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Can a single street salvage a city that has struggled to shed a decades-old stigma in an endless effort to create a pedestrian-friendly downtown lined with hip boutiques and bars?
Although workers were scurrying Friday afternoon to put on the finishing touches, H&M was finally ready to let the shopping public in this morning for its brand of apparel and shoes discounting.
When the Army-Navy game kicks off today, Yogi Dorelis will be rooting for Navy. But he could just as well put on a “Go Army” T-shirt. Or the Air Force blue one. Or the red-and-yellow one from the Marine Corps, even though “the few” and “the proud” don’t have a college team.
The stripper mobile is back, and this time with a flash of holiday spirit. Instead of hauling scantily clad dancers along the Strip, it made a charitable run Friday morning.
Karen Brill put on a stethoscope and leaned close to hear her son Aric’s heartbeat. It reminded her of the times she and Aric would lie on the sofa and watch television together. Only now Aric’s heart was beating inside the chest of Louis, a 51-year-old man from Santa Cruz, Calif.
The man who appeared to have drowned in the Imperial Palace hotel pool Thursday evening has been identified as James McQuaid of Las Vegas.
A man killed Thursday morning in a head-on collision near the Strip was identified by the Clark County coroner’s office Friday.
For the first time in more than three years, all of the major monthly indicators tracked by the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority came in positive.
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The Metropolitan Police Department provided more details about a pair of January police shootings.
Las Vegas police are asking for the public’s help in identifying a man accused of burglarizing a home in Summerlin in December.
Police said T’Shawn Allen, 27, stole hundreds of dollars from businesses such as Pink Box Donuts, Buffalo Wild Wings, and Pretty Soul Kitchen and caused potentially thousands in damages over a two-day theft spree.
According to the National Weather Service service, Harry Reid International Airport reached 34 degrees early Saturday morning but multiple sites across the valley reported teperatures below freezing.
