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NEWS -- Monday, October 20, 2003

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Dennis Rodman. AP FILE PHOTO.
Police: Rodman wrecks cycle, is cited on suspicion of DUI

Former NBA star Dennis Rodman, known for his wild partying, was cited Sunday morning on suspicion of drunken driving after crashing a motorcycle in front of a Las Vegas strip club, police said.


INVESTIGATION TERMINATED: FBI ends look at lobbyists' actions

CARSON CITY -- The FBI will not proceed with an investigation into questionable activity by lobbyists at the 2003 Legislature, a source familiar with the situation said.


NEWS DIGEST
NEON MONDAY: Comic Cameron at Excalibur
Tonight's headliner at Excalibur's Catch a Rising Star, Derrick Cameron, has been a touring comic for 20 years.

Slow-motion recovery
Southern Nevada serves as a fast-track model for putting the federally protected desert tortoise on the road to recovery, but efforts to preserve populations in California's stretch of the Mojave Desert crawl slowly like the reptile itself.

Williams' saga riles employers in private sector
CARSON CITY -- Assemblyman Wendell Williams agreed last month to repay the city of Las Vegas more than $6,700 for submitting timecards that exaggerated the hours he worked for the city during the legislative session.

Enola Gay crewman protests absence from exhibit
Morris "Dick" Jeppson has lived his life quietly, avoiding the spotlight that inevitably follows a man who helped drop the first atomic bomb, which exploded over Hiroshima and killed an estimated 140,000 people.

Crime prevention program takes aim at vehicle thefts
Citizens can sign up with police for a crime prevention program designed to crack down on early morning vehicle thefts.

Fund-raiser, concert appeal to different crowds at Hard Rock
A woman in a stunning black evening gown and carrying a jeweled handbag scurried an hour late into a $2,000 private fund-raiser for Democratic presidential candidate Gen.

Family creates Web site to raise money for woman convicted in deadly crash
The family of vehicular crimes suspect Jessica Williams has kicked off a campaign to raise $375,000 in bail money, according to the contents of a new Web site.

INVESTIGATION TERMINATED: FBI ends look at lobbyists' actions
CARSON CITY -- The FBI will not proceed with an investigation into questionable activity by lobbyists at the 2003 Legislature, a source familiar with the situation said.

PHOTOS: Dogged Competitors


Dolphin purchase in Cuba prompts probe
RENO -- A federal investigation is under way into whether a Reno businessman violated a U.S. trade embargo by purchasing six dolphins in Cuba.

Plan for historic motel debated
RENO -- A fight is brewing over a plan to make a tourist attraction out of the shuttered Tonopah motel where billionaire Howard Hughes married actress Jean Peters in 1957.

Police: Rodman wrecks cycle, is cited on suspicion of DUI
Former NBA star Dennis Rodman, known for his wild partying, was cited Sunday morning on suspicion of drunken driving after crashing a motorcycle in front of a Las Vegas strip club, police said.

NORM: Affleck, Schwimmer extend poker play
When the smoke finally cleared on that celebrity poker tournament at the Palms, the real games were just beginning.

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