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Visitors to Lake Mead National Recreation Area enjoy the water and sunshine on the lake.
Cooling off as Memorial Day weekend heats up
May 25, 2013
By Sun and VEGAS.com staff
Memorial Day weekend marks the unofficial start of summer and things are heating up.
A rendering of the proposed UNLV Now mega-events center shows how the stadium would look during a Rebels football game.
Legislation tasks campus authority with defining, designing new UNLV stadium
May 25, 2013
By Paul Takahashi
The UNLV stadium bill was gutted of a key provision this week: creation of a special tax district around the university to help finance a proposed on-campus stadium. Assembly Speaker Marilyn Kirkpatrick introduced an amended bill Thursday that has no language pertaining to a tax-increment financing district, which would have allowed any new tax money generated by the stadium to help fund its construction.
Mandalay Bay Beach in Las Vegas is seen Monday, July 11, 2011.
Las Vegas resort beaches offer oasis in middle of the desert
May 25, 2013
By Ed Komenda
In the scorching heat of the Mojave, stumbling upon a tropical beach might seem like a mirage. But in Las Vegas, it seems anything is possible. A neon beacon of luxury and excess, this desert city features several manmade sand beaches, some decorated with tropical flowers and dotted with towering palms.
Deadline strikes: A look at major legislation that made, missed the cut
May 25, 2013
By Andrew Doughman,
Conor Shine
Legislators slogged through dozens of bills Friday, turning the Senate and Assembly chambers into arenas for legislative triumph and death.
Mo Denis and the walking dead: Majority leader keeps recycling legislation alive as 'zombie bill'
May 25, 2013
By Andrew Doughman
Senate Majority Leader Mo Denis, D-Las Vegas, resurrected one of his bills Friday after other legislators had presumptively killed it. He had earlier faced scrutiny after the Sun reported that he had authored two bills that would directly benefit his previous employer, a materials recycling facility.
Firefly regular Heather Vanek eat dinner at the new Firefly at Paradise on Friday, May 24, 2013, almost a month after the previous Firefly restaurant down the street was closed by heath inspectors over salmonella poisoning that sickened nearly 300 people.
New Firefly location welcomes customers, begins task of regaining their trust
May 25, 2013
By Brian Nordli
A feeling of apprehension consumed Firefly Tapas Kitchen & Bar owners Tabitha and John Simmons moments before it opened the doors to its new location on Paradise Road on Friday.
Tennis legend Andre Agassi, Clark County Commissioner Susan Brager and Wet 'n' Wild Las Vegas investors Roger and Scott Bulloch of SPB Partners prepare to cut a ceremonial red ribbon made fittingly of swimwear during the park's grand opening on Friday, May 24, 2013. Kids in candy-colored swimsuits squirmed anxiously during the ceremony as they waited for the green light to ride the slides.
It's back! New Wet 'n' Wild wins over frolickers thirsty for Las Vegas water park
May 24, 2013
By Brian Nordli
Moments before the Wet ‘n’ Wild Las Vegas water park opened on Friday, investor Roger Bulloch faced the crowd from a podium and realized his time was limited.
Lobbyists stand in the balcony while taking in the Assembly Oath of Office on the first day of the 2013 legislative session Monday, Feb. 4, 2013 in Carson City.
Campaign transparency bill passes, albeit a watered-down version
May 24, 2013
By Conor Shine
Candidates for public office will face stricter scrutiny when reporting gifts they receive after the Assembly passed a campaign finance reform bill Friday, although some critics say the bill doesn’t go far enough to improve transparency.

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Plane makes emergency landing on Henderson roadway
May 24, 2013
By Brian Nordli
A small aircraft performed an emergency landing Friday on a Henderson street less than a mile South of Henderson Executive Airport where it took off.
Joe Arpaio
Judge: Arizona sheriff's office profiles Latinos
May 24, 2013
By Jacques Billeaud and Walter Berry, Associated Press
Attorneys say an appeal is planned after a federal judge ruled that the office of America's self-proclaimed toughest sheriff systematically racially profiled Latinos in its trademark immigration patrols.
Las Vegas lawyer who stole from client is disbarred
May 24, 2013
By Cy Ryan
The Nevada Supreme Court Friday disbarred Las Vegas lawyer Ronald N. Serota for conduct "involving dishonesty, fraud, deceit and misrepresentation."
Federal charges filed in April fire at facility for children with autism
May 24, 2013
By Paul Takahashi
A Las Vegas man accused of setting fire to a local children's autism learning facility in April now faces federal charges. Samuel Powers, 24, was charged with two felony counts – one for arson and one for possession of unregistered firearms (Molotov cocktails) – according to an announcement Friday by Daniel Bogden, U.S. Attorney for the District of Nevada.
Committees restore money earmarked for schools that was lost in technicality
May 24, 2013
By Cy Ryan
School districts fretting over a potential loss of millions of dollars in state money to support their students can now breathe a sigh of relief.
Nevada Senate passes Metro Police sales tax
May 24, 2013
By Cy Ryan
A bill to permit an increase in the sales tax to allow Las Vegas Metro Police to retain 300 officers has passed the Senate, 18-3.
Family and Friends gather outside St Francis de sales Catholic Church on 1111 N Michael, Friday, May 24, 2013 after the funeral service for Marcos Vincente Arenas.
Stunned friends, family help lay to rest young victim in iPad slaying
May 24, 2013
By Jackie Valley
The teenagers gathered Friday afternoon outside St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church had just said goodbye to one of their own: 15-year-old Marcos Vincente Arenas. Many wore blue ribbons and watched in solemn silence alongside Arenas’ family as pallbearers wheeled the casket containing their friend’s remains toward a cream-colored hearse. The vehicle’s next stop, Palm Northwest Mortuary and Cemetery, would be Arenas’ final resting spot.

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