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National park leaders hold virtual event to discuss public safety for summer

With more and more visitors discovering national parks across the country, this is an opportunity for media to hear from national park rangers and experts about what you should know before reporting on national parks this summer. The ultimate goal is to make sure the public has the tools and info they need to know to stay safe and have fun going into summer vacation season.

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Warehouse sales help fund Heaven Can Wait’s efforts to curb pet overpopulation

Kathy and Richard McCarty, volunteers at Heaven Can Wait Animal Society, hosted a garage sale at their home at Sandhill and Flamingo roads in 2011 to raise money for the nonprofit. The popular sale became a twice-a-year tradition that has since moved to a small warehouse at 6360 Annie Oakley Drive.

Book briefs for July 30-Aug. 5, 2013

A few days remain to join the campaign to publish “Tales From Lost Vegas,” an all-ages, full-color comic book to be packed with the work of Las Vegas talents — including Justin Ayers, Daniel Blodgett, Steve Benton, Kenneth Lamug and Jska Priebe — and published by local comic/graphic novel publisher Pop Goes the Icon.

A La Carte, July 30-Aug. 5

Read about dining-related events and promotions across the Las Vegas Valley.

Muay Thai fights to put Fremont Street Experience in national spotlight

Finally, a Fremont Street fight that will be legal, sanctioned, supervised and televised live. Welcome to “Lion Fight 11” at the Fremont Street Experience, the downtown Las Vegas five-block pedestrian tourist attraction where some of the world’s premier Muay Thai fighters will exchange punches and kicks on a Friday night in September.

Walking ambassadors to espouse charms of downtown Las Vegas

A new kind of human billboard will hit Las Vegas streets in October, but instead of wearing cardboard signs around their necks, this fleet of downtown ambassadors will be armed with local insight and iPads.

Police seek public’s help to locate murder suspect

Las Vegas police are searching for 23-year-old Christopher Rodrigo Salguero in connection to a homicide on July 25 in the 4000 block of Sunrise Avenue after a 25-year-old female was found dead.

Bankruptcy doesn’t come cheap for companies struggling to survive

As Station Casinos’ lead counsel in its Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization, the giant law firm Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy charged $802,000. But that didn’t include expert advice on navigating the perils and nuances of bankruptcy law, just the time spent compiling and defending the legal bill.