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That\u2019s where the engineer and co-owner of the 107-year-old Fremont property decided to draw the heating and cooling power needed to keep beer and slush drinks cold at the casino\u2019s OneBar. Beneath the building is the home of a closed-loop geothermal system. 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It now heads to the Senate floor, where it almost certainly will face a pitched partisan battle.", "comment_count": "2", "human_pub_date": "Updated 3:20 p.m.", "visual_url": "", "visual_credit": "", "visual_caption": "" },{ "id": 1899443, "pub_date": 1369167660, "headline": "Pro-business group: Raise gas taxes for highway projects", "url": "http://www.vegasinc.com/news/2013/may/21/pro-business-group-raise-gas-taxes-highway-project/", "kicker": "", "byline": "Richard N. Velotta", "tease": "A pro-business group working to diversify Southern Nevada\u2019s economy is advocating legislation that would lead to a gasoline tax increase. The Las Vegas Global Economic Alliance announced today that it is backing legislation that would enable Clark County to raise gasoline taxes.", "comment_count": "0", "human_pub_date": "Posted 1:21 p.m.", "visual_url": "http://cdn.photo.lasvegassun.com/media/img/photos/2011/04/14/0414gasprices06_t610.jpg?64df38a0ccab41d6a38b286543429170b15bae0f", "visual_credit": "Steve Marcus / Las Vegas Sun", "visual_caption": "Prices for gasoline near $4.00 per gallon at this station on Blue Diamond Road Thursday, April 14, 2011." },{ "id": 1899444, "pub_date": 1369165080, "headline": "Oscar Goodman's \u2018Being Oscar,\u2019 startling revelations and all, goes on sale today", "url": "/news/2013/may/21/oscar-goodman-being-oscar-startling-revelations-al/", "kicker": "", "byline": "Robin Leach", "tease": "Oscar Goodman, a Mob lawyer with a roster of clients that reads like a Who\u2019s Who of organized crime and former 12-year mayor of Las Vegas, tells ...", "comment_count": "0", "human_pub_date": "Posted 12:38 p.m.", "visual_url": "http://cdn.photo.lasvegassun.com/media/img/photos/2013/05/15/0515HulkHogan14_t610.JPG?64df38a0ccab41d6a38b286543429170b15bae0f", "visual_credit": "Steve Marcus / Las Vegas Sun", "visual_caption": "Former Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman gives a toast during a news conference at the Orleans Wednesday, May 15, 2013. Professional wrestling legend Hulk Hogan, general manager of TNA Entertainment, will bring a TNA Impact Wrestling pro wrestling event to the arena in June." },{ "id": 1899424, "pub_date": 1369164540, "headline": "Last-minute bill introduced to cap emergency room charges", "url": "/news/2013/may/21/last-minute-bill-introduced-cap-emergency-room-cha/", "kicker": "", "byline": "Andrew Doughman", "tease": "Assembly Speaker Marilyn Kirkpatrick, D-North Las Vegas, wants to amend the constitution to cap costs for anybody receiving treatment in a hospital emergency room. \u201cThis is something for our constituents that is important,\u201d she said.", "comment_count": "4", "human_pub_date": "Posted 12:29 p.m.", "visual_url": "", "visual_credit": "", "visual_caption": "" },{ "id": 1899422, "pub_date": 1369164540, "headline": "Former soccer coach, 36, going to prison on sex charges involving teenage player", "url": "/news/2013/may/21/former-soccer-coach-36-sentenced-sex-charges-invol/", "kicker": "", "byline": "Tovin Lapan", "tease": "A youth league soccer coach arrested a year ago on allegations he sexually assaulted one of his players has pleaded guilty to several charges and was sentenced Monday to a minimum of 22 years in prison.