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  • Nevada ranks as one of the worst states for human trafficking. Now an unlikely group of men and women are banding together to stop the crime.
  • Wednesday, February 22 2012 2:39 PM EST2012-02-22 19:39:40 GMT
    A Clark County wildlife advisory board member who took heat for a trapping video he posted online has resigned his post.
  • Wednesday, February 22 2012 2:30 PM EST2012-02-22 19:30:00 GMT
    Federal authorities are investigating after an overnight fire destroyed a funeral home construction site in the northern Las Vegas valley.
  • Wednesday, February 22 2012 1:19 PM EST2012-02-22 18:19:49 GMT
    Getting online in Las Vegas can be risky business according to a new report. Las Vegas is among the top 50 U.S. cities for cyber crime.
  • Wednesday, February 22 2012 12:28 PM EST2012-02-22 17:28:01 GMT
    Families in a northeast Las Vegas neighborhood were asked to stay in their homes Wednesday morning while police investigated a suspicious package.
  • Wednesday, February 22 2012 10:38 AM EST2012-02-22 15:38:11 GMT
    Metro Police are investigating an auto-pedestrian accident near Craig Road and Nellis Boulevard. Police say a van struck a man in his 60's.
  • Wednesday, February 22 2012 2:00 AM EST2012-02-22 07:00:41 GMT
    Being a hotel concierge in Las Vegas is a unique experience. Requests from Las Vegas tourists range from typical to outright bizarre. One concierge is chronicling some of those unusual requests in a new book.
  • Tuesday, February 21 2012 8:17 PM EST2012-02-22 01:17:52 GMT
    Fatal traffic accidents in Clark County are up 140 percent from this time last year. Law enforcement officials say many of those crashes could have been avoided.
  • Tuesday, February 21 2012 7:45 PM EST2012-02-22 00:45:48 GMT
    A convicted sex offender now charged with a child abuse death told Metro Police he placed his hand on the 2-year-old boy's throat and pressed down. That chilling detail was in the arrest report for Cory Simmons.
  • Tuesday, February 21 2012 7:36 PM EST2012-02-22 00:36:15 GMT
    An Amber Alert has been issued in Nevada for three children taken from their home in Idaho. Investigators believe the suspect and children are in Las Vegas.
  • Tuesday, February 21 2012 7:31 PM EST2012-02-22 00:31:27 GMT
    Movies and TV shows have glorified bounty hunters. They are shown using strong-arm tactics to bring in defendants who have skipped bail. The real people working in the industry have gathered in Las Vegas for the annual bail agent conference.
  • Tuesday, February 21 2012 6:55 PM EST2012-02-21 23:55:03 GMT
    Metro Police stopped an alleged kidnapper just across the California state line last week.
  • Tuesday, February 21 2012 6:46 PM EST2012-02-21 23:46:46 GMT
    A program that helps homeless youth in southern Nevada will continue to receive all of its grant money from Clark County. The county commission voted Tuesday to continue to give the charity $214,000 despite a recent scandal involving the founder.
  • Tuesday, February 21 2012 6:32 PM EST2012-02-21 23:32:07 GMT
    A gallon of regular gasoline costs 12 cents more in the Las Vegas metro area Tuesday than it did a month ago but prices remain well below record levels, according to the daily AAA Fuel Gauge Report.
  • Tuesday, February 21 2012 5:47 PM EST2012-02-21 22:47:15 GMT
    Court-ordered talks have yielded settlements in about 40 lawsuits involving drug companies blamed for supplying an anesthetic to Las Vegas medical clinics where health officials say patients contracted incurable hepatitis C.
  • Tuesday, February 21 2012 4:40 PM EST2012-02-21 21:40:50 GMT
    The Clark County Coroner's office has identified the three people killed in a car crash last week.
  • Tuesday, February 21 2012 4:40 PM EST2012-02-21 21:40:16 GMT
    A family lost most of its belongings after a fire forced them out of their apartment Tuesday morning.
  • This is what $5 a gallon gasoline looks like when it's posted on a sign and it looks pretty scary. These prices could soon be coming to a neighborhood gas station near you, which is why Facebook and Twitter users are so worked up today.
  • Tuesday, February 21 2012 12:51 PM EST2012-02-21 17:51:17 GMT
    Clark County is swearing in a new district attorney the same day an effort gets under way to fill the Las Vegas City Council seat he left.
  • Tuesday, February 21 2012 10:48 AM EST2012-02-21 15:48:13 GMT
    The Clark County Commission is expected to discuss Tuesday whether to take back $200,000 in grant money previously awarded to the Nevada Partnership for Homeless Youth.
  • Tuesday, February 21 2012 10:43 AM EST2012-02-21 15:43:25 GMT
    One person was seriously hurt after a crash near Desert Inn Road and Lamb Boulevard.
  • Tuesday, February 21 2012 2:01 AM EST2012-02-21 07:01:03 GMT
    The campaign season is in full swing. U.S. Rep. Joe Heck (Nevada-R) kicked off his re-election campaign with a fundraising event Monday evening. His main opponent, Democrat John Oceguera, turned up at the same venue - trying to upstage the event.
  • Monday, February 20 2012 9:08 PM EST2012-02-21 02:08:45 GMT
    Presidents Day is a three-day weekend for a lot of people. Stores around southern Nevada are hoping all the people enjoying a holiday will be spending money.
  • Monday, February 20 2012 9:06 PM EST2012-02-21 02:06:16 GMT
    For a lot of people their pets are more than just animals. They have become family members. Americans spend billions of dollars each year on caring for their pets.
  • Monday, February 20 2012 9:04 PM EST2012-02-21 02:04:27 GMT
    AAA says the average price of a gallon of gas is up 10 cents from a month ago. The average price for a gallon of gas in southern Nevada is now $3.48.
  • Monday, February 20 2012 9:01 PM EST2012-02-21 02:01:54 GMT
    The Federal Highway Administration rejected Arizona's effort to charge a toll for driving along interstate 15 through the Arizona Strip.
  • Monday, February 20 2012 8:45 PM EST2012-02-21 01:45:40 GMT
    The wife of Las Vegas City Councilman Steve Ross says she is running for office. Kelli Ross says she will run for state Senate.

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