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Las Vegas animal cruelty unit coming down on cases valleywide

The Metropolitan Police Department’s Animal Cruelty Unit hit the streets a year ago, and already the unit said it has many accomplishments. The unit is partnered with city and county animal control departments, The Animal Foundation and the Desert Inn Animal Hospital and investigates cases ranging from cockfighting and dog fighting circles, animal poisoning, animal cruelty, abuse or neglect and injury or abuse to police animals.

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Great Italian food to be had at Las Vegas’s Nora’s

Despite popular belief, it’s possible to get great Italian food without traveling to Italy. In fact, you can just head to Nora’s Italian Cuisine: great food, cheaper cost, and you don’t have to pack a suitcase.

Fire damages vacant house in northeast Las Vegas

A vacant home in the northeast valley caught fire Monday morning, according to a Clark County Fire Department release.

Las Vegas Fern Adair Conservatory creates boys-only Gladiator-style training program

The Fern Adair Conservatory of the Arts, 3265 E. Patrick Lane, has been teaching girls and boys, but mostly girls, the finer points of dance and gymnastics for 43 years. Recently, it decided to try something new and started training gladiators. The new gym and dance program, Gladiators Training, is a first for the conservatory: It’s a class just for boys.

Army parachutist, videographer has done nearly 7,500 jumps

When Scott Janise was growing up in the east valley, his mother Patti Janise never thought that he would be jumping out of airplanes. “When he started jumping, he would call me to tell me when he was going to jump,” Patti said. “I told him, ‘Please don’t tell me until afterward.’ I would literally bite my nails, just worried to death.”

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