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24-YEAR-OLD KILLED

Court schedules bond hearing for Simpson

A state Supreme Court panel will hear oral arguments on O.J. Simpson’s bid to get out of a Nevada prison pending his appeal to overturn a conviction in an armed hotel room heist, officials said Monday.

Impressionist Travalena dead at 66

More celebrities, “a thousand,” give or take, have passed away within the confines of one man’s talent.

Reverse discrimination

The U.S. Supreme Court struck a blow at racial preferences Monday — correctly rejecting a flawed decision by high court nominee Sonia Sotomayor — but stopped short of issuing a long-needed, forceful repudiation of the quota systems that lead to reverse discrimination.

World Series of Poker: ‘The Mouth’ roars no more

Mike Matusow has mellowed, which may disappoint the legion of poker fans who have come to cherish his well-documented profantity-laced meltdowns, verbal tirades and constant chattering at the table which earned him the nickname “The Mouth.”

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KANSAS CITY, Mo.

PurchasePro creditors to receive money

Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman figured he lost all of the $50,000 he invested in PurchasePro.com, a Las Vegas-based e-commerce company that has been in bankruptcy since September 2002.

Nevada on renewable fast track

Two planned solar stations in Nevada could be among the first renewable-energy plants to result from a new federal push toward green fuels.

Reid on Franken: ’60 on paper’

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., found out about Al Franken’s victory in the Minnesota Supreme Court in the middle of a blue-ribbon panel meeting on energy in Las Vegas this morning.

Rulffes named top superintendent in Nevada

Walt Rulffes, the superintendent of the Clark County School District, is the Nevada Superintendent of the Year, according to the Nevada Association of School Administrators.

Forum meets to discuss green power

A day after the Interior Department announced plans to fast-track solar-power plants on public lands in Nevada, a clean-energy forum met to discuss how government agencies, legislators and private businesses have advanced green power.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., hosted the meeting of his Blue Ribbon Panel on Energy today at the Las Vegas Springs Preserve.

India to Las Vegas? Not so fast

Daily, nonstop service between several Indian cities and Las Vegas isn’t in the cards, after all.

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