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Shaquille O’Neal Reportedly Kills 1st DJ Gig In Las Vegas [Photos]

July 3, 2014, 10:53 am
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Shaquille O’Neal is a jack of all trades and master of most, and it looks like he can add DJing to his many talents. The former NBA championing has been honing his skills under the moniker “DJ Diesel” and recently stepped out to rock his first gig at Chateau Nightclub & Rooftop at Paris Hotel […]

The post Shaquille O’Neal Reportedly Kills 1st DJ Gig In Las Vegas [Photos] appeared first on Hip-Hop Wired. Reported by Hip-Hop Wired 8 hours ago.
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Knicks Summer League roster

July 3, 2014, 1:29 pm
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The Knicks released their Las Vegas Summer League roster and last year’s first-round pick Tim Hardaway Jr., and two second-round picks from this year, Cleanthony Early and Thanasis Antetokounmpo headline the team. Reported by Newsday 5 hours ago.
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Grand jury takes case of Northern California youth pastor accused of murder

July 3, 2014, 12:05 pm
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A church group's late-night food fix at a Las Vegas pub last year devolved into a deadly fight that devastated two families of faith. Reported by San Jose Mercury News 7 hours ago.
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Medical Cannabis Payment Solutions Comments on IRS Fines for Cannabis Businesses

July 3, 2014, 12:02 pm
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LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Medical Cannabis Payment Solutions (OTC Bulletin Board, REFG), a leader in technological solutions for the medical cannabis industry, commented today on the recent tax court challenge to the Internal Revenue Service practice of assessing a 10 percent penalty on federal employee withholding taxes paid in cash. "Medical cannabis businesses unable to access banking services are effectively forced into this situation," said Sean Hullinger, chief legal officer for Medical Reported by Business Wire 7 hours ago.
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Mississippi Family of Scarred 3-Year-Old Girl Rejects KFC's $30,000 Donation

July 3, 2014, 12:35 pm
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Mississippi Family of Scarred 3-Year-Old Girl Rejects KFC's $30,000 Donation Mississippi Family of Scarred 3-Year-Old Girl Rejects KFC's $30,000 Donation
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KFC Corporation has offered a Mississippi family $30,000 after an employee asked their 3-year-old daughter with a scarred face to leave one of the fast-food chain’s restaurants, but the family is refusing to accept the donation.

Victoria Wicher was attacked by three pit bulls in April when she was at her grandfather’s home. During the attack, she lost her right eye and sustained several fractures to her face, according to USA Today.

In May, an employee allegedly asked Victoria and her grandmother to leave a restaurant because her face was frightening other customers. It is unclear whether the event was caught on KFC’s videos at the restaurant.

The family rejected KFC’s money recently, saying that they “didn't feel it was appropriate to accept it after everything KFC has done.”

"With everything that's happened, we just didn't feel right about accepting (KFC’s) money," said Bill Kellum, a Jackson attorney. "But we did tell them they were more than welcome to donate the money to the Frank Stile Foundation."

The Frank Stile Foundation is a non-profit organization run by Stile, a Las Vegas plastic surgeon who is set to perform surgery on Victoria. The website GoFundMe also plans to release donations adding up to more than $100,000 to the family soon to cover medical care costs.

Source: USA Today

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Deadly fight involving Manteca youth pastor devastates two families of faith

July 3, 2014, 12:39 pm
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Deadly fight involving Manteca youth pastor devastates two families of faith A church group's late-night food fix at a Las Vegas pub last year devolved into a deadly fight that devastated two families of faith. Reported by San Jose Mercury News 6 hours ago.
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Bally Technologies Completes Acquisition of Social Casino Company Dragonplay Ltd.

July 3, 2014, 1:09 pm
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Bally Technologies Completes Acquisition of Social Casino Company Dragonplay Ltd. LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Bally Technologies, Inc. today announced that on July 1, 2014 it completed the acquisition of Dragonplay Ltd. (“Dragonplay”), a leading online social casino company. Reported by Business Wire 6 hours ago.
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12-Year-Old Boy Scout Who Died From Self-Inflicted Gunshot Wound Identified

July 3, 2014, 1:57 pm
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San Diego officials have identified a 12-year-old boy who died after he set off a gun at a Boy Scout camp Monday.

The boy’s name is William Shook and his parents are Las Vegas lawyers John and Julie Shook, according to the Daily Mail.

Police have yet to determine whether William fired the gun accidentally or was trying to commit suicide. Officials are also investigating how William obtained the gun, since no firearms were allowed on the trip. Police think that William brought the gun from Las Vegas.

At the time of the accident, John Shook was a chaperone at the camp on Fiesta Island, which about 20 boy scouts attended.

The camp is a week-long event in Mission Bay, San Diego. Scouts can partake in outdoor activities such as sailing or kayaking at it.

William died in the tent where he was staying.

The Boy Scouts of America sent grief counselors to the camp after the incident.

“This is an extremely sad day for our entire scouting family,” the Boy Scouts of America said in a statement. “Our thoughts and prayers are with the families and all those who experienced this tragedy. Our top priority is providing support to our community and for those in the grieving process.”

