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Michigan’s Joseph Cada dropped out of community college after three semesters to make a go at becoming a professional poker player. Early this morning at the Rio, the 21-year-old became the game’s biggest name and, in the process, won more than $8.5 million. Full Story »

A 6-year-old North Las Vegas boy died Thursday from H1N1-related causes, the Clark County coroner's office said. Full Story »

Florence McClure, nicknamed "Hurricane Flo" by the politicians she hounded and the journalists who covered her, was not the type of mother who stayed home and baked cookies, daughter Carolyn McClure Dunne recalled Monday. Full Story »

CARSON CITY -- Jeff Evans walked into the Department of Motor Vehicles office Monday carrying the faded papers in which the Army notified his mother that his father had been killed in an airplane crash in Vietnam in 1970. Full Story »

ELKO -- A report by the Nevada Division of Minerals said 1,054 new abandoned mine hazards were discovered statewide in 2008, while 586 known hazards were secured. Full Story »

Las Vegas Municipal Court will be closed Wednesday through Friday so court employees and an outside consultant can install the first new computer-based case management system at the busy court in more than two decades. Jill Christensen, administrative secretary for the court, urges residents with pressing municipal court business to come in by 5 p.m. today. Full Story »

The Obama administration intends to stop the pursuit of a license for the planned Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository in December, according to internal budget documents from the Department of Energy. Full Story »

An item in Monday's Political Notebook should have stated that Las Vegas Review-Journal Publisher Sherman Frederick is moderating a Nov. 19 forum for U.S. Senate candidates sponsored by the Boulder City Republican Women. Full Story »

On Saturday morning, two neighbor girls pounded on Ginger Paige's front door, according to a Las Vegas police report. Full Story »

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John Cariani's 2006 "Almost, Maine," at the Las Vegas Academy of International Studies, Performing and Visual Arts, is about a series of encounters designed -- over designed -- to touch your heart. Full Story »

Because of the disjointed way that the University Medical Center has grown since 1931, shuttles have sometimes had to be used to get staff and patients quickly from one side of the public hospital to another. Full Story »

Greg Dagani, a former member of the Nevada Board of Education who resigned in 2008 after making out with his wife during a public meeting, said Monday that he will run for the U.S. Senate in 2010. Full Story »

Maryland logger Darvin Moon and 21-year-old Michigan resident Joseph Cada squared off late Monday night for the championship of the World Series of Poker. Full Story »

Nevada Republicans say they want a revolution. A conservative revolution. Full Story »

A 44-year-old man was killed and a 17-year-old was injured when a homemade bomb they were working on went off Saturday night in a desert area of the northeast valley. Full Story »

A ndre Agassi was perhaps Las Vegas' favorite son before he wrote "Open: An Autobiography." What will his fate be now? Full Story »

A group of wounded military personnel from Fort Irwin, Calif., will serve as honorary grand marshals for the annual Veterans Day parade on Wednesday. Full Story »

Michigan’s Joseph Cada became the youngest-ever winner of the World Series of Poker early Tuesday morning, beating Maryland logger Darvin Moon in a nearly three-hour heads-up hold’em poker match at the Rio. Cada, 21, a resident of Shelby Township, Mich., won more than $8.5 million. Moon,... Full Story »

Florence McClure, nicknamed “Hurricane Flo” by the politicians she hounded and the journalists who covered her, died Thursday at age 88. In this 1987 file photo, McClure talks with her husband, Jim. Full Story »

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A 35-year-old motorcyclist died Sunday after he was thrown from his 2006 Suzuki in a northwest valley crash involving three vehicles, Las Vegas police said. Full Story »

When Andre Agassi decided to tell his life story -- all of it -- he knew he would reopen old wounds in his soul. Full Story »