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Week in Review, Aug. 13-17

CJ the chimpanzee has been shipped off to a primate sanctuary in Oregon, but not before one last bout of monkey business in Las Vegas.

The chimp had to be tranquilized by Animal Control officers on Aug. 11 after she escaped from her cage for the second time in a month.

On July 12, she and another chimp named Buddy got out, forcing police to close down the north valley neighborhood where they were living.

CJ was tranquilized and returned to captivity, but Buddy was shot and killed by a Las Vegas police officer when the chimp approached onlookers near Ann Road and Jones Boulevard .

After CJ's second escape was foiled last weekend, she was transported to the Southern Nevada Zoological-Botanical Park and then loaded onto a truck for her one-way trip out of the Silver State.

CJ finally arrived at the Chimps Inc. sanctuary in Bend, Ore., on Friday, ending a local saga that made national headlines.

Monday

Forbuss remembered

Nevada leaders and power brokers mourned the loss of Robert Forbuss, a well-known Las Vegas businessman, educator and elected official who died Sunday at age 64 after a battle with ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease.

The Nevada native graduated from Bishop Gorman High School and later taught there in the 1970s. He went on to serve on the Clark County School Board before launching a successful career in business and consulting.

An elementary school in southwest Las Vegas was named in his honor in 2006.

Tuesday

Vegas debut for VP pick

Fresh off his selection as Mitt Romney's running mate, GOP vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan appeared at a rally in Las Vegas and vowed to put the country back on a healthy economic track.

Ryan, making his Nevada campaign debut, criticized President Barack Obama and his policies and said Romney has a plan to boost jobs, reform taxes, reduce the debt and protect Americans' futures.

Wednesday

Hockey player charged

A former player for the National Hockey League and Las Vegas Wranglers is accused of molesting his stepdaughter over a four-year period, beginning when the girl was 12 in 2008.

Michael McBain, who played for the Tampa Bay Lightning from 1997 to 1999 and the Wranglers from 2003 to 2008, faces five counts of sexual assault, two counts of lewdness with a child, and two counts of open or gross lewdness.

Thursday

New life for coal plant

A coal-burning power plant 50 miles north of Las Vegas has been granted new life by federal regulators one week after Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid declared it a "dirty relic" that should be shut down.

Under new rules adopted by the Environmental Protection Agency, NV Energy will be required to upgrade emission controls at its Reid Gardner Generating Station but won't be forced into an expensive retrofit that could have shuttered the aging plant.

Friday

Judge: killer label OK

Justice of the Peace Eric Goodman struck down a motion from murder suspect Nathan Burkett's lawyer, Alzora Jackson, that would have forced Las Vegas police to remove videos and statements in which officials called the man a serial killer.

Clark County prosecutor Mark DiGiacomo argued police had no responsibility to remove a video identifying Burkett as a potential serial killer because doing so would inform the public and could lead to future cases.

Police on Thursday did take down a YouTube video in which homicide Lt. Ray Steiber called Burkett an "animal."

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