Las Vegas attorney David Chesnoff, right, files the annulment decree Monday for Britney Spears and Jason Alexander at the family court in Las Vegas. Photo by Associated Press
Las Vegas is about to become the first North American gateway for dissident writers who seek a safe harbor from repressive governments.
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SCANDAL AFTERMATH: Council to set worker guidelines
The City Council is set to tackle the question at the center of its recent scandal involving Assemblyman Wendell Williams: How should city officials deal with the lawmakers they employ? At Wednesday's council meeting, City Manager Doug Selby will propose two options as a city employment policy for state legislators and other elected or appointed government officials.
Libel law ensnares woman
CARSON CITY -- When Patty Hicks could not get satisfactory answers about spending by her Walker River Paiute Indian Tribe on a dam improvement project, she started a recall effort aimed at two council members.
Cheney will attend fund-raiser in LV
Vice President Dick Cheney will visit Las Vegas next week to raise money for Rep. Jon Porter's re-election efforts.
Henderson council meetings move
Starting tonight, the Henderson City Council will move its meetings down Water Street to the Henderson Convention Center, making way for ongoing renovations at City Hall.
Teen in custody until February hearing
Sean Larimer, a 16-year-old charged in connection with a November car wreck that killed three teenagers, will be confined to the Clark County Juvenile Detention Center for at least the next five weeks, a judge ruled Monday.
PERCHLORATE CONTAMINATION: Approval sought for 24 monitoring wells
American Pacific Corp. expects to get approval tonight from the Henderson City Council for 24 wells to monitor the contaminant perchlorate in groundwater layers near the old plant site where the rocket-fuel ingredient was produced.
Plutonium-tainted waste to leave test site Wednesday
Department of Energy officials said the first truck hauling up to 42 drums of plutonium-tainted waste will leave the Nevada Test Site on Wednesday, heading on a southern route through California, across Arizona and to a salt-cavern repository in New Mexico.
Navy reserve to send 34 more to Iraq
Thirty-four Navy reservists from Las Vegas will leave Wednesday for a year's duty in Iraq, a Navy Reserve spokesman said.
Galardi sentencing hearing postponed
A sentencing hearing in San Diego for former strip club owner Michael Galardi was postponed Monday and rescheduled for April, a source in the U.
Attempted murder of officer alleged
A 39-year-old man accused of attempting to run over a Henderson police officer Saturday with his car has been arrested, police said.
NLV councilwoman to challenge Kincaid-Chauncey
North Las Vegas City Councilwoman Shari Buck is expected today to announce her plan to challenge embattled Clark County Commissioner Mary Kincaid-Chauncey.
NUKE WASTE: DOE faces new Yucca hurdle
WASHINGTON -- A push to get a license application finished by the end of this year to bury nuclear waste in Nevada is causing a new problem for the Energy Department.
Britney Spears' 55-hour marriage annulled
Men, don't give up on that fantasy just yet: Britney Spears is a single woman again. On Monday, a Clark County judge annulled Spears' surprising Saturday morning union to longtime friend Jason Allen Alexander on the Las Vegas Strip.
Moncrief rift with council grows
A news release distributed by Councilwoman Janet Moncrief, calling for other council members to join her in revoking the liquor license of the topless club Cheetah's, angered her colleagues and might keep her from voting on the matter.
Californian dies in I-15 single-vehicle wreck
A California man was killed Monday evening when he lost control of his car on Interstate 15 near Craig Road, the Nevada Highway Patrol said.
Mother sentenced in child abuse case
A mother who authorities allege did nothing to prevent her 3-year-old boy from being beaten to death was placed on probation Monday.
Lawsuit against Galardi alleges $1 million stolen
Michael Galardi may have stolen as much as $1 million from the corporation that owns the Las Vegas topless club Cheetah's, a lawsuit filed on Monday alleges.
NORM: Husband for a day spills the beans
Britney Spears' one-day stand was just a Las Vegas lark. In his first interview since the sham marriage at the Little White Wedding Chapel on Las Vegas Boulevard, Jason Allen Alexander told "Access Hollywood" that he and Spears got caught up in the bright lights of Las Vegas and decided to get hitched.
In Brief
DOWNTOWN LAS VEGAS Police find man fatally shot in alley A man died late Sunday near downtown Las Vegas after being shot several times, Las Vegas police said.
