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  • Chef Oliviers excellent Vegas Uncorkd adventure

    Chef Olivier and "Iron Chef" Masaharu Morimoto at the Vegas Uncork'd Grand Tasting, the premiere event of the star-studded gourmet weekend. Culinary rock stars -- from Guy Savoy to Joel Robuchon, Michel Richard to Bobby Flay, Todd English and Gordon Ramsay -- all cooked, schmoozed and sometimes got as star struck by the sheer wattage of the other celebrity chefs as the ...

  • Conn. commuter trains collide 60 go to hospitals

    FAIRFIELD, Conn. -- Two commuter trains serving New York City collided in Connecticut during Friday's evening rush hour, sending 60 people to the hospital, including five critically injured and one very critically injured, Gov. Dannel Malloy said. There were no reports of ...

  • Redevelopment parental rights other bills pass legislative deadline

    CARSON CITY -- It was do or die time for many bills in the Legislature on Friday. Most did. A few died. Lawmakers and lobbyists had some anxious moments as another deadline hit for bill passage that the Legislature has imposed on itself to ensure it finishes work by a June 3 deadline. Bills extending the life of Las Vegas' redevelopment agency and codifying parental rights were among those ...

  • Girl gets surprise reunion with dad at Tampa Bay Rays game

    ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- A Tampa Bay area girl throwing the first pitch at a Rays game got a big surprise from her father, who had been stationed in Afghanistan for the past two years. Before throwing the pitch Thursday, 9-year-old Alayna Adams got to watch a pre-recorded video of her father, Army Lt. Col. Will Adams, on the field's video screen. After she tossed the ball toward home plate, ...

  • Volunteers in Medicine of Southern Nevada looks to open second free clinic

    Dr. Florence Jameson is the founder and CEO of Volunteers in Medicine of Southern Nevada, a nonprofit medical clinic which provides free health care and services to residents. The first clinic opened in 2010 at 4770 Harrison Drive, suite 200 and a downtown clinic is expected to open in ...


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My Soul to Take

My Soul to Take

Because Wes Cravens My Soul to Take is his first effort as both writer and director since 1994s underappreciated meta-horror experiment New Nightmare, it will likely be seen as even more of a disappointment than it actually is. The fact that the film has been sitting o ... ...

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  • Update Two people die in apparent murder-suicide at southeast Las Vegas apartment

    Two people died in an apparent murder-suicide discovered Friday inside an apartment near Desert Inn Road and Maryland Parkway, Las Vegas police said. Officers performing a welfare check found the bodies of a man and woman, both in their 20s, inside the Mark 1 Apartments at 1020 E. Desert Inn Road shortly after 3 p.m. The woman, who lived in the apartment, appears to have been the victim, said ...

  • Powerball jackpot grows to a record $600 million

    (Reuters) - The jackpot for the Powerball lottery has soared to a record $600 million and the top prize may swell to nearly $1 billion if no one draws the winning numbers this weekend, a lottery official said on ...

  • Young tennis standout outranks her age group across country

    Kimberly Yee, 16, plays a practice tennis match May 10 at Lorenzi Park, 3333 W. Washington Ave. Yee received the 2013 Althea Gibson Leadership Grant of $2,500 for her on- and off-court activities, which include mentoring younger tennis ...

  • Court cites errors overturns murder conviction in Las Vegas gang slaying

    Friday, May 17, 2013 | 3:45 p.m. CARSON CITY -- The Nevada Supreme has overturned the murder conviction of Christian D. Williams in a gang shooting in Las Vegas because of errors by the prosecution and police. The court said Thursday there was sufficient evidence to convict Williams in the December 2007 shooting of Leshonta Matthews, but "errors were numerous and involved misconduct ...

  • RTC bus stop project comes with hurdles

    The Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada is taking steps to make bus shelters safer for pedestrians and transit customers, but sometimes obstacles get in the way. A study was conducted by the commission's Transportation Resource Board that concluded that 90 percent of roadway crashes are contained within the roadway and 6 feet on either side of it. "One of our first ...

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