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  • How those hoping to build a baseball stadium in Summerlin can learn from the hype of UNLV Now

    The Sun's Las Vegas 51s section New Las Vegas 51s owners might want to take a page out of UNLV football coach Bobby Hauck's playbook when talking about their plans to build a state-of-the-art Triple-A stadium in Summerlin. And, please, no jokes about how most of Hauck's plays have failed in his three years coaching the Rebels. He got this one right. Two summers ...

  • Bieber still a hero to homeless kids

    Justin Bieber may be facing a fan revolt but hundreds of homeless kids in Las Vegas are still Beliebers. Bieber, 19, kept his promise on Friday by returning to Whitney Elementary School, where nearly 98 percent of the 600 students are at or below the poverty line. The pop superstar made their day by providing the school with its largest food donation, a $150,000 commitment, according to ...

  • Clark County School Board chooses Skorkowsky as new superintendent

    Clark County School Board members sneaked in an appointment for permanent superintendent late Tuesday night, hiring Interim Superintendent Pat Skorkowsky after just one impromptu interview. They considered no other candidates, refusing pleas from Board President Carolyn Edwards to slow down in choosing the leader of the nation's fifth-largest district who would oversee a $2 billion budget. ...

  • Passage of North Las Vegas budget raises specter of further cuts

    Tuesday, May 21, 2013 | 10:25 p.m. The North Las Vegas City Council voted on Tuesday to approve more than $18 million of cuts to expenditures to balance its budgets for fiscal year 2014. The council approved the balanced general fund, public safety tax fund and library district budgets 4-1 during a special city council meeting. Only Councilman Robert Eliason from Ward 1 voted against it, saying ...

  • FBI agent shot during apprehension of suspect wanted in homicide

    An FBI agent was shot while attempting to arrest a suspect wanted in connection to a homicide in the 1700 block of Karen late Tuesday night. A joint task force of Las Vegas police and FBI agents were attempting to arrest the suspect inside a residence near Sahara Avenue and Maryland Parkway when multiple shots were exchanged, according to Las Vegas police. The federal agent was struck in the ...


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Wallace & Gromit: Three Amazing Adventures [DVD]

Wallace & Gromit: Three Amazing Adventures [DVD]

There is a perfect logic to the illogic of the world of Wallace and Gromit. The slightly daffy English gentleman (memorably voiced to perfection by veteran actor Peter Sallis) and his loyal, wordless canine companion are like two sides of the sa ... ...

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  • Henderson Police Department fees to change

    The Henderson City Council voted Tuesday to change some police service fees. For instance, the Henderson Police Department now will charge 10 cents a page for accident reports. The department previously charged a flat $5 fee for such reports. The Police Department previously charged a minimum of $40 for audio tape reproduction and $60 for a CD with digital photos, but it now will charge $1 for ...

  • Las Vegas man pleads guilty in $5.6M embezzlement www.privateofficer.com

    (AP) -- A Las Vegas man has pleaded guilty to fraud charges in connection with the embezzlement of $5.6 million from the prominent builder of residential high-rises in Vegas over nearly five years. U.S. Attorney Daniel Bogden says Rocco Lazazzaro, 55, of Las Vegas pleaded guilty Monday to conspiracy to commit wire fraud at the Florida-based Turnberry Associates. He says Lazazzaro was ...

  • Henderson awards contract for pedestrian bridge

    The Henderson City Council awarded a $170,000 contract Tuesday for the construction of a pedestrian bridge near the intersection of Galleria Drive and Stephanie Street. City staff proposed the bridge in response to area residents who have long requested pedestrian access over a flood control channel that runs along Stephanie Street. "That wash has been a natural obstruction for years that ...

  • Henderson City Council approves 2014 budget

    By City Manager Jacob Snow's definition, Henderson is not a "premier city" yet, but it's getting close. Snow likes to say that Henderson cannot meet its goal of being a premier city without a balanced budget. Although it doesn't have one yet, Snow predicts it will by the end of fiscal 2014. "We're moving in the right direction," the city manager said last ...

  • Las Vegas approves $482 million general fund budget with deficit predicted for 2014

    A little time didn't make much difference for the Las Vegas 2014 budget: City Hall still predicts a $10 million general fund deficit. The City Council on Tuesday unanimously approved next year's spending plan with small adjustments made since council members got a first look at the document in April. That included adding 1.5 city-funded positions and slightly increasing the amount of ...

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