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  • No fatalities in Washington state bridge interstate collapse

    Gov. Mike Pence and Indiana lawmakers are using a ceremonial bill signing to promote the Indianapolis Motor Speedway a few days before the Indy 500. The new law lends IMS $100 million from the state ...

  • Las Vegas is at risk of losing baseball

    letter to the editor . /inline-content --> We need a new baseball stadium. Let's get this done, Las Vegas. Let's face it. Cashman Field is old, outdated and in a bad neighborhood, and has way too many bleachers to sit on. No matter what team is here -- this year the Mets -- they all complain about the lack of indoor batting cages and training facilities for their team. The truth is ...

  • Local prep with UNLV offer poised to have a big summer

    Ray Smith could tell there was more inside himself if he just worked a little harder to find it. Describing himself as "not very good" on the basketball court, the 6-foot-6, 180-pound forward for Las Vegas High and the Las Vegas Prospects started getting up at 7 a.m. for workouts with his dad. That turned into 6 a.m. workouts. And now that Smith has emerged as a legit prospect on the ...

  • Meet five additions to Las Vegas nightlife and entertainment

    Las Vegas adds yet another club to its nightlife ranks this weekend with the grand opening of Light at Mandalay Bay. The highly anticipated collaboration between Cirque du Soleil and nightlife operators The Light Group is just the latest addition to a slate of new nightlife and entertainment options that have transformed the Strip in the past six months. Below, meet the Las Vegas nightlife ...

  • Charity volunteers heart of the city

    Two announcements crossed my desk this week that remind me the best part of this community can be found in its network of largely unsung volunteer and charity organizations. The first missive was from The Rape Crisis Center announcing the opening of its new office at 801 S. Rancho Drive, Suite B2. With its hotline monitored by trained volunteers, the center has been helping victims of sexual ...


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Movie Review

Hellraiser [DVD]

Hellraiser [DVD]

Although made on a low budget at a time in which the British horror film industry, after having achieved international heights with the Hammer film series in the 1950s, '60s, and early '70s, was almost nonexistent, Clive Barker's "Hellraiser" was a much needed success. Against the odds, Barker produced a unique, imaginative, if not somewhat stomach-churning, work that has s ... ...

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  • Pedestrian hit by car critically injured

    A pedestrian was hit by a vehicle shortly before 6 p.m. Thursday at the intersection of East Sahara Avenue and South Maryland Parkway. The pedestrian was crossing Sahara Avenue while not inside a marked crosswalk, according to Las Vegas police. The man was taken to Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center in critical condition. Contact Rochel Leah Goldblatt ...

  • Goodman clients miss book launch

    Oscar Goodman was leaving his book launch party Thursday when a reporter asked a member of the entourage if any former clients showed up. "The people you are talking about aren't expected here," said Jonathan Ullman, director and CEO of the Mob Museum. Something about a "Black Book." The party moved from Oscar's Beef, Booze & Broads steakhouse to the museum for ...

  • Fallen Southern Nevada law enforcement officers remembered

    The children of Metro Police Officer Trevor Nettleton, from left, Carson, Lorenzo, and Gage place a flower in his tribute and memory during the annual Southern Nevada Law Enforcement Memorial service at the Police Memorial Park in Las Vegas on Thursday. Officer Nettleton was killed on Nov. 19, 2009. Officers Danielle Faller, left, and Lori Kelleher assist the children during the ...

  • NRC chairman maneuvers Yucca Mountain minefield

    The Yucca Mountain project may be dead, or close to dead for the time being. But it still is a political minefield on Capitol Hill.Ask Allison Macfarlane, the chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission who has been renominated to remain as chairman and who answered carefully when pressed about the Nevada nuclear waste site at a Senate hearingon Thursday.The Obama administration has terminated ...

  • School Boards surprise superintendent hiring leads to open meeting law complaints

    At least two open meeting law complaints have been filed against the Clark County School Board for interviewing and appointing Interim Superintendent Pat Skorkowsky to the position permanently late Tuesday night. The complaints allege the action was taken without proper notice being given on the agenda. The Nevada attorney general's office will investigate the potential violation and issue ...

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