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Kevin Ward Jr. remembered as ‘small-town boy’
 

Kevin Ward Jr.’s friends, family and fellow racing enthusiasts overflowed a high school auditorium Thursday to grieve and share stories about the 20-year-old dirt-track racer who was struck and killed by a car driven by NASCAR champion Tony Stewart.

 
Pilot’s arm falls off during landing

A British air accident report has recounted how a pilot briefly lost control of a passenger plane after his artificial arm became detached from the control yoke during landing.

 
Pope calls for peace as he arrives in South Korea

Pope Francis called Thursday for peace and unity on the war-divided Korean Peninsula, offering a message of reconciliation at the start of a five-day visit to South Korea.

 
New satellite will see objects 1-foot across

A satellite designed to produce high-resolution images of Earth from space was launched Wednesday from a California military base. DigitalGlobe says the satellite will be able to capture images of objects as small as 1-foot across.

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Constable: Shred investigation of porn star searches

Las Vegas Township Constable John Bonaventura ordered the shredding of documents from an internal investigation that determined his second-in-command, Deputy Chief Dean Lauer, had used office resources to look for information about adult film actresses, the Review-Journal has learned.

 
IKEA’s first Las Vegas store to open in 2016

Turns out, 2 million was the magic number. That was the population benchmark for IKEA, which will open its first store in Nevada on 26 acres in southwest Las Vegas in the summer of 2016.

 
Man dies after jumping into flames at Utah festival

A man died over the weekend after jumping into a huge ceremonial bonfire at a Utah event similar to the Nevada countercultural festival Burning Man, authorities said.

 
Judge: Informant can’t take back plea deal

A violent felon who was released from jail at the request of members of an FBI-led task force, then allegedly fatally shot a father of four, was denied attempts to renege on a deal with authorities so he could avoid a life prison term in a separate case.

 
Egypt proposes cease-fire in Israeli-Palestinian conflict

Egypt presented a cease-fire plan Monday to end a week of heavy fighting between Israel and Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip that has left at least 185 people dead.

 
Capsized Italian cruise ship costs $2 billion for reef removal

The shipwrecked Costa Concordia was successfully refloated Monday in preparation to be towed away for scrapping, 30 months after it struck a reef and capsized, killing 32 people.

 
Rihanna donates $25k to LAPD after selfie fail

Rihanna has donated $25,000 to the Los Angeles Police Department after accidentally cracking the screen of the L.A. Police Commission President Friday night at a Clippers Game.

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