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Vendors, performers flout law, crowd Strip walkways

Edgar Saul jolts when he hears the siren. He chose this spot on the pedestrian walkway between the Tropicana and Excalibur specifically for the vantage point it gave him of the Strip. He’ll see the cops coming, and he will have a chance to run.

Police shoot pit bull near Jackson’s former home

A police officer investigating trespassers at Michael Jackson’s former Las Vegas home shot and wounded a pit bull Saturday after it broke through the fence of a nearby residence and attacked him.

Construction finished on garage for McCarran terminal

Construction has finished on the eight-level, 6,000-space parking garage for Terminal 3 at McCarran International Airport, the project manager for McCarthy Building Cos. said Friday.

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Man dies, eight others hurt in rollover crash at Lake Mead

Speed and alcohol appeared to be factors in a rollover crash in the Lake Mead National Recreation Area that left one man dead and eight others hospitalized Thursday, a park service official said.

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Dramatic move: Rainbow Company Youth Theatre packs up more than 30 years of history

It’s the final curtain call at the Reed Whipple Cultural Center. After a 30-year run, the Rainbow Company Youth Theatre is moving permanently to the Charleston Heights Arts Center, 800 S. Brush St. The move is dramatic for members of the company, who are feverishly packing boxes full of props to make the move by June 30.

End of year-round school presents challenges for parents

With more than 60,000 kids who used to be on a 12-month school schedule now out of class during the summer months for the first time, parents may be wondering what options they have. The Boys & Girls Clubs of Las Vegas and Henderson offer an inexpensive program to help keep kids occupied.

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