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NV Inmate Scores in Fight Over Kosher Prison Menu
Last Updated: 4:47 PM 02/11/12 - A federal judge in Las Vegas has barred state prison officials from serving a new "common fare" menu to an Orthodox Jewish inmate who adheres to a kosher diet while serving a life sentence for kidnapping.
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AG: BofA Lawsuit Gave Nevada Settlement Leverage
Last Updated: 3:00 PM 02/10/12 - Nevada's attorney general says the state got a bigger slice of a nationwide foreclosure settlement pie because it had a federal lawsuit pending against one of the major lenders involved in the deal.
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Cocaine Swallowing Death Ruled Accidental
Last Updated: 3:06 PM 02/10/12 - The death of a 43-year-old Las Vegas man has been ruled accidental after the Clark County coroner determined he died in January from swallowing a bag of cocaine.
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Court: Suit Over Botched Burial May Proceed
Last Updated: 2:08 PM 02/10/12 - The Nevada Supreme Court says a lawsuit filed against a Las Vegas funeral home for a botched burial can proceed.
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Family Escapes Henderson Fire
Last Updated: 2:10 PM 02/10/12 - Firefighters say a family and two pets escaped injury in an overnight fire blamed on careless smoking at a home in Henderson.
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Dogs Die in House Fire
Last Updated: 2:21 PM 02/10/12 - Firefighters say two dogs perished after alerting people to a smoky blaze that spread from a recreational vehicle to an adjacent home in northwest Las Vegas.
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Panel OKs Funding for Nevada Child Care Subsidies
Last Updated: 12:37 PM 02/10/12 - A Nevada legislative panel has approved shifting money from one agency to another to restore child care subsidies for the working poor.
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Embattled Councilwoman Drops Lawsuit Against Ex
Last Updated: 3:41 PM 02/09/12 - A former Henderson city councilwoman facing allegations of mismanaging her charity for homeless youth is dropping a lawsuit against her ex-boyfriend.
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Visitor Count, Gambling Up in December
Last Updated: 2:47 PM 02/09/12 - Las Vegas saw a 2.5 percent increase in visitors in December compared with the same month a year ago in the latest sign that Nevada's devastated economy might finally be turning around.
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Downtown Vegas Plans Burning Man Tribute Event
Last Updated: 12:36 PM 02/09/12 - A bit of Burning Man is headed to Las Vegas.
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Rap Mogul Arrested on Traffic, Drug Charges
Last Updated: 12:14 PM 02/09/12 - Rap music mogul Suge Knight has a date with a Las Vegas judge after he was arrested on traffic warrant and misdemeanor drug charges.
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Two Take Pleas in Strip Stabbing
Last Updated: 12:22 PM 02/09/12 - Two defendants have pleaded guilty to reduced charges and will avoid trial in a deadly stabbing last July on the Las Vegas Strip.
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Testimonial Ads in CA Urge Move to Nevada
Last Updated: 12:30 PM 02/09/12 - The Nevada Development Authority is re-launching TV commercials encouraging Southern Californians move to their families and businesses to Nevada.
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Tech Academy Wins Science Bowl
Last Updated: 12:34 PM 02/09/12 - A team from Advanced Technologies Academy in Las Vegas topped 31 other teams in a regional competition and will represent Nevada in a federal Energy Department National Science Bowl in April.
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Hard-Hit Nevada Agrees to Take Foreclosure Deal
Last Updated: 1:28 PM 02/09/12 - After balking, Nevada's state attorney general has signed the Silver State on to a $25 billion deal with the nation's biggest mortgage lenders over foreclosure abuses.
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Feds to Monitor, Not Investigate Police
Last Updated: 4:52 PM 02/08/12 - Civil rights groups in Las Vegas are protesting a U.S. Department of Justice decision not to launch a probe of Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department use of deadly force policies, at least until the department takes part in an alternative best practices review.
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Henderson, NHP Settle Beating Lawsuit
Last Updated: 4:55 PM 02/08/12 - A Nevada man and his wife are receiving $292,500 from Henderson police and the state of Nevada to settle a federal lawsuit stemming from a kicking and punching attack on the man during an October 2010 traffic stop.
