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Payroll tax increase protested

CARSON CITY — Two Las Vegas restaurant executives said Monday that the pending average increase of 50 percent in the state unemployment tax will force them to expand elsewhere or possibly to lay off employees.

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UNLV

Jones might pass on UFC title fight against close friend

With a victory over unbeaten prospect Ryan Bader, Jon Jones will put himself on the short list of candidates to fight for the Ultimate Fighting Championship light heavyweight title.

THE HOT CORNER

Matt Youmans, Review-Journal, 40-38-2 (overall record)

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‘Hiccup girl’ charged with murder

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — An uncontrollable case of the hiccups brought an odd sort of fame to Jennifer Mee, who was 15 when she appeared on TV trying to find a cure for her affliction. Five weeks later the hiccups stopped and the media attention disappeared — until this week, when Mee, now 19, was charged with murder after police said she met a man online and lured him to a vacant house where two of her friends robbed and shot him.

The Walkman walks no more

If you’re looking to chisel a date in the Walkman’s tombstone, then Oct. 25, 2010, is as good as any. Perhaps Oct. 23, 2001, the day the iPod was born, is the better date. Sony said Monday that it has ceased production of the cassette tape Walkman in Japan, effectively sounding the death knell of the once iconic device.

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