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  • Justin Bieber teams up with Child Hunger Ends Here campaign

    Justin Bieber surprised the young students of a Las Vegas primary school on Friday after he visited the place to declare that he had partnered up with Child Hunger Ends Here campaign. The 19-year-old singer, who dropped by Whitney Elementary School ahead of his performance at Sunday's Billboard Music Awards, spent time giving food donations to the children as they shed tears of joy after ...

  • The Hangover Part III revisits Las Vegas

    New Delhi, May 21 : The third installment of "The Hangover" series will take the lead characters of the movie back to Las Vegas, where the plot of the first movie was ...

  • Sen. Jones Nevada gun background checks bill will clear Senate Finance

    CARSON CITY -- State Sen. Justin Jones said Tuesday his bill requiring universal background checks for gun purchases is expected to win approval from the Senate Finance Committee. Jones, D-Las Vegas, speaking at a rally for the bill in front of the Legislative Building, said concerns about the process to require private-sale gun purchase background checks have been resolved. Jones said gun ...

  • Photographer describes destroyed Oklahoma school rescue of children

    A child is pulled from beneath a collapsed wall at Plaza Towers Elementary School Monday after a tornado struck the school in Moore, Okla. The tornado, as much as a mile wide with winds up to 200 mph, roared through the Oklahoma City suburb, flattening entire neighborhoods and landing a direct blow on this elementary ...

  • Nevada Senate kills special license plate bill

    CARSON CITY -- In a rare vote that killed a bill, the Senate late Monday evening on a 10-11 vote rejected an Assembly-approved bill that would have limited the designs charitable groups can place on special license plates. Assembly Bill 243 was among only four bills that have been killed this session, which has just two weeks to go, according to Senate Secretary David Byerman. Sen. Don ...


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Movie Review

What Women Want [DVD]

What Women Want [DVD]

Playing Nick Marshall, the wealthy, successful, male-chauvinist Chicago ad executive in What Women Want marks the first time Mel Gibson has played the lead role in a straight romantic comedy. While the more recent entries into the Lethal Weapon franchise have played like comedies with an extreme body count, Gibson has never been in a movie like this one, which is surprising beca ... ...

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  • Mohave County jail inmate died from ulcer examiner finds

    KINGMAN, Ariz. -- The weekend death of a Mohave County jail inmate was blamed on complications from a gastric ulcer, according to a preliminary finding by a medical examiner. The final cause of death for Gilberto Alvarado Avila Jr. will be determined once a toxicology analysis is complete, Mohave County Sheriff's Office spokeswoman Trish Carter said. Avila had been in the Kingman ...

  • Police closing missing Utah womans case

    This evidence photo released Monday by the West Valley City Police Department shows a journal collected from Josh and Susan Powell's house. Citing a lack of leads, a police agency said Monday that it is closing the active investigation of the disappearance of Susan Powell, a Utah mother whose now-dead husband was a prime ...

  • Attorneys appointed for two Las Vegas men jailed in iPad killing

    Two men will remain jailed without bail pending another court appearance in the death of a teenage boy who police say fell beneath the wheels of their vehicle when he refused to give up his iPad. A judge on Tuesday appointed attorneys to represent 21-year-old Michael Samuel Solid and 18-year-old Jacob "Jake" Dismont. Another hearing was set Thursday to consider bail amounts and pick a ...

  • Clark County approves $1.2 billion 2014 budget

    Clark County commissioners Monday approved a $1.2 billion budget for the next fiscal year that reflects a cautious outlook in response to the local economy's slow climb out of the recession. The budget isn't marked by the steep cuts made in the years immediately following the economic collapse in 2008. Nor does it have a rosy outlook with revenue growing rapidly. Instead, there's ...

  • Nevada freeway message signs used to urge driver caution

    Driver's will get a grim reminder of the dangers of unsafe driving starting 6 a.m. Wednesday as they traverse Las Vegas freeways. The digital message signs that now state travel times will also display statewide traffic death numbers. They also will have safe driving tips, including reminders to wear a seat belt and never drive while impaired, according to the Nevada Department of ...

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