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MMA's 'Iron Mike' gets prison in Vegas sex case

A mixed martial arts fighter once featured on Spike TV's "The Ultimate Fighter" is going to prison for one to four years for the attempted sexual assault of a woman at his home in April 2010.

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Bruno Mars clear of Vegas cocaine possession case

Pop star Bruno Mars was cleared of a felony cocaine possession case in Las Vegas on Wednesday, after his attorneys told a state court judge the Grammy-winning pop star stayed out of trouble, performed community service and met other conditions of a plea deal reached almost a year ago.

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Boxer Mayweather sidesteps Vegas jail until June

A judge agreed Friday to postpone a jail sentence against Floyd Mayweather Jr. in a Las Vegas domestic violence case, allowing the undefeated boxer to make a Cinco de Mayo fight against an as-yet unnamed opponent.

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2nd suit filed in Las Vegas tour helicopter crash

A second wrongful death lawsuit was filed Thursday in a Nevada court against the Las Vegas-based operator of a sightseeing tour helicopter that crashed and killed five people earlier this month.

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Jail looms after holiday for Mayweather in Vegas

Jail is looming for champion boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr., who will give up his training schedule, club-hopping and relaxation in his million-dollar country club home after the New Year's holiday to serve a three-month sentence at the Clark County Detention Center in Las Vegas.

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Boxer Mayweather gets 90 jail days in Vegas case

Boxing champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. is a perfect 42-0 in the ring and has dodged significant jail time several times in domestic violence cases in Las Vegas and Michigan.

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Officials: Mayweather to take deal, clear cases

Boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. plans to plead guilty to reduced misdemeanor charges in a plea deal resolving felony allegations that he battered his ex-girlfriend, court officials said Tuesday.

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APNewsBreak: 1st suit filed in Vegas copter crash

The first wrongful death lawsuit was filed Tuesday in Nevada on behalf of the families of a honeymooning couple from India killed in a Las Vegas sightseeing helicopter crash that also took the lives of the pilot and a Kansas couple celebrating their 25th wedding anniversary.

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Coroner names 3 of 5 killed in Vegas chopper crash

Medical examiners in Las Vegas are confirming the names of three of the five people killed in a sightseeing helicopter crash near Lake Mead.

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Couple held without bond in bloody saw slaying

A judge ruled Wednesday that a couple charged with killing a neighbor whose body was found outside in a box will be jailed without bond until an evidentiary hearing.

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Las Vegas DA won't seek jail for 'Pacman' Jones

NFL football player Adam "Pacman" Jones won't face jail time in Nevada based on his conduct in a Cincinnati bar scuffle last summer, the district attorney in Las Vegas said Tuesday.

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'Girls Gone Wild' chief suing Wynn over Vegas debt

The founder of the "Girls Gone Wild" video empire has upped the ante in a legal dispute over a $2 million casino debt with Las Vegas Strip casino mogul Steve Wynn and the Wynn Las Vegas resort.

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APNewsBreak: 1st Reno air race crash lawsuit filed

The family of a Texas man killed when a racing aircraft crashed into spectators in the National Championship Air Races in Reno filed a $25 million lawsuit Tuesday against the pilot's family, a mechanic on the World War II-era aircraft and the Nevada organization that hosted the event.

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Vince Neil guilty, fined in Las Vegas conduct case

A judge accepted a guilty plea Monday on behalf of rock `n' roller Vince Neil and his lawyer paid a $1,000 fine to close a misdemeanor case stemming from a confrontation between the Motley Crue singer and his ex-girlfriend at a Las Vegas casino lounge.

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Sin City coroner inks deal for Discovery episodes

About 14,000 people die each year in and around Las Vegas. The Clark County coroner's office investigates about 3,500 of those deaths and conducts about 1,500 autopsies.

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Vegas man gets 5 years for Iraq weapon conspiracy

A Las Vegas man who helped federal prosecutors convict an active-duty Navy SEAL of selling war weapons and machine guns from Iraq in the U.S. was sentenced Friday to five years in prison.

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NTSB: No video from P-51 in Reno air show crash

Federal crash investigators said Friday they found no readable onboard video amid the debris of a modified racing plane that crashed into a crowd of spectators last month at an air race in Reno, killing 11 and injuring at least 74.

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2 get prison time in Vegas cosmetic surgery death

A Colombian husband and wife were each sentenced Thursday to up to eight years in a Nevada prison plus a year in county jail for leaving a Las Vegas mother of three to die after botching her buttocks enhancement procedure in a back room of a Las Vegas tile store.

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Vegas man pleads not guilty in teen's rape, death

A Las Vegas 19-year-old pleaded not guilty to the kidnapping, rape and mutilation killing of a high school sophomore in his first court appearance since prosecutors announced they'll seek to have him put to death if he's convicted.

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IndyCar drivers out of Vegas hospital after crash

Two IndyCar drivers have been released from a Las Vegas hospital after overnight treatment for injuries they received in a fiery crash that killed two-time Indianapolis 500 winner Dan Wheldon.

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Nevada doctor pleads not guilty in stem cell case

A prominent Las Vegas-area pediatrician pleaded not guilty Thursday to federal charges that he and a man who falsely claimed he was a doctor conspired to implant chronically ill patients with stem cells harvested from human placentas.

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Jury awards couple $104M in Vegas hepatitis case

A Nevada jury found drug companies liable Wednesday for $104 million in damages in a third product liability lawsuit stemming from a hepatitis C outbreak four years ago at Las Vegas outpatient colonoscopy clinics owned by a doctor now facing state and federal criminal charges.

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Ex-Vegas prosecutor takes plea deal in coke case

An ex-prosecutor who handled some of Las Vegas' highest profile drug cases before he was arrested with a $40 rock of crack cocaine in his car has taken a plea deal of the kind he used to negotiate with celebrities like Paris Hilton and Bruno Mars.

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Lawyer: Doc not fit for Vegas hepatitis case trial

The ailing former physician-owner of a southern Nevada endoscopy clinic at the center of a hepatitis outbreak isn't fit to stand trial on felony charges, despite findings by state medical personnel, his lawyer said Tuesday.

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Police: Casino video shows Nevada shooting

With a Hells Angel dead in a northern Nevada casino shooting, two members of the rival Vagos motorcycle club wounded and a third hurt in a drive-by attack hours later, investigators were using video and witnesses Monday to identify who's responsible for the weekend violence.

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