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Homeland security funds few

Local agencies in Clark County are competing against applicants from across the state for a piece of Nevada’s federal homeland security funding.

Las Vegas girl vanished in 1999, leaving grieving family, frustrated police

There is nothing ominous about the neighborhood around 705 E. St Louis Ave., where the 7-year-old girl with short black hair and a toothy smile often roamed on her bike. Karla Rodriguez wasn’t afraid to be a kid in this neighborhood.

Aspiring rapper questions arrest

Daniel Bastine is an aspiring rapper from San Diego. He’s a graduate of a private high school in posh La Jolla, Calif. He moved to Las Vegas four years ago to try to make it big in the local music industry.

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Seminar, walk designed to speak to budding pot entrepreneurs

Drivers honked, waved, flipped off and gave thumbs-up to a group — including someone dressed as a 10-foot-tall marijuana joint — advocating Nevada marijuana dispensaries in Henderson on Saturday morning.

Heck wants reinstatement of popular air shows

The Air Force should relax its rules to encourage sponsorships and private donations as a way to reinstate popular air shows, such as Aviation Nation in Las Vegas, that have been canceled due to budget cuts, according to Rep. Joe Heck, R-Nev.

‘The Horse’ strip club is ready to open, minus the ‘Crazy’

After several years of being shuttered, its copper wiring ripped from the walls by thieves, its interior all but gutted, the notorious topless cabaret formerly called Crazy Horse Too is opening its doors again with a new owner and a new name — The Horse Gentlemen’s Club.

UNLV students’ design project has practical use for villagers in Africa

UNLV civil engineering students will put their project for the UNLV Senior Design Competition to real-life use this summer when they help villagers in Moshi, Tanzania, get clean water to their homes from a spring near the base of Mount Kilimanjaro.

Favorite Sons & Daughters June 4-10

Juliana and Lindsey Remark, 18, have received the Barbara Malloy Memorial Leadership Service Award from Soroptimist International of Greater Las Vegas.

Students’ performance rising at 100 Academy

Peggy Selma plans to retire as principal of the 100 Academy of Excellence in North Las Vegas after the 2013-14 school year, and parents say she is leaving the place in better shape than she found it.

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