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`Locker’ gets best-picture Academy Award; Bigelow first female director to win Oscar

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

March 7, 2010 - 4:33 pm

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LOS ANGELES — Academy Awards voters are expected to go very big or very small on their best-picture winner at Sunday’s Oscars.

The two favorites in the expanded field of 10 best-picture nominees are the as-big-as-it-gets blockbuster “Avatar” and the critical darling “The Hurt Locker,” which drew a tiny fraction of the audience its mammoth competitor pulled in.

Either movie would represent a first at the Oscars. James Cameron’s “Avatar” would be the only science-fiction film ever to take home the best-picture prize. While war films have done well at the Oscars, Kathryn Bigelow’s “The Hurt Locker” would be the first winner centered on the war on terror, a subject that has stirred little interest among movie audiences shell-shocked by news coverage of Iraq and Afghanistan.

Emily Diaz, top/left, 13, splashes Armando Tirre III, 8, on Sunday, May 28, 2023, at Lake Mead, ...

More water, more people at Lake Mead this Memorial Day weekend

By Brett Clarkson / RJ

May 28, 2023 - 8:40 pm

About 50,000 people were expected at Lake Mead, which is outside Las Vegas, over this Memorial Day weekend.

An artist rendering of what the Oakland Athletics Las Vegas ballpark could look like. The $1.5 ...

A’s Las Vegas ballpark funding bill set to be heard Monday

By Mick Akers / RJ

May 28, 2023 - 3:48 pm

The public will have their first in-person shot Monday to chime in on the Oakland Athletics’ ballpark financing bill.

Biden, McCarthy confident ‘final’ debt ceiling deal will gain enough votes

The Associated Press

May 28, 2023 - 5:43 pm

The compromise includes spending cuts but risks angering some lawmakers as they take a closer look at the concessions. Biden told reporters at the White House upon his return from Delaware that he was confident the plan will make it to his desk.

FILE - Top Republican debt crisis mediators Rep. Garret Graves, R-La., left, and Rep. Patrick M ...

Debt ceiling agreement gets thumbs up from biz groups, jeers from some on political right

By Kevin Freking Associated Press

May 28, 2023 - 1:01 pm

Some of the earliest objections are coming from the most conservative members of Congress, particularly members of the hardline House Freedom Caucus that often clashes with GOP leadership.

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy of Calif., speaks with members of the press about debt limit negot ...

Biden, GOP make tentative deal to raise debt ceiling, avoid US default

The Associated Press

May 27, 2023 - 10:15 pm

With the outlines of a deal in place, legislation could be drafted and shared with lawmakers in time for votes early next week in the House and later in the Senate.

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Henderson sees jump in overdose deaths, promotes drug prevention

By Mark Credico / RJ

May 27, 2023 - 8:00 am

The city of Henderson is making a concerted effort to focus on drug prevention and raising awareness of the dangers of drugs, according to city officials.

Lake Mead and the Hoover Dam on Tuesday, June 8, 2021, in Boulder City. (Benjamin Hager/Las Veg ...

Tightening the taps: Las Vegas water conservation bill clears Senate

By Colton Lochhead / RJ

May 27, 2023 - 9:45 am

A bill that would give the SNWA the power to limit water use in single-family homes in the Las Vegas Valley was approved by the state Senate.

The Nevada State Legislature Building at the state Capitol complex on Sunday, Jan. 17, 2021, in ...

Budget bills, Rex’s law headed to Lombardo’s desk

By Taylor R. Avery / RJ

May 27, 2023 - 7:30 am

Two bills making up the state’s budget and legislation that would increase penalties for reckless driving were among the dozens of the bills approved.