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A Las Vegas police officer was killed in a collision early Thursday morning while rushing to a domestic violence call.
Officer James Manor, 28 and the father of a young girl, was just 13 days shy of his second anniversary with the Metropolitan Police Department.
He was remembered as a standout student and athlete at Clark High School who went on to play college football.
Calvin Darling, the 45-year-old driver of the truck that turned in front of Manor's patrol car, initially was booked for suspicion of drunken driving after his release from the hospital. He was released when a test of his blood-alcohol level came back under the legal limit of .08 percent.
When officers went to the home of the 14-year-old girl who had made the call Manor had been dispatched to investigate, the girl was asleep. Her mother explained to officers that she had been having problems with her daughter.
MONDAY
ACORN CHARGED
State officials filed charges in connection with a voter registration drive last year that authorities said required canvassers to meet quotas and resulted in thousands of "garbage" registrations gumming up Clark County voter rolls.
There are 39 charges in all, and the complaint names the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, or ACORN, and two of its former directors.
Authorities alleged canvassers under pressure to keep their jobs turned in registrations with fake names and phony addresses -- even, in one case, the starting lineup for the Dallas Cowboys.
ACORN spokesman Scott Levenson called the decision to charge the organization "frightfully absurd."
TUESDAY
TEACHERS MAY SUE
Despite a commitment from legislators to reduce proposed pay cuts for teachers, union leaders said they still might sue the state or school districts on the grounds that public education has not been adequately funded.
Such a lawsuit would be filed on behalf of students and their parents.
WEDNESDAY
HISTORY IN ASHES
A fire finished off the historic Moulin Rouge, tearing through a vacant apartment building on the blighted Bonanza Road property and forcing its new owners to tear down the structure.
The Moulin Rouge opened in 1955 and lasted less than a year, but it attracted top stars as Las Vegas' first integrated hotel-casino. It was named to the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.
The fire, which was the third there since 2003, came a day after a Seattle investment firm took ownership of the property.
THURSDAY
FLU SCREENINGS CURBED
Public health officials have stopped calling for swine flu tests for anyone other than hospitalized patients or the sickest of the sick.
According to Dr. Ihsan Azzam, the state epidemiologist, health officials don't need more such screenings because they already know the swine flu virus is circulating in the state.
He said Nevada's confirmed cases and other probable cases seem to have one thing in common: mild flulike symptoms that go away in a few days.
FRIDAY
AG'S ROLE CHALLENGED
Lt. Gov. Brian Krolicki asked a District Court judge to disqualify the state attorney general's office from prosecuting him on felony charges that he misappropriated state funds while serving as state treasurer.
The attorney general's office accused Krolicki of misappropriating about $6 million in fees earned by the $3.3 billion state college savings program.
The funds are accounted for and Krolicki is not accused of embezzlement.
The judge's ruling on Krolicki's request is pending.
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BY THE NUMBERS
48% -- Percentage of voter forms that Clark County Registrar Larry Lomax called "clearly fraudulent," out of some 40,000 forms submitted by ACORN.
42 minutes -- How close contest-winning third-grader Brian Garcia came to guessing the exact moment Mojave Max the desert tortoise would emerge from hibernation.
$2.1 million -- The amount of federal stimulus money Las Vegas officials propose to spend on new efforts to get homeless people off the streets.
$100 million -- The latest cut to the Yucca Mountain project in President Barack Obama's new budget.
175 -- Weight in pounds of a year-old black bear that was shot and killed Thursday by police in Kingman, Ariz., after it wandered into the center of town.
QUOTES
"As a parent, know your babies. Know what they know. That way, there aren't babies out there killing babies."
Billie Lestarge
Whose 16-year-old son was friends with Jared Anthony Flemming, 14, who was gunned down last week at a birthday gathering.
"As for being naked, I'm done with that."
Ida Ljungqvist
Playboy Playmate of the Year, at a recent event at the Palms.
"This thing has worsened significantly over the last year and a half. It's become much more dramatic."
Jim Holland
Park planner for Lake Mead National Recreation Area, describing a new rapid on the Colorado River in an area 120 miles east of Las Vegas where Lake Mead has receded.
"I want to thank the school for letting me know, and I'm reeking of sarcasm."
Colleen
A mother who asked that her last name not be used, Criticizing officials at Findlay Middle School for not sending out notices that a student there tested positive for swine flu.
"This is going to be the epicenter of all that's good for years to come."
Oscar Goodman
Las Vegas Mayor, On the Smith Center for the Performing Arts, which has tentatively scheduled to break ground on May 26 and open in 2012.
MULTIMEDIA
CRASH KILLS OFFICER
'BAD' REVIEW
SHOW MUST GO ON
MOULIN ROUGE FIRE
MOJAVE MAX CONTEST
WRANGLERS ADVANCE
MOVIE MINUTE