\r\n", "comment_count": "2", "human_pub_date": "Posted 12:29 p.m.", "visual_url": "", "visual_credit": "", "visual_caption": "" },{ "id": 1899421, "pub_date": 1369164360, "headline": "Police investigating suspicious death at Las Vegas house", "url": "/news/2013/may/21/police-investigating-suspicious-death-las-vegas-ho/", "kicker": "", "byline": "By Riley Snyder", "tease": "Metro Police homicide detectives were investigating a suspicious death Tuesday at a house in the 8000 block of Green Pasture Avenue in northwest Las Vegas.", "comment_count": "0", "human_pub_date": "Posted 12:26 p.m.", "visual_url": "", "visual_credit": "", "visual_caption": "" },{ "id": 1899416, "pub_date": 1369161900, "headline": "Former IRS chief: Can't say how targeting happened ", "url": "/news/2013/may/21/former-irs-chief-cant-say-how-targeting-happened/", "kicker": "", "byline": "By Alan Fram and Stephen Ohlemacher, Associated Press", "tease": "The man who led the Internal Revenue Service when it was giving extra scrutiny to tea party and other conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status told Congress on Tuesday that he knew little about what was happening while he was still commissioner.", "comment_count": "1", "human_pub_date": "Posted 11:45 a.m.", "visual_url": "", "visual_credit": "", "visual_caption": "" },{ "id": 1899415, "pub_date": 1369161720, "headline": "FBI ID's Benghazi suspects, but no arrests yet", "url": "/news/2013/may/21/fbi-ids-benghazi-suspects-no-arrests-yet/", "kicker": "", "byline": "By Kimberly Dozier, Associated Press", "tease": "U.S. officials say they have identified five men they believe might be behind the attack on the diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, last year. The officials say they have enough evidence to justify seizing them by military force as suspected terrorists \u2014 but not enough proof to try them in a U.S. civilian court as the Obama administration prefers.", "comment_count": "1", "human_pub_date": "Posted 11:42 a.m.", "visual_url": "", "visual_credit": "", "visual_caption": "" },{ "id": 1899413, "pub_date": 1369161480, "headline": "Jodi Arias tells jury what she'll do if allowed to live ", "url": "/news/2013/may/21/jodi-arias-tells-jury-what-shell-do-if-allowed-liv/", "kicker": "", "byline": "By Brian Skoloff, Associated Press", "tease": "Jodi Arias told a jury Tuesday that she can contribute to society if allowed to live, saying she'd like to start literacy, recycling and other programs in prison.", "comment_count": "0", "human_pub_date": "Posted 11:38 a.m.", "visual_url": "http://cdn.photo.lasvegassun.com/media/img/photos/2013/05/21/AP534638980726_t610.jpg?64df38a0ccab41d6a38b286543429170b15bae0f", "visual_credit": "The Arizona Republic, Rob Schumacher / AP", "visual_caption": "Jodi Arias looks at her defense attorney Jennifer Wilmott on Monday, May 20, 2013, during the penalty phase of Arias' murder trial at Maricopa County Superior Court in Phoenix. Arias was convicted of first-degree murder in the stabbing and shooting to death of Travis Alexander, ..." },{ "id": 1899409, "pub_date": 1369160400, "headline": "Caesars Entertainment announces changes in executive positions", "url": "http://www.vegasinc.com/news/2013/may/21/caesars-entertainment-announces-changes-executive-/", "kicker": "", "byline": "Ed Komenda", "tease": "Caesars Entertainment has appointed a new president of hospitality. Tom Arasi comes to the role after a stint with Las Vegas Sands. His responsibilities include food and beverage, hotels, nightclubs and nightlife in Las Vegas.", "comment_count": "0", "human_pub_date": "Posted 11:20 a.m.", "visual_url": "", "visual_credit": "", "visual_caption": "" },{ "id": 1899404, "pub_date": 1369159080, "headline": "Signs to offer grim statistics, sobering reminder of highway dangers", "url": "/news/2013/may/21/new-signs-offer-grim-statistics-sobering-reminder-/", "kicker": "", "byline": "By Riley Snyder", "tease": "Nevada motorists will be reminded over and over again how many people have died in traffic accidents, thanks to a campaign starting Wednesday to post the latest fatality numbers on highway signs.", "comment_count": "1", "human_pub_date": "Posted 10:58 a.m.", "visual_url": "", "visual_credit": "", "visual_caption": "" },{ "id": 1899399, "pub_date": 1369157340, "headline": "Lawyers appointed for suspects in fatal iPad robbery", "url": "/news/2013/may/21/lawyers-appointed-suspects-fatal-ipad-robbery/", "kicker": "", "byline": "Associated Press", "tease": "Two men will remain jailed without bail pending another court appearance in the death of a teenage boy who police say fell beneath the wheels of their vehicle when he refused to give up his iPad.", "comment_count": "0", "human_pub_date": "Posted 10:29 a.m.", "visual_url": "http://cdn.photo.lasvegassun.com/media/img/photos/2013/05/20/iPad_suspects_t610.jpg?64df38a0ccab41d6a38b286543429170b15bae0f", "visual_credit": "Las