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Feds cut off funding for counter-terrorism efforts in Las Vegas
Congressman Steven Horsford (D-NV), right, takes a tour of the Southern Nevada Counter-Terrorism Center, also known as the Fusion Center, with Jim Owens, left, deputy chief of Metro’s homeland security division, and Capt. Al Salinas, center director, at Metro Police Headquarters Thursday, May 2, 2013. Officials at the center are concerned that budget cuts that might negatively affect its ...
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Las Vegas loses out on federal anti-terrorism funding
For the first time, the Las Vegas metropolitan area didn't make the cut in its efforts to receive anti-terrorism funding this year from the federal government, officials said Thursday. As a result, local agencies will not get funding to support antiterrorism programs and preparedness -- money that provided $1.8 million this year. The money has funded efforts that include the anti-terrorism ...
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Las Vegas gas prices likely headed up if Nevada passes fuel-tax bill
Thursday, May 23, 2013 | 2:37 p.m. Gas prices could increase statewide under a bill that received strong support today from lawmakers and business groups. The gas tax increases would begin later this year in Clark County, if the Clark County Commission approves tethering various gas taxes to a certain measure of the inflation rate. So as the price of goods balloons, so, too, does the gas tax. ...
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Mining tax measure placed on 2014 statewide ballot
CARSON CITY -- With Assembly approval on Thursday, Nevada voters next year will be asked if the mining industry's constitutional limit on the taxes they pay for extracting gold and other precious metals should be repealed. The vote on Senate Joint Resolution 15 was 26-15, the final step needed to put it on the 2014 general election ballot. It was a party-line vote with all Republicans ...
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Reid introduces bill to create Gold Butte national conservation area
WASHINGTON -- An effort was launched in Congress on Thursday to designate 350,000 acres of government-protected conservation land and wilderness northeast of Las Vegas. Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., proposed to create a National Conservation Area at Gold Butte, a region of rugged mountains, sandstone ridges, native American petroglyphs and abandoned mine sites in Clark County between the Overton arm ...
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Nearly all U.S. states see hefty drop in teen births Nevada rate falls 30 percent
NEW YORK -- The nation's record-low teen birth rate stems from robust declines in nearly every state, but most dramatically in several Mountain States and among Hispanics, according to a new government report. All states but West Virginia and North Dakota showed significant drops over five years. But the Mountain States of Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Nevada and Utah saw rates fall by 30 ...
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Nevada Legislature advances gay marriage resolution
CARSON CITY -- A constitutional amendment that would let voters decide whether to legalize gay marriage passed the final hurdle of the 2013 legislative session Thursday but still has a long way to go. Senate Joint Resolution 13 passed the Assembly on a 27-14 vote, bringing the process to get it to the ballot in 2016 to an end for this year. All the no votes were Republicans. It must pass again ...
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Police ask for publics help in solving slaying robbery of woman
Police have released this photo of a purse belonging to Jean Main. The purse was taken from Main's home Tuesday. Main was found fatally shot in her northwest valley ...
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Obama defends drone strikes says they arent cure-all
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama on Thursday defended America's controversial drone attacks as legal, effective and a necessary linchpin in an evolving U.S. counterterrorism policy. But he acknowledged the targeted strikes are no "cure-all" and said he is haunted by the civilians unintentionally ...
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Las Vegas bankruptcy lawyer Goldberg sent to prison
High-profile Las Vegas bankruptcy attorney Randolph Goldberg will begin serving an 18-month prison term Aug. 21, a federal judge ordered Thursday. Goldberg pleaded guilty in March to one count of tax evasion after striking a deal with federal prosecutors. As part of the deal he agreed to serve the prison term and voluntarily give up his Nevada law license for two years. Goldberg acknowledged he ...
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Preview Cirque du Soleil’s ‘Michael Jackson One’ opens tonight at Mandalay Bay
Back in November 2011, it was the glittering gala for "Michael Jackson -- The Immortal World Tour," which has gone on to become the world's largest-grossing tour and this week is en route to Japan, then Australia, followed by China in August. Tonight, it's a different and unique new show, "Michael Jackson One," that opens in its first preview before the splashy June ...
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87-year-old woman loses to Trump in civil case
Jurors sided with the real estate mogul-turned-TV showman in a weeklong civil trial focused on Jacqueline Goldberg's claim that Trump cheated her in a condo bait-and-switch ...
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Third Calif. law student charged in Vegas bird killing
Three University of California-Berkeley law school students are accused in the Oct. 2012 killing and decapitation of a helmeted guinea-fowl, like the one seen above, that was part of a Las Vegas resort ...
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Coroner IDs woman 75 found dead in northwest valley
A 75-year-old woman who was found dead in her home in the northwest part of the valley Tuesday has been identified. Jean Main died from a gunshot wound to the head, according to the Clark County coroner's office said Thursday. She was found in her home in the 8000 block of Green Pasture Avenue near Cimarron and Lone Mountain roads. No suspects have been named, and Las Vegas police homicide ...
