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Boutique downtown Las Vegas hotel abruptly closes

In a Facebook post, the owners attributed the downtown Las Vegas property’s closure to an ongoing legal battle with its general contractor.

Pete Rose, MLB’s all-time hits leader, dies in Las Vegas at 83

Pete Rose, baseball’s career hits leader and fallen idol who undermined his historic achievements and Hall of Fame dreams by gambling on the game he loved and once embodied, has died. He was 83.

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Ex-Hells Angels president sentenced in 2008 Las Vegas chapel melee

The former president of the Hells Angels motorcycle club’s local chapter was sentenced on Tuesday to two to five years in prison for assaulting rival gang members at a downtown wedding chapel in 2008.

Sandoval names Julia Teska state budget director

CARSON CITY — Gov. Brian Sandoval has named a veteran in state finance as his new budget chief and director of the Department of Administration.

Plaid-clad robber steals cash, cigarettes from Las Vegas store

A plaid-clad robber went into a convenience store near U.S. Highway 95 and Eastern Avenue and pointed a gun at the cashier, Las Vegas police said. The man demanded cash and cigarettes, then fled on foot.

Burlesque performers to help art form bare all

Burlesque performers from the 1950s to the present are set to be on hand for “Putting the Sin in Sin City: 60 Years of Burlesque in Las Vegas” at 7 p.m. March 20 at the Clark County Library, 1401 E. Flamingo Road.

Congressmen in North Las Vegas hear personal stories of detention, deportation

The message from the audience was clear during Monday’s Congressional Ad-Hoc Hearing on Immigration in North Las Vegas: Stop breaking families apart. The hearing was organized by Rep. Steve Horsford, D-Nev., Rep. Luis Gutierrez, D-Ill., and Rep. Ruben Hinojosa, D-Texas, and was held at North Las Vegas City Hall.

Literary Las Vegas: Gina Moreno Wilson

Gina Moreno Wilson shares the story of her family’s struggle with her father’s illness in “Donald’s Story: One Family’s Journey Through the Tangled Darkness of Alzheimer’s: How to Cope and Survive as Your Loved One Slips Away.”

Las Vegas Book Briefs for March 18-24, 2014

Literary highlights this week include author appearances by Ellen Poulsen, Jenni Pulos, Brandon Mull, Chad Morris, Joshua Fields Millburn and Ryan Nicodemus.

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