museum in Las Vegas .

The gas tax increases would begin later this year in Clark County, if the Clark County Commission approves tethering various gas taxes to a certain measure of the inflation rate.

Congressman Steven Horsford , right, takes a tour of the Southern Nevada Counter-Terrorism Center, also known as the Fusion Center, with Jim Owens, left, deputy chief of Metro's homeland security division, and Capt.

The woman found dead in her home earlier in the week has been identified as 75-year-old Jean Main, according to the Clark County Coroner's Office.

Authorizing medical marijuana dispensaries in Nevada has cleared a key Senate committee.

Michael Solid, left, 21, and Jacob Dismont, 18, stand with defense attorneys in Las Vegas Justice Court at the Regional Justice Center Thursday, May 23, 2013.

The men accused of killing a 15-year-old boy while attempting to steal his iPad will remain in jail with no bail set.

Southern Nevada law enforcement officers who died on duty since 1905 are going to be remembered at a twilight ceremony involving family members and friends at a commemorative site in Las Vegas.

Single Sign-On: You can use Facebook account to log in to LasVegasSun.com. Turf is shown ready to be installed at the Wet 'n' Wild Las Vegas water park, 7055 S. Fort Apache Road, Wednesday, May 22, 2013.

After more than eight years of delays, a sex offender who worked as a nurse is going to prison for sexually assaulting a 10-year-old patient.

Well, for some lucky folks. VIP patrons with the right connections, money and/or luck will be the first to slip and slide at Wet 'n' Wild beginning Saturday, but Wet 'n' Wild opens to single-day ticketholders beginning June 3; check out Ed Komenda's latest report in this Las Vegas Sun/Vegas Inc.

The Rio casino off the Strip plans to build a new thrill ride that will zing tourists along 400 above the ground.

In a terse statement with no elaboration, Las Vegas Metro Police say former baseball great Jose Canseco has been named as a suspect in a sex assault case.

Las Vegas attorney Stanley A. Walton, 54, has pled guilty to a charge brought against him in February 2011 that he participated in a scheme to obtain mortgage loans from financial institutions using straw buyers and false loan applications, announced Daniel G. Bogden, United States Attorney for the District of Nevada.

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Forest officials are marking completion of a 10-month project that expanded and renovated a popular picnic area and trailhead high on Mount Charleston about 30 miles northwest of downtown Las Vegas.

More than 100 people have died this year on Nevada roads. That's why the Nevada Department of Transportation is taking new steps to remind drivers to be more careful behind the wheel.

Wendy Wild, radio personality and self-described 'goofball', makeup aficionado & trapeze artist has quite a few unusual talents that can be added to her resume.

The Nevada Senate has overwhelming approved a bill authorizing driving privilege cards for non-U.S. residents.