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2 hrs ago | Las Vegas Review Journal

Las Vegas police shoot at man fleeing after traffic stop

Las Vegas police officers at the scene secure the area around Viking Road and El Camino Road on Wednesday morning after an officer shot a fleeing suspect after a traffic stop.

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9 hrs ago | KTNV-TV Las Vegas

North Las Vegas Police search for missing 56 year old woman

Detectives need help locating a North Las Vegas woman reportedly missing since November 11, 2009.

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14 hrs ago | KOLO-TV Reno

Pardon Denied for Man Who Killed Abusive Father

The Nevada Pardons Board has denied a pardon sought by Conan Pope, a Las Vegas man who as a teenager iklled his abusive father.

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18 hrs ago | Reno Gazette-Journal

Senator Harry Reid objects to emergency exercise set for Las Vegas

LAS VEGAS - Nevada Democratic Sen. Harry Reid has sent a letter to Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano asking her to reconsider plans for an emergency exercise in Las Vegas.

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Thu Nov 19, 2009

Chicago Tribune

Nebraska casino high-roller facing casino debt charges files civil lawsuit against Harrah's

A Nebraska man facing felony charges stemming from almost $15 million in Las Vegas gambling debts is suing casino giant Harrah's Entertainment Inc.

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KLAS-TV Las Vegas

2 Men to Stand Trial in Deaths of Couple

A Las Vegas judge has ruled that two men will stand trial on murder charges. Justice of the Peace Eric Goodman ruled Tuesday that prosecutors have enough evidence to send the case of Timothy Chester and Victor Veliz to trial.

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The Modesto Bee

NV initiative would require secret union ballots

CARSON CITY, Nev. -- An initiative that would require secret ballot voting in union membership drives has been filed with the secretary of state's office and was criticized Wednesday by one labor activist as "anti-worker." The "Save Our Secret Ballot" initiative is a movement being backed by business groups in at least 13 states as a response to a ...

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San Diego Union-Tribune

Off-duty Vegas police officer slain arriving...

Thursday, November 19, 2009 at 8 a.m. NORTH LAS VEGAS, Nev. - Authorities say an off-duty Las Vegas police officer is dead and one or more assailants are sought after a shooting in the garage of a home in North Las Vegas.

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CW Arkansas

Ferrell tops Most Overpaid list

Actor Will Ferrell arrives at the Las Vegas premiere of 'The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard' at the Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino August 12, 2009 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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Clover Herald

Nevada gambling board to share in seized assets

Nevada gambling regulators will get a share of money seized from a high-ranking Japanese organized crime figure.

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Wed Nov 18, 2009

Dana Point News

4 men accused of using fake warrant to rob bank

They didn't use guns, according to the FBI; but they did use a novel twist on a holdup note.

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KVBC-TV Las Vegas

Vegas council to hear about $400 million deficit

Las Vegas City Council members are beginning to consider ways to deal with a projected budget shortfall of more than $400 million over the next five years.

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The Modesto Bee

LA police ask judge to keep Jackson records sealed

A police detective asked a Nevada judge Wednesday to keep warrant documents in the Michael Jackson death investigation sealed until Jan.

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Las Vegas Review Journal

Two brothers held in slaying of 68-year-old man

Las Vegas police arrested two brothers this week in connection with the slaying of a 68-year-old man who was found dead Saturday in his condominium near Rainbow and Oakey boulevards.

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The Press-Enterprise

1 stabbed, 1 sought in Elko Indian Colony attack

One man is hospitalized with multiple stab wounds and authorities in northeast Nevada are looking for his assailant after an attack in the Elko Indian Colony.

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KLAS-TV Las Vegas

Casinos Expected to be Slow to Rebound

U.S. commercial casinos took in $7.94 billion in revenue during the third quarter, 5.5 percent less than a year earlier, the head of the American Gaming Association said Tuesday.

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Tue Nov 17, 2009

KOLO

Upper Las Vegas Wash--A National Park?

Clark County is making a pitch to have an area including fossil beds northwest of Las Vegas designated as a national park.

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Slam Sports

Money launderer shows holes in Vegas casinos

Las Vegas has cleaned up since its days as a magnet for ill-gotten mobster gains, but a Canadian insider trading scam has exposed the smaller-scale money laundering still going on in the desert city's casinos.

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Las Vegas Review Journal

Holiday Inn relaunches brand with new LV hotel

Holiday Inn will relaunch its signature brand with a 129-room hotel near Flamingo Road and Swenson Street.

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Detroit Free Press

For many Asian Americans, cultural factors help limit recession's impact

Until this summer, Loc Tran, 59, was a technician at Nortel, a global communications company that has facilities at Research Triangle Park here.

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