Mistrial declared in UMC case

The judge in the trial of former University Medical Center chief Lacy Thomas declared a mistrial Friday because Las Vegas police failed to turn over hundreds of pages of potential evidence.

Cardinals defend pope on church sex abuse scandal

BERLIN — The head of Germany’s Roman Catholic bishops issued a statement on Good Friday denouncing past failures and mistakes in the church’s handling of abuse cases. Clerics have neglected helping abuse victims by a “wrongly intended desire to protect the church’s reputation,” Archbishop Robert Zollitsch of Freiburg said.

Friend says Jesse James wants to save marriage

LOS ANGELES — Jesse James is a “a broken man” and is hoping that rehab and some privacy will help him recover and save his marriage to Sandra Bullock, his friend and attorney said. Joe Yanny said allegations of marital infidelity against James and the ensuing media “feeding frenzy” have ruined his life.

Source: Charlie Sheen wants to bow out of sitcom

LOS ANGELES — Charlie Sheen is looking at a future without “Two and a Half Men.” According to a person close to the actor, Sheen has told friends that he wants to leave the hit CBS comedy in which he’s starred for seven years. Sheen, 44, has tired of the demands of a weekly show and wants to focus on movies, the person close to him said.

Lukacevic shoots Wranglers into playoffs

When Ned Lukacevic left Las Vegas three weeks ago to play in the American Hockey League, the Wranglers were left to battle for a playoff berth without their leading scorer.

North Las Vegas will slash 204 jobs by mid-June

The bad news: 204 North Las Vegas city jobs will be cut by mid-June. But that number, which City Council approved Thursday evening during a 52-minute budget meeting, is significantly less than the 273 positions originally targeted to be eliminated.

Hundreds pursue spot on ‘The Apprentice’ at Las Vegas tryouts

Trump impersonator Robert Ensler lined up Thursday morning outside the Trump International Hotel with more than 200 other hopefuls angling for a spot on Trump’s “The Apprentice,” an NBC show that pits 18 business owners, managers and executives against each other to fight for a job with the Trump organization.

Heidi’s Picks

Heidi’s Picks is a weekly selection of restaurant suggestions from Review-Journal critic Heidi Knapp Rinella.

MOVIES

opening this week

‘A Prophet’

When you have no life, you take the life you can find. Even if it means living your life by taking others’ lives.

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