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Blackjack payouts drop, but oh, those

dancers! For every dollar wagered, players dealt a blackjack get $1.20 instead of $1.50. Or skip the math and look at the woman on stage.

Caesars to pay $250,000 over baccarat player's table walk. A customer playing in the high-limit baccarat room climbed onto the baccarat table from his chair.

10 suspected female gang members nabbed after crime spree. Women suspected to be members of the Lady Maccz, who sport the color pink and use monikers and a hand sign.

Human remains found in home of missing woman. Remains found in cluttered room are identified as those of Billie Jean James, who had been missing since April 22.

Rain drenches south valley; flood advisory lifted. Henderson neighborhoods get brief heavy rains Thursday. Saturday expected to be dry and windy.On "Nevada's gay marriage ban in constitutional limbo" from EqualRights:"Nevada law specifically defines marriage as a civil contract and no religious ritual is required to validate that contract. Thus, I ask two questions. Why should two consenting adults, regardless of gender, be prohibited from entering into any civil contract because someone else objects, regardless of the reason? Will we next have laws prohibiting a same-sex couple from entering into the civil contract commonly called a mortgage?"