Source: The Daily Mail

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Former Presidential Candidate Is Hyped About His New Weed Business

July 3, 2014, 3:11 pm
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Former Presidential Candidate Is Hyped About His New Weed Business Former New Mexico governor and Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson is thinking about making another White House bid in 2016, but he won't let that stop him from getting into the  recreational and medicinal marijuana business.

In fact, Johnson told Business Insider the reaction to Tuesday's announcement he is heading a cannabis company has been amazing.

"I’m in Las Vegas on my way to Los Angeles and I went through the Albuquerque Airport. Everybody gave me a high five," Johnson said in a phone interview Thursday. "Right now, everywhere I’m going it’s a high five. It’s really cool. I’m viewing this as fun. And of course it’ll also involve a lot of work. I also genuinely believe that this company will contribute."

On Tuesday, Johnson was named CEO of Cannabis Sativa, Inc., which will produce lozenges and creams  in states like Colorado where the drug can be legally bought and sold. (Johnson said the company got its name because the firm has a "proprietary" strain of sativa cannabis. He described the other main strain, indica, as "go-to-sleep-marijuana," but he said sativa is "clean your-house-marijuana.")

Once the legalization movement grows in the United States, Johnson said, marijuana product companies like his will be able to eventually market their products worldwide.

"That makes the world a better place. Conceivably, in 20 years, 20%-plus of pharmaceuticals will end up being cannabis-based. Then, if you can go on the recreational side, I've always maintained that legalizing marijuana will lead to less substance abuse," he said.

Johnson predicted the drug will eventually be legal throughout the United States.

"The entire country is going to legalize marijuana. Alabama, Mississippi, maybe those are the two holdouts," he said. 

Johnson went on to argue marijuana compares favorably to other intoxicants like alcohol.

"I haven’t had a drink of alcohol for 27 years now and the reason is .. it was just something that I viewed as a handicap and the first time I smoked marijuana as a 17-year old, the first thing that struck me was, 'Holy cow this is great!'" he exclaimed. "I was an athlete then ... and there’s no side effects! There’s no side effects! Yeah, there’s the great, great buzz and you wake up the next morning and it's as clear as can be."

Johnson, who started out in 2012 as a Republican presidential nominee but eventually ran as a Libertarian, also said he hopes his new business won't be held against him if he makes another bid for the White House. In contrast, he said politicians like Hillary Clinton who have a cautious wait-and-see approach to marijuana are "way out of touch."

Business Insider also asked Johnson if he could name a marijuana strain after any politician, which one he would choose.

"It would have to be me," he said.

 

Join the conversation about this story » Reported by Business Insider 4 hours ago.
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Judge: Downtown Vegas booze restrictions can stand

July 3, 2014, 2:30 pm
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Rules passed by the Las Vegas City Council to restrict packaged liquor sales at the Fremont Street Experience will stand, despite ardent opposition from the souvenir stores that sell it. Reported by Miami Herald 4 hours ago.
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Cleanthony Early, Derek Fisher set for summer-league debuts

July 3, 2014, 2:59 pm
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Two of the three Knicks second-round picks from last week will be on the Knicks’ summer-league team that starts play July 11 in Las Vegas: forward Cleanthony Early and swingman... Reported by NY Post 4 hours ago.
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Oakland 2013 killing suspect arrested in Las Vegas

July 3, 2014, 3:28 pm
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Murder charges have been filed against a man suspected of fatally shooting an acquaintance last December in West Oakland in a dispute over a woman, authorities said Thursday. Reported by San Jose Mercury News 3 hours ago.
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Which movies to see this weekend, July 4

July 3, 2014, 2:51 pm
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Under the Electric Sky Ravers will love this account of the Las Vegas edition of the 2013 Electric Daisy Carnival, featuring three days of electronic music, from dusk until dawn. [...] Person Writer-director Paul Haggis ("Crash") has made his best film to date, an elliptical study of three sets of people, in three cities, going through different crises. Snowpiercer This is a rumination on the nature of society disguised as an action movie, with Chris Evans as the leader of a lower-class rebellion, on board a high-tech train that contains the only human survivors of the apocalypse. Reported by SFGate 4 hours ago.
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Boy Scout who shot himself to death is William Shook, 12, of Las Vegas.

July 3, 2014, 3:40 pm
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The Boy Scout shot to death at a summer camp in San Diego has been identified as William Shook, 12, from Las Vegas. Reported by NY Daily News 3 hours ago.
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L.A. Gets Bitcoin ATM Machines

July 3, 2014, 3:19 pm
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L.A. Gets Bitcoin ATM Machines Los Angeles has introduced bitcoin ATM machines at two local convenience stores.

The digital currency, which is already changing the landscape of online commerce, is steadily gaining popularity, and can now be used to pay for things like political campaign contributions and even firearms.

The ATM machines, manufactured by Las Vegas-based RoboCoin, are located in Hollywood and Venice, inside Locali Conscious convenience stores. According to the Los Angeles Register, users have to scan their palms and provide a phone number in order to verify the transaction.  

