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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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Chef Oliviers excellent Vegas Uncorkd adventure
Chef Olivier and "Iron Chef" Masaharu Morimoto at the Vegas Uncork'd Grand Tasting, the premiere event of the star-studded gourmet weekend. Culinary rock stars -- from Guy Savoy to Joel Robuchon, Michel Richard to Bobby Flay, Todd English and Gordon Ramsay -- all cooked, schmoozed and sometimes got as star struck by the sheer wattage of the other celebrity chefs as the ...
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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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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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GOP hopes IRS scandal will snag health care law
WASHINGTON -; Political scandals cause collateral damage and Republicans are hoping the furor over federal tax enforcers singling out conservative groups will snag some really big game - President Barack Obama's health care ...
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Marine dog reunited in surprise ceremony
DES MOINES, Iowa -- When Marine Sgt. Ross Gundlach served as a dog handler in Afghanistan, he told the yellow lab who was his constant companion that he'd look her up when he returned home."I promised her if we made it out of alive, I'd do whatever it took to find her," Gundlach said.On Friday, he made good on that vow with help from some sentimental state officials in Iowa ...
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Children find rabid bat in North Las Vegas
Friday, May 17, 2013 | 2:04 p.m. At least two rabid bats have been found in the Las Vegas Valley this year, according to the Southern Nevada Health District. Health officials say a group of children found a bat on the ground during the day about a month ago in North Las Vegas. The children's mother called a veterinarian, who tested the bat's brain and found rabies had taken it over. ...
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Blast kills man near Nellis Air Force Base
Firemen haul hose after responding to an explosion and fatal fire at a truck repair facility on Sloan Lane near Nellis Air Force Base in Las Vegas on ...
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Lawyer defends self against O.J. Simpson claims
Judge Linda Marie Bell, left, talks with former O.J. Simpson defense attorney Yale Galanter as he testifies during an evidentiary hearing for Simpson for Simpson in Clark County District Court on Friday in Las Vegas. Simpson, who is currently serving a nine-to-33-year sentence in state prison as a result of his October 2008 conviction for armed robbery and kidnapping charges, is using a writ of ...
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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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