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Long-hauling cabbies prey on locals, tourists as citations decline

By BEN BOTKIN and RICHARD N. VELOTTA LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL
Mar 9 2014 - 1:44am
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The Nevada Taxicab Authority remains gridlocked in its efforts to clamp down on the practice that regularly gives the Southern Nevada tourism industry one of its biggest black eyes — illegal long-hauling to jack up fares.

Nevada graduation rate rises as students excluded from count

Slot machine keys available online — but who can use them?

Attorney general candidate Ross Miller target of ad blitz

UNR rallies to defeat UNLV 76-72, sweep season series

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Alvarez rebounds by stopping Angulo in MGM Grand bout

By STEVE CARP LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL
Mar 8 2014 - 11:26pm
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With the very first punch he threw, Canelo Alvarez made sure the boxing world knew he was over losing to Floyd Mayweather Jr. in September.

Mayweather says Maidana earned opportunity for May 3 fight

By STEVE CARP LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL
Mar 8 2014 - 11:17pm
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Floyd Mayweather Jr. has said it many times — he has earned the right to pick his opponent and where he wants to fight.

Pilot, skydiver escape serious injury after plane gets entangled with parachute

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Mar 8 2014 - 10:30pm
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A plane became entangled in the strings of a skydiver’s parachute, sending both crashing into the ground near Tampa, Fla., with both the pilot and jumper hospitalized with minor injuries.

Las Vegas woman arrested in drowning of 3-year-old son

By TOM RAGAN LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL
Mar 8 2014 - 10:03pm
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A Las Vegas woman was arrested in connection with the drowning of her 3-year-old son in the northwest Las Vegas Valley on Saturday night, police said.

Nevadan at Work: West Point grad finds passion in craft beer

By ALAN SNEL LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL
Mar 8 2014 - 9:28pm
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Little did Brian Chapin know in 1998 when he graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, where he studied engineering, that his job 16 years later would be staging a monster beer festival in downtown Las Vegas.

Vehicle strikes, injures pedestrian in east Las Vegas

By WESLEY JUHL LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL
Mar 8 2014 - 9:07pm
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A woman was reported in critical condition after being hit by a vehicle Saturday afternoon.

Stunning panoramic photo taken atop World Trade Center

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Mar 8 2014 - 8:32pm
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A new interactive photo taken from the spire of the nearly completed World Trade Center tower offers stunning 360-degree views that can be zoomed in and out.

Keselowski wins Boyd Gaming 300, first victory at Las Vegas Motor Speedway

By TODD DEWEY LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL
Mar 8 2014 - 7:47pm
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Brad Keselowski seized the lead from Kyle Busch on lap 163 following a restart of Boyd Gaming 300 and led the rest of the way, holding off Busch down the stretch to claim his first victory at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

Half of millennials more likely to lean Democratic

By JESSE J. HOLLAND Associated Press
Mar 8 2014 - 7:46pm
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Most of America’s young adults are single, don’t go to church and while half say they have no loyalty to a political party, when pushed they tend to swing further left politically than those before them.

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Google barge finds new home in Stockton, Calif., port

By MICHAEL LIEDTKE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Mar 8 2014 - 7:32pm
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Google’s mystery barge floated Thursday to its new home in the California delta after the Internet company was ordered to move it from San Francisco.

Marathon spelling bee comes to ‘stifling’ end

By BILL DRAPER ASSOCIATED PRESS
Mar 8 2014 - 7:13pm
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A marathon spelling bee between two Kansas City-area students who exhausted the initial word list last month ended after 29 more rounds Saturday when the eventual runner-up stumbled over the word “stifling.”

John Denver’s ‘Country Roads’ becomes West Virginia state song

By JOHN RABY ASSOCIATED PRESS
Mar 8 2014 - 4:53pm
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Singer John Denver never called West Virginia home, but his 1970s hit “Take Me Home, Country Roads” is one of the state’s official songs.

Skywriting urges Las Vegas to ‘forgive your enemies’

By STEPHANIE GRIMES REVIEWJOURNAL.COM
Mar 8 2014 - 4:26pm
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A message appeared above the Las Vegas Valley on Saturday afternoon urging locals and tourists to forgive their enemies.

Oil slicks found in hunt for missing Malaysia jet

By CHRIS BRUMMITT and EILEEN NG ASSOCIATED PRESS
Mar 8 2014 - 4:12pm
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Search and rescue crews across Southeast Asia scrambled to find a Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 that disappeared from air traffic control screens over waters between Malaysia and Vietnam early Saturday with 239 people aboard.

Fortune cookie turns Bronx woman into millionaire

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Mar 8 2014 - 3:49pm
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A 75-year-old New York woman found her fortune in a cookie.

Massachusetts approves bill outlawing ‘upskirt’ photos

By STEVE LeBLANC Associated Press
Mar 8 2014 - 3:01pm
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Massachusetts lawmakers approved legislation Thursday to crack down on those who secretly take photographs of “the sexual or other intimate parts” of women or children in public.

Suspect arrested in Las Vegas bank heists after chase

By KIMBER LAUX LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL
Mar 8 2014 - 2:48pm
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Police arrested the suspect in a series of Las Vegas bank robberies after a brief car chase Saturday.

Operation Thaw offers aid to Waterloo residents

Associated Press
Mar 8 2014 - 2:41pm
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Low-income homeowners in northeast Iowa may soon get some financial relief to combat an increasing number of frozen water lines.

New rules for Everest climbers

By BINAJ GURUBACHARYA ASSOCIATED PRESS
Mar 8 2014 - 2:21pm
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Mount Everest climbing season began this week with new rules that require climbers to bring down their personal garbage, and more security officials at the mountain’s base camp to help climbers.