Santa Monica-based startup expresscoin is managing and supplying the bitcoins for the ATMs. Expresscoin co-founder Joe Hsieh hopes the new machines will increase mainstream acceptance of the digital currency.

"It's hard to grasp what bitcoins are," Hsieh told the Register. "We think ATMs will help promote bitcoins in a different way."

According to bitcoin.org, bitcoin is "a consensus network that enables a new payment system and a completely digital money. It is the first decentralized peer-to-peer payment network that is empowered by its users with no central authority or middlemen. From a user perspective, bitcoin is pretty much like cash for the Internet." The value of one bitcoin is currently around $575.

The Register notes that transactions for the two ATM machines already total in the hundreds of dollars per day. Expresscoin already operates a bitcoin ATM in Las Vegas, at the D Las Vegas Casino Hotel, but Hsieh said the company ultimately hopes to work with bitcoin ATM operators around the world. Reported by Breitbart 4 hours ago.
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Vegas police double up amid radio system glitches

July 3, 2014, 4:10 pm
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Las Vegas police officers will travel in pairs indefinitely after problems cropped up with the department's glitchy radio system during a recent officer-involved shooting, authorities said Thursday. Reported by Miami Herald 3 hours ago.
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White Dee is off to blow her benefits in Las Vegas casinos

July 3, 2014, 4:53 pm
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White Dee is off to blow her benefits in Las Vegas casinos WHITE Dee will blow her last welfare payments on the gambling tables of glitzy Las Vegas. Reported by Daily Star 2 hours ago.
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"It's Either Do It, Or You Die" California Regulators Clamp Down On Water Waste

July 3, 2014, 4:39 pm
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It's Either Do It, Or You Die California Regulators Clamp Down On Water Waste While Las Vegas faces an existential crisis (and appears to be ignoring it), California regulators are starting to clamp down on water waste. As WSJ reports,* about 60 California cities and agencies have imposed mandatory water-use cutbacks, some as high as 50%*. In many cases, the rules are enforced by charging higher fees for excess usage. In others, inspectors are deployed to crack down on scofflaws. Sacramento - the state's capital - is among the worst offenders and most heavily 'policed' as a team of 40 inspectors have handed out2,444 notices year-to-date, with *fines of up to $1,000 for repeat offenders*. Neighbors are encouraged to whistleblow - there has been 7,604 water-use complaints; but not everyone is embracing the change as lawn repair is down 40% - "*The propaganda dictates we haven't much choice... It's either do it or you die*."

 

 

As WSJ reports, the drought is starting to hit real people's lives...



The pain of California's three-year drought is spreading from its agricultural belt to urban lawns and backyards, where residents are being hit with fines for excess water use, and businesses such as golf courses and lawn care are seeing revenue dry up due to water restrictions.

 

*About 60 California cities and agencies have imposed mandatory water-use cutbacks, some as high as 50%.* In many cases, the rules are enforced by charging higher fees for excess usage. In others, inspectors are deployed to crack down on scofflaws.

 

*Among the most aggressively monitored locales is the state capital, Sacramento, which issued 2,444 notices of violation in the first 5½ months of the year, with fines of up to $1,000 for repeat offenders.*

 

This year, the city cut outdoor watering to two days a week from three. Because only about half its homes have water meters to measure use, Sacramento must rely on inspectors to help enforce the rules.

 

*A team of 40 inspectors* working for the city's Department of Utilities investigate complaints. Sacramento, a city of 475,000, had *received 7,604 water-use complaints* as of June 18, said city spokeswoman Jessica Hess.



Sacramento said the goal is to change behavior, not raise revenue, but it's not just California...



*Residential water restrictions have been instituted in other drought-ravaged parts of the country, including Texas, Kansas and North Carolina. Irrigation-dependent industries there and in California have been hurt.*



The people are not happy...



In Sacramento, Bob Odom said his family's lawn-equipment repair business has dropped 40% this year from last year because of watering restrictions. *"The propaganda dictates we haven't much choice," said Mr. Odom, 80. "It's either do it or you die."*

 

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Some residents are angry about the crackdown. *"We spend hundreds of thousands for our homes and can't even water the grass," *said Richard Massey, a 46-year-old disabled forklift operator, as he watched Mr. Geach cite a neighbor.



Finally, Gov. Jerry Brown has called for a 20% cut in overall water use since he declared a drought emergency in January. The State Water Resources Control Board is set to consider in July restrictions on such uses as operating outdoor fountains.



*"Everyone is at risk over time from this drought," said board chairwoman Felicia Marcus. "It really is all for one and one for all."*



And yet we go on as normal ignoring this ugly reality... Reported by Zero Hedge 2 hours ago.
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4 injured as Chanhassen man's plane crashes in N.M.

July 3, 2014, 4:59 pm
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LAS VEGAS, N.M. -- A Chanhassen man's single-engine plane crashed while landing at a northern New Mexico airport, injuring all four people aboard, including one critically. Reported by TwinCities.com 2 hours ago.
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Unique Fighting Challenge: Chris Weidman defends title against distinctive Lyoto Machida

July 3, 2014, 4:57 pm
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LAS VEGAS Reported by Newsday 2 hours ago.
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