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  • Tourism Protests Keep New Luxor Governor Away in Egypt

    LUXOR A hardline Islamist appointed governor of Luxor stayed away from his new office on Wednesday as protesters barred access and demanded Egypt's president revoke a nomination they fear will hurt local tourism. Adel Mohamed al-Khayat, appointed by President Mohamed Morsi of the Muslim Brotherhood, is a member of al-Gamaa al-Islamiya, the movement accused of killing 58 foreign tourists ...

  • Henderson offers Saturday home inspections

    Henderson homeowners may now schedule Saturday inspections for a variety of projects, including water heaters and pools. By extending the inspection schedule, according to a city of Henderson news release, residents who work weekdays and whose presence is required during an inspection "will no longer need to interrupt their work week." Saturday inspections, conducted from 6 a.m. to 4 ...

  • Inmate stabbed in Warm Springs Correctional Center

    Two inmates from rival groups at the Warm Springs Correctional Center were transported to the hospital after a stabbing Tuesday afternoon. The fight happened about 4 p.m. Tuesday in a housing unit at the correctional center in Carson City. One inmate suffered multiple stab wounds and was transported to Renown Medical Center in Reno and is currently in stable condition, officials said. The other ...

  • Teachers association gets head start in selling business tax hike

    CARSON CITY -- The November 2014 election is still more than 16 months away but the Nevada State Education Association on Wednesday kicked off its effort to win voter approval of its business margins tax with a $1 million donation to the effort. Political consultant Dan Hart said the money will be used to get the campaign for The Education Initiative, which would impose a margins tax on business ...

  • Cuomo strikes deal to allow Las-Vegas style casinos in New York

    Photo credit: Resorts World Casino in Jamaica, Queens.(Barbara Alper) New York Governor Andrew Cuomo struck a deal with state lawmakers to license new resort-style casinos, in an effort to help revive a stagnant economy in upstate New York, the governor said on Wednesday. The agreement would amend the state constitution to legalize public, non Native American casino gambling with an initial ...


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Corridors of Blood [DVD]

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  • Retiring Lab Chief Looks Back at Solving Vegas Crimes

    LAS VEGAS -- A U.S. District Judge has sentenced a Henderson man to 15 years in federal prison for multiple child pornography offenses. Richard Carl Brown, 35, was convicted in February on several ...

  • I-Team North Las Vegas to Consider Eminent Domain Plan

    LAS VEGAS -- A U.S. District Judge has sentenced a Henderson man to 15 years in federal prison for multiple child pornography offenses. Richard Carl Brown, 35, was convicted in February on several ...

  • Split Las Vegas council pursues healthy food but not unhealthy food outlets

    The city that pioneered cheap casino buffets and counts 8,000-calorie burgers as a civic attraction has adopted a healthy food policy, but not without an argument. The Las Vegas City Council on Wednesday voted 4-3 in favor of a resolution that calls for increased access to healthy foods through grocery stores and farmers markets. But the approval only came after a debate that resulted in paring ...

  • Hepatitis C victim described organ failure in deposition before his death

    Prosecutors this morning began playing for a jury the videotaped deposition of hepatitis C outbreak victim Rodolfo Meana that was taken several weeks before his 2012 death. Meana, 77, flew to the Philippines a week after the March 20, 2012, deposition to spend his remaining days in his native country. He died April 27, 2012. Earlier Wednesday, one of Meana's daughters, Marjorie ...

  • Militants storm U.N. compound in Somalia 20 killed

    African Union peacekeepers take position outside the main U.N. compound, following an attack in Mogadishu, Somalia on Wednesday. Al-Qaida-linked militants detonated bombs and engaged in ongoing battles with security forces in an attempt to breach the main U.N. compound in Mogadishu, officials ...

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