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February 13, 2012

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Archive for July 4, 2000

CBS reality series 'Big Brother' debuts Wednesday
In "Big Brother," the contestants are isolated in an 1,800-square foot home built on a corner of a CBS Studio Center parking lot. They were to meet for the first time when they entered the ...
11:22 a.m.
Interior secretary to unveil new land acquisitions
The law requires 85 percent of the proceeds from the sale of federal lands in the Las Vegas Valley to be used to purchase environmentally sensitive areas in the Silver State, including wetlands and other ...
11:22 a.m.
Desert Inn Estates homeowners hold out for more money
Wynn has said he will close the hotel-casino by Aug. 30 and the golf course next year.
11:21 a.m.
Walter Matthau buried in private service, son discloses
Matthau, who died early Saturday at age 79, was buried at Pierce Brothers Westwood Village Memorial Park, where Marilyn Monroe is buried.
11:21 a.m.
Southern Cherokee's remove casino boat, seek tribal gambling
State Department of Natural Resources officers boarded the Magic Mermaid and then called the State Law Enforcement Division to investigate.
10:52 a.m.
No fireworks, booze or two-stroke engines at Tahoe this holiday
With the population along the south shore alone exploding from around 22,000 to an expected 130,000 and a fire danger that's high to extreme, police and fire officials will be out in full force.
10:51 a.m.
Booming economy causes immigration backlog
Since 1995, the number of staff serving the nation's fastest-growing boomtown has stayed flat.
10:50 a.m.
Protesters stake claim to remote road in northeastern Nevada
Though the masses of thousands did not materialize, those that came Monday to help reopen South Canyon Road in the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest with shovels and sweat said they did so to take a stand ...
10:49 a.m.
Video gambling workers file unemployment claims
On Friday, that happened - briefly - for some workers when a retiring circuit court judge issued a temporary order protecting one video gambling operator from the state's enforcement of its ban on the industry. ...
10:48 a.m.
Nevada home to lowest percentage of voter turnout in the nation
Only 33 percent of Nevada's eligible voters, those age 18 and older, took the time to vote in 1998. The presidential election in 1996 was a little better. But the 38 percent voter turnout didn't ...
10:48 a.m.
Cooler temperatures help slow state's largest blaze
"It's looking good. There's improvements being made," fire spokeswoman Gina Moon said.
10:47 a.m.
Jasper County video gambling operator continues fight against statewide ban
Ingram has until Wednesday morning to ask the justices to lift their order and allow him to reopen his businesses and take his lawsuit back to the Circuit Court.
10:46 a.m.
Lesser known hepatitis strain getting much-needed publicity
Hepatitis C infects an estimated 26,000 people in Clark County, but only 5 percent of those thousands know they carry the potentially fatal virus.
10:45 a.m.
Trio of sisters could reap benefits from summer camp
Camp might help them develop their self-esteem, teach them to be independent, make friends and develop good relationships with other people.
10:45 a.m.
Project lets kids fire back -- with paper bullets
A local woman who believes she has the solution to curbing violence is raising some eyebrows with a project she calls the Silver Paper Bullet.
10:45 a.m.

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