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  • New citizens sworn in during Las Vegas ceremony

    About 200 people representing more than 45 countries were sworn in as U.S. citizens Tuesday during a naturalization ceremony at Las Vegas City Hall. U.S. District Court Judge Lloyd D. George presided over the ceremony. The ceremony was part of the city's "Celebrate America" initiative, a program to highlight diversity in Las ...

  • Congressional report says immigration bill cuts deficit

    Jackelin Alfaro, 4, in a T-shirt that reads "Don't Deport my Dad," Tuesday sits in the hall with family members outside the House Judiciary Committee hearing on Capitol Hill. The committee in the Republican-led House is preparing to cast its first votes on immigration this ...

  • Chrysler reverses position agrees to Jeep recall

    This March 6, 2012 photo provided by the law offices of Butler, Wooten & Fryhofer, LLP shows the scene of a crash in Bainbridge, Ga., where a 4-year-old boy named Remi Walden was burned and died when a Jeep Grand Cherokee was struck from the rear by a Dodge Dakota pickup truck. Chrysler agreed Tuesday to recall 2.7 million older Jeep ...

  • Authorities Unattended campfire caused California fire

    Large plumes of smoke from the Carstens Fire block the sun in the Sierra National Forest near Jerseydale, Calif., in the Mariposa area on Monday. More than 700 firefighters are battling the Carstens fire which began Sunday ...

  • GOP senators warn Reid that Yucca Mountain could be resurrected

    WASHINGTON -- Aiming where it hurts, Senate Republicans warned Sen. Harry Reid on Tuesday that efforts to curb the filibuster could boomerang on him and lead to the resurrection of the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste project in Nevada. GOP senators delivered a not-so-veiled threat: Restarting the mothballed nuclear waste repository would be near the top of their to-do list if the 60-vote threshold ...


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Movie Review

After.Life [Blu-Ray]

After.Life [Blu-Ray]

Like last years Orphan, Agnieszka Wojtowicz-Vosloos directorial debut After.Life is a twisty horror-thriller that banks heavily on the audiences tendency to bite right into a genre clich and then willingly question that clich. The difference, though, is that Orphans eve ... ...

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  • AEG MGM to develop 20000 seat Las Vegas Strip arena

    LAS VEGAS - Casino giant MGM Resorts International and entertainment company AEG say they've inked a deal to build a 20,000-seat Las Vegas Strip arena.Officials with Las Vegas-based MGM Resorts and Los Angeles-based AEG say the joint venture will provide a centerpiece for a renovation of the area from Las Vegas Boulevard to Frank Sinatra Drive between the New York-New York and Monte Carlo ...

  • Report Teacher-training programs not preparing educators

    A review by the National Council on Teacher Quality says that teacher-training programs in the United States do not prepare would-be educators for the ...

  • Firm seeks FAA approval for 650-foot-tall Vegas Strip thrill ride

    This artist rendering released by U.S. Thrill Rides LLC shows a tower called the Polercoaster at the Tropicana Las Vegas hotel-casino on the south end of the ...

  • Islamist governor promises safety for Luxor tourists

    By Asma Alsharif and Tom PerryCAIRO (Reuters) - Sixteen years ago, Adel Mohamed al-Khayat was a member of the militant group blamed for slaughtering 58 tourists in Egypt's Valley of the Queens; today he's promising to keep visitors safe.Khayat's appointment by President Mohamed Mursi as governor of the city of Luxor has triggered howls of protest, with demonstrators protesting for ...

  • Census Nevada Non-Hispanic white population shrinks

    POPULATION BY COUNTYNew population estimates for Nevada's six larges counties:-- Clark 1.97 million-- Washoe, 425,400-- Carson City, 54,838-- Lyon, 51,327-- Elko, 51,216-- Douglas, 46,996-- Nye, ...

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