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May 23, 2013

4:31 p.m.

Jury deadlocked on Jodi Arias penalty; mistrial declared

Jury deadlocked on Jodi Arias penalty; mistrial declared: By Brian Skoloff and Josh Hoffner, Associated Press; The judge in the Jodi Arias murder trial declared a mistrial in the penalty phase Thursday after the jury reported for a second time that it was deadlocked on whether to sentence her to life in prison or death for killing her boyfriend in 2008.

3:58 p.m.

Photo: Zappos executive Fred Mossler, left, actor Ashton

Joe Downtown: Tony Hsieh leads Ashton Kutcher on downtown tour: By Joe Schoenmann; Actor Ashton Kutcher ate Thursday afternoon at Eat restaurant and toured some of the many Downtown Project undertakings in the Fremont East Entertainment District, including the Container Park, with his friend and Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh.

3:42 p.m.

Nevada Assembly backs resolution to end ban on gay marriage

Nevada Assembly backs resolution to end ban on gay marriage: By Andrew Doughman; The Nevada Assembly voted 24-17 today to move one step closer to removing a ban on same-sex marriage from the state Constitution.

3:16 p.m.

Photo: Robert Bigelow and NASA Deputy Administrator Lori

North Las Vegas company to test spacecraft capable of moon landing: By Eli Segall; Las Vegans are used to seeing passenger planes, fighter jets and helicopters crisscrossing the congested skies. Next year, if you make the extra effort, you could also see a spacecraft.

2:37 p.m.

Las Vegas gas prices likely headed up, if Nevada passes fuel-tax bill

Las Vegas gas prices likely headed up, if Nevada passes fuel-tax bill: By Andrew Doughman; Gas prices could increase statewide under a bill that received strong support today from lawmakers and business groups.

1:53 p.m.

Donald Trump wins court battle with an 87-year-old grandmother

Donald Trump wins court battle with an 87-year-old grandmother: By Michael Tarm, Associated Press; An 87-year-old grandmother took on billionaire Donald Trump. And on Thursday — she lost.

12:47 p.m.

Dump truck fire closes US 93 north of Wickenburg: Associated Press; A dump truck fire has closed U.S. 93, the main highway between Phoenix and Las Vegas.

12:30 p.m.

Photo: President Barack Obama talks about national securi

Obama defends drone strikes but says no cure-all: By Julie Pace and Lara Jakes, Associated Press; President Barack Obama on Thursday defended America's controversial drone attacks as legal, effective and a necessary linchpin in an evolving U.S. counterterrorism policy. But he acknowledged the targeted strikes are no "cure-all" and said he is haunted by the civilians unintentionally killed.

12:08 p.m.

Committee sends bill for medical marijuana clinics to Nevada Senate

Committee sends bill for medical marijuana clinics to Nevada Senate: By Cy Ryan; A plan to create a network of medical marijuana clinics — with the owners paying hefty licensing fees — was approved by the Nevada Senate Finance Committee today.

10:36 a.m.

Photo: A concept postcard of the winning design by Bunker

Aureole restaurant wine angels getting new wings: By Ed Komenda; The wine angels of Charlie Palmer’s Aureole restaurant at Mandalay Bay have a new costume. After 14 years of wearing sleek, black jumpsuits to retrieve wine bottles on zip lines from the restaurant’s 44-foot wine tower, two wine server’s now have flashy red, orange and black outfits.

10:23 a.m.

New Palms website boasts of putting the ‘model in remodel’: By Ed Komenda; Palms Casino Resort has launched a new, redesigned website: Palms.com.

9:59 a.m.

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12:59 p.m.

Police: Purse missing from home where 75-year-old woman found dead

Police: Purse missing from home where 75-year-old woman found dead: By Riley Snyder; The death of elderly woman found in a northwest Las Vegas house on Tuesday has been ruled a homicide by the Clark County Coroner’s Office.

9:49 a.m.

Photo: Yucca Mountain is located about 90 miles northwest

Republicans press NRC chair for answers on Yucca Mountain: By Karoun Demirjian; The crisis that engulfed the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and threatened to tip the scales on the Yucca Mountain project last year is in the past, if the bipartisan nods of reserved approval that new chairwoman Allison MacFarlane received at her reconfirmation Thursday are any indicator.