Vegas Metro Police Department", "visual_caption": "Michael Samuel Solid, left, and Jacob Dismont are in custody for the May 17, 2013, death of 15-year-old Marcos Arenas during an apparent iPad robbery." },{ "id": 1899398, "pub_date": 1369157220, "headline": "Suspects in iPad-related death to be represented by public defenders", "url": "/news/2013/may/21/suspects-ipad-related-death-appear-court/", "kicker": "", "byline": "Jackie Valley", "tease": "The pair accused of killing a teen while stealing his iPad last week briefly appeared Tuesday morning in Las Vegas Justice Court. Public defenders were appointed to represent both Jacob Dismont, 18, and Michael Samuel Solid, 21, during the appearance.", "comment_count": "4", "human_pub_date": "Posted 10:27 a.m.", "visual_url": "http://cdn.photo.lasvegassun.com/media/img/photos/2013/05/20/iPad_suspects_t610.jpg?64df38a0ccab41d6a38b286543429170b15bae0f", "visual_credit": "Las Vegas Metro Police Department", "visual_caption": "Michael Samuel Solid, left, and Jacob Dismont are in custody for the May 17, 2013, death of 15-year-old Marcos Arenas during an apparent iPad robbery." },{ "id": 1899390, "pub_date": 1369155360, "headline": "Pope expresses solidarity with tornado survivors", "url": "/news/2013/may/21/pope-expresses-solidarity-tornado-survivors/", "kicker": "", "byline": "Associated Press", "tease": "Pope Francis has expressed his \"closeness to the families of all who died in the Oklahoma tornado,\" with special concern for \"those who lost young children.\"", "comment_count": "0", "human_pub_date": "Posted 9:56 a.m.", "visual_url": "", "visual_credit": "", "visual_caption": "" },{ "id": 1899382, "pub_date": 1369152658, "headline": "Hospitals treat more than 200 after Okla. tornado", "url": "/news/2013/may/21/us-oklahoma-tornado-injuries/", "kicker": "", "byline": "Associated Press", "tease": "Hospital officials say they've treated more than 200 patients, including dozens of children, since a tornado ripped through suburban Oklahoma City.", "comment_count": "0", "human_pub_date": "Posted 9:10 a.m.", "visual_url": "http://cdn.photo.lasvegassun.com/media/img/photos/2013/05/21/scaled.AP989693913929_5_t610.jpg?64df38a0ccab41d6a38b286543429170b15bae0f", "visual_credit": "The Oklahoman, Paul Hellstern / AP", "visual_caption": "Teachers carry children away from Briarwood Elementary school after a tornado destroyed the school in south Oklahoma City, Okla, Monday, May 20, 2013. Near SW 149th and Hudson." },{ "id": 1899381, "pub_date": 1369152480, "headline": "In tornado's wake, worried parents seek out kids", "url": "/news/2013/may/21/tornados-wake-worried-parents-seek-out-kids/", "kicker": "", "byline": "By Nomaan Merchant, Associated Press", "tease": "The parents and guardians stood in the muddy grass outside a suburban Oklahoma City church, listening as someone with a bullhorn called out the names of children who were being dropped off \u2014 survivors of a deadly tornado that barreled through their community. For many families, the ordeal ended in bear hugs and tears of joy as loved ones reunited. Others were left to wait in the darkness, hoping for good news while fearing the worst.", "comment_count": "0", "human_pub_date": "Posted 9:08 a.m.", "visual_url": "http://cdn.photo.lasvegassun.com/media/img/photos/2013/05/21/AP198933099940_t610.jpg?64df38a0ccab41d6a38b286543429170b15bae0f", "visual_credit": "The Oklahoman, Paul Hellstern / AP", "visual_caption": "A parent rushes to embrace her child as a teacher escorts her away from Briarwood Elementary school after a tornado destroyed the school in south Oklahoma City, Okla, Monday, May 20, 2013. Near SW 149th and Hudson." },{ "id": 1899365, "pub_date": 1369149147, "headline": "Okla. Senator says tornado aid should be paid for", "url": "/news/2013/may/21/us-oklahoma-tornado-coburn/", "kicker": "", "byline": "Associated Press", "tease": "Conservative Oklahoma Sen. Tom Coburn says that any additional federal aid to help tornado victims and to rebuild devastated areas of his state should be financed with cuts to other programs in the government's $3.6 trillion budget.", "comment_count": "4", "human_pub_date": "Posted 8:12 