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UNLV student attacked in campus parking lot

A UNLV student was attacked while walking through a campus parking lot Tuesday night, according to a UNLV Police Services crime alert.

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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.

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.

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.

Parking violators can swap ‘Toys for Tickets’ in Las Vegas

The Las Vegas City Council on Wednesday approved a pilot program that will allow people who receive certain parking tickets during November to donate a toy of equal or greater value as payment.

Judge’s decision on Moulin Rouge postponed

A judge was slated to decide Friday whether to approve the sale of the Moulin Rouge property to a developer, but the receiver of the property asked the court Wednesday to make that decision on Dec. 2 instead.

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