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Dining Pick of the Week: Pizza Rock

It’s tempting to say that Pizza Rock isn’t your grandmother’s pizzeria — except it probably is. That’s because the pies here are crafted in an Old-World style using brick ovens, worthy of the approval of any Italian grandmother.

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Girl, 2, dies in northeast valley crash

A 2-year-old girl was struck by a van about 9:30 p.m. Thursday and died at Pecos Road and Dillon Avenue, north of Lake Mead Boulevard, a Las Vegas police watch commander said.

GOP team scrutinizes Las Vegas for presidential nominating convention

A Republican National Committee team made an all-day visit to Las Vegas on Thursday to examine the logistics of putting on the GOP’s presidential nominating convention in 2016 if Las Vegas wins the right to host the event.

Taylor testifies Cooney sweet, not violent

Karina Taylor refuted much of the testimony of her former boyfriend, Kevin Cooney, during two days of testimony and his mother’s attempted murder trial.

State exempts 2 years of students from graduation testing requirements

Nevada high school freshmen and sophomores in 2014-15 lucked out Thursday when they were freed of the graduation requirement that has kept diplomas from thousands of past students, and will likely do the same for thousands more to come.

Linq, High Roller help drive up Las Vegas monorail ridership

Caesars Entertainment’s Linq retail district apparently is driving more than tourism to the heart of the Strip. Officials with the Las Vegas Monorail Co. say it’s partially responsible for a boost in ridership for the 3.9-mile elevated transit system that has seen a downward spiral in ridership since 2007.

 
Reid calls Bundy supporters ‘domestic terrorists’

U.S. Sen. Harry Reid on Thursday called supporters of Bunkerville rancher Cliven Bundy “domestic terrorists” because they defended him against a Bureau of Land Management cattle roundup with guns and put their children in harm’s way.

AEG-MGM arena project to break ground May 1

Entertainment powerhouse company AEG and MGM Resorts International — partners on a $350 million, 19,500-seat arena behind New York-New York on the Strip — plan to move the first chunk of earth for the project at a groundbreaking ceremony set for May 1.

Fatal stabbing outside thrift store was about woman, police say

A 24-year-old man was arrested on murder charges Wednesday after Las Vegas police said he stabbed another man during a fight over a woman outside a Savers thrift store at 3121 Rancho Drive., near Cheyenne Avenue.

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