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Decision 2012: Countdown under way for Nevada's GOP presidential caucus

Feb 4, 2012 4:11 am

Nevada's first in the West presidential caucus is Saturday when Republicans Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, Ron Paul and Rick Santorum will compete for 28 delegates.

Blog: In preparation for Idaho, Wolf Pack readies for a Utah State mirror image

Feb 4, 2012 12:54 am

The Wolf Pack basketball team should have taken Utah State coach Stew Morrills cell phone before he left Lawlor Events Center on Thursday night.

Golf course settlement gets OK; Reno-Sparks connector road construction could start in summer

Feb 4, 2012 12:53 am

The Regional Transportation Commission on Friday approved a settlement with Reno over the future of Rosewood Lakes Golf Course, potentially clearing the way for construction of a major arterial road l...

Blog: 4 websites that deliver pet food to your door tested

Feb 4, 2012 12:48 am

Wall Street Journal looks at Wag.com, PetFlow.com, MrChewy.com and PetFoodDirect.com.

Lance Armstrong gratified by no charges in doping case

Feb 4, 2012 12:38 am

LOS ANGELES (AP) Lance Armstrong says hes gratified the U.S. attorneys office has decided not to bring charges against him after a nearly two-year investigation into whether the champion cyclist and ...

Blog: Record 337 chicken wings eaten in 30 minutes

Feb 4, 2012 12:13 am

Competitive-eating champ Takeru Kobayashi demolished the record of 255 set last year by Jonathan "Super" Squibb.

Blog: Ron Paul got 1 percent of print media coverage in Florida; Romney 60 percent

Feb 4, 2012 12:01 am

Santorum and Gingrich each got about 20 percent of the print-based media coverage.

Romney talks to Northern Nevada business leaders in Sparks

Feb 3, 2012 11:43 pm

The biggest worry for Republican Julie Marchant, 48, is the economy because she feels as if people are getting penalized for working hard.

Judge rejects challenge by environmental groups on sage grouse listing

Feb 3, 2012 11:11 pm

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) A federal judge on Thursday rejected a challenge from environmental groups seeking to force the federal government to take immediate action to increase protections for the sage gr...

Blog: Pack's Ault reportedly looking to add an offensive coordinator

Feb 3, 2012 10:58 pm

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Top Stories from The Nevada Appeal

Obituary: Joni Wines

Feb 3, 2012 6:34 pm

Best known as the tiny 5' 2" Pistol Packing Sheriff of Nye County in the 70s, who went to war against the drug trade and other lawlessness, Joni Wines was elected after vowing to knock on ...

Obituary: Louis Irwin Larson

Feb 3, 2012 3:51 pm

Louis Irwin Larson, 81, of Carson City, Nevada, passed away on January 28, 2012 at Carson-Tahoe Regional Medical Center. He was born on April 14, 1930 in Tulare, California to Irwin and Letitia...

Obituary: Mark Allen McCoy

Feb 3, 2012 3:47 pm

Mark is survived by wife, Marie McCoy; son, Noah McCoy; father, Delmar McCoy; brother, Clifford McCoy; sisters Sandra Seeger and Barbara Reitiz. Mark was born in San Jose, CA went to Incline Hig...

Obituary: Thomas Bowdine Bayley

Feb 3, 2012 11:01 am

Thomas Bowdine Bayley, 85, known as Papa to his grandsons, passed away on Tuesday, January 17, 2012 at Renown Regional Medical Center in Reno following a brief illness. He leaves behind his son, S...

Bradshaw playing in pain with broken bone in foot

Feb 3, 2012 11:01 am

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Ahmad Bradshaw is playing in pain and loving every second of it.The Giants running back has played the last eight games with a broken bone in his right foot, and there is no way...

FODDER: Hard to tell how recruits will pan out

Feb 3, 2012 11:01 am

Sports fodder for a Friday morning . . .Trying to predict the success or failure of a college football recruiting class is silly on the first day recruits can sign a National Letter of Intent. But ...

LA story: 2 Lakers, 2 Clippers get All-Star nods

Feb 3, 2012 11:01 am

NEW YORK (AP) - Blake Griffin and Andrew Bynum were voted Thursday to the All-Star game, joining Kobe Bryant and Chris Paul to give the city of Los Angeles four starters.Oklahoma City's Kevin Duran...

Burton's ugly 3 beats Aggies

Feb 3, 2012 11:01 am

RENO - The author of one of the most improbable, unlikely and indescribable shots in recent Nevada Wolf Pack basketball history had no idea what he had just accomplished."I didn't see it go in...

Sports Briefly

Feb 3, 2012 11:01 am

Tulsa ends Reno's3-game win streak TULSA, Okla. - The Reno Bighorns were held to a season-low 79 points as the Tulsa 66ers ended the Bighorns' three-game road winning streak Thursday night, 85-79. ...

Sheriff's Log

Feb 3, 2012 11:00 am

The following people were booked into the Carson City Jail. All are innocent unless proven guilty in court.* A 24-year-old Carson City woman was arrested on domestic violence charges Wednesday for ...