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Shes hot Coco Austin shares Las Vegas Peepshow behind scenes Pictures Video Showbiz News
Wearing flesh colored underwear that covers very little, Coco is seen in various poses as she flings herself around backstage at the hotel and ...
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North Las Vegas set to decide on controversial mortgage-seizure plan
A the front door of a vacant home is shown in North Las Vegas April 2, 2013. A neighbor said it has been vacant for about six months. (1513 Splinter Rock, North Las ...
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Egypt tourism minister resigns over Luxor governor
The ancient temple in Luxor, Egypt. Egypt's minister of tourism has resigned following the appointment of a new governor in the temple city of Luxor who belongs to an Islamist party linked to a deadly attack on tourists, state TV said ...
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Star chef cooking up new surprise
Star chef Jose Andres' midrecession gamble in Las Vegas continues to pay off. Andres, who has three restaurants at The Cosmopolitan and an upcoming venture in SLS Las Vegas, said he's sitting on a "surprise" announcement. "I can't say any more right now," said the Washington, D.C.-based chef who added Las Vegas to his growing empire 3 years ago when The ...
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Commission overrules staff on jail food bid
Clark County commissioners voted 5-2 on Tuesday to hire a more expensive food service provider for the Clark County Detention Center after the company protested the bid outcome. The vote gives Aramark Correctional Services a $5 million annual contract. County staff had passed over Aramark's bid in favor of New Era Foods Co. of San Ramon, Calif. New Era Foods Co. had pegged the ...
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NSA director says sweeping surveillance program foiled plot against Wall Street
WASHINGTON - The U.S. foiled a plot to bomb the New York Stock Exchange because of the sweeping surveillance programs at the heart of a debate over national security and personal privacy, officials said Tuesday at a rare open hearing on intelligence led by lawmakers sympathetic to the spying. The House Intelligence Committee hearing provided a venue for officials to defend the once-secret ...
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Vegas Strip to Be Home of Arena
LAS VEGAS | Casino giant MGM Resorts International and entertainment company AEG announced Tuesday that it will build a privately financed 20,000- seat indoor venue on the Las Vegas Strip. Las Vegas-based MGM Resorts and Los Angeles based AEG said in a joint announcement that construction should start next summer on the $350 million arena on land the casino company owns between the New York-New ...
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Henderson Chooses Engineering Firm For Park Project
An engineering firm will provide design services for the Boulder Creek Park project in the amount of $132,500 under an agreement approved Tuesday by the Henderson City Council. The council voted unanimously to approve the professional services agreement between the city and Slater Hanifan Group Inc., an engineering firm with offices in Las Vegas and Phoenix. Boulder Creek Park will be near the ...
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National study rates Nevada teacher education programs low
Teacher preparation programs in Nevada are not adequately training the next generation of educators, according to a national study that reviewed more than 1,000 programs and was released Tuesday. While some state education leaders say they take the study seriously, others believe the review was flawed and lacks credibility. Programs at the state's colleges and universities received low ...
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Feds boost homeland security funding for state of Nevada
CARSON CITY -- Nevada has received a federal homeland security grant of $3.46 million, an increase over last year of nearly $700,000, the state Department of Public Safety announced Tuesday. The grant was awarded to the state Division of Emergency Management and Homeland Security by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. "I am pleased Nevada has been awarded this grant, with an ...
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Clark County proposes Spring Mountains land swap with feds
Clark County wants to do a land swap with the federal government. County officials want to give up the county's 4.12 acres at Lee Meadows, in the Spring Mountains National Recreation Area. In exchange, they want the title to Camp Lee Canyon from the U.S. Forest Service. The move would help prevent fee increases that have been put in place for the camp. Commissioner Larry Brown also said the ...
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Commissioners pleased with new public process following police-involved shootings
After five months and three public reviews of police-related fatalities, Clark County commissioners are generally pleased with how the county's new public fatality fact-finding review process works. The commissioners on Tuesday heard a planned, routine report on the process, which offers the public a window into the decisions tied to cases in which police officers use deadly force. ...
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Man who rushed to save Rep. Giffords fights gun violence in Las Vegas
His cellphone, his bloody pants and bloody shirt are all sitting in some FBI evidence room in Quantico, Va. And Daniel Hernandez, who helped save the life of Gabrielle Giffords after the then-Democratic congresswoman from Arizona was shot in the head two years ago, said Tuesday he doesn't care to get them back any time soon. They're history, as far as he's concerned; or, rather, ...
