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Immigration reform advocates rallied in Las Vegas as Arizona's new immigration law took effect Thursday, minus controversial provisions blocked by a federal judge.

Several dozen people gathered at a North Las Vegas park Thursday night for a candlelight prayer vigil to mark the first day of enforcement in Arizona.

Earlier in the day, several local advocacy groups held a news conference to applaud U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton's ruling and to urge support for elected officials and candidates who advocate comprehensive immigration reform with a path to citizenship.

At almost the same time, agents with U.S. Customs and Border Protection were arresting about 30 suspected illegal immigrants in the Las Vegas Valley as part of a sweep aimed at what officials called transportation sites used for "human smuggling."

Monday

Decades later, death

A 61-year-old Arkansas man convicted in the 1985 murder of a woman stationed at Nellis Air Force Base was sentenced to die for his crimes.

A District Court jury handed down the death sentence for Charles Conner after about four hours of deliberation.

The same jury convicted Conner last week of first-degree murder and two counts of sexual assault for raping 23-year-old Beth Lynn Jardine and beating her to death with a claw hammer.

Tuesday

Guinn remembered

A crowd of more than 1,400 people filled the sanctuary and spilled out into an overflow area at St. Joseph, Husband of Mary Roman Catholic Church in Las Vegas as Kenny Guinn was remembered.

The funeral for the 73-year-old former governor featured three eulogies that focused on Guinn's dedication, his ability to bring people together and his love of Nevada.

Wednesday

You got served?

Las Vegas police are investigating allegations that unlicensed process servers submitted false affidavits in justice courts around the valley, potentially disrupting the lives and finances of thousands of civil-case defendants.

The servers are alleged to have filed affidavits swearing that they had served defendants with copies of lawsuits, but police and court officials said in many cases the lawsuits were not served.

Some of the defendants were hit with judgments of default because they failed to respond to the lawsuits they were never informed about.

Thursday

Senate race narrows

A new Las Vegas Review-Journal/8NewsNow poll shows a dead heat in the race between Harry Reid and Sharron Angle.

The survey by Mason-Dixon Polling & Research shows 43 percent of likely voters would support the Senate majority leader while 42 percent would vote for his GOP challenger. The statewide telephone survey of 625 registered voters has a margin of error of plus or minus 4 percentage points.

Reid held a 7-point lead over Angle in a Mason-Dixon poll taken two weeks ago.

Friday

Poll: Tax them, not us

Most Nevadans support higher taxes on mining and gambling to avoid layoffs of state workers.

According to a new Las Vegas Review-Journal/8NewsNow poll, 59 percent of respondents support an increase in mining taxes and 59 percent favor an increase in gaming taxes to stave off more state cuts. However, most Nevadans are against raising taxes on the gross receipts of businesses, personal income or business income.