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Study to examine Nevada's pension system
June 19, 2013
By Cy Ryan
A national firm is being hired to compare the state's Public Employees' Retirement System with the other 126 government pension plans in the nation.
Stabbed inmate is stable after gang fight
June 19, 2013
By Cy Ryan
An inmate was repeatedly stabbed in a fight between rival gangs at the Warm Springs Correctional Center in Carson City, state prison officials said Wednesday.
Metro searching for suspect in 2 bank robberies
June 19, 2013
By Riley Snyder
Metro Police are asking for the public’s help in identifying a man who robbed two Las Vegas banks in June.
What should the word bubble say? You tell us in the June edition of the Smithereens Cartoon Caption Contest.
Time to vote: Which cartoon caption is best?
June 19, 2013
By Sun Staff
It's time to decide who will win the June edition of the Smithereens Cartoon Caption Contest, featuring an elephant.
Sen. Heller: Keep mortgage forgiveness debt relief tax-free
June 19, 2013
By Karoun Demirjian
Senators from two of the nation’s states hit hardest by the bursting of the housing bubble are trying to make sure Congress extends mortgage forgiveness tax relief for at least another two years.
James Gandolfini arrives at the L.A. premiere of "Nicky Deuce" at the ArcLight Hollywood on Monday, May 20, 2013 in Los Angeles.
James Gandolfini, character actor turned celebrity, dead at 51
June 19, 2013
By Lynn Elber, Associated Press
James Gandolfini's lumbering, brutish mob boss with the tortured psyche will endure as one of TV's indelible characters. Gandolfini refused to be bound by his star-making role in "The Sopranos."

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Henderson man gets 15 years in child pornography case
June 19, 2013
By Brian Nordli
A Henderson man was sentenced to 15 years in prison and a lifetime supervised release on Wednesday after he was found guilty on multiple child pornography charges.
Gwyneth Paltrow at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party at the Sunset Tower Hotel in L.A. on Feb. 27, 2011.
Star Surveillance: Gwyneth Paltrow, Holly Madison, Carmen Electra, Carmelo Anthony and Ron Jeremy at play
June 19, 2013
By Robin Leach
In a change of role-play, actress Gwyneth Paltrow was the keynote guest speaker at the Licensing Expo held this week at Mandalay Bay. The movie star is co-owner of a fitness fashion line with Tracy Anderson, and her speech and Q&A session focused on "Brands on the Brink of Global Expansion."
This is a May 7, 2007, file photo shows the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md.
Academy: 3 midshipmen with ties to football team charged with sexual assault
June 19, 2013
By Brian White, Associated Press
The U.S. Naval Academy on Wednesday charged three midshipmen — all current or former football players — with sexually assaulting a female student at an off-campus house in Annapolis more than a year ago.
Nevada gets seat on Southern Border Security Commission
June 19, 2013
By Karoun Demirjian
The Senate voted overwhelmingly to approve Nevada as an additional member to the immigration bill’s Southern Border Security Commission, despite the fact that the Silver State doesn’t actually share a border with Mexico.
The third and final night of the 2012 Electric Daisy Carnival at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on Sunday, June 10, 2012.
EDC festival set times and schedule announced
June 19, 2013
By Andrea Domanick
The wait is over, and not a moment too soon -- two days before Electric Daisy Carnival kicks off at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway, fest organizers Insomniac have finally revealed the full schedule and set times.
Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke is on a television screen as specialist James Naughton works at his post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Wednesday, June 19, 2013. The Federal Reserve offered a hint Wednesday that it's moving closer to slowing its bond-buying program, which is intended to keep long-term interest rates at record lows.
Stocks slide as Fed says bond purchases could slow
June 19, 2013
By Steve Rothwell, Associated Press
Financial markets shuddered Wednesday after the Federal Reserve said it could start scaling back its huge economic stimulus program later this year and end it by the middle of 2014.
Man wounded in leg, gunman sought in morning shooting
June 19, 2013
By Riley Snyder
Metro Police were searching for a person who shot a man in the leg Wednesday morning.
Jamaal Hardy, left, and Gus Hardy pose with characters Ross Johnson, dressed as Wolverine, and Daniel Castro, dressed as Iron Man, at the Amazing Las Vegas Comic Con at the South Point Saturday, June 15, 2013.
Photos: Stan Lee's comic book convention and new superheroes for China, India
June 19, 2013
By Robin Leach
With comic book fans dressed in the colorful costumes of their favorite artistic heroes, you would have thought the characters had stepped right from the pages.
Reid says Washington, D.C., deserves to become a state
June 19, 2013
By Karoun Demirjian
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid already presides over a body of 100 senators. But he wouldn’t mind if two more join the fold.

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