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Mother of two children who died in fire arrested

The mother of the two of the three children killed in a June mobile home fire in Las Vegas was arrested Thursday on charges of second-degree murder and child neglect, according to the county booking logs.

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Nevada Guard exercise planned through New Year’s Eve

The Nevada National Guard will conduct its annual training exercise in conjunction with New Year’s Eve events in Las Vegas with more than 200 troops at locations around the Strip, at McCarran International Airport and on standby around the valley.

Body found in North Las Vegas may be missing girl’s

Authorities found a body Thursday they think is Jade Morris, a 10-year-old girl missing for almost a week.
Her body was discovered in an unfinished development in a North Las Vegas neighborhood near Deer Springs Way and North Fifth Street.

Law students charged in Vegas bird beheading case

Prosecutors have filed charges against two University of California, Berkeley law school students accused in the death and decapitation of an exotic bird at the Flamingo.

BLM approves Las Vegas water pipeline project

The federal Bureau of Land Management has signed off on a massive pipeline project to carry water from rural counties along the Nevada-Utah line to Las Vegas.

Nevada’s wealthy households make 27 percent of charitable donations

Philanthropy continues to be the key factor in the fiscal health of dozens of nonprofit organizations in Las Vegas and statewide. Although high net worth households faced a significant reduction in wealth during the recession, they managed to give hundreds of millions of dollars to support health care, the arts and education.

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