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Southern Nevada nature opens eyes of Hispanic youth
Brushing the hair out of his eyes, Julian Elias tilts his head back and gazes up at something most Las Vegans have seen. The Hoover Dam. But few have the security clearance to view it from the bottom of Black Canyon, a location accessed by a winding worker's road reachable only by those with a key code to open the gate. Standing in the shadow of Hoover Dam's 726-foot wall of water ...
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Veterans Affairs next wrinkle backlog of appeals
While the Department of Veterans Affairs scrambles to reduce a staggering backlog of disability claims, another problem has come into view: a backlog of appeals. There are 45,000 appeals waiting to be heard by the Board of Veterans Appeals and the number is expected to swell to 102,000 by 2017, Rep. Dina Titus, D-Nev., said Tuesday after the VA subcommittee on disability assistance and memorial ...
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Las Vegas police officer facing drug charges relieved of duty
A Las Vegas police officer facing felony drug charges has been relieved of duty, law enforcement sources said. Officer Ramin Amely, who had been with the department since May 2007, has agreed to plead guilty to two felony drug counts in Clark County Justice Court, according to the district attorney's office. Amely was last assigned to the Metropolitan Police Department's Traffic ...
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Las Vegas Sands chief Adelson expected to return to stand
Las Vegas Sands Corp. Chairman and CEO Sheldon Adelson will likely return to the witness stand next month. The wrongful termination lawsuit brought in Clark County District Court by former Sand China Ltd. CEO Steven Jacobs has been set for a weeklong hearing starting on July 16 over the initial question where a trial should take place. Clark County District Judge Elizabeth Gonzalez penciled in ...
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BREAKING NEWS Firefighters Battling House Fire Near McCarran Airport
LAS VEGAS -- Clark County Fire Department is battling a fire at a house near Russell Road and Spencer Street. According to the fire department's website, the fire started at around 4:30 p.m. ...
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91 residents find help from Red Cross management company
Las Vegas firefighters work at the scene of a three-alarm blaze at the Encantada apartment complex at 401 N. 28th Street in Las Vegas on Sunday. The fire displaced 91 residents, and Advanced Management Group has made sure they had shelter at the company's other properties. Families, neighbors and the Red Cross have also ...
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Review-Journal wins four Best of the West awards
Las Vegas Review-Journal staffers won four awards in the 2013 Best of the West contest, including first place in general interest column writing. Best of the West is a contest that rewards journalistic excellence in 14 western states including Nevada. "Obviously the competition is really tough when you're going up against the best newspapers west of the Mississippi," ...
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Nevada justices reject immigrants drivers license request
CARSON CITY -- The state Supreme Court has denied granting a Nevada driver's license to a man who might have been better off waiting for the new state driver's authorization cards to go into effect in January. A panel of the high court, in a unanimous 3-0 decision issued last week, refused Laszlo Schoka's petition that the Department of Motor Vehicles be ordered to grant him a ...
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City panel favors loosening controls on downtown liquor sales
Buying and selling booze in downtown Las Vegas could be even easier under two proposed city ordinances. On Tuesday the City Council's recommending committee heard the proposals that would loosen some alcohol restrictions under the Fremont Street Experience canopy and in the 18b Arts District. The changes are contained in two proposed ordinances that were approved by the committee 3-0. The ...
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New Las Vegas Projects Signal Better Economic Times
LAS VEGAS - The Electric Daisy Carnival takes place this weekend. Hundreds of thousands of people are coming to Las Vegas for what some are calling the party of the year. The annual music festival ...
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New citizens sworn in during Las Vegas ceremony
About 200 people representing more than 45 countries were sworn in as U.S. citizens Tuesday during a naturalization ceremony at Las Vegas City Hall. U.S. District Court Judge Lloyd D. George presided over the ceremony. The ceremony was part of the city's "Celebrate America" initiative, a program to highlight diversity in Las ...
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Congressional report says immigration bill cuts deficit
Jackelin Alfaro, 4, in a T-shirt that reads "Don't Deport my Dad," Tuesday sits in the hall with family members outside the House Judiciary Committee hearing on Capitol Hill. The committee in the Republican-led House is preparing to cast its first votes on immigration this ...
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Healthcare building has contraversial design in Las Vegas
Among architectural enthusiasts and professionals it is one of the most controversial creations Las Vegas has seen in years, and most surprisingly it is not a flashy casino built to resemble a cruise ship or the Sydney Opera Houses, but a health clinic that specializes in treatment for brain ailments.
Opened to the public in 2009, the Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health, which is a Las Vegas branch of the Cleveland Clinic, was designed by Frank Gehry of Santa Monica-based Gehry Partners and resembles a half-finished assortment of steel facades and outlandish patterns, presenting the viewer with an intense sense of irony. Read more
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