LOS ANGELES — Scotty McCreery won the “American Idol” battle of the fresh-faced country crooners Wednesday, pulling in more of a record 122 million-plus viewer votes than competitor Lauren Alaina. McCreery, 17, of Garner, N.C., and Alaina, 16, of Rossville, Ga., represent the first all-country finale and the youngest duo ever to compete on “Idol.”
District Judge Jackie Glass says her informal role of a drug court judge is what prepared her to replace Nancy Grace as host of the TV show “Swift Justice” this September, not the fact that she presided perhaps with a heavy hand over O.J. Simpson’s high-profile armed robbery trial in 2008.
A district judge has denied a claim of indigence from a Las Vegas man accused of hiring a hit man to shoot his own son over an insurance fraud and love triangle.
A federal bankruptcy judge Wednesday approved Station Casinos Inc.’s plan to turn over its Aliante Station casino to lenders owed more than $378 million.
Android users can now join in helping clean up Clark County with a free, easy-to-use smart phone application called myDistrictD.
A Las Vegas doctor who has advocated medical marijuana therapy in the past has been charged with illegally distributing prescription drugs.
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