Month: January 2010

Kevin Favreau was supposed to take over as special agent in charge of the FBI’s Las Vegas division on Jan. 4, but that Monday morning, he stayed home sick instead. … Shortly after deciding to postpone his first day on the job, Favreau received a phone call and some shocking news: A gunman had just opened fire inside the Lloyd George U.S. Courthouse in downtown Las Vegas. … With the help of his BlackBerry, he quickly learned more details: The assailant had acted alone and had been killed in an ensuing gunbattle. … “There was really no need for me to come in,” Favreau said.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid raised and spent $2 million in the final three months of the year, increasing the amount he’s raised so far to win re-election to more than $15 million.

American Red Cross volunteers on the ground in Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince, have been trained extensively on how to help those in need while keeping it together themselves by participating in psychological first aid classes as well as other disaster relief preparation.

Miss Virginia Caressa Cameron has been crowned Miss America 2010 during a two-hour pageant tonight at Planet Hollywood. … Cameron, 22, received the traditional crown and roses from 2009 Miss America Katie Stam. Cameron, whose career ambition is to become a television news anchor, is from Fredericksburg, Va. Her platform issue was “Real Talk: AIDS in America.”

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In the Green Valley High School performance of the musical “Rent,” the exotic dancer Mimi flirts with a rock guitarist by asking him if she has the best ass “below 14th Street,” referring to the gritty neighborhood on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. … This was the PG-13 version of the Broadway hit. Judging by the hoots and hollers from the audience Friday night, “Rent” was plenty edgy.

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