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  • Tourism Protests Keep New Luxor Governor Away in Egypt

    LUXOR A hardline Islamist appointed governor of Luxor stayed away from his new office on Wednesday as protesters barred access and demanded Egypt's president revoke a nomination they fear will hurt local tourism. Adel Mohamed al-Khayat, appointed by President Mohamed Morsi of the Muslim Brotherhood, is a member of al-Gamaa al-Islamiya, the movement accused of killing 58 foreign tourists ...

  • Dynasty Resort Hotel approved near Key Largo property

    Clark County commissioners on Wednesday unanimously approved an application for a 260-foot high hotel-casino located west of the burned out Key Largo hotel-casino. The project, called The Dynasty Resort Hotel, will be located on Flamingo Road east of the Tuscany and west of the Key Largo and Paradise Road. The 5.7-acre site is owned by Las Vegas Lucky Investment, LLC. The project will provide ...

  • Police seek help solving 1996 cold case

    Police are laying fresh eyes on decades-old unsolved homicide cases, thanks to recent advances in DNA technology. The fatal stabbing of Diane Hietbrink, 58, took place almost 17 years ago and has long since been labeled a cold case, said Keith Paul, a Henderson Police spokesman. However, her family never stopped looking for answers and police are stepping back in to help. On Sept. 25, 1996, ...

  • Judge defends sex offenders sentence

    District Judge Kathleen Delaney on Wednesday defended her decision to ignore a recommendation of probation for a repeat sex offender and sentence him to a maximum 16- to 40-year prison term, court papers show. And Delaney refuted an accusation that the sentence was influenced by her relationship with a television news reporter, who also interned for the judge while attending law school. In a ...

  • U.S. senators seek cost cuts for F-35 fighter jet

    WASHINGTON -- Senators sought cost-cutting opportunities Wednesday in the Pentagon's $400 billion program for the next-generation F-35, a fighter jet with a troubled testing record that military leaders said America couldn't afford not to build. Chairing the hearing, Sen. Dick Durbin lamented that the F-35 -- which is being tested at Nellis Air Force Base in Las Vegas -- already has ...


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Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World

Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World

The unwieldiness of the title of Peter Weirs Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World owes to the fact that it takes its high-seas adventure yarn from two of Patricks OBrians popular series of books following the exploits of Capt. Jack Aubrey of the early 19th-century British Royal Navy. Embodied on screen by Russell Crowe (A Beautiful Mind), who has gained weight and grown o ... ...

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  • Firm hired to promote Nevadas 150th anniversary celebration

    CARSON CITY -- The Glenn Group, a Nevada-based marketing firm, has been hired by the Nevada Sesquicentennial Planning Committee to promote the state's 150th anniversary celebration. "We are honored to have been selected to help carry out the governor's plan to promote the activities surrounding our state's 150th birthday," said B.C. LeDoux, president of the Glenn Group, ...

  • Vilsack touts immigration reform at LULAC

    Superman is a hero -- an undocumented one at that. U.S. Agriculture Secretary Thomas Vilsack, delivered a little humor to a luncheon crowd during the third day of the national LULAC conference at Caesar's Palace on Wednesday. Touting comprehensive immigration reform, the former Iowa governor, was referencing this summer's blockbuster movie, Man of Steel. "He was an undocumented ...

  • UPDATE 2-Actor James Gandolfini star of The Sopranos dies in Italy

    Wed Jun 19, 2013 8:44pm EDT (Adds career details, HBO statement, died on Wednesday) By Piya Sinha-Roy and Steve Gorman LOS ANGELES, June 19 (Reuters) - James Gandolfini, the burly actor best known for his Emmy-winning portrayal of a conflicted New Jersey mob boss in the acclaimed HBO cable television series "The Sopranos," died on Wednesday while vacationing in Rome, the network ...

  • Senate adds Nevada to border panel

    WASHINGTON -- Debating a major immigration bill, the Senate agreed Wednesday to give Nevada a seat on a federal commission that would form if authorities fail to secure the border with Mexico in the next five years. The state would have a representative on the Southern Border Security Commission, a body that would be set up if the Department of Homeland Security fails to come up with a plan that ...

  • Nevadas highway rest areas to be cleaned up made more friendly

    CARSON CITY -- The 37 rest areas along major highways in Nevada might soon become cleaner and more friendly for visitors under a new state law. In exchange for cleaning and maintaining the restroom facilities, private companies will be allowed to put up advertising signs. The law goes into effect July 1, but regulations must be prepared before the Department of Transportation can approves ...

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