KEN RITTER

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Las Vegas police raid 6 Hells Angels locations

Six Hells Angels motorcycle club locations were raided Wednesday in an investigation of a brawl that left two people with stab wounds at a Las Vegas wedding chapel nearly a year ago, police said.

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ACORN, former official plead not guilty in Nevada

Lawyers for the political advocacy group ACORN and a former voter registration supervisor pleaded not guilty Tuesday to illegally paying canvassers to register Nevada voters during last year's presidential campaign.

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Jackson doctor says he can't pay child support

The doctor being investigated in Michael Jackson's death told a court he can't afford to pay $13,000 in child support and other debts because he was forced to close his medical practice after physical threats against him and his staff, according to court documents obtained Friday.

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Man gets 26 to 90 years in Vegas casino shooting

A 53-year-old unemployed house painter apologized to his victims before he was sentenced Monday to 26 to 90 years in prison for opening fire with a handgun and wounding four people in a Las Vegas Strip casino more than two years ago.

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DA asks court to reject OJ co-defendant appeal

O.J. Simpson's convicted co-defendant got a fair trial and wasn't a victim of "spillover prejudice" as he alleges in his appeal, a prosecutor told the Nevada Supreme Court on Friday.

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US attorney ousted in 2006 returning to Nevada job

Daniel Bogden never really got a good answer why President George W. Bush fired him from his post as U.S. attorney for Nevada in 2006. But it doesn't matter to Bogden anymore. He's got his old job back.

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Heidi Fleiss forced to close Vegas grooming shop

Former "Hollywood Madam" Heidi Fleiss' Las Vegas dog grooming business has been shut down by a judge as part of a civil lawsuit, two days after she was sentenced to three years probation on felony drug charges.

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Zakes Mokae, champion of Fugard plays, is dead

Zakes Mokae, the Tony-winning South African actor best known for his work with playwright Athol Fugard in such apartheid dramas as "The Blood Knot" and "Master Harold ... and the boys," has died at the age of 75.

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Nevada high court denies OJ bid for prison release

The Nevada Supreme Court denied O.J. Simpson's request Friday to be let out of prison pending a decision on the appeal of his conviction in a gunpoint heist in a Las Vegas hotel room.

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Garrido victim in Nevada case: 'Don't let him out'

A Nevada woman who was abducted and raped in 1976 by California kidnapping suspect Phillip Garrido said Thursday she believes he deserves the death penalty, although his crimes wouldn't qualify him.

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Trial begins in fatal Las Vegas Strip bombing case

A prosecutor opened his case Friday against two men accused in a deadly bombing by showing jurors video of the casino parking structure blast and a replica of the small pipe bomb that caused it.

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Jackson's personal doctor was in financial trouble

Dr. Conrad Murray was in dire financial shape when he signed on as Michael Jackson's personal physician earlier this year at $150,000 a month.

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Chances of OJ winning release? Depends who you ask

Few in Nevada legal circles believe O.J. Simpson has any real chance at freedom when the state's Supreme Court justices consider letting him trade a prison cell in rural northern Nevada for a golf course in Miami while he appeals his conviction in a gunpoint hotel room heist.

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Gunman found guilty in Vegas Strip casino shooting

A Nevada jury found an unemployed house painter guilty of 51 of 52 felony charges against him in a shooting inside a Las Vegas Strip casino two years ago.

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2 more face charges in Vegas boy abduction case

Two more defendants have been named in a federal cocaine trafficking case stemming from the kidnapping of a 6-year-old boy from his Las Vegas home last October.

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Nev. court schedules bond hearing for OJ Simpson

A state Supreme Court panel will hear oral arguments on O.J. Simpson's bid to get out of a Nevada prison pending his appeal to overturn a conviction in an armed hotel room heist, officials said Monday.

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Fed works to speed solar development in Southwest

The federal government's top land steward said Monday that the United States will fast-track efforts to build solar power generating facilities on public space in six Western states.

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Nevada paper rejects ad about senator's affair

The owner of a Canada-based dating Web site says he was jilted when he tried to place an advertisement in Nevada's largest newspaper to capitalize on U.S. Sen. John Ensign's extramarital affair.

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Doctor: I wrote prescription for Danny Gans' drug

A doctor who treated Danny Gans said Friday the Las Vegas Strip headliner had a prescription five years ago for the potent painkiller blamed in his death but declined a similar prescription just a few months ago.

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Man ordered to face charge of threatening Obama

A federal judge in Las Vegas has ordered a man be transferred to Utah to face a charge of threatening President Barack Obama, even as the man's defense attorney and family pleaded that the suspect get mental health treatment.

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DA: Simpson should remain imprisoned during appeal

O.J. Simpson poses a flight risk and shouldn't be allowed out of prison while the Nevada Supreme Court decides whether to overturn his conviction in an armed hotel room heist, a prosecutor said Friday.

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OJ co-defendant appeals Nev. robbery conviction

A former golfing buddy of O.J. Simpson on Thursday appealed to overturn his conviction in an armed hotel room heist, saying he suffered "spillover prejudice" from being tried with the former NFL football star.

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OJ Simpson appeals Vegas armed robbery conviction

O.J. Simpson has appealed to the Nevada Supreme Court to overturn his convictions for armed robbery and kidnapping during a a Las Vegas hotel room confrontation with two sports memorabilia dealers.

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Simpson gets new Las Vegas lawyer; appeal pending

O.J. Simpson has switched lawyers on the eve of his appeal to the Nevada Supreme Court to reverse his conviction in an armed hotel room heist, his former attorney said Friday.

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Omaha man blames casino drinks, drugs for big debt

A prominent Nebraska philanthropist accused of failing to repay $14.75 million to Las Vegas casinos is claiming he was plied with drinks and drugs while he ran up big gambling debts.

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