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LAS VEGAS (AP) — The lights of the Las Vegas Strip are expected to dim this week for deceased University of Nevada, Las Vegas basketball coach Jerry Tarkanian. Several Strip casinos have agreed to dim their bulbs at 10:30 p.m. Wednesday for a few minutes for the Hall of Fame coach following a UNLV basketball home game. Tarkanian, who is credited with elevating Las Vegas to the national stage for college basketball, died Feb. 11 at age 84. Casinos participating in the tribute include all Caesars Entertainment Corp. and MGM Resorts properties, The Cosmopolitan, Stratosphere, Tropicana and The Venetian and The Palazzo.
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — A bill up for debate in the Nevada Legislature would let bar owners allow dogs in their businesses without interference from the government. The Senate Government Affairs Committee reviewed SB105 this afternoon. It's sponsored by Minden Republican Sen. James Settelmeyer. Settelmeyer said constituents in Virginia City requested the bill, which he said would allow businesses to carve out a niche catering to dog lovers. He also said it would address pet owners' concerns about leaving their animals in cold or hot cars.
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Police say they found a dead man with gunshot wounds inside a Las Vegas home. Las Vegas Police said today that they found the man Saturday evening inside a home in the 3900 block of Saguaro Lane in northeast Las Vegas. Police say the man's grey 2012 Nissan Sentra was missing. No suspects have been identified and police say the motive remains unknown.
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A 44-year-old woman has died after being shot in the head in an apparent road-rage attack outside her home in Las Vegas. Family members say Tammy Meyers died after being taken off life support Saturday night at University Medical Center. Police say the mother of four gave her 14-year-old daughter a driving lesson in a nearby school parking lot and was driving back home when she had a near-collision with another vehicle Thursday night.
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