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  • Reno students ingest substance at Safe and Sober party

    RENO -- Washoe County deputies are investigating after some students at a Catholic high school in Reno ingested an illegal substance at a "Safe and Sober" graduation party. The acting president of Bishop Manogue High School, Jim Toner, said at least one student was taken to the hospital after the June 1 party. He says it's unfortunate that the actions of a few students tarnished ...

  • Fatal accident closes Las Vegas Boulevard in Sloan

    A man was killed Wednesday morning after his bicycle collided with a tractor-trailer, according to Nevada Highway Patrol. Troopers responded at 8:15 a.m., and the bicyclist was pronounced dead on scene. The 35-year-old man was going southbound on Las Vegas Boulevard just south of Sloan when the accident occurred near mile marker 17, Trooper Jeremie Elliott said. The accident closed down the ...

  • Police at Patriots tight ends home for 2nd day

    Steven Senne, File | AP Photo FILE - In this Dec. 10, 2012 file photo, New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez (81) holds his helmet as he steps onto the field before an NFL football game between the New England Patriots and the Houston Texans in Foxborough, Mass. State and local police spent hours at the home of Hernandez on Tuesday, June 18, 2013 as another group of officers searched ...

  • Warner Bros. Consumer Products Stomps Onto The Show Floor At Licensing Expo 2013 In Las Vegas Legendary Pictures Godzilla Leads Strong Portfolio of Entertainment Properties to Be Showcased Including Films Television TV Classics Animation and Su

    BURBANK, Calif., June 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Warner Bros. Consumer Products (WBCP) stomps into Licensing Expo 2013 with a massive footprint and impressive lineup of licensees to support the studio's coveted properties. Returning the character to its epic roots, Warner Bros. Pictures' and Legendary Pictures' Godzilla is exciting fans around the world in advance of its 2014 ...

  • FBI hunt for ex-Teamster boss Hoffas remains ends

    Wednesday, June 19, 2013 and announced the FBI was ending the search operations for the remains of Teamsters union president Jimmy Hoffa who disappeared from a Detroit-area restaurant in 1975. (AP Photo/Carlos ...


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Movie Review

Freeway

"Freeway" makes blank stabs at being social satire by putting a 90's spin on the ancient fable "Red Riding Hood," but instead it quickly spirals into a banal waste of time. The spin is that Red Riding Hood is a hardened toughie who fights back against the Wolf. This is an interesting idea, but Matthew Bright, the writer/director of "Freeway" doesn't deliver a script worthy of its satirical intent ... ...

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  • Latest blow to Egypts tourism Luxors governor

    President Morsi has enraged residents in Luxor, one of Egypt's main tourism destinations, by appointing as governor a former member of Al Gamaa ...

  • Egypt appoints former terrorist as Luxor Governor

    Adel Mohamed al-Khayat is a former leader of terrorist group Gamaa Islamiya -- which in 1997 sent a terrorist squad that massacred 62 tourists before killing themselves at the ancient Temple of Hatshepsut in Luxor -- and now he's a governor. Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi this ...

  • Egypt tourism minister resigns over Luxor governors terror links

    Egypt 's tourism minister has resigned in protest over the appointment as Luxor governor of a member of a hardline Islamist group associated with terrorists who killed at least 58 tourists in 1997.Hisham Zaazou, whose resignation has not yet been accepted by Egypt's prime minister, ...

  • 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 ...

  • 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 ...

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