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Olympic-like event lets wounded vets push limits, heal together
 

The thunder of helicopters landing in a cloud of dust brought flashbacks to wounded warriors who watched the opening ceremonies for the second annual Olympic-style trials at Nellis Air Force Base. The games that began Friday are part of their healing process.

 
Israeli competition challenges safe-cracking skills of 4 Clark County school teams

Call them either Bycraft’s Five or a reincarnation of the Hole in the Wall gang, but a team of four juniors and one senior from Green Valley High School are ready to crack some safes. Science teacher Mike Bycraft and members of the Henderson school’s engineering club are headed to Israel in March to compete in an international safe-cracking competition. Three other Clark County schools are also participating.

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Reality meets reality TV in Las Vegas court for Wolfson ‘docudrama’

Fallen star of History channel’s “Ice Road Truckers,” Timothy Zickuhr, shackled in a blue jail jumpsuit, stood in the jury box with other inmates Tuesday, as cameras scanned from the gallery to the bench for a “docudrama” on District Attorney Steve Wolfson.

 
Family knows man arrested in shooting initially called road rage

Las Vegas police made an arrest in a so-called road rage shooting death Thursday while the family of the woman killed revealed another detail they hid: They know the accused shooter.

 
Las Vegas Strip dims lights for Tarkanian — VIDEO

Las Vegas lost a legend with the death of UNLV’s Jerry Tarkanian. To honor his memory, the city of glittering neon lights came together and dedicated 3 minutes of darkness to the fallen basketball coach.

 
Son of woman killed in road rage shooting has felt that anger himself

The son of a woman killed in what police are calling a road rage shooting, who went out looking for a car that had nearly hit hers Feb. 12, had an earlier brush with road rage himself. Brandon Meyers, the 22-year-old son of Tammy Meyers identified by family on Tuesday, made public posts on social media with expletive-laden remarks about an incident last summer.

 
Quick reflexes, luck save Vegas cabby’s life in shooting

A cabdriver’s quick reflexes and composure helped him survive after being ambushed and shot at six times by a “young guy” in a North Las Vegas neighborhood.

 
Mother of four shot in road-rage incident dies

A woman who was shot during what Las Vegas police described as a road-rage incident died after being taken off life support Saturday night, according to her family.