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  • Did The Oprah Winfrey Show make O.J. Simpson snap

    O.J. Simpson has recently revealed that he had been drinking for the whole day on Sept. 13, 2007, before he robbed two sports memorabilia dealers in a Las Vegas hotel. But sources close to the case think that it might be that watching "The Oprah Winfrey Show" that afternoon made Simpson impulsive, the New York Post reported. The family of Ronald Goldman, who was murdered along with Simpson's ...

  • Las Vegas police arrest two suspects in teens death

    According to Las Vegas police, two suspects have been arrested in the hit-and-run accident on Thursday that resulted in the death of a Bonanza High School student.Marcos Vincente Arenas, 15, died Thursday while fighting off two men who wanted his iPad.Las Vegas police said Marcos was walking on Charleston Boulevard near Scholl Drive about 4:15 p.m. when he was approached by two men in a white ...

  • Three dead four injured in early morning accident on I-15 near Speedway

    Three people were killed and four were critically injured Sunday morning in an accident on Interstate 15 near the Las Vegas Speedway. An Acura Legend was northbound in the southbound lanes of I-15 when it crashed into a GMC ...

  • Las Vegas Dubais brash cousin in the American desert

    Las Vegas and Dubai. From the Bellagio fountain, bright lights and top-notch hotels, Vegas is a top destination for not only pleasure, but business as well, playing host to some of the biggest conferences and conventions in the world. As well as having thematic parallels, the cities overlap economically. The Nevada city's economy was hit hard by the recession and it lost out to cheaper ...

  • Trams Down at McCarran International Airport

    LAS VEGAS-- Some of the trams at McCarran International Airport are down due to an electrical failure. Officials tells us they stopped working this morning. Right now at least 2 trams are working, ...


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Young Adult

Young Adult

Young Adult reunites director Jason Reitman and screenwriter Diablo Cody, who previously collaborated on Juno (2007), a hilariously humane comedy about teenage pregnancy that secured Reitmans filmmaking chops and put Cody on the map (and won her an Oscar to boot). Thus, it s ... ...

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  • Three killed in Vegas highway crash wrong-way driver blamed

    Three people were killed and four others were critically injured Sunday in a collision involving an apparent wrong-way driver in Las Vegas, police said. The Nevada Highway Patrol said an Acura was traveling north in the southbound lanes of Interstate 15 and plowed into an oncoming sport utility vehicle. Both drivers and a passenger in the SUV were killed. Four others were taken to hospitals in ...

  • Dying man identifies assailant by blinking

    Ricardo Woods, left, sits with attorney Wendy Calaway on Thursday after he was found guilty in the shooting death of a man who authorities say identified his assailant by blinking his eyes while ...

  • Mob business mix in Goodman book

    Oscar Goodman's most difficult client wasn't a mobster. It was visionary Jay Sarno, the Caesars Palace founder "who probably had as much to do with shaping the modern theme-oriented Las Vegas as Steve Wynn or Howard Hughes," Goodman wrote in his new book, "Being Oscar." "He wouldn't listen," according to Goodman, and they were "constantly banging ...

  • Sandoval keeps tax promise as Legislature nears end

    In his State of the State message Jan. 16, Gov. Brian Sandoval said "we must be mindful that while Nevada's economy is growing, we must avoid actions that will slow our economy. Tax increases will only hurt job growth. I have no doubt we can fund our state's priorities without increasing ...

  • Week in Review Top News May 19

    $20 millionHow much a group of Summerlin investors paid for the Las Vegas 51s, increasing the chances that the 30-year-old minor league team could move to the suburbs.13The number of days early Las Vegas experienced its first triple-digit temperature with Monday's high of 102. In an average year, the mercury doesn't hit 100 until May 26.69How many more days with highs in the 100s we ...

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