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  • Las Vegas police officer facing drug charges relieved of duty

    A Las Vegas police officer facing felony drug charges has been relieved of duty, law enforcement sources said. Officer Ramin Amely, who had been with the department since May 2007, has agreed to plead guilty to two felony drug counts in Clark County Justice Court, according to the district attorney's office. Amely was last assigned to the Metropolitan Police Department's Traffic ...

  • Las Vegas Sands chief Adelson expected to return to stand

    Las Vegas Sands Corp. Chairman and CEO Sheldon Adelson will likely return to the witness stand next month. The wrongful termination lawsuit brought in Clark County District Court by former Sand China Ltd. CEO Steven Jacobs has been set for a weeklong hearing starting on July 16 over the initial question where a trial should take place. Clark County District Judge Elizabeth Gonzalez penciled in ...

  • BREAKING NEWS Firefighters Battling House Fire Near McCarran Airport

    LAS VEGAS -- Clark County Fire Department is battling a fire at a house near Russell Road and Spencer Street. According to the fire department's website, the fire started at around 4:30 p.m. ...

  • 91 residents find help from Red Cross management company

    Las Vegas firefighters work at the scene of a three-alarm blaze at the Encantada apartment complex at 401 N. 28th Street in Las Vegas on Sunday. The fire displaced 91 residents, and Advanced Management Group has made sure they had shelter at the company's other properties. Families, neighbors and the Red Cross have also ...

  • Review-Journal wins four Best of the West awards

    Las Vegas Review-Journal staffers won four awards in the 2013 Best of the West contest, including first place in general interest column writing. Best of the West is a contest that rewards journalistic excellence in 14 western states including Nevada. "Obviously the competition is really tough when you're going up against the best newspapers west of the Mississippi," ...


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Movie Review

Ordinary People [DVD]

Ordinary People [DVD]

Robert Redford's directorial debut, Ordinary People, is a solemn, studied portrait of a well-to-do American family coming apart from the inside after the tragic death of a son. Based the popular 1976 novel by Judith Guest, its central idea is that all families have inner crises that remain unspoken until something forces them out into the open, which is the true test of the family's streng ... ...

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  • Nevada justices reject immigrants drivers license request

    CARSON CITY -- The state Supreme Court has denied granting a Nevada driver's license to a man who might have been better off waiting for the new state driver's authorization cards to go into effect in January. A panel of the high court, in a unanimous 3-0 decision issued last week, refused Laszlo Schoka's petition that the Department of Motor Vehicles be ordered to grant him a ...

  • City panel favors loosening controls on downtown liquor sales

    Buying and selling booze in downtown Las Vegas could be even easier under two proposed city ordinances. On Tuesday the City Council's recommending committee heard the proposals that would loosen some alcohol restrictions under the Fremont Street Experience canopy and in the 18b Arts District. The changes are contained in two proposed ordinances that were approved by the committee 3-0. The ...

  • New Las Vegas Projects Signal Better Economic Times

    LAS VEGAS - The Electric Daisy Carnival takes place this weekend. Hundreds of thousands of people are coming to Las Vegas for what some are calling the party of the year. The annual music festival ...

  • 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 ...

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