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  • First wave of summer Wet n Wild ready to welcome crowds

    With thousands of season passes already sold, Wet 'n' Wild is bracing for a large turnout when it opens to VIP and select pass holders this weekend. The hotly anticipated water park in the southwest part of the valley can accommodate around 6,000 ...

  • Congress completes work on Stolen Valor Act

    WASHINGTON -- The Senate on Wednesday put the final touch on a bill to punish people who falsely pass themselves off as war heroes and try to profit from it. The Stolen Valor Act passed without dissent, two days after it was approved overwhelmingly by the House. Now it goes to the White House where President Barack Obama was expected to sign it into law. The pending law would make it a federal ...

  • Titus in new push against VA medical claims backlog

    WASHINGTON -- A "pay as you rate" bill to speed payments to former service members was introduced Wednesday in Congress, part of a new push for the Department of Veterans Affairs to reduce a swollen backlog of claims. Rep. Dina Titus, D-Nev., sponsored the bill that she had previewed this spring. It would require the VA to pay for treatment of medical conditions as soon as they are ...

  • Photos Wet ’n’ Wild water park is ready to make a splash in Las Vegas

    children -- across the Valley are waiting with bated breath for the opening of Wet 'n' Wild Las Vegas water park, and the wait ends this Memorial Day Weekend. Well, for some lucky folks. VIP patrons with the right connections, money and/or luck will be the first to slip and slide at Wet 'n' Wild beginning Saturday, but Wet 'n' Wild opens to single-day ticketholders ...

  • Doctor details push for quick procedures cost savings at endoscopy clinics

    Of all the physicians snared in the federal hepatitis C outbreak investigation, Dr. Eladio Carrera had worked for Dr. Dipak Desai the longest. Yet Carrera testified Wednesday that he was an outsider who wasn't treated kindly by his boss. While other physician partners received generous bonuses from Desai several times a year, Carrera said he only received one. And Carrera's slow-paced ...


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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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  • Jose Canseco Denies Accusation of Sexual Assault in Las Vegas

    Former Major League Baseball player Jose Canseco has been accused of sexual assault, Las Vegas police said Wednesday. Police said they contacted Canseco during the morning and he had agreed to be interviewed, the Las Vegas Sun reported. The questioning had yet to take place. Canseco, 48, who lives in Las Vegas, clubbed 462 home runs, was a six-time all-star and won two World Series ...

  • 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 ...

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