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As school year winds down, Chaparral students grade the turnaround
May 12, 2012 – 5:00 am | No Comment
As school year winds down, Chaparral students grade the turnaround

Chaparral High School, previously identified as one of Clark County School District’s five worst-performing schools, is wrapping up its first year of a turnaround effort to improve student achievement and campus morale. …

Return to civil discourse is ironic
May 12, 2012 – 3:00 am | No Comment
Return to civil discourse is ironic

How ironic. Justice Anthony Kennedy in a speech to Nevada lawyers and judges urges a return to civil discourse.

Many solutions to accidents
May 12, 2012 – 3:00 am | No Comment
Many solutions to accidents

The more frequent incidents involving drivers and pedestrians must have a multi-approach solution.

Police say mother arrested after baby nearly drowns in tub
May 12, 2012 – 1:00 am | No Comment
Police say mother arrested after baby nearly drowns in tub

Metro Police arrested a mother after her 7-month-old baby nearly drowned Friday in a bathtub, authorities said. The mother was arrested on a count of

Photos: Gordon Ramsay Steak officially opens at Paris with TV star chef
May 12, 2012 – 1:00 am | No Comment
Photos: Gordon Ramsay Steak officially opens at Paris with TV star chef

He came — and conquered. Controversial TV chef Gordon Ramsay is turning away diners in the hundreds lining up to get into his new …

Hundreds say farewell at funeral for Yadira Martinez and her daughter, Karla
May 11, 2012 – 11:00 pm | No Comment
Hundreds say farewell at funeral for Yadira Martinez and her daughter, Karla

Hundreds of mourners filled St. Christopher Catholic Church Friday in North Las Vegas, singing softly as pallbearers made their way down the aisle with caskets containing a mother and daughter, victims of heinous, senseless violence

Court rules in lemon car deal
May 11, 2012 – 11:00 pm | No Comment
Court rules in lemon car deal

A California man is going to get another chance to prove he was sold a lemon in a used car deal in Las Vegas.

Sandoval reaches out internationally to woo business for Nevada
May 11, 2012 – 9:00 pm | No Comment
Sandoval reaches out internationally to woo business for Nevada

Gov. Brian Sandoval cemented the foundation for the international component of Nevada’s economic development plan Friday, hosting the consuls general of 38 countries and a Canadian province with which the state hopes

Child struck by car, alert driver avoids tragedy
May 11, 2012 – 9:00 pm | No Comment
Child struck by car, alert driver avoids tragedy

A 5-year-old girl was taken to the hospital for a head injury Friday night after she ran out into the street and was struck by a car in North Las Vegas.

Downtown Las Vegas restaurant begins offering vegan menu
May 11, 2012 – 7:00 pm | No Comment
Downtown Las Vegas restaurant begins offering vegan menu

It’s tough to be a vegetarian in a city full of steakhouses, much less a vegan.

1 of 2 escapees from prison work crew recaptured
May 11, 2012 – 7:00 pm | No Comment
1 of 2 escapees from prison work crew recaptured

One of two state prison inmates who escaped Wednesday from a forestry work crew in Clark County has been captured, authorities said.

Judge says dog that killed 1-year-old boy can be euthanized
May 11, 2012 – 5:00 pm | No Comment
Judge says dog that killed 1-year-old boy can be euthanized

Despite the efforts of a New York-based animal rescue group, Onion — the dog that attacked and killed a 1-year-old boy last month — is still set to be euthanized by Henderson