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  • 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, ...

  • Shes hot Coco Austin shares Las Vegas Peepshow behind scenes Pictures Video Showbiz News

    Wearing flesh colored underwear that covers very little, Coco is seen in various poses as she flings herself around backstage at the hotel and ...

  • 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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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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  • 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 ...

  • 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 ...

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