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September 9, 2010 Updated 26 minutes ago

Las Vegas told to sober up, face its economic woes

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Las Vegas needs to get over its hangover and face its economic woes before casting blame and seeking any federal solution, according to a member of a commission studying the nation’s financial meltdown.

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Feds, police raid Las Vegas medical marijuana shops

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Authorities say police and federal agents are serving search warrants at several locations in an investigation of medical marijuana clinics in and around Las Vegas.

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Plane crashes on residential street.

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UNLV Opener

UNLV falls to Badgers in opener.

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Jerry Lewis hosts annual telethon.

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Do No Harm

The Sun investigates hospital care in Las Vegas.

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Bottoming Out

Gambling addiction in Las Vegas

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A gamble in the sand

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A look at the enduring bond between Las Vegas and Elvis

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NASCAR Weekend

Full coverage of NASCAR weekend at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway

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Miss America

Stories, photos and videos from this year's pageant

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New Year's Eve

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Sights Unseen

Sights Unseen

A collection of our favorite images that didn't run in 2009

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Righthaven's suit against Sharron Angle draws increased attention

Las Vegas copyright enforcement company Righthaven LLC's legal action against Nevada U.S. Senate candidate Sharron Angle is bringing wider attention to the company's online copyright infringement lawsuit campaign.

Buddy and Tracy Faucheaux, from right, the mother and father of Tamika Savoy, one of the victims of Monday's small plane crash in a residential area of the valley near Silverado Ranch Boulevard and Bermuda Road, thank Dr. John Fildes of UMC after a press conference Tuesday at the UMC Trauma Center.

Survivor of plane crash says she had full confidence in pilot

A woman injured in a plane crash in Henderson on Monday said before the aircraft took off that she was confident in the pilot’s abilities and trusted him like family, her mother said.

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Members of the Liberty High football team perform the Haka dance prior to Friday's game at Palo Verde. Liberty, which lost by three points, is one of five Southeast Division teams in the Sun's top-10 rankings. Palo Verde is No. 2.

Prep football:

Five Southeast teams part of the Sun's top 10 rankings

One of the teams in this week’s high school football rankings will not make the postseason. Five schools from the Henderson-based Southeast Division are part of the Sun's 10-team rankings, and since only the top four finishers from each league make the playoffs, the regular ...

WBA featherweight champion Yuriorkis Gamboa shadow boxes at Top Rank Gym Tuesday, Sept. 7, 2010. Gamboa fights IBF featherweight champion Orlando Salido of Mexico at the Pearl Theater at the Palms Saturday.

Yuriorkis Gamboa wants to show he's the top champion of them all

Yuriorkis Gamboa believes he's the best featherweight boxer in the world. Now, he'd just love the opportunity to prove it. Gamboa (18-0, 15 KO) will look to keep his perfect record intact Saturday when he meets IBF champion Orlando Salido (34-10-2, 22 KO) at The ...

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St. Rose Dominican Hospitals' San Martin campus is shown. The St. Rose website shares the rates of health care-associated infections at its three campuses and compares them with national benchmarks.

HEALTH CARE:

St. Rose breaks ranks with disclosure on quality of care

The St. Rose Dominican Hospitals are winning plaudits for being the first hospitals in Nevada to provide to patients previously internal information about quality of care — including details about certain hospital-acquired infections and injuries.

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Reports from other publications, aggregated by Sun staff, worthy of our readers’ attention.

Company seeking land site from Sands China
(via MarketWatch)
SJM Holdings, the Chinese gambling company controlled by Stanley Ho, has filed an application with the Macau government seeking to take over a piece of land which has already seen development work by a subsidiary ... Comment
Boxer Mayweather apologizes for comments about Pacquiao
(via Yahoo.com)
Floyd Mayweather Jr. took to the Internet again on Friday, this time to apologize for a profanity-filled racist rant against Manny Pacquiao that he recorded on uStream.com Thursday. Comment
Boxing promoter’s son found dead on mountain
(via ESPN.com)
A search team in a helicopter in North Cascades National Park outside of Seattle located the body of John Arum, the eldest son of Top Rank boxing promoter Bob Arum, on Friday. Comment

The Kats Report

Video surfaces of lion attack at MGM Grand's Lion Habitat

On Sept. 1, a male lion took after a trainer at the Lion Habitat at MGM Grand. Video of the incident has made it to YouTube — and network television.

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Strip Gauge

Visitor forecast for Las Vegas this weekend:

* The Guest Gauge is not a scientific measurement and should only be read as an estimate of weekend crowds in Las Vegas. An indication of "very slow" corresponds with the lowest typical occupancy rate for rooms in Las Vegas.

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