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Las Vegas kidnapping case shifts to drug investigation

Oct. 20, 2008
Authorities think the abduction of a 6-year-old boy, who is found safe on a Las Vegas sidewalk, is linked to a Mexican drug cartel. Six-year-old Cole Puffinburger was the subject of a desperate four-day search after police said he was kidnapped at gunpoint by Mexican drug dealers. But it was a...
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Roy Horn makes trumphant hike in Vegas

LAS VEGAS, Dec. 7 (UPI) -- Illusionist Roy Horn said he was determined not to disappoint Las Vegas stargazers by skipping this year's Great Santa Run.
O.J. Simpson gets prison term for robbery

O.J. Simpson gets prison term for robbery

LAS VEGAS, Dec. 5 (UPI) -- O.J. Simpson was sentenced to at least nine years in a Nevada prison Friday for holding up two sports memorabilia dealers at gunpoint in a Las Vegas hotel.

Mexico gets U.S. drug money

MEXICO CITY, Dec. 3 (UPI) -- The U.S. government has provided Mexico nearly half of a $400 million aid package for its southern neighbor's ongoing battle against drug traffickers.

Journalists targeted in Mexico gang wars

MEXICO CITY, Nov. 25 (UPI) -- Journalists are increasingly among the casualties of the drug cartel wars in Mexico, with 28 killed and eight missing since 2000, a reporters' group says.

Report: Adelson's Freedom's Watch closing

LAS VEGAS, Nov. 24 (UPI) -- The conservative activist group Freedom's Watch may be on the verge of shutting its doors, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reported Monday.

Mexico: Former top drug official busted

MEXICO CITY, Nov. 22 (UPI) -- Mexico's former top anti-drug official has been accused of accepting nearly half a million dollars in bribes from drug cartel leaders.

Suge Knight charged with battery

LAS VEGAS, Nov. 19 (UPI) -- Hip-hop icon Suge Knight has been charged with battery in an alleged incident involving his girlfriend in Las Vegas.

Mexico: Top law official arrested on drugs

MEXICO CITY, Nov. 19 (UPI) -- Mexico's top law officer working with Interpol was arrested Tuesday in an investigation into alleged ties to Mexican officials and drug trafficking.

Man sentenced in Las Vegas ricin case

LAS VEGAS, Nov. 17 (UPI) -- Roger Bergendorff, who pleaded guilty to possessing toxic ricin in Las Vegas, was sentenced in federal court Monday to 42 months in prison.

Vegas man's bizarre spree ends in suicide

LAS VEGAS, Nov. 17 (UPI) -- Las Vegas police allege an armed man went on a bizarre crime spree in which he attempted to kidnap children, ultimately killing himself when cornered.

Las Vegas may get Penthouse hotel-casino

LAS VEGAS, Nov. 16 (UPI) -- A future hotel-casino on the Las Vegas main strip may be modeled after the adult men's magazine Penthouse, the publication's head officer says.

Stewart wants Simpson conviction apology

LAS VEGAS, Nov. 16 (UPI) -- Clarence Stewart, convicted on robbery charges in Las Vegas along with O.J. Simpson, says he wants an apology from the former football star.
Las Vegas has higher suicide risk

Las Vegas has higher suicide risk

PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 12 (UPI) -- Las Vegas seems to attract suicidal people or bring out people's desire to kill themselves, researchers have found.
Judge rejects Simpson's bid for new trial

Judge rejects Simpson's bid for new trial

LAS VEGAS, Nov. 7 (UPI) -- A Las Vegas judge said Friday there would be no new trial for O.J. Simpson.
Miss USA pageant returning to Vegas

Miss USA pageant returning to Vegas

LAS VEGAS, Nov. 6 (UPI) -- The Miss Universe Organization says its next two Miss USA pageants will take place in Las Vegas.
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President Obama awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom in Washington
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President Barack Obama awards the the Presidential Medal of Freedom to singer/songwriter Bob Dylan during a ceremony in the East Room at the White House in Washington on May 29, 2012. The Medal of Freedom is our NationÕs highest civilian honor, presented to individuals who have made especially meritorious contributions to the security or national interests of the United States, to world peace, or to cultural or other significant public or private endeavors. UPI/Kevin Dietsch