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LAS VEGAS (AP) — A California pastor won't face charges in a Las Vegas parking lot altercation that left a man dead. Prosecutors say they won't pursue charges against 35-year-old Robert Cox in the death of 55-year-old Link Ellingson. The Clark County district attorney's office concluded it could not rule out that Cox had acted in self-defense in a 2013 scuffle outside a Las Vegas pub.
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Nevada's unemployment rate held steady at 7.7 percent in July. The state Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation says the jobless rate was down 2.2 percentage points compared with a year ago. Gov. Brian Sandoval said he's pleased that the state's economic outlook remains positive, but added that Nevada needs to be vigilant to continue its slow but steady recovery.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota boy who created a national stir last fall after he sneaked past security and boarded a flight to Las Vegas is no longer under court authority. A prosecutor says the boy, now 10, is back with his family. He'd been under court jurisdiction since October, when as a 9-year-old he stowed away on the flight. Flight attendants became suspicious and he was detained when the plane landed in Nevada.
ELKO, Nev. (AP) — Elko police say the body of a man has been found in a sleeping bag near a bridge. The Elko Daily Free Press reports the body was found Thursday morning about 300 yards west of Errecart Bridge. Police say the man appears to be in his 60s, but it was hard to tell because the body was partially decomposed. The man has not yet been identified.
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