Colon, Perez guilty of killing 3-year-old Crystal Figueroa

Marc Anthony Colon is the boyfriend accused of killing his girlfriend’s daughter because the toddler caused too much drama in their lives. Gladys Perez is the insecure, emotionally needy mother accused of helping her boyfriend cover up the murder in Las Vegas. On Wednesday, a Clark County District Court jury found them both guilty of killing 3-year-old Crystal Figueroa, also known as Jane “Cordova” Doe, and dumping her body in a trash bin in 2006.

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Dean helps Trailblazers win Sunset quarterfinal

Josie Dean rallied to win the final three games of her third set Monday to lift visiting Durango to a 10-8 win at The Meadows in a Sunset Region quarterfinal match.

Smokey’s on Helio’s bumper

IndyCar champion Helio Castroneves showed some fancy footwork Friday in Miami — the kind he didn’t use to win “Dancing With the Stars” or display at a South Beach nightclub.

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HOA member calls response of state ombudsman’s office ‘inept’

In the glorified regulatory storefront operation called Nevada, Park Avenue condominium dwellers found they had a place to complain after they identified examples of apparent election fraud on their homeowners’ association board.

Moreno displays style, talent at UNLV

Even though I have followed Rita Moreno’s career pretty closely since she won the Oscar for 1961’s “West Side Story,” I was taken aback by the depth of her vocal talent in evidence Friday night at Artemus Ham Hall.

Judge: Attacker ‘gleeful’

Moments before husband Edward Halverson struck her with a frying pan, he had a “wicked, nasty” smile on his face, suspended District Judge Elizabeth Halverson told a grand jury.

LV begins belt-tightening

Las Vegas moved forward Monday with a package of cost-cutting measures aimed at balancing the city’s budget in five years while also avoiding layoffs, provided that employee unions and the city can agree on how to keep personnel costs from outstripping revenues.

Backers of tax cap try again

CARSON CITY — Proponents of a proposal to amend the state constitution to cap property taxes asked the Nevada Supreme Court on Monday to reconsider an earlier decision that kept the measure off the November ballot.

Hard-core fans ask: Has Jacko moved?

Michael Jackson fans who have been waiting for days outside his residence at West Palomino Lane are wondering if he’s beat it.

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CORRECTION

Three clues were accidentally omitted from Sunday’s Observer Crossword puzzle:

Experimental plane in crash built in 2003

The experimental World War II-type airplane that crashed Sunday near Sandy Valley, killing the pilot, was built by Robert L. Bonde in 2003, according to Federal Aviation Administration records.

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