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LAS VEGAS (AP) — The promoter for jailed boxer Carlos Molina says attorneys in Wisconsin, Nevada and California are working to free the title-holding fighter following his arrest earlier this month in Las Vegas. Molina remained jailed yesterday. He was arrested March 4 on a January 2007 warrant issued in Wisconsin accusing him of failing to register as a sex offender. Promoter Leon Margules says an April 8 extradition hearing is scheduled in Las Vegas on the Wisconsin warrant.
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A 20-year-old is going to prison for eight to 20 years for driving under the influence of marijuana when his car ran up on a North Las Vegas sidewalk, killing an 18-year-old and badly hurting the teen's girlfriend as they walked together. Christian Ivan Diaz said at sentencing yesterday that he was sorry for the New Year's Day 2013 crash that killed Jesse Hill and injured 16-year-old Anne-Marie Ricci. Diaz pleaded guilty in January to two felony DUI charges.
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — State officials say Nevada's unemployment rate ticked down to 8.7 percent in January. The Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation reported yesterday that the January jobless rate was down three-tenths of a percentage point from 9 percent in December. The department says Nevada saw its 37th month of year-over-year job growth, and has added nearly 61,000 new private sector jobs in the past three years.
LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Nevada Supreme Court is scheduling a public hearing in May on a state bar association request for rules to protect lawyers who advise clients on medical marijuana issues. The state high court says it'll also accept written comments ahead of its May 6 hearing in Carson City. The Nevada Bar Association last week cited a conflict between federal drug laws and a state medical marijuana law that takes effect April 1.
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