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Woman accused in home invasions appears frail in court

By COLTON LOCHHEAD LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL
Jul 31 2014 - 7:35pm
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The frail, quiet woman who appeared in a Las Vegas courtroom Thursday was a far cry from the raging killer police described in this week’s deadly home invasions. Natasha Galenn Jackson faces eight felony charges — including murder, attempted murder, burglary, kidnapping and robbery — for her alleged role in Tuesday’s random attacks that left Richard Ramos, 59, dead and a woman in critical condition. Police also shot and killed the man police said was Jackson’s accomplice, 27-year-old Cody David Winters, during a standoff.

Billionaire Packer linked to key Strip parcel

Nevada: ‘Hogtying’ at youth facility necessary

CCSD approaches school year short 650 teachers

‘Guardians of the Galaxy’ takes huge risks, is justifiably rewarded

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Scientific Games to buy Bally in $5.1 billion deal

By HOWARD STUTZ LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL
Aug 1 2014 - 7:06am
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Lottery manufacturer Scientific Games will purchase slot machine giant Bally Technologies for $5.1 billion in deal announced Friday. The transaction is the second high-profile gaming industry merger in less than month.

Wynn warned of Atlantic City ‘obsolescence’ well in advance

By JOHN L. SMITH LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL
Aug 1 2014 - 6:23am
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To hear casino billionaire Steve Wynn tell it, New Jersey officials wouldn’t listen to him when he warned them that Atlantic City’s prosperous days were numbered. Wynn sold his casino interest in Atlantic City a couple decades ago.

2 wounded in east valley shooting

By ANNALISE LITTLE LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL
Jul 31 2014 - 10:40pm
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Las Vegas police responded to an east valley shooting Thursday night that happened on Bonanza Road near Nellis Boulevard.

States, feds strike $11 million deal to save Colorado River water

Water providers from four western states and the federal government announced an $11 million agreement Thursday to fund projects meant to counteract critically low water levels in the Colorado River basin, which supplies water to about 40 million people in seven states.

Ali gloves sell at auction for about $400,000

The gloves that boxing great Muhammad Ali wore in his legendary 1971 fight against Joe Frazier in what became known as the Fight of the Century sold at auction on Thursday for almost $400,000.

After 40-plus years together, Aerosmith still walking this way

By Mike Weatherford LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL
Jul 31 2014 - 9:07pm
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Aerosmith books are starting to fill up a shelf. This is being discussed because the Aerosmith tour stopping at the MGM Grand Garden on Saturday will be followed Oct. 7 by guitarist Joe Perry’s memoir, “Rocks: My Life In and Out of Aerosmith.”

Price to Tigers tops deadline day deals

Baseball fans were still trying to sort out the dizzying deals for postseason aces Jon Lester and John Lackey, Home Run Derby champ Yoenis Cespedes and All-Star shortstop Asdrubal Cabrera when they were treated to a most curious sight Thursday.

State takes responsibility for hobbling juvenile inmates

By YESENIA AMARO LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL
Jul 31 2014 - 7:52pm
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The director of the Nevada Department of Health And Human Services on Thursday said his department takes responsibility for the institutional abuse allegations of juvenile inmates at the Nevada Youth Training Center in Elko. Romaine Gilliland spoke during a hearing on the issue held by Clark County Family Court Judge William Voy.

Nearby Big Bear Lake offers cool retreat from desert’s summer heat

By TREVON MILLIARD LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL
Jul 31 2014 - 7:40pm
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Perched among the tops of pine trees blanketing Onyx Peak, I stand on a metal platform. There’s no way down the platform nested on a single, steel trunk. No stairs. No ladder. But there is a way down.

Las Vegas man gets prison in Egg & I crash

By DAVID FERRARA LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL
Jul 31 2014 - 7:19pm
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A Las Vegas man who crashed into an Egg & I restaurant last year and injured 10 people was sentenced Thursday to 6 to 20 years in prison.

Bellagio robbery suspect ‘combative,’ refuses court appearances

By DAVID FERRARA and JEFF GERMAN LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL
Jul 31 2014 - 7:13pm
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In one case involving battery charges, Las Vegas Justice of the Peace William Kephart ordered Carmitchel back to court next week “by any means necessary.”

Guy Fieri’s exactly what it should be, where it should be

By Heidi Knapp Rinella LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL
Jul 31 2014 - 7:08pm
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When Guy Fieri’s American Kitchen & Bar opened in Times Square a couple of years ago, The New York Times ran a review that became famous for its snark. Yeah, we’re not going to do that.

Police: Comic-Con cosplayer injured by fall, not assault

Police say a costumed teenager who was found bloody and unconscious during Comic-Con was likely the victim of a fall, and the injuries weren’t caused by an assault.

Hospital gets keys to NLV police building

By JAMES DEHAVEN LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL
Jul 31 2014 - 6:40pm
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North Las Vegas turned over the keys to its police headquarters Thursday, sealing neighboring North Vista Hospital’s takeover of the decades-old James B. Slagle Public Safety Building.

Southbound I-15 near Mesquite reopens

By ANNALISE LITTLE LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL
Jul 31 2014 - 6:23pm
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Interstate 15 near Mesquite has reopened after a highway patrol chase that started in Utah closed it earlier in the day.

Dow Jones plummets 300 points in 1 day

By STEVE ROTHWELL ASSOCIATED PRESS
Jul 31 2014 - 6:20pm
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The Dow Jones industrial average tumbled more than 300 points Thursday, its worst one-day drop since February. The plunge snapped a string of five straight monthly gains, and pushed the blue-chip index to a slight loss for the year.

