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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 ...

  • Brush fire in Henderson forces evacuation of apartments

    A brush fire Sunday evening led to the evacuation of at least a portion of an apartment complex in Henderson, but nobody was hurt and there was no damage to buildings. The three-acre brush fire flared up just before dusk, a Henderson fire official said late Sunday. Deputy Fire Chief Jeff Lytle said some of the trees in Eiger Ridge, which is in the vicinity of Sunset and Arroyo Grande boulevards, ...

  • Las Vegas Police Arrest 2 In iPad Robbery Death www.privateofficer.com

    Metro Police officers have arrested two suspects accused of killing a teen while trying to steal his iPad. 15-year-old Marcos Arenas was run over by a sports utility vehicle Thursday near Charleston Boulevard and Torrey Pines Drive. Police arrested Jacob Dismont, 18, and Michael Solid, 21, on charges of open murder, robbery and conspiracy to commit robbery, according to Clark County booking ...

  • Report Suburban Poverty Outpaced Urban Poverty in Las Vegas

    LAS VEGAS-- Metro officers have arrested two suspects accused of killing a teen while trying to steal his iPad. 15-year-old Marcos Arenas was run over by an SUV on Thursday near Charleston and Torrey Pines. ...

  • Swift wins eight trophies at Billboard awards at MGM Grand

    Another day, another domination for Taylor Swift: She was the red hot winner at the Billboard Music Awards. Swift won eight of 11 awards, including top artist and top Billboard 200 album for "Red." She told the crowd: "You are the longest and best relationship I ever had." She also had a colorful performance of her hit "22" -- starting backstage and working her way ...


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Movie Review

Spellbound [DVD]

Spellbound [DVD]

Despite getting good reviews and several Oscar nominations when it was first released in 1945, in the long run, Alfred Hitchcock's Spellbound, the second of four films he would make with powerful independent producer David O. Selznick, has gotten a pretty bad rap. Consider that, in the lengthy, book-length interviews Franois Truffaut conducted with Hitchcock, the section on Spellbound ...

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  • Forget Vegas. These are the 10 wildest Sin Cities

    SIN Cities in which you can pursue vice and debauchery have existed throughout history, from Rome's glory days when you could follow up your bet on a gladiator with an orgy, to Shanghai where you could float for days in opium dens high on sex and ...

  • Whats next for UNLV graduates You might be surprised

    Sunday, May 19, 2013 | 7:10 p.m. As bright sunny skies beamed down on them, hundreds of UNLV's graduates lingered near the entryway of the Thomas & Mack Center around noon Sunday. UNLV officials said there were nearly 3,000 undergraduate and professional students who were eligible to take part in the morning and afternoon ceremonies, including about 2,500 who were getting ...

  • UNLV Celebrates 50th Commencement Ceremony

    Three-thousand graduates walked the stage for the 50th UNLV commencement ceremonies. This is the day college students wait for. It's the end of late night study sessions and the beginning of their ...

  • UFC Mark Hunt on his way to Vegas finally

    Kiwi mixed martial arts fighter Mark Hunt will board a plane to head to Las Vegas tonight but the question remains whether he will have enough time to acclimatise ahead of his heavyweight showdown with Junior dos Santos at UFC 160 on Sunday (NZT). The 39-year-old, who has a 4-1 record in the UFC, could be one knockout away from a world title fight but has been held up in his travel to ...

  • Dr. Kimmel leaves them laughing at UNLV graduation

    Comedian and television personality Jimmy Kimmel, center, is handed an honorary doctorate from Regent Rick Trachock, right, with UNLV president Neal Smatresk, left, during the commencement ceremony for the graduating class of 2013 at the Thomas & Mack Center at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas on ...

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