a.m.", "visual_url": "", "visual_credit": "", "visual_caption": "" },{ "id": 1899364, "pub_date": 1369149000, "headline": "Obama pledges urgent aid to Oklahoma town ", "url": "/news/2013/may/21/obama-pledges-urgent-aid-oklahoma-town/", "kicker": "", "byline": "Associated Press", "tease": "President Barack Obama pledged urgent government help for Oklahoma Tuesday in the wake of \"one of the most destructive\" storms in the nation's history.", "comment_count": "0", "human_pub_date": "Posted 8:10 a.m.", "visual_url": "http://cdn.photo.lasvegassun.com/media/img/photos/2013/05/21/AP548280488099_t610.jpg?64df38a0ccab41d6a38b286543429170b15bae0f", "visual_credit": "Pablo Martinez Monsivais / AP", "visual_caption": "President Barack Obama, right, accompanied by Vice President Joe Biden, talks about the Oklahoma tornado and severe weather, Tuesday, May 21, 2013, in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington. Earlier, the president met with his disaster response team to talk about ..." },{ "id": 1899361, "pub_date": 1369148340, "headline": "Harry Reid promises \u2018everything in our power\u2019 to help Oklahoma recover", "url": "/news/2013/may/21/harry-reid-promises-everything-our-power-help-okla/", "kicker": "", "byline": "", "tease": "Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada spoke on the Senate floor today regarding the devastating tornadoes that struck Oklahoma. 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Rocco Lazazzaro pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud at the Florida-based Turnberry Associates.", "comment_count": "0", "human_pub_date": "Updated 10:22 a.m.", "visual_url": "", "visual_credit": "", "visual_caption": "" },{ "id": 1898710, "pub_date": 1369126980, "headline": "Inequity in state\u2019s spending on roads is a joke", "url": "/news/2013/may/21/states-spending-roads-joke/", "kicker": "WHERE I STAND", "byline": "Brian Greenspun", "tease": "Connecting the dots in Carson City is a fool\u2019s errand. Enter the fool. Sen. Debbie Smith has bottled up Senate Bill 322 in her committee despite a previous unanimous vote to move it to the floor for passage. But why?", "comment_count": "5", "human_pub_date": "", "visual_url": "http://cdn.photo.lasvegassun.com/media/img/photos/2011/01/13/sunsetbridge8_t610.jpg?64df38a0ccab41d6a38b286543429170b15bae0f", "visual_credit": "Courtesy Julie Duewel / Nevada Department of Transportation", "visual_caption": "Traffic is seen Jan. 13, 2011, on Interstate 15 in a construction zone for the Interstate 15 South Design-Build South Project." },{ "id": 1898713, "pub_date": 1369126920, "headline": "Benghazi certainly is a real scandal", "url": "/news/2013/may/21/benghazi-certainly-real-scandal/", "kicker": "Letter to the editor", "byline": "Linda Caterine, Henderson", "tease": "\r\nIn the letter \u201cBenghazi scandal is manufactured,\u201d James Witherspoon claims that he knows no real Americans who are interested in the \u201cBenghazi mess.\u201d", "comment_count": "54", "human_pub_date": "", "visual_url": "", "visual_credit": "", "visual_caption": "" },{ "id": 1898715, "pub_date": 1369126860, "headline": "It\u2019s about news, not espionage", "url": "/news/2013/may/21/its-about-news-not-espionage/", "kicker": "OTHER VOICES", "byline": "Eugene Robinson", "tease": "\r\nThe Obama administration has no business rummaging through journalists\u2019 phone records, perusing their emails and tracking their movements in an attempt to keep them from gathering news.", "comment_count": "1", "human_pub_date": "", "visual_url": "", "visual_credit": "", "visual_caption": "" },{ "id": 1898711, "pub_date": 1369126860, "headline": "Lottery could help Nevada's schools", "url": "/news/2013/may/21/lottery-could-help-nevadas-schools/", "kicker": "Letter to the editor", "byline": "Jim Galati, Las Vegas", "tease": "\r\nOnce again the Powerball lottery reached a high amount, and once again, Nevadans flocked to Arizona and California.", "comment_count": "8", "human_pub_date": "", "visual_url": "", "visual_credit": "", "visual_caption": "" },{ "id": 1898714, "pub_date": 1369126800, "headline": "The dynamic effects of immigrants", "url": "/news/2013/may/21/dynamic-effects-immigrants/", "kicker": "OTHER VOICES", "byline": "Renee Loth", "tease": "\r\nI am reading a page one story in The New York Times about a dying suburban town that has been transformed by the energy and optimism of Hispanic immigrants. 