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Tacoma hands Reno 9-5 loss
RENO, Nev. — Eric Thames hit a two-run homer and drove in four runs and Franklin Gutierrez hit a two-run homer to help the Tacoma Rainiers to a 9-5 victory over the Reno Aces in a Pacific Coast League game Saturday night. Thames connected off Chase Anderson in the second inning and drove in two more runs in a three-run third as the Rainiers took a 6-2 lead, and starter Blake Beavan made ...
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Affordable Summer child care alternatives in Las Vegas
child care is very real in Las Vegas. That's why two Las Vegas institutions are offering excellent alternative care for children whose parents can't afford child care centers and who need more than half day ...
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Valley may see more hazy skies during Memorial Day weekend
Residents and visitors may see more smoky and hazy conditions in the Las Vegas Valley for Sunday and possibly Memorial Day. On Saturday, much of the valley and Lake Mead area were still covered by some smoke from a California wildfire. On Friday, the Clark County Department of Air Quality issued an advisory for ozone and smoke pollutants that will be in effect through Sunday. The advisory ...
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Man faces federal charges in autism center fire
A federal indictment alleges Powers on April 15 damaged and tried to destroy by fire and explosive materials Sport-Social and that he possessed unregistered Molotov ...
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Signs at Las Vegas Neon Museum shine again
LAS VEGAS The junked signs that attracted throngs to old Las Vegas have for years gathered dust in a neon boneyard just a few miles from the sleek mega-casinos on the Strip. This Memorial Day weekend, the hulking metal come-ons are once again glinting and shimmering at night. The Neon Museum, where Sin City's most iconic signs go to retire, has begun aiming more than 100 multicolored ...
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County animal control officer arrested on child prostitution charge
A Clark County official has been arrested on child prostitution charges. Donald Coburn, 46, code enforcement officer for the county's Animal Control division, was arrested Saturday on a charge of soliciting or engaging in child prostitution, Las Vegas police said. County officials said Coburn has worked with the county for more than 10 years but has been in his current position for less ...
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Veteran Nevada baseball coach Powers steps down
The 64-year-old Powers finished with a career record of 937-762-5. His victories, all coming at Nevada, rank 21st among active NCAA Division 1 ...
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Foothill High grad who lost a leg in Afghanistan given new home in Reno
RENO -- A Marine who lost a leg and underwent over 20 surgeries after being critically wounded in a 2010 explosion in Afghanistan has moved a big step forward in rebuilding his life. A group of volunteers handed over the keys Saturday for a new Reno house to Sgt. Thomas "Trey" Humphrey and his wife, Lindsey, who are expecting their first child in July. The 1,739-square-foot home, ...
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San Antonio flooding kills one dozens rescued
A man surveys floodwaters caused by heavy rains Saturday in San Antonio. The city has received torrential rains since Friday evening and officials say numerous roads have been closed because of flash ...
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Nevada legislators have plenty left to do in last week of session
CARSON CITY -- Nevada lawmakers are rounding the final turn and heading down the backstretch of the final full week of the 2013 session. But there's still plenty of jockeying going on as legislators and lobbyists jostle and maneuver in a mad dash toward the June 3 finish line. Here are five things to know about the upcoming agenda when legislators begin the 17th week of the session Monday: ...
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Rescuers look for pilot in deadly New York Angel Flight
First responders gather at a command post in Ephratah, N.Y., on Saturday, May 25, 2013, as the search for the pilot of a downed Angel Flight out of Massachusetts continues. The twin engine light plane plane carrying two passengers and the pilot crashed in a wooded area in upstate New York on ...
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Assembly panel passes driver authorization cards bill
Utah's Driving Privilege Card serves as a driver's license for undocumented residents. The Nevada Assembly has advanced a bill that would allow similiar cards in the ...
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Wounded Marine wife get keys to new house in Reno
RENO, Nev. (AP) -- A Marine who lost a leg and underwent over 20 surgeries after being critically wounded in a 2010 explosion in Afghanistan has moved a big step forward in rebuilding his ...
