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Rave expected to keep medics busy

Las Vegas police won’t change their plans to patrol a three-day Electric Daisy Carnival despite the death of a teenager at the rave last weekend in Texas.

Californian makes history, captures Miss USA crown

Alyssa Campanella describes herself as a “history buff’ and history book collector who’s “obsessed with the Tudor and Stuart eras.”

Developer says things are looking up at Neonopolis

A woman cautiously approached the door to Del Prado Jewelers, one of only three active tenants in the downtown Neonopolis mall. Even after owner John Del Prado buzzed her in she seemed reluctant to let go of her trepidation.

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Doctor accused of reusing needle guides leaves patients angry

Lee Horstein remembers the phone call from Dr. Michael Kaplan. “It was after my second prostate biopsy from him about four years ago,” the 69-year-old retired businessman said as he sat in an auditorium at the Nevada Cancer Institute. “I had a feeling that it wasn’t going to be good news when the doctor himself was on the phone.”

Recession has taken away work but not pride

Orlando Diaz Jr. holds a sign Saturday on the corner of Charleston and Decatur boulevards. “Instead of watching my dad go out of business,” he says, “I decided to get a sign made and go out and get the business that way because it’s free advertising.”

Residents look forward to demolition of troubled apartment complex

Buena Vista Springs is dying and no one — not even the people who still live there — seems particularly torn up about it. The long-troubled apartment complex, built in 1965, has in recent decades brought nothing but headaches to police, city officials and neighbors in its North Las Vegas community.

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