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LAS VEGAS (AP) — A grand jury has indicted five people in the embezzlement of nearly $300,000 from the Clark County School District's Adult English Language Acquisition program. The 52-count indictment accuses program director Priscilla Rocha of falsifying time cards and directing the money to co-defendants for personal use. Her lawyer was not immediately available for comment.
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Firefighters expect to contain a wildfire burning southwest of Carson City by tomorrow afternoon. Sierra Front Interagency Dispatch Center spokeswoman Elizabeth Kenna says the Clear Creek Fire is 75 percent contained. She says the lightning-sparked fire has charred less than a square mile of sage brush along the south side of U.S. 50.
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A Las Vegas post office is reopening two weeks after a two-alarm fire that started in a portable toilet on the building's roof. Postal officials say the retail portion of the post office is scheduled to reopen tomorrow. Customers have been using a mobile unit parked at the facility. The cause of the fire hasn't been determined.
MIAMI (AP) — San Francisco Giants pitching coach Dave Righetti was hospitalized overnight in Las Vegas after the team plane was diverted after he became ill. The plane was en route to Miami for a three-game series that begins tonight. Righetti had been battling a virus and is expected to rejoin the Giants when they return home next Friday.
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