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Nevadans help California fuel $600 million Powerball jackpot
Robert Constantion, of Las Vegas, right, is almost at the ticket counter after a nearly four-hour wait at the Lotto Store just inside the California border at Primm, Friday, May 17, 2013. The Powerball jackpot will be worth more than $600 million by the Saturday evening ...
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Afghan lawmakers block law on womens rights
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- Conservative religious lawmakers in Afghanistan blocked legislation on Saturday aimed at strengthening provisions for women's freedoms, arguing that parts of it violate Islamic principles and encourage ...
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French president Francois Hollande signs gay marriage into law despite national protests
French President Francois Hollande has signed a law authorising gay marriage and adoption by same-sex couples, after months of nationwide protests and wrenching ...
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Las Vegas is fine just the way it is
"Clean up the Strip," come on. Las Vegas is and always will be an adult entertainment town. No one is forcing you to take the "smut" books and fliers. How many times do we see mom and dad taking their kids in casinos, and making the kids stand aside while the parents play? If you want clean, family fun, take them to Disneyland. Leave Vegas as it is, and should be. We like ...
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Landing gear issue leads to planes belly landing
NEWARK, N.J -- An airline official says a US Airways flight with 34 people aboard was forced to make a belly landing at Newark International Airport after experiencing landing gear trouble. No injuries were reported.US Airways spokesman Davien Anderson tells The Associated Press that a turboprop plane that left Philadelphia shortly before 11 p.m. Friday landed safely at Newark with its landing ...
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Museum informs entertains thousands
Touring the Discovery Children's Museum with a group of first-graders from Givens Elementary School seemed like a smart idea. I could follow them around, watch their reactions, see what they liked best. It would be a reality-based column. The reality was Thursday, there were eight schools at the new museum, about 950 elementary students. I lost the first-graders (or they lost me) soon after ...
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PHOTOS Whisker winners are bearded wonders
Winners in the Whiskerino contest Friday at Helldorado Days downtown included, from left, Jason Crawford for best mustache, Robert Borbour for longest beard, Kevin Fitzpatrick who won the audience favorite vote and Jim Barfield for best ...
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Las Vegas Attorney Pleads Guilty to Mortgage Fraud Crimes www.priateofficer.com
--Las Vegas attorney Stanley A. Walton, 54, has pleaded 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. Walton pleaded guilty on Wednesday, May 15, 2013, to one count of ...
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Ramjass Reno-Singh in ‘Solo’ field
JASON RAMJASS and Kristi Reno-Singh, the country’s leading juniors, will spearhead the field of players participating in the Solo Open Junior Badminton Tournament at Central Regional Indoor Sports Arena, ...
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Conn. commuter trains collide 60 go to hospitals
FAIRFIELD, Conn. -- Two commuter trains serving New York City collided in Connecticut during Friday's evening rush hour, sending 60 people to the hospital, including five critically injured and one very critically injured, Gov. Dannel Malloy said. There were no reports of ...
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Redevelopment parental rights other bills pass legislative deadline
CARSON CITY -- It was do or die time for many bills in the Legislature on Friday. Most did. A few died. Lawmakers and lobbyists had some anxious moments as another deadline hit for bill passage that the Legislature has imposed on itself to ensure it finishes work by a June 3 deadline. Bills extending the life of Las Vegas' redevelopment agency and codifying parental rights were among those ...
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Girl gets surprise reunion with dad at Tampa Bay Rays game
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- A Tampa Bay area girl throwing the first pitch at a Rays game got a big surprise from her father, who had been stationed in Afghanistan for the past two years. Before throwing the pitch Thursday, 9-year-old Alayna Adams got to watch a pre-recorded video of her father, Army Lt. Col. Will Adams, on the field's video screen. After she tossed the ball toward home plate, ...
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Volunteers in Medicine of Southern Nevada looks to open second free clinic
Dr. Florence Jameson is the founder and CEO of Volunteers in Medicine of Southern Nevada, a nonprofit medical clinic which provides free health care and services to residents. The first clinic opened in 2010 at 4770 Harrison Drive, suite 200 and a downtown clinic is expected to open in ...
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Update Two people die in apparent murder-suicide at southeast Las Vegas apartment
Two people died in an apparent murder-suicide discovered Friday inside an apartment near Desert Inn Road and Maryland Parkway, Las Vegas police said. Officers performing a welfare check found the bodies of a man and woman, both in their 20s, inside the Mark 1 Apartments at 1020 E. Desert Inn Road shortly after 3 p.m. The woman, who lived in the apartment, appears to have been the victim, said ...
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Young tennis standout outranks her age group across country
Kimberly Yee, 16, plays a practice tennis match May 10 at Lorenzi Park, 3333 W. Washington Ave. Yee received the 2013 Althea Gibson Leadership Grant of $2,500 for her on- and off-court activities, which include mentoring younger tennis ...
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Court cites errors overturns murder conviction in Las Vegas gang slaying
Friday, May 17, 2013 | 3:45 p.m. CARSON CITY -- The Nevada Supreme has overturned the murder conviction of Christian D. Williams in a gang shooting in Las Vegas because of errors by the prosecution and police. The court said Thursday there was sufficient evidence to convict Williams in the December 2007 shooting of Leshonta Matthews, but "errors were numerous and involved misconduct ...
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RTC bus stop project comes with hurdles
The Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada is taking steps to make bus shelters safer for pedestrians and transit customers, but sometimes obstacles get in the way. A study was conducted by the commission's Transportation Resource Board that concluded that 90 percent of roadway crashes are contained within the roadway and 6 feet on either side of it. "One of our first ...
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Cramped dark and wet Tunnel boring aint much fun
Workers are nearly done swapping out the cutter heads on the massive tunneling machine that is slowly digging a 3-mile water intake tunnel beneath the bed of Lake Mead. The machine should be up and running again within the next week or ...
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Panel OKs bill to help domestic violence victims
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) -- Domestic violence victims would have a way to break housing leases to escape their abusers under a bill amended and approved by a Senate ...
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Reid pays off mortgage on Searchlight home
WASHINGTON -- Sen. Harry Reid's treasured home in Searchlight now is all his after he paid off its mortgage last year, according to a new personal finance report he filed last week in Congress. Reid took out a personal credit line at Wells Fargo and tapped it to pay off what he owed on a home loan that was signed in 2004 at 6 percent interest, according to the disclosure. The interest rate ...
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Desai clinic recognized as model unit prior to hepatitis c outbreak
Dr. Dipak Desai stands after a day in court at Clark County Regional Justice Center, May 7. Desai and anesthetist Ronald Lakeman are charged murder, fraud and criminal neglect of patients stemming from the 2007 hepatitis C ...
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Reno's roads in contention
Reno is in need of road improvement projects around the city, the residents of Reno agreed with this when they voted in favor of fuel taxes to fund these projects, but with many projects needing to be done and costs increasing there is disagreement about how to prioritize the funds.
In 2008, a number of road project in and around Reno were presented to voters, which would be funded by incremental increases in fuel taxes over the next ten years. Broadly speaking, there are six main road infrastructure projects. Read more
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