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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 ...

  • 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 ...

  • 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 ...

  • 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 ...

  • 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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Mission: Impossible–Ghost Protocol [Blu-Ray]

Mission: Impossible–Ghost Protocol [Blu-Ray]

Despite the unwieldy title, Mission: ImpossibleGhost Protocol, the fourth entry in the now 15-year-old franchise based on the cult 1960s television series, is an effectively enthralling back-to-basics action thriller. Moving away from J.J. Abramss ... ...

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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 ...

  • 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 ...

  • 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 ...

  • 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 ...

  • 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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