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  • Senate advances NV Energy move to close coal-fired plant

    CARSON CITY -- State senators unanimously backed a bill Wednesday that would require NV Energy to close the Reid Gardner power plant near Glendale and replace it with cleaner power generating facilities. Under Senate Bill 123, 800 megawatts of coal-fired generated electricity must be replaced by the end of 2019. The loss of energy would be replaced with 350 megawatts of renewable energy and the ...

  • Judge admonishes prosecutor in hepatitis C case

    State prosecutors dodged a mistrial Wednesday after defense attorneys aggressively argued that they knowingly violated Dr. Dipak Desai's attorney-client privileges by questioning a witness about a meeting where criminal defense lawyers were present. Richard Wright, who represents Desai, said prosecutors knew the meeting in question was privileged. He also argued that the prosecutors ...

  • Gun background check bill clears another hurdle Nevada Senate

    CARSON CITY -- A bill requiring background checks for private sale gun purchases won approval Wednesday in the Senate on an 11-10 party-line vote. It now goes to the Assembly where Democrats have a 27-15 majority. The vote to pass Senate Bill 221 did not come before Senate Minority Leader Michael Roberson, R-Las Vegas, attempted to amend the measure to eliminate the requirement that private gun ...

  • Third person charged in death of bird at Flamingos Wildlife Habitat

    Clark County prosecutors have charged a third University of California, Berkeley law student in connection with the October beheading of an exotic bird on the Strip. Hazhir Kargaran, 26, pleaded no contest Wednesday to three misdemeanors for his role in the incident and promptly surrendered to the Clark County Detention Center, where he will serve a two-day sentence. District Attorney Steve ...

  • Preview Light Daylight and Eclipse at Mandalay Bay are ready to rumble

    Renderings of Daylight Beach Club at Mandalay Bay. END .inline-content --> If you're going to challenge Hakkasan Las Vegas, the new kid on the block, you'd better be bigger and better. It looks as if rival The Light Group has done just that in tandem with Cirque du Soleil. Tonight is an advance look at the inaugural Eclipse nighttime concert series at the new Daylight Beach Club -- ...


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Mon oncle Antoine [DVD]

Mon oncle Antoine [DVD]

Set in the blustery, frozen winter landscape of northern Quebec in the 1940s, Mon oncle Antoine is a coming-of-age tale that is as much about life in a small rural mining town as it is about the travails of its teenage protagonist, which is a good thing since, even by th ... ...

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  • U.S. 95 reopens after closure for suspicious device

    The Nevada Highway Patrol shut down U.S. Highway 95 about 1 p.m. Wednesday in both directions between Las Vegas Boulevard and the Spaghetti Bowl. Authorities were investigating a suspicious device on the roadway. The highway is reopening to ...

  • Jose Canseco accused of sex assault in Vegas former baseball slugger airs info on Twitter

    LAS VEGAS - Former baseball slugger Jose Canseco Jr. has been accused of sexual assault in Las Vegas, in an investigation that the former baseball slugger made public with postings on a social media website claiming that a woman falsely accused him of rape. No arrest was made and police said no charges were immediately filed against the 48-year-old former Oakland Athletics rookie of the year ...

  • Prosecution rests in Whittemore campaign contribution trial in Reno

    RENO -- Federal prosecutors rested their case Wednesday in the illegal campaign contribution trial of former power broker Harvey Whittemore. Defense lawyers were to begin presenting witnesses. The trial, midway through its second week, is taking place before Senior U.S. District Judge Larry Hicks. Whittemore, 59, who once wielded much influence in Nevada politics as a legislative lobbyist, is ...

  • Chorizo likely source of salmonella at Firefly

    The Firefly restaurant at 3900 Paradise Road was closed April 26 following a salmonella outbreak. Health officials now say that cooked chorizo probably was the source of the outbreak, which sickened nearly 300 ...

  • U.S. 95 shut down near Spaghetti Bowl

    U.S. Highway 95 has been shut down in both directions between Las Vegas Boulevard and the Spaghetti Bowl, according to Nevada Highway Patrol. A suspicious device described as a silver object with end-caps is being investigated, according to Loy Hixson, NHP spokesman. The object was found shortly before 1 p.m., he said. Traffic is backed up and motorists are advised to avoid the area. Contact ...

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