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Surveillance video released, puppies to remain at shelter

The 27 dogs nearly burned in an arson attempt will remained caged for now. A district judge set an evidence hearing for next week to determine several issues, including whether Donald Thompson and the corporate entity Prince and Princess Pet Boutique have a rightful claim to the dogs.

 
400 airmen from Nellis, Creech join Air Force drawdown effort

About 400 airmen from Nellis and Creech Air Force bases have signed up for voluntary separations to help meet the Pentagon’s downsizing goals for a leaner and more efficient military as U.S. combat operations in Afghanistan end this year, the Nellis base commander said Tuesday.

 
AMR workers flame Las Vegas fire chief over patient transport takeover

With more than 100 private ambulance employees glaring at his back Wednesday, Las Vegas Fire Chief Willie McDonald told City Council members that he has changed the balance of lucrative hospital transports so his department will handle 50 percent of the calls.

 
Immigrant mother, son reunited thanks to new policy

A 17-year old immigrant boy and his Mexican mother were reunited after more than a decade apart, thanks to a new Obama administration policy that no longer penalizes minors who lie to authorities, U.S. Sen. Harry Reid said Monday.

 
Air Force shows off a big, black, brawny B-2 after Red Flag exercises at Nellis

After a rip-roaring Red Flag air combat exercise at Nellis Air Force Base last week, big, black, bat-shaped B-2 Spirit jets returned to Missouri, taking with them the lessons learned from flying mock war sorties with a mix of 100 U.S. and foreign warplanes.

 
Families and children shave their heads to aid cancer research

Roughly a dozen people had their head shaved to raise funds for child cancer research through the St. Baldrick’s Foundation event at L’Oracle gymnasium in southwest Las Vegas on Sunday, Feb. 16.