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CIM buys Turnberry units for $48.3 million

Real estate investor CIM Group has waded aggressively into the high-rise condominium market, buying the remaining 279 developer-held units at the Turnberry Towers for $48.3 million.

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Police, handbillers get grip on Strip clutter

After Clark County spent more than a decade fighting — and losing — multiple legal battles against the handbillers who pass out risque ads for strippers and escorts on the Strip, Sheriff Doug Gillespie is trying a different tact.

Las Vegas police rank high in shootings

The Metropolitan Police Department uses deadly force at a higher rate than many other urban police agencies, according to a Review-Journal analysis

National data on shootings by police not collected

Want detailed information on how many people were shot by police in the United States last year? That’s not so easy to find.

Critics demand action on disproportionate shootings of blacks

Las Vegas police were involved in 17 shootings in 2003. Ten subjects were black, an unusually high number even for a department that historically shoots a dis­proportionate number of minorities. None of the officers were black.

‘The Unusual Steve Horner’ battles feminism

Some call him a woman hater. Others call him a pest. An agitator. A nutcase. These things happen to Steve Horner because he’s a man who loudly protests something few others care about — “ladies’ night” promotions at bars and clubs.

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