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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 ...

  • Firefighters put out blaze in wood pile

    Burning piles of wood caused extensive smoke near Bonanza Road and Rancho Drive Wednesday afternoon. Firefighters responded to a call of a barn on fire shortly before 2:30 p.m., said Las Vegas Fire Department spokesman Tim Szymanski. They found two large piles of burning wood. The fire appeared to have started in the surrounding grass and wind pushed the flames towards to wood, Szymanski said. ...

  • Woman killed in North Las Vegas car crash

    Wednesday, June 19, 2013 | 10:35 p.m. One woman died and two people were injured in a car collision on Wednesday in North Las Vegas. North Las Vegas Police responded to the crash involving two vehicles about 8:30 p.m. on Camino Al Norte near Ann Road. Preliminary investigation indicates that a man driving a Cadillac sedan was speeding north on Camino Al Norte, when it collided with a Toyota ...

  • Diseased bighorn sheep might have to be killed in Mojave National Preserve

    A ram is shown at Old Dad Mountain in the Mojave National Preserve in this photo taken with a camera equipped with a motion detector. Wildlife officials might kill desert bighorn sheep in that region's largest herd to prevent the virus from ...

  • Home values in Las Vegas jump 28 percent highest among large U.S. cities

    Wednesday19 June 20139:01 p.m. Las Vegas home values are rising faster than any other major metro area, though at least one analyst expects things to cool down nationwide. The valley's median home value in May was $146,400, up 28 percent from a year earlier, according to a new report from Seattle-based Zillow. That was the highest year-to-year percentage jump among the 30 largest ...


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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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  • North Las Vegas OKs controversial rescue of underwater homes

    A vacant HUD home is shown in North Las Vegas April 2, 2013. A neighbor said that it has been vacant for a bout two years. (1524 Gaber Court, North Las ...

  • Las Vegas Ranks High in Vacated Foreclosed Homes

    LAS VEGAS -- Las Vegas as of this month ranks eighth among the nation's largest metropolitan areas in the number of foreclosed residences that have been vacated by their owners, RealtyTrac.com ...

  • Ethics Commission calls hearing on complaints against Clark County School District officials

    A panel has found sufficient evidence to conduct a hearing into whether School Board President Carolyn Edwards, left, and Associate Superintendent Joyce Haldeman, right, used taxpayer resources to campaign for Question 2, the district's proposal to increase property ...

  • UPDATE 4-Actor James Gandolfini star of The Sopranos dies in Italy

    Wed Jun 19, 2013 10:54pm EDT (Adds actor's planned attendance at Sicily film festival, more reaction) 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 groundbreaking cable TV series "The Sopranos," died on Wednesday vacationing in Italy. He was ...

  • Local woman finds creative outlet to cope with postwar life

    When Michelle Wilmot first returned from Iraq, she numbed herself with a steady diet of Cap'n Crunch cereal and Arby's. It wasn't the healthy outlet that art now provides for the Army veteran. The 31-year-old has amassed a portfolio of dozens of paintings, drawings and mixed-media pieces since she turned to art to deal with the feelings and frustrations left over from her military ...

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