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LAS VEGAS (AP) — Sin City is expected to see a boost in Labor Day traffic and visitors with officials estimating 315,000 people will fill most of the area's 149,000 hotel rooms. The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority said it expects tourists to spend $216 million during the three-day weekend, nearly 6 percent more than they spent last year.
WICKENBURG, Ariz. (AP) — Sheriff's detectives have seized about 6 ½ pounds of meth off a bus that was bound for Las Vegas from Arizona. Sheriff's officials say that after the bus was stopped on U.S. 60 for speeding, a narcotics dog alerted deputies to a storage compartment under the passenger area. Authorities opened a duffel bag and found six individually wrapped bundles hidden in the base. Nobody claimed the duffel bag. The driver and all the passengers were released and continued their trip to Nevada.
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — The Nevada Supreme Court is weighing whether a campaign ad defamed a state senator. The Nevada Appeal reports that the court heard oral arguments Wednesday in State Sen. Ben Kieckhefer's suit, which was filed against Republican challenger Gary Schmidt during the June 2014 primary race. Kieckhefer said Schmidt falsely claimed in an ad that Kieckhefer endorsed Democratic U.S. Sen. Harry Reid's 2010 re-election bid.
RENO, Nevada (AP) — Don Jackson rushed for 124 yards and two touchdowns to lead Nevada to a 31-17 victory over UC Davis in the season opener for both teams last night in Reno. Tyler Stewart completed 13 of 20 passes for 163 yards and a touchdown and rushed for 43 yards and another score. UC Davis cut its deficit to 24-10 with 6:56 to play, but a 15-yard touchdown run by Stewart less than 2 minutes later iced it.
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