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  • Judge declares mistrial in penalty phase after Jodi Arias jurors deadlock

    PHOENIX -- Jurors have deadlocked on a verdict of life or death for Jodi Arias in the 2008 killing of her one-time boyfriend. The judge declared a mistrial in the penalty phase. Another panel will be seated and the sentencing process will begin anew in July. The jury found Arias guilty of first-degree murder May 8 and later determined the killing was cruel enough to merit consideration of the ...

  • Red Rock Campground closes for summer

    Red Rock Canyon Campground will be temporarily closed from May 28- August 30 as summer is the low-usage period for the park. Visitors are encouraged to take advantage of the many other camping opportunities in the area including: backcountry camping at Red Rock Canyon, Valley of Fire State Park, Lake Mead National Recreation Area, Death Valley National Park, Mojave National Preserve, U.S. Forest ...

  • Nurse Concerns about Desai fell on deaf ears

    Registered nurse Maggie Martin and her colleagues feared patients at Dr. Dipak Desai's Shadow Lane endoscopy clinic would be seriously harmed because of the speed in which they were processed through upper endoscopy and colonoscopy procedures. She raised her concerns with Desai, but they consistently fell on deaf ears, Martin, formerly known as Maggie Murphy, told jurors Thursday. "We ...

  • Clark County gas tax hike gets bipartisan support in Assembly committee

    CARSON CITY -- Republicans and Democrats gave support Thursday for a bill that could lead to gasoline tax increases in Clark County next year and many other counties after 2016. Assembly Speaker Marilyn Kirkpatrick, D-North Las Vegas, and Assemblyman Cresent Hardy, R-Mesquite, brought an amended version of Assembly Bill 413 to the Assembly Ways and Means Committee. The bill would allow the Clark ...

  • Construction defects bill getting little support in Nevada Legislature

    CARSON CITY -- Republicans on Thursday blasted an amended construction defects bill whose Democratic sponsor admitted will bring little help to the economically devastated construction industry. "You are correct, not everyone is happy," said Assembly Minority Leader Pat Hickey, R-Las Vegas, after listening to Democrat Richard "Skip" Daly of Sparks discuss Assembly Bill 367. ...


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And God Created Woman (Et Dieu ... créa la femme) [DVD]

And God Created Woman (Et Dieu ... créa la femme) [DVD]

Movie stars are rarely made overnight. Arnold Schwarzenegger lumbered through roles both small and large in some truly awful films in the 1970s ("Hercules in New York," anyone?) before becoming the biggest box office draw of the 1980s. Marilyn Monroe struggled through supporting roles in more than a dozen movies before finally stepping into the limelight in Howard Hawks' "Gentleman Prefer Blondes ... ...

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  • Suspicious package prompts Nellis Air Force Base hospital evacuation

    The Nellis Air Force Base hospital was evacuated for two hours Thursday after a suspicious package was discovered about 11 a.m. "Our Explosive Ordnance Disposal responded and discovered that it was just a box that was completely harmless." said Nellis spokesman Scott Knuteson, The EOD's bomb robot was dispatched to O'Callaghan Federal Hospital, only to discover that the box ...

  • Experts release independent review of Rawson-Neal Psychiatric Hospital

    In an independent review of Rawson-Neal Psychiatric Hospital in Las Vegas, two national experts found a number of ways in which the hospital can make improvements. Those areas include treatment services, treatment and discharge planning, increasing staff and improving documentation, according to the report released Thursday afternoon. It would cost money for the hospital to implement ...

  • North Las Vegas company to test spacecraft capable of moon landing

    Thursday23 May 20133:16 p.m. Las Vegans are used to seeing passenger planes, fighter jets and helicopters crisscrossing the congested skies. Next year, if you make the extra effort, you could also see a spacecraft. Aerospace entrepreneur Robert Bigelow unveiled plans Thursday for a craft known as The Guide. He gave few details but described it as a "flight-like testing unit" that ...

  • Feds cut off funding for counter-terrorism efforts in Las Vegas

    Congressman Steven Horsford (D-NV), right, takes a tour of the Southern Nevada Counter-Terrorism Center, also known as the Fusion Center, with Jim Owens, left, deputy chief of Metro’s homeland security division, and Capt. Al Salinas, center director, at Metro Police Headquarters Thursday, May 2, 2013. Officials at the center are concerned that budget cuts that might negatively affect its ...

  • Las Vegas loses out on federal anti-terrorism funding

    For the first time, the Las Vegas metropolitan area didn't make the cut in its efforts to receive anti-terrorism funding this year from the federal government, officials said Thursday. As a result, local agencies will not get funding to support antiterrorism programs and preparedness -- money that provided $1.8 million this year. The money has funded efforts that include the anti-terrorism ...

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