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Fairy Godmother grants wishes, creates permanent families

There was a princess and a monster and a very small bunny rabbit in the courtroom on Thursday, so the Fairy Godmother waved her wand from upon the bench and recited the magical words. “It is hereby ordered and declared,” she said, and so it was done.

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Nurse anesthetist sentenced to prison for hepatitis C outbreak

Nurse anesthetist Keith Mathahs was sentenced to 28 to 72 months in prison Thursday for his role in the 2007 hepatitis C outbreak. Marshals handcuffed Mathahs and led him out of the courtroom after he was sentenced.

Theater helps make human trafficking crisis very real in Las Vegas

The lunch crowd went silent. Knives and forks stopped clinking. People stopped eating. A few bowed their heads in embarrassment. The teenager in front of them broke out crying, telling them how her mother pimped her out on the mean streets of Las Vegas and how she eventually contracted HIV.

One arrested, three others sought in northwest valley burglaries

Las Vegas police have arrested one suspect and are seeking three others after a string of burglaries in the northwest valley. Norman Cook, 49, of Las Vegas, was arrested Oct. 22 on multiple counts of burglary while he was pawning property police say was recently taken from a home. Three more suspects, between the ages of 20 to 30, are being sought in the string of burglaries.

Fugitive child murderer arrested in Las Vegas

Thirty eight years after the death of his son, Eric Zessman was again arrested in Las Vegas on Monday after at least eight years as a fugitive, seven parole releases, 18 hearings and spending time on the state parole division’s most wanted list.

Former Palms sports book manager pleads guilty in betting scheme

Michael Albanese, a former manager at the Palms race and sports book, pleaded guilty in federal court Wednesday in a betting scheme authorities say defrauded the resort of more than $800,000.

Police: Suspect wanted in child sex assault was known to family

The man sought by police in connection with the sexual assault of a child under 14 was no stranger to the family. Guadalupe “Lupe” Barrales, 32, has been named as a suspect in an Oct. 17 sexual assault near Commerce Street and Carey Avenue, North Las Vegas police said.

57-year-old shot, killed near UNLV

A man who was shot and killed near the University of Nevada, Las Vegas main campus was identified by the Clark County coroner’s office.

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