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March 7, 2010 - 12:00 am

Here are a few things in news, sports, entertainment and pop culture that we've been talking about lately.

n Nevada legislators seek out solutions for a statewide budget crisis. The consensus: Put everything on red and spin.

n Our own Norm Clarke reports that a car bearing the likeness of Kim Kardashian on its hood crashes into a wall during a Las Vegas NASCAR race. Well played, metaphor gods!

n The Vancouver Winter Olympics' closing ceremony features giant Mounties, tabletop hockey players and beavers. In other words: The usual stuff anybody sees after spending a night knocking back Molson-and-C.C. boilermakers.

n The cast of "Glee" will go on a spring concert tour. We prefer to save our money for the upcoming "Lost Live -- On Ice!"

JOHN PRZYBYS (jprzybys@reviewjournal.com)

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Stay off closed Mount Charleston trails or risk jail, $5K fine, officials warn

By Alan Halaly / RJ

May 15, 2024 - 7:43 pm

Some hiking trails in the Spring Mountains will be open over Memorial Day weekend, but others remain off-limits due to damage caused by Tropical Storm Hillary.

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Finding ‘common ground’: Las Vegas LDS temple plan moves forward

By Taylor R. Avery / RJ

May 15, 2024 - 2:12 am

Hundreds of community members crowded into the city council chambers for the hourslong meeting. The proposal was approved by the Las Vegas Planning Commission.

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Hindu group, aiming to build temple, alleges discrimination by Henderson

By Brett Clarkson / RJ

May 14, 2024 - 7:28 pm

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New COVID strain detected in Nevada not a major threat, officials say

By Marvin Clemons / RJ

May 14, 2024 - 7:14 pm

A collaborative effort in Nevada to use wastewater as an early warning system for diseases appears to be the nation’s first to detect the COVID strain known as FLiRT.

Who knocked over this piece of Death Valley history?

By Paul Pearson / RJ

May 13, 2024 - 1:29 pm

The National Park Service wants to know who damaged a 113-year-old salt tram tower at Death Valley National Park.

Here’s how shareholders voted on one smoke-free casino proposal

By McKenna Ross / RJ

May 13, 2024 - 6:34 pm

A proposal asked Boyd Gaming shareholders to study the effects of making casinos smoke-free. It was the first of three proposals across the industry to get a vote.