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Nursing board investigates complaints at Reno hospital

Feedloader — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 09:02:25 GMT

RENO -- The Nevada State Board of Nursing is investigating complaints against five managers at a Reno hospital and its emergency department.

Man arrested in sexual assault case

Feedloader — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 09:02:26 GMT

A 75-year-old self-proclaimed prophet was arrested Friday on charges including sexual assault and lewdness with a child under the age of 14, according to Las Vegas police.

Unlicensed doctor's office ordered to stop surgeries

Feedloader — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 09:02:25 GMT

State health officials say a Las Vegas doctor's office has been performing outpatient surgeries without a license.

Cities unite to get housing funds

Feedloader — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 09:02:24 GMT

As the foreclosure crisis drags on, four local governments are banding together to pursue $367 million in federal money to rid neighborhoods of empty houses.

Carver Park Residents

Feedloader — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 09:02:23 GMT

During World War II the huge Basic Magnesium Inc. plant, built between Las Vegas and Boulder City, produced metals needed for the war. The plant employed thousands of people, including blacks recruited from the South. The first employee housing at the town called Basic, later Henderson, was for whites only. In 1943, Carver Park, designed by African-American architect Paul Revere Williams, opened as a segregated housing tract. The first family to move in was Robert C. Williams and his wife Rosie Lee, shown here with children Theodore and Patrick, rear, and Yvonne, Clarice and Roscoe, front. Later, Carver Park admitted whites also. This historical photo is one in a yearlong series commemorating the 100th anniversary of Clark County.

Hundreds buy fireworks at tribal interstate plaza

Feedloader — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 09:02:21 GMT

It's so hot out here the pavement melts like black lava when you pull your car into the parking lot. It squishes under your tires and oozes out in a steaming pile. A dust storm pitches baseball-sized rocks at the cars parked over in the dirt. The beef jerky for sale has dried up and is now beef dust, like Ovaltine with a blend of herbs and spices.

'I give up,' political maverick declares

Feedloader — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 09:02:23 GMT

CARSON CITY -- Christopher Hansen, who chaired the Independent American Party of Nevada during its period of greatest growth, has resigned from his party and dropped out of politics.

CORRECTIONS

Feedloader — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 09:02:25 GMT

A caption on Page 1C of Friday's Las Vegas Review-Journal misidentified Centennial High School's Johnna Brown, the newspaper's female High School Athlete of the Year. Brown is on the far left in the photo; teammate Sierra Golia-Huffman is on the right.

Jacksons set up LV memorial area

Feedloader — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 09:02:24 GMT

Michael Jackson's family announced Friday that a memorial area has been set up outside the late entertainer's last Las Vegas residence.

Ethics questions raised

Feedloader — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 09:02:25 GMT

RENO -- The projects before the Nevada Wildlife Commission seemed simple enough: spending about $160,000 to kill ravens and coyotes to protect sage grouse and mule deer from the predators.

UNLV students fill financial gaps

Feedloader — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 09:02:23 GMT

Ah, summer, a time for college kids to cash in their used books, take a trip to Cali, visit the folks back home, veg out on the sofa, let their minds turn to mush, forget their professors' names and pretend August will not soon arrive.

Officer involved in fatal shooting of suspect ID'd

Feedloader — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 09:02:24 GMT

The officer who fatally shot a fleeing sexual assault suspect Wednesday has been identified by Las Vegas police as Jeremy Hendricks, an 11-year veteran of the force.

Book reveals enduring stories from entertainer's life weren't made onstage

Feedloader — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 09:02:24 GMT

You think you know someone. Then you read his autobiography and realize how much you didn't know. That's how it is with William "Bob" Bailey.

LV surgeon wants case dismissed

Feedloader — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 09:02:24 GMT

Las Vegas spine surgeon Mark Kabins is seeking to have a federal case against him dismissed, arguing that he never defrauded patients or deprived them of honest services and that the government filed charges after the statute of limitations had expired.

FOURTH OF JULY EVENTS AND FIREWORKS

Feedloader — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 09:02:25 GMT

"AMERICAN PIE FOURTH OF JULY" featuring live music and fireworks displays on the Viva Vision canopy today through Sunday at Fremont Street Experience, downtown between Main Street and Las Vegas Boulevard. Live music begins at 6 p.m. today and 8 p.m. Sunday. The Grass Roots perform today. California Dreamin' performs today, and Class of '69 performs today and Sunday. The Viva Vision canopy schedule will feature the shows "Sign of Life," "Don McLean's American Pie," "KISS Over Vegas," "George Thorogood's Bad to the Bone," and "Tribute to Queen" beginning at 8:30 p.m. today through Sunday. Each show will be followed by the Viva Vision Virtual Fireworks Show (800-249-3559).

Central Clark County under flood advisory, warning

eRJ Review-Journal — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 02:33:39 GMT

Fun on the Fourth

Brett Steidler — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 00:16:56 GMT

Officer involved in fatal shooting identified

eRJ Review-Journal — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 22:00:21 GMT

Palin resigning as Alaska governor

Duane Hilton — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:03:39 GMT

WASILLA, Alaska -- Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin made a surprise announcement today that she is resigning from office at the end of the month without explaining why she plans to step down, raising speculation that she would focus on a run for the White House in the 2012 race.

US Airways' Hudson River Splash Landing

Terence Dixon — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 21:35:15 GMT

Notion of Victorville-to-Vegas rail route mind-boggling to skeptics

Feedloader — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:30:11 GMT

If rival promoters of high-speed Southern-California-to-Southern-Nevada rail systems think they're challenged by financing and politics, that's nothing compared with the mountain of skepticism they'll have to overcome.

IN BRIEF

Feedloader — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:30:11 GMT

CALIFORNIA FUGITIVE

New citizens get welcome from Obama

Feedloader — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:30:11 GMT

The 102 Las Vegas immigrants stood side by side to swear the Oath of Allegiance.