9:25 a.m.

Men arrested in death of teen during iPad robbery held without bail

Men arrested in death of teen during iPad robbery held without bail: By Jackie Valley; Two men accused of driving over and killing 15-year-old Marcos Vincente Arenas while stealing his iPad last week will remain in jail at least until their preliminary hearing. Michael Solid, 21, and Jacob Dismont, 18, appeared Thursday morning in Las Vegas Justice Court wearing standard blue jail attire and shackles on their wrists and ankles.

8:26 a.m.

Man shot by FBI had ties to Boston bombing suspect: By Kyle Hightower, Associated Press; A Chechen immigrant shot to death in Florida after an altercation with an FBI agent implicated himself in a triple slaying that officials believe may have been connected to Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev, authorities said.

8:19 a.m.

Photo: Police search team leave the scene of a terror att

UK soldier slaying suspects had been investigated: By Gregory Katz and Paisley Dodds, Associated Press; Two men accused of butchering a British soldier had been investigated previously by security services, a British official said Thursday, as investigators searched several locations and tried to determine whether the men were part of a wider plot to instill terror on the streets of London.

2 a.m.

Boyd casinos drop the green flag on new NASCAR slot machine: GAMING:; By Ed Komenda; Ladies and gentlemen, start your gaming engines: Bally Technology’s new NASCAR slot machine will make its Las Vegas debut at several Boyd Gaming properties on Friday.

Wednesday

May 22, 2013

11:50 p.m.

Photo: Brian Brannman, Chief Executive Operator of Univer

New developments downtown are backdrop for discussion on Las Vegas as health care hub: By Conor Shine; Leaders from some of the valley’s biggest medical institutions struck a positive tone as they laid out a vision for the future of health care in Las Vegas centered on a premier medical district downtown during a forum Tuesday night.

9:01 p.m.

Las Vegas still leads U.S. in underwater homeowners, but crisis seems to be subsiding

Las Vegas still leads U.S. in underwater homeowners, but crisis seems to be subsiding: By Eli Segall; Las Vegas’ underwater mortgage woes keep showing signs of improvement — but also remain worst in the country. Some 54.3 percent of valley homeowners with mortgages were underwater in the quarter ending March 31.

8 p.m.

Photo: Jessica Padron, left, and members of Two Countries

Protesters at Las Vegas tech show take aim at Mexican billionaire's 'corrupt practices': By Tovin Lapan; One good thing about protesting a communications and technology mogul is that most of your target audience is quick to record and capture events on their cellular phones.

6:10 p.m.

Photo: U.S. Rep. Joe Heck, R-Nev. gives a victory speech

Heck’s Stolen Valor Act wins swift passage in Congress: By Karoun Demirjian; Rarely these days do bills in Congress experience a 48-hour turnaround, but that’s about all it took for Nevada Rep. Joe Heck’s Stolen Valor Act to be approved by the House of Representatives, the Senate and be sent to President Barack Obama’s desk to be signed into law.

4:10 p.m.

4 Americans killed since 2009 in US drone strikes: By Lara Jakes and Pete Yost, Associated Press; The Obama administration acknowledged publicly for the first time Wednesday that four American citizens have been killed in drone strikes since 2009 in Pakistan and Yemen. The disclosure to Congress comes on the eve of a major national security speech by President Barack Obama in which he plans to pledge more transparency to Congress in his counterterrorism policy.

4:06 p.m.

Photo: Jodi Arias, right, and her defense attorneys Jenni

Jury deciding Jodi Arias' sentence adjourns for day: By Brian Skoloff and Josh Hoffner, Associated Press; Jurors in the Jodi Arias murder trial said Wednesday they were unable to reach a unanimous verdict on whether she should be sentenced to life in prison or death for killing her one-time boyfriend, prompting the judge to instruct them to keep trying.

3:28 p.m.

Strong winds expected through evening; air-quality advisory issued: By Riley Snyder; Because of expected strong winds, Clark County officials are warning of the possibility of blowing dust this afternoon and evening.

3:19 p.m.

U.S. 95 reopened near Spaghetti Bowl after bomb scare: By Brian Nordli, Riley Snyder; A suspicious black cylindrical object closed U.S. 95 for more than an hour Wednesday before Las Vegas Fire and Bomb squad investigators determined it was harmless.