On Budget: Las Vegas for less

By JASON BRACELIN LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL
Mar 8 2014 - 1:47pm
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Officer says US general sexually assaulted her

By MICHAEL BIESECKER Associated Press
Mar 8 2014 - 1:37pm
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Defense lawyers for an Amy general facing sexual assault charges say his accuser’s testimony gave them plenty to challenge as they prepare to cross-examine her on Monday.

Injured bear halts Tahoe ski run temporarily

Associated Press
Mar 8 2014 - 1:10pm
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Part of a ski resort at Lake Tahoe was temporarily shut down while wildlife officials captured an injured bear cub that was wandering around a mountaintop chairlift.

23 places if you’re craving steak and seafood

By HEIDI KNAPP RINELLA LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL
Mar 8 2014 - 12:58pm
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Each week Neon spotlights a different cuisine in the Dining Guide, with steakhouses and seafood restaurants this week.

Texas teen taking NFL cheerleader to prom, mom embarrasses him

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Mar 8 2014 - 12:20pm
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It took 10,000 retweets but a Houston-area teenager got his dream date for the high school prom: A Houston Texans cheerleader.

More to life than ‘Money’ for Alvarez

By STEVE CARP LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL
Mar 8 2014 - 11:58am
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From the moment he left the ring, Canelo Alvarez has had to explain the beat-down he took from Floyd Mayweather Jr. on Sept. 14.

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Chevron pizza ‘scandal’ isn’t one in small town

By KEVIN BEGOS Associated Press
Mar 8 2014 - 11:43am
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Critics are raging after an energy giant offered pizza coupons to a community near a natural gas well that exploded last month, killing a worker.

Cope won Daytona, still needs soap sponsor to run in Nationwide

By RON KANTOWSKI LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL
Mar 8 2014 - 11:19am
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Derrike Cope’s life might have changed forever when he inherited that victory at Daytona in 1990. But now he’s driving in the Nationwide Series, and he has only a three-race deal, and his sponsor is Charlie’s Soap of Mayodan, N.C.

State tries to reduce wait list of mentally ill who need housing

By YESENIA AMARO LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL
Mar 8 2014 - 11:01am
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“Housing and medication are key” to prevent people from cycling in and out of hospital emergency and jail, according to Mike Willden, director of the Nevada Department of Health and Human Services.

Exhibition argues Vikings more than hairy raiders

By JILL LAWLESS ASSOCIATED PRESS
Mar 8 2014 - 10:42am
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A new exhibition at the British Museum strives to make people think again about the Scandinavian pillagers whose name means “pirate” in Old Norse. Through their ships, weapons, crafts, words and even skeletons, “Vikings: Life and Legend” aims to show how Viking energy and ideas redrew the map of the world.

Tired, hungry conventioneers leaving Las Vegas with CONEXPO

By LAURA CARROLL LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL
Mar 8 2014 - 10:21am
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For five days, CONEXPO-CON/AGG 2014 invaded every square inch of the Las Vegas Convention Center on Paradise Road. Produced by the Association of Equipment Manufacturing, the show estimated it attracted about 125,000 attendees who created an estimated nongaming economic impact of $157.3 million for the city, according to the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority.

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Nevada graduation rate rises as students excluded from count

More than 1,000 struggling seniors are being excluded from Nevada’s graduation rate calculation under direction from the Nevada Department of Education.

Long-hauling cabbies prey on locals, tourists as citations decline

North Las Vegas explores its dwindling options for economic recovery

Officials used to count North Las Vegas’ options for averting financial ruin on two hands, but then came a court decision taking away its authority to freeze millions of dollars in long-sought union pay raises.

Sports

Cougars roll past Marymount, Gonzaga survives in WCC tournament

For a few moments as he lay in pain on a basketball floor in Moraga, Calif., on Feb. 15, Kyle Collinsworth was convinced his season was over.

Eager for rematch with Jones, Gustafsson knocks out Manuwa

Ultimate Fighting Championship light heavyweight contender Alexander Gustafsson was disappointed he was given a fight against a talented prospect instead of the rematch he wanted with champion Jon Jones.

Gibbs racers don’t look like favorites for Kobalt 400

Las Vegas sports books had a lot to think about Saturday when the trio of Joe Gibbs Racing drivers looked extremely sluggish during the final two practice sessions before today’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Kobalt 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

Entertainment

Penn & Teller’s ‘Tim’s Vermeer’ shows the blood, sweat, tears in detail

The mystery surrounding 17th century Dutch artist Johannes Vermeer’s use of light and how he was able to produce such photorealistic paintings has baffled art historians for centuries.

Restaurants announce benefits and beer events

Viva Max! a benefit for critically injured Seven magazine restaurant critic Max Jacobson, is 6:30 to 9 p.m. Thursday at Tacos & Tequila at the Luxor. Tickets for the cocktail mixer and three-course dinner (with entree choices of lamb shank with mole verde, or red snapper with achiote and an herb spice rub) are $100 per person. For tickets, call 702-735-8322. …

EDC sells out, even without announced lineup

The Electric Daisy Carnival, the world’s largest dance music event, held at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway over three days in June, has officially sold out three months in advance.

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Southwest photographer takes Thailand trip after making career switch from marine biology

When Southwest resident Yasmin Tajik made the career switch from marine biologist at Wynn Las Vegas to a self-employed photographer, she knew she wanted to make a difference. Tajik and five other female photographers were selected to travel to Thailand Feb. 25 for an eight-day project with The Giving Lens, an organization that works with nonprofits to provide educational photography workshops.