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Boy boards plane at Minn. airport without ticket
A 9-year-old runaway went through security, boarded a plane at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport without a ticket and flew to Las Vegas, an airport spokesman said Sunday. Security officials screened the Minneapolis boy at the airport shortly after 10:30 a.m. Thursday after he arrived via light rail, Metropolitan Airports ...
In Vegas, clubbing almost as popular as gambling
The cannon at the Flutter Fetti booth near the front of the gambling trade show in Las Vegas last week delivered regular bursts of metallic and crepe paper cutouts, shooting them to the ceiling in big booms and carpeting the floor with shimmering hearts, stars and circles. The glittery mess ...
Urologist faces complaint in body fluid incident
The state medical board has filed a complaint against a Las Vegas urologist accused of squirting a patient's bodily fluid onto others during a surgery. The three-count complaint filed against Dr. Avi Chaim Weiss on Sept. 26 says his actions bring the medical profession into disrepute. Investigators say Weiss was ...
Court: Surrogate mom can seek child custody
A lesbian woman who gave birth to a child conceived from a fertilized egg provided by her companion can argue for parental rights in the wake of the couple's breakup, the Nevada Supreme Court ruled Thursday. The unanimous decision overturns a lower court ruling and allows Sha'Kayla St. Mary to ...
Online poker thriller 'Runner' quickly politicized
The thriller "Runner Runner" starring Justin Timberlake and Ben Affleck hasn't even opened yet, but it's already in the center of the fight over online gambling regulation. The American Gambling Association has bought ads on major websites including Twitter, Facebook and the IMDb movie database framing the film as a ...
Northern Calif. freeway project nears completion
State officials are celebrating the imminent completion of what is being billed as the biggest freeway renovation project in California in years. Crews are putting the final touches on the $820 million, 15-year effort to revamp Interstate 80 starting about 30 miles northeast of Sacramento to the Nevada state line, ...
Democratic group airing shutdown ads at House GOP
An outside political group supporting House Democrats is casting blame for the government shutdown on nine House Republicans in a series of television and online ads. House Majority PAC is launching a six-figure broadcast television ad buy this week against Republican Reps. Steve Southerland of Florida, Joe Heck of Nevada ...
Government shutdown's hit magnified for tribes
American Indian tribes have more than access to national parks on the line with the government shutdown, as federal funding has been cut off for crucial services including foster care payments, nutrition programs and financial assistance for the needy. For the 13,000 members of southeast Montana's Crow Tribe, the budget ...
Casino mogul Sheldon Adelson loses libel suit
Billionaire casino mogul Sheldon Adelson has lost a defamation lawsuit against the National Jewish Democratic Council. Adelson asked for $60 million in damages, arguing the council libeled him by saying his political contributions were sullied by links to prostitution. On Monday, a federal judge in Manhattan found that the council's ...
Federal shutdown ripples through Nevada facilities
Federal law enforcers were at work in Nevada on Tuesday, military units at Nellis Air Force Base remained at the ready, and federal prosecutors were in court. But the Las Vegas office of Senate Democratic Majority Leader Harry Reid was locked, and a note on the door cited the partial ...
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