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Lawyers: Agents spied on suspects in World Cup betting scheme

FBI and state gaming agents illegally obtained evidence and spied on the defendants they later charged in a multimillion-dollar World Cup betting scheme, defense lawyers have alleged.

Grant program helps librarian purchase pets for Lummis Elementary

The newest little ones to join a class at Lummis Elementary School didn’t pass kindergarten last year, but they’re helping students learn a love for reading. The two newcomers are Abbey and Spectra, sister hamsters. Jill Delaney, Lummis’ librarian, acquired the critters last year through the Pets in the Classroom grant program.

Pop-up store to offer clothes, other goods for the homeless

The idea of a Street Store is simple: Give clothes to the homeless but also give them a choice by creating a pop-up store so they can pick their own clothing.

Halloween, Nevada Day parades come to Vegas

Two parades, one historical, one possibly hysterical, are coming to downtown Las Vegas on Friday and will alter traditional traffic patterns.

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Garage fire damages western Las Vegas home

A family is receiving aid from the American Red Cross after their home was damaged by fire Tuesday evening.

Las Vegas Book Briefs for Oct. 30-Nov. 5, 2014

Literary happenings launching this week include a BooksorBooks author event, the Vegas Valley Comic Book Festival and National Novel Writing Month.

Editorial cartoon, Oct. 30, 2014

View Neighborhood Newspaper’s editorial cartoon for Oct. 30, 2014, by F. Andrew Taylor.

Former Pure server files malpractice suit against lawyers in attack case

A former cocktail waitress at Pure nightclub, who claims she was attacked by the son of a Caesars Entertainment Corp. executive, has filed a legal malpractice lawsuit against two veteran attorneys in federal court.

 
Bill Clinton rallies Dems in Vegas

On a mission to save Nevada Democrats, former President Bill Clinton on Tuesday urged supporters at a rally to vote or suffer the consequences: a GOP-led Congress that would favor the rich over workers, try to repeal Obamacare and shut down the government “over and over and over.

Las Vegas man arrested in New York mob murder case

A reputed New York a mob associate has been arrested in Las Vegas on federal charges he killed a rival in Queens more than a decade ago. Gennaro Bruno, who lives in Las Vegas, was to appear in federal court here on the charges Tuesday afternoon.

Man accused in hammer attacks had been high on meth, report says

The man accused of attacking 10 people with a hammer in Boulder City and Henderson had been high on meth hours before the Friday rampage, police say, and he may have had even more violent intentions.

NLV mayor wants to use tax tools Tesla used

North Las Vegas didn’t win the battle for Tesla in Northern Nevada, but the legislation that made the battery gigafactory possible holds the answer to North Las Vegas’ financial problem, according to the city’s mayor.

Judge: Lawyers should have questioned witness payment sooner

Both sides of the criminal justice system — defense and prosecution — appeared to fall short in the case of a 2008 after-school shooting, a Clark County judge said Tuesday, but that didn’t compel him to toss a conviction.

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