Impact Nevada: Education funding

The Impact Nevada TV program, which examines critical issues during the 2011 Legislature, examines CCSD’s ELL (“English Language Learner”) program.

Coal-ash landfill vote draws protest

In a rally to commemorate Earth Day, about 25 environmentalists and members of the Moapa Band of Paiutes gathered outside Southern Nevada Health District offices Friday to protest the board’s previous approval of an application to expand a coal-ash landfill near the tribe’s reservation.

LAPD officer found not guilty in sex assault case

A jury Friday found a Los Angeles Police Department officer not guilty on all counts stemming from a sexual assault allegation during a Las Vegas vacation last year.

Lohan quickly released from jail in jewelry theft case

The day unfolded all too familiarly for Lindsay Lohan: a court hearing, a jail sentence, a quick release. The starlet appeared before a judge Friday for the fourth time in nearly a year and was sentenced to 120 days for violating her probation by taking a designer necklace.

Teen fakes pregnancy for 6 months as school project

TOPPENISH, Wash. (AP) — A high school student who faked her pregnancy for six months as a social experiment stunned a student assembly this week by taking off the belly bundle. Only a handful of people knew that 17-year-old Gaby Rodriguez wasn’t really pregnant, including her mother, boyfriend and the principal, according to the Yakima Herald-Republic.

Suspect to plead not guilty in webcam death

TORONTO (AP) — The man accused of killing a Chinese student, attacked in her apartment as her boyfriend watched helplessly through a webcam, will plead not guilty, his lawyer said Friday. Steven Krys, who is representing 29-year-old Brian Dickson, told The Associated Press Dickson would “absolutely” plead not guilty.

Did wet, salty cat swim from New Jersey to New York City?

NEW YORK (AP) — Did a calico cat from New Jersey swim across New York Harbor? The mystery surrounds a white, orange and black feline that arrived last weekend on Governors Island in New York.

Police beating of Las Vegas man caught on tape

Mitchell Crooks was arrested March 20 for battery on a police officer. The charges have been dropped, and the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department has opened an internal investigation into the Las Vegas police officer who arrested him.

Sandoval says he will name choice to replace Ensign by May 3

Sen. John Ensign quietly submitted his formal letter of resignation on Friday while aspirants to higher office in Nevada positioned themselves for a frenzy in the months ahead.

Another suspect arrested in cab driver slaying

A second suspect in a Las Vegas cab driver’s slaying in March has been arrested in Florida, Las Vegas police said Friday.

Man killed in police shootout was ex-felon

The man who died in a shootout with Las Vegas police officers Tuesday served more than 13 years in Nevada prisons for a second-degree murder charge in the 1990s.

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