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DINI FUNERAL
Hundreds pay respects to Joe Dini in Yerington
YERINGTON, Nev. (AP) — Several hundred people paid their respects at a funeral mass for Joe Dini in Yerington where the former, longtime Nevada Assembly speaker was described as a quiet, humble man who became a "legislative giant" during three decades in the legislature.
Dozens of past and present state legislators, elected and other government officials crowded into the rural high school gymnasium for Tuesday's service for the state's longest-serving assemblyman. He died April 10 at the age of 85.
Republican U.S. Sen. Dean Heller, Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto and ex-Gov. and -U.S. Sen. Richard Bryan were among the dignitaries on hand. Bryan said he never met a man or woman who did not like Joe Dini. He said he was "the legislative equivalent of a grand master in chess."
NORTH LAS VEGAS-BUDGET
North Vegas finalizing budget to submit to state
LAS VEGAS (AP) — North Las Vegas administrators are finishing a tentative budget to submit to the Nevada Department of Taxation in a bid to avoid a state takeover of city finances and services.
City spokesman Mitch Fox said Tuesday that city officials were finalizing a spending plan after reaching tentative agreements last week with key employee unions to overcome a projected budget deficit of nearly $18 million.
Taxation officials say that under state law, cities need to have their proposed balanced budgets postmarked Tuesday.
Fox says the North Las Vegas budget total is still being worked out.
Last year, the overall city budget was just under $433 million, including $282 million in general fund spending.
A state takeover could lead to large tax increases.
A City Council ratification vote is set May 21.
SHOE THROWER-HILLARY CLINTON
Feds re-arrest woman in Hillary Clinton shoe throw
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Authorities have re-arrested a Phoenix woman accused of throwing a shoe at Hillary Rodham Clinton while she gave a convention speech at a Las Vegas Strip resort.
A spokeswoman for U.S. Attorney Daniel Bogden in Las Vegas said Tuesday that 36-year-old Alison Michelle Ernst was taken into custody Monday evening in Phoenix.
Ernst was due to appear Tuesday before a magistrate in Phoenix on federal misdemeanor trespassing and violence against a person charges. Each count could get her up to a year in federal prison.
Ernst was freed last week with a June 24 court date in Las Vegas after her arrest on a local misdemeanor disorderly conduct charge.
The shoe missed Clinton, and Ernst surrendered to authorities Thursday at a ballroom at the Mandalay Bay resort.
JUAN GABRIEL HOSPITALIZED
Mexican singer Juan Gabriel hospitalized in Vegas
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Mexican musical icon Juan Gabriel has postponed three California shows after being hospitalized in Las Vegas with pneumonia.
A tour publicist said in a statement Tuesday that the 64-year-old singer was rushed to intensive care Monday morning after waking up with a fever and congestion. He had performed a three-hour concert the night before at the Mandalay Bay resort on the Las Vegas Strip as part of his "Volver" tour.
Shows scheduled for Wednesday and Thursday in Los Angeles were called off, along with a Saturday concert in San Jose, Calif.
The statement says new show dates were expected to be announced later in the week by tour producers CMN Events.
Juan Gabriel is one of the best-selling Latin recording artists of all time. His tour began earlier this month.
CHURCH HIT-RUN CRASH
Court date set for Utah woman in North Vegas crash
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Sentencing is scheduled next week for an 18-year-old Utah woman on a felony leaving the scene of an accident charge in a crash that hurt eight pedestrians outside a storefront church in North Las Vegas last summer.
Clark County District Court Judge James Bixler on Tuesday set sentencing April 22 for Nyakueth Tear (NEYE'-keeth TEER').
Tear could get probation or up to 15 years in prison.
She pleaded guilty Feb. 12 to driving away after hitting people late Aug. 8 outside Iglesia de Cristo on Losee (LOH'-see) Road.
A 54-year-old man was critically hurt and a pregnant woman was among the seven others injured.
Tear admitted stopping and then trying to drive away on the dark industrial street.
She was caught after crashing the car and running toward Interstate 15.
RENO ELECTRIC BUSES
Reno unveils 4 new electric buses; $500K savings
RENO, Nev. (AP) — Transportation officials in Reno have unveiled a new fleet of buses that run solely on electric batteries.
Officials for the Regional Transit Commission say the four new buses are quieter, cleaner and cheaper than their gasoline-powered counterparts. They expect to save up to $500,000 over the life of the vehicles.
Sen. Harry Reid was among those on hand for the unveiling on Monday. He praised the cooperation between various agencies to secure a $4.6 million grant for the buses based on the promise of reducing pollution and improving public transit.
The Reno Gazette-Journal reports the buses emit zero emissions. They can be fully charged within 10 minutes at a special charging station at the downtown transit center.
FATAL VEGAS SHOOTING
Vegas police probe fatal shooting
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Las Vegas police are investigating a fatal shooting at an intersection south of the Strip and west of the Henderson Airport.
Police say nearby residents reported a man running in a desert area before collapsing shortly before 7:30 p.m. Monday at the intersection of East Neal Avenue and La Cienega Street.
Lt. Ray Steiber says the man died from multiple gunshot wounds. He tells KLAS-TV (http://tinyurl.com/l9oea4a) officers are canvassing the neighborhood in the area near St. Rose Parkway and Bermuda Road.
He says they are looking for a dark-colored, two-door car that witnesses say left the area shortly after the shooting.
FERNLEY PEDESTRIAN FATAL
Nevada Patrol probes pedestrian death in Fernley
FERNLEY, Nev. (AP) — The Nevada Highway Patrol is investigating the death of a woman who was struck by a car in Fernley.
The patrol has not released the name of the pedestrian who was killed shortly after 8:30 p.m. Monday in the area of Farm District Road and Jennys Lane.
Trooper Dave Gibson says the initial investigation indicates she was in a marked crosswalk.
Gibson says the driver of the car is cooperating with authorities. No charges have been filed, but an investigation continues.
SMALL HELICOPTER CRASH
ID for pilot killed in crash at Reno Stead Airport
RENO, Nev. (AP) — Authorities have identified the pilot who died in the crash of a small, home-built helicopter at Reno Stead Airport.
Washoe County sheriff's officials say 46-year-old Michael Seeliger was the only person on board when the privately owned, single seat aircraft known as a helicycle crashed shortly after noon on Sunday. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
Airport spokesman Brian Kulpin says the helicopter had been built recently and was certified a week ago.
The crash site north of Reno was in the high desert away from the small airport's runway but on airport property.
The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating the accident.
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