Show & Tell: Meet Cheryl Guerpo of The Party Pit

Q: When did you get into dance? A: I’d say when I was about 5. Polynesian dancing is very popular in Hawaii – the hula especially – and I started doing that. You know how (other dancers) start with ballet? I did hula.

Heller supplements Senate salary with alfalfa sales

U.S. Sen. Dean Heller last year added another source of income to supplement his $174,000 salary as a U.S. senator. He harvested at least $15,000 worth of alfalfa off his Northern Nevada ranch.

Death sentence upheld for man who killed Las Vegas woman

A Vietnam War veteran who was honored for bravery, but developed post traumatic stress disorder after leaving the military, should be executed for raping and killing a 69-year-old Las Vegas woman, the Nevada Supreme Court has ruled.

Auction of Ronald Reagan blood vial canceled

LONDON – A European auction house Thursday canceled the planned online sale of a vial containing dried blood residue said to be from Ronald Reagan after complaints from the late U.S. president’s family and foundation.

Obama names Yucca critic to lead nuclear agency

Allison Macfarlane, a geologist, environmental science professor and Yucca Mountain skeptic, is President Barack Obama’s choice to lead the government’s nuclear safety agency.

County offers to build new health district facility

In an attempt to mend relations with the Southern Nevada Health District and end the potential for costly litigation, Clark County officials offered Thursday to build the public health agency a new headquarters on its Shadow Lane property.

John L. Smith blog: Judge Glass goes from TV trials to Private Trials

Former District Judge Jackie Glass, who as a district judge presided over the high-profile O.J. Simpson robbery trial and most recently has starred in “Swift Justice with Jackie Glass,” has joined the Private Trials arbitration and mediation firm.

Man sentenced to 237 years for robbery spree

A Las Vegas man was sentenced to 237 years and three months in prison Thursday for his role in nine armed robberies, mostly at convenience stores, during a two-day spree in August 2010.

Las Vegas woman sentenced in death of woman, 95

A Las Vegas woman was sentenced Thursday to 10 to 25 years in prison for mugging a 95-year-old woman, which resulted in injuries leading to her death.

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