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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 ...

  • 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 ...

  • 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 ...


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Ivan's Childhood (Ivanovo detstvo) [DVD]

Ivan's Childhood (Ivanovo detstvo) [DVD]

Especially in Western culture, the term childhood comes laden with heavy associations--particularly innocence, comfort, and a strong sense of safety. As the poet Edna St. Vincent Millay described it, Childhood is the kingdom where nobody dies. Thus, it is telling that director An ... ...

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  • 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 ...

  • 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 ...

  • Employers employees face different challenges

    We've been talking about high unemployment for a few years now, and we have different ideas of what that means. Although the unemployment rate has been as high as 12.4 percent between the start of the Great Recession in December, 2007 and the present, the actual number of people who have been continuously idle for all of those years is relatively small. For example, the Bureau of Labor ...

  • Las Vegas hospitals expand look to improve service

    Big dollars are being spent at hospitals throughout the Las Vegas Valley on large-scale expansions and improvements to the medical campuses. Will Wagnon is CEO of MountainView Hospital, 3100 N. Tenaya Way. He said a "fairly conservative approach" was used in planning the $85 million expansion underway there. The first phase of the expansion included a $70 million, three-story tower ...

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