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The dominant locals casino company in Las Vegas is seeking bankruptcy protection after reaching an impasse in months-long negotiations with creditors on a plan to restructure $5.7 billion in debt.

Station Casinos filed a Chapter 11 bankruptcy case on Tuesday in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Reno.

Station's 18 casino properties and their affiliates were not included in the filing, and officials stressed that the company's properties will continue to operate normally.

The filing listed $5.7 billion in assets and $6.5 billion debt.

Station owns and operates Red Rock Resort, Palace Station, Sunset Station, Boulder Station, Texas Station, Santa Fe Station, Wild Wild West, the two Fiesta properties, the Wildfire properties and land holdings in Clark County and Reno.

Station also has a 50 percent stake in Green Valley Ranch and Aliante Station.

MONDAY

NUNNERY AVOIDS DEATH

A man convicted of killing a drug dealer and trying to kill a pregnant teenage witness was spared the death penalty after the jury became deadlocked.

That left District Judge Elissa Cadish to sentence Eugene Nunnery, 29, herself, which she did on Wednesday. He will spend the rest of his life in prison without the possibility of parole in this case. A previous jury gave him death in another murder, and prosecutors are pursuing a third murder case.

TUESDAY

JACKSON PROBE IN LV

Federal drug enforcement agents and Los Angeles police searched the Las Vegas home and office of Michael Jackson's doctor in their probe of the pop star's death.

Armed with search warrants and escorted by Las Vegas police, investigators spent chunks of the day scouring Dr. Conrad Murray's Summerlin home and Flamingo Road office for medical records relating to Jackson, Murray's lawyer said in a statement. It said the 56-year-old doctor was home when investigators arrived and helped them during the search.

WEDNESDAY

BROTHEL BRIBERY CASE

Brothel owner Maynard "Joe" Richards will spend a year in a halfway house, but he won't go to prison for his attempt to bribe a Nye County commissioner in 2005.

Under a plea agreement with federal prosecutors, the 75-year-old also received five years probation and a $250,000 fine for wire fraud.

Nye County officials may consider stripping Richards of his brothel and liquor licenses as a result of the conviction.

THURSDAY

MORE FLU DEATHS

Two Clark County residents died in the past week after contracting the H1N1 virus, health officials announced.

A 73-year-old man with underlying health conditions died Monday. Sabrina Gibson, who did not have any underlying conditions, died July 24 at age 35.

Six deaths in Clark County have now been attributed to the so-called swine flu virus.

FRIDAY

BOGDEN'S BACK

President Barack Obama has nominated former Nevada U.S. Attorney Daniel Bogden to return to his old post.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, who recommended the move, said earlier this year that Greg Brower, who now holds the post, has done a fine job. But Reid said Bogden deserves to be reappointed after being ousted in a controversial move during the Bush administration.