Route 91 coming to Vegas, but what is it?

By MIKE WEATHERFORD LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL
Jul 31 2014 - 5:34pm
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Ticket sales begin Friday for “Route 91 Harvest,” an Oct. 3-5 festival in the lot actually called The Lot, across Las Vegas Boulevard from the Luxor and Mandalay Bay.

Sandoval to tour Rainbow flood area

By BEN BOTKIN and SEAN WHALEY LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL
Jul 31 2014 - 5:31pm
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Gov. Brian Sandoval will tour flood-battered Mount Charleston on Friday, when Rainbow subdivision residents are expected to still be cleaning homes and yards of debris.

3 key defendants in World Cup case ordered released

By JEFF GERMAN LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL
Jul 31 2014 - 5:23pm
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With some of the world’s top poker players in the courtroom, a federal magistrate Thursday ordered the release on bail of three key defendants arrested in an alleged World Cup betting scheme.

NBA adding Twitter handle to official game ball

The NBA is adding its Twitter handle to its official game ball for next season.

At Zappos, happy hour is part of the company meeting

By ALAN SNEL LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL
Jul 31 2014 - 4:49pm
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The Zappos quarterly “all hands” meeting ended just before 4:30 p.m. with CEO Tony Hsieh telling the 52 workers brave enough to lead various “Open Space” chat sessions that they could keep the company laptops they used to take notes.

Tesla taps Reno as potential Gigafactory site

By ED KOMENDA LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL
Jul 31 2014 - 4:34pm
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It’s official: Tesla Motors has broken ground on a stretch of land outside Reno that could serve as the site for its forthcoming $5 billion battery factory.

Chicago man shot CEO before fatally shooting self

A demoted executive shot and critically wounded his company’s CEO before fatally shooting himself Thursday inside a high-rise office building in downtown Chicago’s bustling financial district, police said.

Drivers saw plane hit cliff in deadly crash

A federal investigator says the pilot of a small plane that crashed in far northwestern Arizona was flying well below what’s allowed by regulation.

Heller joins coalition on college sexual assaults

By STEVE TETREAULT STEPHENS WASHINGTON BUREAU
Jul 31 2014 - 3:08pm
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U.S. Sen. Dean Heller, R-Nev., joined a coalition of seven other Democratic and GOP senators this week in a bid to force colleges and universities to show the same urgency when it comes to investigating and policing sexual assaults on modern-day campuses.

Soccer player to stand trial in referee’s punching death

A recreational soccer player will stand trial for the one-punch slaying of a referee who was about to penalize and eject him from a game in suburban Detroit.

Americans warned not to travel to Ebola-hit countries

By MIKE STOBBE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Jul 31 2014 - 1:15pm
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U.S. health officials on Thursday warned Americans not to travel to the three African countries hit by an outbreak of Ebola.

6 bodies found in unrefrigerated morgue

Several bodies had been stored for up to a decade or more at a Rhode Island funeral home whose owner killed himself last week, police said Thursday.

Man found shot dead on Las Vegas sidewalk

By RICARDO TORRES LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL
Jul 31 2014 - 12:51pm
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A man was shot dead Wednesday night in the central valley, Las Vegas police said.

4 great brothers in film and TV

By DYLAN CANNON for OK.COM
Jul 31 2014 - 12:00pm
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Here’s a look at four sets of brothers in film and on TV who, for better or worse, share an unbreakable bond of brotherhood.

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2 wounded in east valley shooting

Las Vegas police responded to an east valley shooting Thursday night that happened on Bonanza Road near Nellis Boulevard.

States, feds strike $11 million deal to save Colorado River water

Ali gloves sell at auction for about $400,000

The gloves that boxing great Muhammad Ali wore in his legendary 1971 fight against Joe Frazier in what became known as the Fight of the Century sold at auction on Thursday for almost $400,000.

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51s catcher ‘back to normal’

A whirlwind few weeks in which 51s catcher Kevin Plawecki was promoted to Triple-A for the first time and represented the United States in the All-Star Futures Game was enough to make his head spin.

Welterweight boxer Brandon Rios looks to stay relevant

The former world champion has lost two straight fights and hopes to stope his slide when he faces Argentina’s Diego Chaves Saturday in a 10-round welterweight main event at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas on HBO.

Ali gloves sell at auction for about $400,000

The gloves that boxing great Muhammad Ali wore in his legendary 1971 fight against Joe Frazier in what became known as the Fight of the Century sold at auction on Thursday for almost $400,000.

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Dining Guide: Steak

Each week Neon spotlights a different cuisine in the Dining Guide, with steakhouses and seafood restaurants this week.

‘Hobbit’ finale teaser trailer revealed

Care for a tease? Peter Jackson’s final installment in the “Lord of the Rings” series, “The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies,” has all of Middle Earth abuzz with this latest teaser trailer.

Famed casting director to receive posthumous Emmy

Veteran casting director Marion Dougherty will posthumously receive the 2014 Governors Award from the Television Academy at the Aug. 24 Creative Arts Emmy Awards, the Academy announced on Thursday.

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Summerlin-based crew looks to step back into championship status at hip-hop dance competition

The Prodigy Dance Crew is set to take the world by storm once again. It plans to compete in the World Hip Hop Dance Championship set for 7 p.m Aug. 10 at the Orleans Arena. The team emerged as the USA hip-hop dance champions in the junior division in 2011, were silver medalists in 2012 and USA finalists in 2013.