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Liven Up Your Lockdown with These Scary Good Local Movies

Mar 19, 2020

From rock 'n' roll to romance to horror (and romantic horror!), local filmmakers have your binge needs covered

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What Happened Here?

Jan 27, 2020

Vegas' new slogan plays it safe -- but that's not necessarily a bad thing

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The 20 Vegas Films You Must See

Apr 24, 2019

Good, bad, or ugly, these films tell essential truths about Las Vegas. (Yes, even Leprechaun 3)

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Deutsche Bank To Sell Cosmopolitan Casino To Blackstone

May 16, 2014

Deutsche Bank is checking out of its Strip casino. The German bank agreed on Thursday to sell the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas to the Blackstone Group

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Solving The Poverty Problem

Apr 30, 2014

Every society has apparently had impoverished people, but we set about eradicating that problem in the Great Society. But it remains a serious issue

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Rescue Dogs, Dogs That Rescue

Apr 29, 2014

Las Vegas loves rescues. Do you have a rescue dog? How has that dog changed your life? 877 ask knpr

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The Jacksons At Planet Hollywood

Feb 24, 2014

While The Jacksons may best be known for their early hits as The Jackson 5, their popularity and legacy in the world of R&B never went away

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The $2.3 Million Slot Machine At MGM

Feb 18, 2014

There’s a slot machine at MGM that hasn’t paid out a jackpot in twenty years. Rob Copeland from the Wall Street Journal explains the cult status of Lion's Share

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The State Of Boxing

Feb 10, 2014

Boxing matches still draw massive crowds to Las Vegas and other venues around the globe, and Las Vegas is still seen by many fans as a heavyweight in the fighting world

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Helping Developers And Wildlife With CHAT

Dec 19, 2013

The Crucial Habitat Assessment Tool, or CHAT, will connect 16 western states including Nevada with an online system of maps displaying wildlife habitat, wetlands and other valuable natural resources

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Wynn's Casino Deal Under Investigation

Nov 27, 2013

Caesars has already pulled out of Massachusetts and now Wynn Resorts is facing a suitability hearing because of problems with a deal to buy land in Everett, Massachusetts

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Where Is The Back Of The Line?

Feb 06, 2013

Both President Obama and the bipartisan group of senators proposing comprehensive immigration reform insist that unauthorized immigrants must move to "the back of the line." But what is the line? In fact, there's are many lines - limits on overall immigration but also limits on immigrants from any one country. And some believe that's the problem. Countries that provide big numbers of immigrants have a line that is so long it might encourage more unauthorized immigration.

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Jeremy Aguero On The Southern Nevada Economy

Jan 25, 2013
The economic news seems to be getting better - at least it is if you think that a 10 percent unemployment rate is good news. We talk with Jeremy Aguero.
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City Council Candidate Bob Beers

Dec 26, 2012

A field of nine is running to replace Steve Wolfson on the Las Vegas City Council. One of them is former State Sen. Bob Beers. His signs are up already around town and he's promising that he will continue to be a fiscal hawk at City Hall as he was in Carson City.

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The Economic Outlook

Nov 12, 2012

The Center for Business and Economic Research at UNLV has delivered its Midyear Economic Outlook and the news is good - but certainly not great. The national economic has been recovering for a long time but it has been doing so very, very slowly. That has eventually begun to trickle down to the Southern Nevada economy. That slow but steady trend should continue. We talk with CBER Director Stephen Brown about the numbers and why he thinks will get better.

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Vegas Knockout

Sep 07, 2012
Bar owner and author P Moss has written a novel that starts out with a cast of characters getting ready for the fight of the year or the century ..
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Will Water Shortages Make Us Vegetarians?

Aug 30, 2012
New scientific reports suggest that global population growth and continuing shortages of water will make us all vegetarians. That's inevitable, say the water experts, because only grain will provide enough food.
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I Have a Dream

Aug 29, 2012
In just a few decades. Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" speech has become an iconic part of American life.
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Obama Pitches College Education in Las Vegas

Aug 27, 2012
President Obama has been stumping in Nevada for the last two days. He's made his pitch for more college education and also talked up the need to reform the tax system. We look at what the president said, how the crowd reacted and whether his appearances changed the minds of any Nevada voters.
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Las Vegas Sands Investigated for Money Laundering

Aug 15, 2012
Casinos handle lots of money and high rollers are expected to bring a lot with them when they come to as casino. The federal government is investigating whether Las Vegas Sands, which operates the Venetian, was lax in checking the sources of its high rollers' funds.
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Zoning Businesses near the Strip

Jun 22, 2012
No one quite planned it this way but in the neighborhood of Sahara Avenue and Paradise Road there are businesses that run all night, or would like to, but there are residential neighborhoods where people would like to sleep all night. So how can the city council balance those interests? Do neighbors need to find a quieter area or should businesses be happy to accommodate their neighbors.
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Shakeup at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Jun 19, 2012

The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission has seen bureaucratic turmoil in recent months as the chairman departs and Congress tries to appoint two new members. The issue that's driven all the turmoil is whether or not former Chairman Gregory Jaczko was sticking to the commission's business or trying to stymie Yucca Mountain. We look at what's been happening and how it will affect the future of Yucca Mountain.

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Stealing Las Vegas

May 21, 2012
What happens when a disgruntled group of casino workers figures out how to steal big bucks from the casino where they work? It's a caper movie! The hero Nick Davis is trying to get money for surgery so he can pursue his dream of being a major league baseball player. But where will he get the money? We talk with the director and cast of Stealing Las Vegas - the co-curricular movie from the UNLV Film Department.
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Two Las Vegas Councilmen

May 15, 2012

Councilman Bob Coffin ran to improve life in his ward, which he argued, had been neglected. Too much attention had been focused on downtown. Councilman Bob Beers recently won a special election and promised to review expenditures, which he feared would balloon with the payments for the new city hall. These councilmen seemed to be shaking up the consensus that had gathered around Mayor Oscar Goodman. We ask them what the big issues are for the City of Las Vegas and how they have made a difference.

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Build a Greener Block

Apr 26, 2012
Think of it as Las Vegas City Block - Makeover Edition. That's the ambition, at least, of a group of people who say they can remake the block into a cleaner and greener space.
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