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FATAL-FEDEX TRUCK
FedEx truck driver killed in I-80 crash in Nevada
(Information in the following story is from: Elko Daily Free Press, http://www.elkodaily.com)
WINNEMUCCA, Nev. (AP) — An investigation is underway into a wreck that killed the driver of a FedEx triple-trailer truck on Interstate 80 in Winnemucca.
Nevada Highway Patrol Lt. Harold Hughes says the driver was merging in a construction zone Friday morning when he apparently hit orange barrels and lost control of the vehicle.
He told the Elko Daily Free Press that the truck went off the roadway and rolled, killing the driver and injuring a male passenger.
The names of the two men were not immediately released.
FedEx spokeswoman Allison Houser issued a statement expressing condolences to the driver's family and friends and saying the company would work directly with affected customers concerning shipments.
RENO-TAHOE-BUS SERVICE
Summer bus service between Reno, Tahoe planned
(Information in the following story is from: Reno Gazette-Journal, http://www.rgj.com)
RENO, Nev. (AP) — The Regional Transportation Commission will launch weekend bus service between Reno and Lake Tahoe's Sand Harbor State Park this summer.
The Reno Gazette-Journal reports the bus service will start May 23 and last through Labor Day.
One-way fares will be $5 for adults and $2.50 for youths, seniors and the disabled.
A bus will depart Reno's Meadowood Mall at 8 a.m., stop at the Summit Mall in south Reno and arrive at Sand Harbor at 9:30 a.m. Service will continue with a bus every three hours until the last departure from Sand Harbor at 6:30 p.m.
The three-year demonstration project will cost $55,000 per summer, with 95 percent covered by federal funds.
Members of the public requested the service, with supporters including youths who have never been to Lake Tahoe and seniors who haven't been there for years.
THUNDER FROM DOWN UNDER-SHOOTING
'Thunder' case suspect says he has mental illness
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A man accused of firing a gun as he tried to make off with costumes and props used by Thunder From Down Under male performers in Las Vegas denies the allegations against him.
In jailhouse interviews Friday with KLAS-TV and the Las Vegas Sun, Joey Kadmiri said he suffers from mental-health and drug problems and needs outpatient therapy.
The 24-year-old says he's convinced all police are out to get him and he believes everyone is an officer when his hallucinations intensify. He says that's why he refused to go to court Friday for his arraignment on felony attempted murder, armed robbery, burglary and weapon charges.
He says he was terrified that someone wanted him dead, so he decided to use the show's costumes as a disguise.
The judge reset his hearing for Monday.
No one was seriously wounded in the incident Tuesday at the Excalibur Hotel and Casino on the Las Vegas Strip.
RIVER OTTERS-TAHOE
Rarely seen mammal popping up again at Lake Tahoe
(Information in the following story is from: Tahoe Daily Tribune, http://www.tahoedailytribune.com/)
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. (AP) — A rarely seen mammal thought by many to be absent at Lake Tahoe is being spotted again.
U.S. Forest Service fish and wildlife biologist Shay Zanetti says river otters had been known to exist for many decades in the Tahoe basin, but at one point they were only known to exist at Marlette Lake above Tahoe's east shore.
He told the Tahoe Daily Tribune they've since been detected at Fallen Leaf Lake, Secret Harbor and South Lake Tahoe.
Zanetti says few records of otters in the basin exist and he's unaware of any local studies of them.
Cheryl Millham of Lake Tahoe Wildlife Care says she went 25 years without hearing of an otter sighting at Tahoe until resident Bettina McIntyre sent her a picture of one.
McIntyre says she's observed a pair of the animals swimming, splashing and sliding in a lagoon near her home in the Tahoe Keys subdivision in South Lake Tahoe over the last couple of years.
PATENT BATTLE-DECADES
Inventor battling US over patents sought in 1970s
LAS VEGAS (AP) — An inventor in Las Vegas with more than 70 patents to his credit is suing federal patent officials, claiming they're improperly stalling decisions on two applications he submitted more than 40 years ago.
Gilbert Hyatt filed a lawsuit in January in federal court in Nevada seeking to force a U.S. Patent and Trademark Office decision on applications he submitted in 1971 and 1972.
Hyatt says he thinks the patent office is retaliating for him winning a 20-year battle in 1990 to get a patent on a single-chip microcomputer.
He says the more he fought and appealed other patents, the longer officials dragged out his applications.
Patent and U.S. attorney officials aren't commenting.
But government lawyers filed documents seeking dismissal of Hyatt's lawsuit.
They say his complaint should remain with the patent office.
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