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October 24, 2012 - 9:10 pm

President Barack Obama dropped into Las Vegas Wednesday for a late-night rally featuring singer Katy Perry for entertainment and a plea for Nevadans to give him another four years and reject his GOP challenger, Mitt Romney.

Reba the bulldog. (Metropolitan Police Department)

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The clock ran out on Gov. Joe Lombardo’s heavily amended bill, preventing a final vote before the 2025 session’s legally manded conclusion.