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Modified film tax incentive bill advance in Nevada Senate committee
CARSON CITY -- A bill that would offer tax credits to companies that film in Nevada won approval Thursday from a Senate committee, but it was amended to make it a four-year pilot program and limit the incentives to $20 million per year. Senate Bill 165, sponsored by Sen. Aaron Ford, D-Las Vegas, would offer a variety of credits, including for employee salaries and benefits. It originally ...
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Paiute environmental activist Calvin Meyers dies at age 57
Friends remember Calvin Meyers as an environmental activist and public speaker against plans by the Department of Energy to haul nuclear waste to Yucca Mountain and the Nevada Test Site. The former chairman of the Moapa Band of Paiutes died May 15 of complications from a stroke he suffered last year. He was 57. He was buried Saturday in the Moapa Indian Cemetery following a traditional service. ...
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Clark County to open eight pools for the season on Saturday
Eight Clark County public pools and water parks will open Saturday to kick off the start of summer and also help families in need. Donations of new swimsuits for children of all ages will be exchanged for free water bottles commemorating the 50th anniversary of the county's Parks and Recreation Department. "Donating a swimsuit to a child in need is a great way to get the summer off to ...
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Chorizo blamed for food poisoning at Las Vegas restaurant
Health officials say they traced a salmonella outbreak that sickened nearly 300 people to cooked chorizo sausage served at a Las Vegas restaurant. A report released Wednesday by the Southern Nevada Health District said the salmonella contamination likely occurred at the Firefly Tapas Kitchen & Bar, not where the sausage was produced, the Las Vegas Sun reported. "[There is] a small ...
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84-year-old New Mexico woman with oxygen tank indicted for drug trafficking
KRQE-TV reports that Lillie Smith was recently indicted by a Bernalillo County grand jury for trafficking, conspiracy to commit trafficking, tampering with evidence and possession.Court documents show the charges stem from a warrant served at her apartment in 2011.Deputies suspected that the woman's son, Nathan Jones, was running a small drug operation out of her home. But the ...
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Teen arrested in death of his 2 brothers in Utah
WEST POINT, Utah -- A teenager was arrested Thursday in the deaths of his two younger brothers, ages 4 and 10, at the family home in a Salt Lake City subdivision of new homes and tidy lawns, police said.Davis County Sheriff Todd Richardson said authorities believe the boys died from knife wounds. It appears the 15-year-old boy acted alone, he said."As result of the emerging details, the ...
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For Philadelphia bicyclist a cat is his co-pilot
Bicyclist Rudi Saldia and his cat Mary Jane pose for a portrait during an interview with the Associated Press in Philadelphia. Saldia often buzzes around Philadelphia with his year-old feline Mary Jane perched on his shoulder. Their urban adventures have turned heads on the street and garnered big hits on ...
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Bill to allow medical marijuana dispensaries in Nevada clears key Senate panel
CARSON CITY -- Nevada's 3,400 medical marijuana patients could buy their medication through licensed, state-regulated dispensaries under a bill that won unanimous support Thursday from the Senate Finance Committee. Sen. Ben Kieckhefer, R-Reno, said he was concerned that additional amendments are anticipated but won't be addressed by the Senate before the bill goes to the Assembly. But ...
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Juror kicked out of Whittemore campaign contribution trial in Reno
A federal judge in Reno Thursday temporarily halted the trial of Harvey Whittemore, shown here in April in Las Vegas, after being told that a juror may have made an inflammatory comment about the ...
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U.S. new home sales up 2.3 percent in April
Eric Wennerberg, left, and his sister Emily talk with their friend John Siemer as they tour a model home in April in the Coronado Ranch subdivision in Las Vegas. U.S. new-home sales rose in April to the second highest level since ...
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Las Vegas Housing Crisis Seems to Be Subsiding
Las Vegas' underwater mortgage woes keep showing signs of improvement -- but also remain worst in the country. Some 54.3 percent of valley homeowners with mortgages were underwater -- meaning their debt outweighed their home's value -- in the quarter ending March 31, according to a report out Wednesday from Zillow, a Seattle-based research firm. The local rate was more than ...
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Veer Towers showcase Nevada spirit
The Veer Towers represent Nevada’s contribution to the world of modern design and architecture and a trend that has emerged out of places like Dubai to push the boundaries of construction.
Nevada’s skyline or the skyline of Las Vegas at least, has more in common with the skylines of Dubai or Macau than the rest of the United States. The gleaming modern casinos and skyscrapers, the glittering lights of The Strip, the flashing neon signs of various hotel-casino resorts, these are the quintessential images of the city and they’re the perceptions that market the state throughout the US and indeed the world. The newly developed Veer Towers are no different, although their design certainly is. Read more
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