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An independent panel of scientists that spent two years reviewing the U.S. government's controversial management of wild horses planned to release a series of recommendations Wednesday to combat skyrocketing costs and help quell decades of conflict on public rangelands.

Ralph Burns, a storyteller and Pyramid Lake Paiute elder from Nixon, Nevada, is among the nine recipients of the 2013 NEA National Heritage Fellowships, the nation's highest honor in the folk and traditional arts.

In January, a man named George Gund died in Palm Springs. Gund was a resident of Lee in Elko County.

TABLES TURNED: JUSTICE TO EXAMINE IRS ACTIONS a Attorney General Eric Holder announced Tuesday he has ordered an investigation into the IRS targeting conservative groups.

Rep. Darrell Issa chairs a hearing on Capitol Hill on Oct. 10, 2012, in Washington.