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VISTA, Calif. — An actor who appeared in the film “The 40-Year-Old Virgin” was sentenced Thursday to life in prison with possible parole in 12 years for stabbing his ex-girlfriend more than 20 times when he stopped by her home and found her with another man. Shelley Malil was sentenced after a jury convicted the actor of attempted murder.
NEW YORK — Meet SM, a 44-year-old woman who literally knows no fear. She’s not afraid to handle snakes. She’s not afraid of horror movies. When she visited a haunted house, it was a monster who was afraid of her. SM isn’t some cold-blooded psychopath or a hero with a tight rein on her emotions. She’s an ordinary mother of three with a specific psychological impairment, the result of a very rare genetic disease.
BOCA RATON, Fla. — If you’re a shopper looking for something sparkly to put under the Christmas tree, you could skip the jewelry. A new ATM at an upscale mall in Florida’s swanky Boca Raton dispenses shiny 24-carat gold bars and coins. A German company plans to install the machine Friday. Shoppers insert cash or credit cards and use a computer touch-screen to choose the weight and style they want. The machine spits out the gold in a classy black box with a tamper-proof seal.
The recession has wiped out 15 years’ worth of economic growth in some corners of Nevada’s economy, and experts say some of that lost commercial activity could be gone for good.
After stealing a car and leading a police chase on the streets of North Las Vegas in 1993, it looked like prison was the only state institution for which Lucy Flores was destined. Seventeen years later, however, she is a newly elected member of the Nevada Assembly.
With video installations, outdoor art marquee, wall murals and other new media elements turn The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas into what, depending on your perspective, could be a resort with art or an art gallery with a casino.
