The Las Vegas Strip at dusk. Visit the Gallery for more images
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 Tonight Show host Jay Leno, right, presents Chicago Bulls basketball star Dennis Rodman with a pair of high-heel tennis shoes Thursday during the taping of Leno's show at the MGM Grand Hotel. Rodman, who recently was suspended for 11 games after he kicked a cameraman at an NBA game, talked to Leno about the suspension while decked out in a black leather slit skirt, a gold-sequined top and a black hat. Photo by John Gurzinski. Policeman pleads innocent to slayingPolice officer Ronald Mortensen pleaded innocent Thursday to a murder charge in connection with a December drive-by shooting.A judge denied a motion to have Mortensen's bail reduced despite a defense attorney's argument that prosecutors cannot be reasonably sure of a conviction. FULL TEXT |
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County manager resignsPat Shalmy announced his resignation Thursday, ending his 12-year tenure as Clark County's manager and triggering questions about who will lead Nevada's largest and most powerful local government into the 21st century.His departure in early April could shake out other top county officials. FULL TEXT Clinton budget ignores nuclear waste interim storageWASHINGTON -- Funding for Yucca Mountain remained flat under the 1998 budget President Clinton unveiled Thursday, while the Nevada Test Site would receive money to conduct four experiments that stop short of nuclear explosions.The budget includes $325 million for the Department of Energy to complete studies to determine if Yucca Mountain, 100 miles northwest of Las Vegas, is a suitable site for a nuclear waste repository. The amount is $14 million less than the department requested last year. FULL TEXT |
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