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  • Dust advisory issued through Wednesday night

    Strong winds expected through Wednesday afternoon and evening have put residents and operators of local construction sites on alert for high levels of dust, according to air quality officials. The Clark County Department of Air Quality has asked construction sites in the Las Vegas Valley to take precautions to prevent blowing dust from reaching unhealthy levels. Officials will continue to ...

  • Court revives businessmans effort to open Las Vegas sex club

    A federal appeals court has ordered a rehearing of a businessman's claim that Nevada officials unfairly denied him a license to operate a swingers' club. The court made no finding in its ruling Monday on whether Clark County treated David Cooper unfairly but ordered a trial court to reconsider the case, the Las Vegas Sun reported. Cooper sued the county in 2010, saying he was a ...

  • Senate advances NV Energy move to close coal-fired plant

    CARSON CITY -- State senators unanimously backed a bill Wednesday that would require NV Energy to close the Reid Gardner power plant near Glendale and replace it with cleaner power generating facilities. Under Senate Bill 123, 800 megawatts of coal-fired generated electricity must be replaced by the end of 2019. The loss of energy would be replaced with 350 megawatts of renewable energy and the ...

  • Judge admonishes prosecutor in hepatitis C case

    State prosecutors dodged a mistrial Wednesday after defense attorneys aggressively argued that they knowingly violated Dr. Dipak Desai's attorney-client privileges by questioning a witness about a meeting where criminal defense lawyers were present. Richard Wright, who represents Desai, said prosecutors knew the meeting in question was privileged. He also argued that the prosecutors ...

  • Gun background check bill clears another hurdle Nevada Senate

    CARSON CITY -- A bill requiring background checks for private sale gun purchases won approval Wednesday in the Senate on an 11-10 party-line vote. It now goes to the Assembly where Democrats have a 27-15 majority. The vote to pass Senate Bill 221 did not come before Senate Minority Leader Michael Roberson, R-Las Vegas, attempted to amend the measure to eliminate the requirement that private gun ...


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Movie Review

Quai des Orfèvres [DVD]

Quai des Orfèvres [DVD]

Mistrust and sexual jealousy are the two poisons that fuel that plot of Henri-Georges Clouzots Quai des Orfvres, an early French film noir that was originally released in the U.S. under the title Jenny Lamour. The story carries the trademarks of Clouzots generally pessimistic outlook on human nature, although it is carried off with a sense of humor and a richness of character ... ...

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  • Third person charged in death of bird at Flamingos Wildlife Habitat

    Clark County prosecutors have charged a third University of California, Berkeley law student in connection with the October beheading of an exotic bird on the Strip. Hazhir Kargaran, 26, pleaded no contest Wednesday to three misdemeanors for his role in the incident and promptly surrendered to the Clark County Detention Center, where he will serve a two-day sentence. District Attorney Steve ...

  • Preview Light Daylight and Eclipse at Mandalay Bay are ready to rumble

    Renderings of Daylight Beach Club at Mandalay Bay. END .inline-content --> If you're going to challenge Hakkasan Las Vegas, the new kid on the block, you'd better be bigger and better. It looks as if rival The Light Group has done just that in tandem with Cirque du Soleil. Tonight is an advance look at the inaugural Eclipse nighttime concert series at the new Daylight Beach Club -- ...

  • U.S. 95 reopens after closure for suspicious device

    The Nevada Highway Patrol shut down U.S. Highway 95 about 1 p.m. Wednesday in both directions between Las Vegas Boulevard and the Spaghetti Bowl. Authorities were investigating a suspicious device on the roadway. The highway is reopening to ...

  • Holder says four Americans have been killed since 2009 in U.S. drone strikes

    Chairman Ben Bernanke told Congress Wednesday that the U.S. job market remains weak and that it is too soon for the Federal Reserve to slow its extraordinary stimulus ...

  • Jose Canseco accused of sex assault in Vegas former baseball slugger airs info on Twitter

    LAS VEGAS - Former baseball slugger Jose Canseco Jr. has been accused of sexual assault in Las Vegas, in an investigation that the former baseball slugger made public with postings on a social media website claiming that a woman falsely accused him of rape. No arrest was made and police said no charges were immediately filed against the 48-year-old former Oakland Athletics rookie of the year ...

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