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Single-Family House Sales Way Up
Last Updated: 4:56 PM 02/08/12 - Real estate agents in Las Vegas say more single-family homes in southern Nevada were sold in January compared with the same month last year, but prices were lower.
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Kihuen Exits House Race, Cedes Seat to Titus
Last Updated: 4:59 PM 02/08/12 - State Sen. Ruben Kihuen announced Tuesday that he was dropping his bid to become Nevada's first Hispanic congressman after polling and fundraising numbers suggested he would have a hard time winning the Las Vegas-based district.
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Caesars Prices Shares at $9
Last Updated: 10:08 PM 02/07/12 - Casino operator Caesars Entertainment Corp. has priced its initial public offering of 1.8 million shares at $9 apiece.
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Pharmacy Paying $1M to End Federal Case
Last Updated: 4:21 PM 02/07/12 - The top federal prosecutor in Nevada says the parent company of a Las Vegas pharmacy is agreeing to pay $1 million to settle civil allegations that it spent almost six years illegally distributing prescription drugs.
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Former Pastor Appears in Court on Child Sex Charges
Last Updated: 12:42 PM 02/07/12 - A judge in Henderson set a March evidence hearing for a former fugitive Las Vegas-area pastor who was returned in custody from Mexico to face multiple child sex assault charges.
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Fertittas to Get Majority Share of Station Casinos
Last Updated: 12:44 PM 02/07/12 - Members of the family who founded Las Vegas-based Station Casinos have agreed to pay $73 million to buy shares held by JPMorgan Chase Bank, giving the family a controlling interest in the casino operator.
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Witness in Court Counseling Scam Arrested
Last Updated: 12:49 PM 02/07/12 - A key witness in a Las Vegas felony case alleging a scheme to falsify court-ordered counseling and community service completion records has been arrested.
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Health Officials Mark Black HIV/Aids Awareness Day
Last Updated: 12:51 PM 02/07/12 - Officials are marking the 12th National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day by urging Nevadans to get tested for the diseases.
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Nevada Still Studying Multi-State Foreclosure Deal
Last Updated: 12:54 PM 02/07/12 - Nevada's attorney general said Monday she's still studying a multi-state settlement over foreclosure abuses and isn't ready to sign on to a deal that would require the nation's five largest mortgage lenders to reduce loans for about 1 million borrowers.
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Fans Bet $94M on Super Bowl at Nevada Casinos
Last Updated: 11:30 PM 02/06/12 - Sports fans bet $93.9 million at Nevada casinos on Sunday's Super Bowl matchup between the New York Giants and New England Patriots, the most wagered in the past decade.
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NV Energy Driver Cited for Deadly Crash
Last Updated: 4:26 PM 02/06/12 - Prosecutors in North Las Vegas have filed misdemeanor vehicular manslaughter and other charges against the driver of a 40-ton utility truck that police say ran a red light and slammed into a sedan, killing the wife of a Nellis Air Force Base airman and injuring two other women in November.
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Man Killed in Rollover Was in Marijuana Case
Last Updated: 1:49 PM 02/06/12 - Authorities in Nevada have identified a 30-year-old man killed in a single-vehicle crash as a defendant in a Las Vegas medical marijuana dispensary case.
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Judge OKs Plea in Prosecutor's Drug Case
Last Updated: 1:55 PM 02/06/12 - A state court judge said Monday she'll accept a plea deal that will give a former Las Vegas prosecutor who handled the Bruno Mars and Paris Hilton drug cases three years' probation and a chance to clear his record in a felony cocaine possession case.
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Two Bikers Killed in Weekend Crashes
Last Updated: 1:57 PM 02/06/12 - Authorities have identified two motorcyclists killed in separate crashes during the weekend in Las Vegas.
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Man Faces NY Extradition Hearing in Vegas Fraud
Last Updated: 10:05 AM 02/06/12 - A Las Vegas resident picked up at the U.S.-Canadian border on securities fraud charges is set for an extradition hearing in an upstate New York courtroom.
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GOP Ends Caucus Count, Romney Tops with 50 Percent
Last Updated: 2:25 PM 02/06/12 - Nevada Republicans early Monday released the final results of their Saturday morning caucuses.
