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Al Capone gun mix-up embarrasses the IRS

What started out as a way to tout the spirit of cooperation between the IRS and the Mob Museum in Las Vegas ended up as an embarrassment to the IRS.

First Aviation Nation show in 2 years attracts huge crowd in Las Vegas

Warbirds and the Thunderbirds’ red-white-and-blue jets demonstrated the nation’s airpower Saturday for 135,000 spectators who flocked to Nellis Air Force Base for the first Aviation Nation public open house in two years.

2 arrested in connection with Las Vegas robberies

Two men are in custody in connection with robberies that occurred Tuesday, police said. They also have been linked in connection with a series of robberies since October.

Las Vegas animal cruelty unit coming down on cases valleywide

The Metropolitan Police Department’s Animal Cruelty Unit hit the streets a year ago, and already the unit said it has many accomplishments. The unit is partnered with city and county animal control departments, The Animal Foundation and the Desert Inn Animal Hospital and investigates cases ranging from cockfighting and dog fighting circles, animal poisoning, animal cruelty, abuse or neglect and injury or abuse to police animals.

Suspect in Reno bank robbery has long criminal history

Ray McAdoo, 76, has been in and out of prison since the mid-1960s, said he recently moved into the local homeless shelter because he couldn’t afford to pay his monthly rent.

Holiday retail sales projected to rise in Southern Nevada

With the election over and traditional holiday shopping season near, analysts are projecting retail sales will jump 3.6 percent nationally, with Southern Nevada likely to mirror that.

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