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  • Justin Bieber teams up with Child Hunger Ends Here campaign

    Justin Bieber surprised the young students of a Las Vegas primary school on Friday after he visited the place to declare that he had partnered up with Child Hunger Ends Here campaign. The 19-year-old singer, who dropped by Whitney Elementary School ahead of his performance at Sunday's Billboard Music Awards, spent time giving food donations to the children as they shed tears of joy after ...

  • Nevada Assembly overwhelmingly OKs oral chemo cancer insurance bill

    CARSON CITY -- A bill that would require insurance companies that provide cancer coverage to pay a bigger share of the cost of new oral chemotherapy medications passed the Assembly with a unanimous vote Tuesday. Changes made to Senate Bill 266 in the Assembly will have to be agreed to by the Senate before the bill can go to Gov. Brian Sandoval for his consideration. The bill was sponsored by ...

  • Driver flees after hitting teen in southwest valley

    A teenager was hospitalized Tuesday after being struck by a vehicle that jumped the curb then left the scene, Las Vegas police said. The teen, who was on a sidewalk, was hit about 2:45 p.m. near Tropicana Avenue and Jones Boulevard, police said. Police found the vehicle in the 5700 block of Rochelle Drive. Police said one person was in custody, but it was unclear at the time if the person was ...

  • Clark County appoints permanent juvenile justice services director

    John "Jack" Martin will officially take the helm of the Clark County Department of Juvenile Justice Services. The Clark County Commission on Tuesday voted to ratify Martin's appointment as director. He had been serving as acting director since October. Martin's annual base salary will be $129,685, according to Dan Kulin, Clark County spokesman. Martin replaces Russ Jennings, ...

  • Reid fundraiser draws designer audience

    Far from Searchlight, Sen. Harry Reid held a cocktail party fundraiser Friday in New York City hosted by Marianne Nestor Cassini, who runs Oleg Cassini Inc., the fashion design company named after her late husband.Women's Wear Daily sent ...


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Movie Review

Small Soldiers

With its computer-generated toys that move and speak like real people, "Small Soldiers" will most likely be compared to 1995's "Toy Story." However, what it most closely resembles is "Battlefield," a 10-page short story by Stephen King that appears in his 1978 anthology "Nightshift." "Battlefield" is an ironic, grisly little tale of a professional hitman who receives a package filled with G.I. Joe ... ...

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  • Denis Democrats wont be able to raise Nevada taxes for education this session

    CARSON CITY -- Senate Majority Leader Mo Denis conceded in a floor speech Tuesday that Democrats will not be able to raise taxes this session to provide the $300 million in education improvement they sought. "At the end of the day we will do nothing to help our kids," said the Las Vegas Democrat. "It is really a shame." Contact Capital Bureau Chief Ed Vogel ...

  • IRS official to refuse to testify at House hearing

    Cliff Toye of Tabernacle, N.J., takes part in a tea party rally Tuesday outside the Internal Revenue Service offices in Cherry Hill, N.J. The rally was to protest extra IRS scrutiny of conservative ...

  • Psychiatric exam ordered for suspect in slaying of 5 in Northern Nevada

    FERNLEY -- A judge on Tuesday ordered a psychiatric evaluation for a 25-year-old Northern Nevada man accused of killing two couples in two homes in the rural town of Fernley and a newspaper deliveryman off an Interstate 80 exit in Sparks during the Mother's Day weekend. Jeremiah Bean appeared calm during a short hearing at which Fernley Justice of the Peace Robert J. Bennett granted a ...

  • Las Vegas urology clinics agree to pay $1 million settlement in medical billing case

    A local urology practice will pay $1 million to the U.S. Department of Justice for improperly billing numerous federal health care organizations, according to Nevada U.S. Attorney Daniel Bogden. Las Vegas Urology, which has seven Las Vegas locations, improperly billed health care agencies such as Medicare, TRICARE, and others from 2005 to 2010. The company settled with the Justice Department ...

  • Las Vegas Urology Agrees to $1 Million Settlement

    LAS VEGAS -- The two men facing murder charges in the death of a 15-year-old high school student appeared in a Las Vegas courtroom Tuesday morning. Michael Solid, 21, and Jacob Dismont, 18, made ...

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