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Dispute simmers over road to Grand Canyon Skywalk
MEADVIEW, Ariz. (AP) -- On one of the busiest holiday weekends of the year, some travelers looking to get to the Grand Canyon's glass-bottom Skywalk will have to pay an extra fee to cross through a private ...
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Obama refocuses terror threat to pre-911 level
Obama is not claiming final victory over extremists who still seek to kill Americans and other Westerners. Instead, he is refocusing the long struggle against terrorism that lies ahead, steering the United States away from what he calls an equally frightening threat - a country in a state of perpetual war. In doing so, Obama recasts the image of the terrorists themselves, from enemy warriors to ...
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Museum starts night tours of signs from Vegas past
LAS VEGAS (AP) -- The junked signs that attracted throngs to old Las Vegas have for years gathered dust in a neon boneyard just a few miles from the sleek mega-casinos on the ...
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Graduates in tornado-raked Oklahoma town vow to stay
OKLAHOMA CITY-Seven tornadoes have swept through their town since they were born, but as new graduates donned caps and gowns to say goodbye to their high schools Saturday, they vowed they wouldn't say goodbye to Moore. "I wouldn't want to be in any other place. It's our roots. Tornadoes are a part of life here," said 18-year-old Brooke Potter, whose current college ...
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Vintage Apple computer auctioned off for $668000
German auction house Breker said Saturday an Asian client, who asked not to be named, bought the so-called Apple 1, which the tech company's founders Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak built in a family ...
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Thousands of bridges at risk of freak collapse
The collapse of an interstate highway bridge in Washington state brings new attention to the limits of the country’s infrastructure, especially older structures that were designed with little room for error and were never intended to carry the number of cars and trucks they see ...
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Wheelchair lift out of Wisconsin promises more access
This April 2013 photo provided by Joe Kloptic shows a prototype called the Funicular in Madison, Wis. A University of Wisconsin-Madison engineering professor, students and others helped come up with it after getting in touch with a local elementary school that wasn't handicapped accessible. The platform uses rollers and a modified chain hoist that allows the wheelchair users to use their ...
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West Virginia town transfixed by teen girls murder plot
STAR CITY, W.Va.-For nearly nine months, the people of this small West Virginia town saw the face of missing 16-year-old honors student Skylar Neese everywhere-beaming at them from fliers on utility poles, in gas stations, even at the local tattoo parlor. She had been missing since she slipped out of her bedroom window one night last summer, but some in this town of fewer than 2,000 people never ...
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As Lake Mead shrinks California uses more than its share of water
As water managers in Nevada and elsewhere fight to keep Lake Mead as full as possible, an irrigation district in California has significantly overdrawn its Colorado River allotment over the past three years. The Imperial Valley Irrigation District is the single largest water user on the Colorado, but it is "isolating itself" with its actions, said Pat Mulroy, general manager of the ...
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Las Vegas resort beaches offer oasis in middle of the desert
Top 10 water attractions in Las Vegas -- From VEGAS.com /inline-content --> In the scorching heat of the Mojave, stumbling upon a tropical beach might seem like a mirage. But in Las Vegas, it seems anything is possible. A neon beacon of luxury and excess, this desert city features several manmade sand beaches, some decorated with tropical flowers and dotted with towering palms. As the city ...
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Its back New Wet n Wild wins over frolickers thirsty for Las Vegas water park
Tennis legend Andre Agassi, Clark County Commissioner Susan Brager and Wet ‘n’ Wild Las Vegas investors Roger and Scott Bulloch of SPB Partners prepare to cut a ceremonial red ribbon made fittingly of swimwear during the park’s grand opening on Friday, May 24, 2013. Kids in candy-colored swimsuits squirmed anxiously during the ceremony as they waited for the green light to ride ...
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Las Vegas prison guard conspired with security guard to rob bank www.privateofficercom
Benjamin Kyker is very familiar with the Nevada prisons system, but the veteran prison guard could soon be bunking with the kind of men he's been guarding. Kyker, a sergeant with the Southern Desert Correctional Center in Indian Springs, was arrested Thursday and faces charges in connection to conspiring with a security guard to rob a bank. According to his Las Vegas police arrest report, ...
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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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