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  • G8 summit exposes rift among leaders on Syria

    President Barack Obama holds a bilateral meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin during the G8 summit at the Lough Erne resort near Enniskillen in Northern Ireland on Monday. Jewel Samad, AFP/Getty Images IPTC: US President Barack Obama (L) holds a bilateral meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin during the G8 summit at the Lough Erne resort near Enniskillen in Northern Ireland, on ...

  • More Cops passage spurs plans for new police academy class

    The Metropolitan Police Department is planning to kick start its hiring process since Gov. Brian Sandoval signed the More Cops tax bill on June 4. According to police, the anticipated additional funding will allow Sheriff Doug Gillespie to restart the hiring process in July by opening a new police academy and recruiting full-time and reserve officer candidates. The last police academy batch ...

  • NASA picks eight new astronauts four of them women

    CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA has eight new astronauts -- its first new batch in four years. The space agency announced its newest astronaut class Monday. Among the lucky candidates: the first female fighter pilot to become an astronaut in nearly two decades. A female helicopter pilot also is in the group. In fact, four of the eight are women, the highest percentage of female astronaut candidates ...

  • Solar energy forecast mixed for Nevada

    ENN Mojave Energy representatives talked big, selling Clark County officials on the China-based company's ability to deliver the goods on plans to build a solar energy plant on 9,000 acres of county-owned land near Laughlin. The aggressive goal of obtaining a power purchase agreement within 18 months didn't happen, scuttling plans that would have brought a solar photovoltaic power ...

  • Full scream ahead Company proposes 650-foot-tall roller coaster on Strip

    A rendering shows the High Roller observation wheel at The Linq on the Strip. A Florida company, U.S. Thrill Rides LLC, has now submitted plans to the Federal Aviation Administration to build a 650-foot-tall roller ...


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Pigs and Battleships (Buta to gunkan) [DVD]

Pigs and Battleships (Buta to gunkan) [DVD]

Shohei Imamuras raucous gangster melodrama Pigs and Battleships (Buta to gunkan) is the anti-Ozu. After getting his start as an assistant in the 1950s to Yasujiro Ozu, the most Japanese of directors whose films revolved around the quiet dissolution of the tr ... ...

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  • Chaos as gunfire erupts at Utah Fathers day Mass

    A Utah man is expected to survive after his son-in-law walked into Father's Day Catholic Mass and shot him in the head in front of a congregation of 300 people, many of whom hit the floor, then helped try to stop the bleeding and chase after the ...

  • State agency finds Child Haven staff complied with policy in case of runaway siblings

    One of two state agencies investigating Child Haven after five siblings walked out of the emergency shelter last week has concluded that the facility followed protocol. "The policies and procedures and practices, as implemented in this instance, were found to be appropriate," a letter sent Friday to officials at the Clark County Department of Family Services said. Jill Marano, deputy ...

  • Luxor protests against Morsis new governor for the city - former Islamist terror leader Adel el-Khayat

    Hoteliers and tour operators in Luxor were beginning to mobilise against Mohamed Morsi last night after the Egyptian President appointed a former Islamist terror leader as the city's new governor - the same man whose fundamentalist group committed a notorious massacre in the city back in ...

  • Explore The Creative Delights of Firefly Restaurant in Las Vegas

    Food connoisseurs who know creative delights will enjoy the delectable dishes Executive Chef Jaime Villanueva serves at Firefly's new location on 3900 Paradise Road in Las Vegas. Firefly has been catering to tourists and locals for the past 10 years. John Simmons, the owner and the creator of many of their dishes prides himself on creating cuisine that arouses taste buds, rather than ...

  • Man arrested in arson had previous incidents with church officials

    Adrian Kincade was arrested and charged in the arson fire at a Baptist church near the intersection of Nellis Boulevard and Las Vegas Boulevard ...

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