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Southern Calif. high school retires controversial ‘Arab’ mascot

A Southern California high school has retired a controversial Arab mascot. The bearded, snarling mascot with a large hooked nose who wears a head scarf did not appear at Coachella Valley High School’s season opening football game on Friday.

Olive oil and balsamic tasting room expands reach to Vegas market

Where your olive oil comes from doesn’t matter as much as when it was picked (green off the tree) and how it was processed (two to four hours after harvest). So says Mercedes Burkavage, who co-owns Big Horn Olive Oil Company, a retail olive oil and balsamic tasting room that recently opened its first Las Vegas location at 2110 N. Rampart Blvd.

 
5 killed in plane crash near Denver

All five people aboard a small plane that crashed near an airport north of Denver have died, a spokesman for the National Transportation Board said.

Sterlings civil enough for trip to Las Vegas

Donald and Shelly Sterling may have their differences thanks to the sale of the Los Angeles Clippers, but that didn’t stop the two from being seen together in Las Vegas.

Former Sands chef losing taqueria but is still hopeful

The economy has wreaked havoc on William Jacob’s career as a chef. Now the state is taking his taqueria but he hasn’t lost hope.

 
Ferguson police now wearing body cameras

Police in the St. Louis suburb where a white officer shot and killed an unarmed 18-year-old have started wearing body cameras.

Kielbowicz gets a taste of the dream at Flushing Meadows

Joel Kielbowicz, who played at Green Valley and UNLV, had been grinding away in the fringes and the margins and the pro tennis hinterlands. Last week, he and his mixed doubles partner Jacqueline Cako played in the U.S. Open.

Metro headquarters building purchase nears OK

Clark County, following through on a deal made in 2008, is expected Tuesday to finalize the purchase the Metropolitan Police Department’s new headquarters complex from the owner for about $208.3 million.

Auto Tech shops undergoing switch to Meineke

The seven local Auto Tech shops are being converted to the Meineke brand, doubling the national auto repair franchiser’s footprint in Southern Nevada.

Virgin, Allegiant adding Vegas flights

Two airlines are promising new flights to Las Vegas before the end of the year. Virgin Atlantic Airlines, which offers nonstop flights to McCarran International Airport from London’s Gatwick International and Manchester, England, plans to experiment with weekly nonstop round trips on Wednesdays from Glasgow, Scotland, during the month of September.

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