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Senator offers alternative for Yucca project

WASHINGTON — A new nuclear waste strategy that would partner the government with industry to develop privately owned storage sites and recycling factories was announced on Friday.

U.S. high court refuses to hear appeal on casino

A Las Vegas family who had its casino dreams grounded by an expansion at McCarran International Airport inched closer to being compensated this week.

Lawmakers cut the tape

CARSON CITY — By legislative standards, it was a four-minute mile.

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Robbery, assault suspect’s bail rises

A man charged with kidnapping, beating and robbing NFL player Javon Walker after the Oakland Raiders wide receiver spent a night partying, gambling and club-hopping in Las Vegas was held Friday on bail totaling $86,000.

Man who torched fest’s effigy convicted

RENO — A San Francisco performance artist was sentenced Friday to as many as four years in prison and ordered to pay restitution for the early torching last summer of the signature effigy of the counterculture Burning Man festival.

Judge refuses to extend deadline for club

A Monday deadline still looms for the Crazy Horse Too gentleman’s club, which stands to lose its ability to get licenses for liquor and topless dancing, a development that would significantly reduce the value of the seized and shuttered club.

Offender status law blocked

More than 2,000 sex offenders in Clark County got a break Thursday after a district judge temporarily stopped a new law from taking effect.

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• Headlines for stories in Monday’s and Thursday’s Review-Journal incorrectly referred to former workers at the Area 51 base as downwinders.

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