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Woman Faces DUI Charge in Deadly Crash
Last Updated: 2:00 PM 02/06/12 - A 33-year-old woman is facing a felony drunken driving charge in a deadly multi-vehicle crash after police say she drove her SUV the wrong way down a busy Las Vegas boulevard.
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DUI Charge Follows Bus Bench Crash
Last Updated: 2:06 PM 02/06/12 - A 26-year-old Las Vegas woman is facing a felony drunk driving charge after police say the vehicle she was driving plowed into a bus bench, critically injuring a 15-year-old boy.
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GOP Still Counting Nevada Caucus Results
Last Updated: 9:05 AM 02/06/12 - While most of the results were released hours after the Saturday morning contest, the results from the state's most populous county are still being tallied.
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Vegas GOP Chief: Caucus Count to Go All Night
Last Updated: 1:20 PM 02/05/12 - The Republican party official in charge of counting Nevada caucus ballots in Las Vegas says the process is expected to take all night.
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Latecomers Turned Away at Nevada GOP Caucus Site
Last Updated: 9:10 PM 02/04/12 - A Republican party official says latecomers who missed taking part in the Nevada caucuses learned how caucuses work.
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Romney Lead Growing in Nevada
Last Updated: 9:12 PM 02/04/12 - Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney's lead is growing as votes are counted in Nevada's Republican presidential caucuses. Texas Rep. Ron Paul and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich are battling for second, with former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum trailing.
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Reporter Removed from Nevada Caucus Site
Last Updated: 12:35 PM 02/04/12 - Reporter Ashley Powers said Saturday she was thrown out of a community center in suburban Sun City Anthem outside Las Vegas after a Republican volunteer mistakenly told the crowd of voters that members of the media didn't have permission to observe balloting.
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Officer Wounded in Shootout Released from Hospital
Last Updated: 5:08 PM 02/03/12 - Greg Theobald, a 12-year department veteran, was wounded in the hip or lower torso.
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Waterpark Delays Grand Opening Until 2013
Last Updated: 3:53 PM 02/03/12 - Developers of the planned Splash Canyon Waterpark in southwest Las Vegas say they'll be delaying their grand opening by one year.
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Officers, Dead Man ID'd in Police Shootings
Last Updated: 2:18 PM 02/03/12 - Authorities are identifying a 23-year-old homicide suspect shot and killed in Las Vegas this week, and the police officers involved his shooting.
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Second Man Sought in Backyard Killing
Last Updated: 2:26 PM 02/03/12 - Police say they're looking for a second suspect in a January double shooting that killed a 31-year-old man and wounded a 28-year-old man in a North Las Vegas backyard.
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New Search Set for Overdue Hiker
Last Updated: 2:30 PM 02/03/12 - Volunteers in Las Vegas plan another search in and around the Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area for a missing 46-year-old hiker who was last seen more than two weeks ago.
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Vegas Asks State for More Water Rights
Last Updated: 2:32 PM 02/03/12 - With a crucial water rights decision already pending, the Southern Nevada Water Authority is asking the state to let it increase by almost 80 percent the amount of groundwater it can draw from rural areas north of Las Vegas.
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New Suit Filed in Deadly Police Crash
Last Updated: 2:34 PM 02/03/12 - The family of a 47-year-old man killed when a Las Vegas police cruiser slammed into his vehicle in 2007 claims investigators conspired to wrongfully blame the dead man for the crash.
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Victim ID'd in Case Before Police Shooting
Last Updated: 4:54 PM 02/02/12 - Authorities have identified a 50-year-old man whose slaying in a northwest Las Vegas home preceded a related shooting that left a suspect dead and an officer wounded.
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Poll Puts Romney Well Ahead of Gingrich in Nevada
Last Updated: 9:20 PM 02/02/12 - A poll in Nevada shows Mitt Romney has commanding support from prospective Republican caucus-goers over rival Newt Gingrich, just days before the GOP meets to allocate the state's 28 presidential convention delegates.
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Former Doc Ruled Fit for Trial in Hep-C Case
Last Updated: 4:56 PM 02/02/12 - A Nevada judge has ruled a once prominent Las Vegas physician is mentally competent to stand trial on criminal charges in a 2008 hepatitis outbreak.
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