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From 8 a.m. to 9 p.m., they will spend five days attending classes, working in study groups and taking exams.", "comment_count": "0", "human_pub_date": "Posted 2:00 a.m.", "visual_url": "", "visual_credit": "", "visual_caption": "" },{ "id": 1898704, "pub_date": 1369126800, "headline": "A house for Mother's Day, a viral video for Las Vegas son", "url": "/news/2013/may/21/house-mothers-day-viral-video-las-vegas-son/", "kicker": "", "byline": "Paul Takahashi", "tease": "Dao Vahn lost nearly everything to cervical cancer. The 52-year-old mother lost her health, her house and almost her business. Vahn's youngest son, Michael Luangrath, did everything he could to help his single mother. Luangrath dropped out of college and quit his job to care for his mother.", "comment_count": "2", "human_pub_date": "Posted 2:00 a.m.", "visual_url": "http://cdn.photo.lasvegassun.com/media/img/photos/2013/05/16/DSC_7022e_t610.jpg?64df38a0ccab41d6a38b286543429170b15bae0f", "visual_credit": "Paul Takahashi / Las Vegas Sun", "visual_caption": "Michael Luangrath, 29, gave his mother, Dao Vahn, a longtime downtown Las Vegas business owner and cancer survivor, a $175,000 house for Mother's Day. The mother and son are shown here in a photo illustration of her house in North Las Vegas on Thursday, May ..." },{ "id": 1898730, "pub_date": 1369126800, "headline": "Plumbing disasters, liquid fireworks, reverse vending machine \u2014 it's what's new at RECon", "url": "/news/2013/may/21/plumbing-disasters-liquid-fireworks-reverse-vendin/", "kicker": "Conventions", "byline": "Eli Segall", "tease": "It\u2019s tough getting people\u2019s attention at RECon, the retail industry trade show, with its 30,000 people and 1,000 exhibitors. But repair guy Ray Salzer has found a way: fart sounds and plumber\u2019s cracks.", "comment_count": "0", "human_pub_date": "Posted 2:00 a.m.", "visual_url": "http://cdn.photo.lasvegassun.com/media/img/photos/2013/05/20/scaled.photo4_t610.JPG?64df38a0ccab41d6a38b286543429170b15bae0f", "visual_credit": "Eli Segall / Las Vegas Sun", "visual_caption": "A \"plumber\" fixes a sink at Ideal Services' booth at RECon, the retail industry trade show at the Las Vegas Convention Center, on May 20, 2013. The mannequin was used to demonstrate one of many problems that could result from hiring the wrong repairman." },{ "id": 1898687, "pub_date": 1369126800, "headline": "Mo Denis to go to bat for payroll tax hike today", "url": "/news/2013/may/21/mo-denis-go-bat-payroll-tax-hike-today/", "kicker": "LEGISLATURE 2013", "byline": "Andrew Doughman", "tease": "Perhaps nobody at the Legislature this year has been more insistent than Nevada Senate Majority Leader Mo Denis that the state must immediately put more money into Nevada\u2019s education system.", "comment_count": "15", "human_pub_date": "Posted 2:00 a.m.", "visual_url": "http://cdn.photo.lasvegassun.com/media/img/photos/2013/05/14/scaled.AP924922043135_t610.jpg?64df38a0ccab41d6a38b286543429170b15bae0f", "visual_credit": "Cathleen Allison / AP", "visual_caption": "Senate Majority Leader Mo Denis, D-Las Vegas, answers media questions at the Legislative Building in Carson City, Nev., on Monday, May 13, 2013. Senate Democrats are proposing a hike in the payroll taxes for large corporations and mining companies to raise money for education priorities. ..." },{ "id": 1898673, "pub_date": 1369126800, "headline": "Nevada lawmakers 'all over the map' on immigration reform", "url": "/news/2013/may/21/nevada-lawmakers-all-over-map-immigration-reform/", "kicker": "Politics", "byline": "Karoun Demirjian", "tease": "Nevada constituents are asking questions about what the congressional delegation is doing and where its members stand on emerging immigration reform proposals. The answer is: all over the place.", "comment_count": "7", "human_pub_date": "Posted 2:00 a.m.", "visual_url": "http://cdn.photo.lasvegassun.com/media/img/photos/2013/02/13/Delegation1_t610.JPG?64df38a0ccab41d6a38b286543429170b15bae0f", "visual_credit": "Karoun Demirjian / Las Vegas Sun", "visual_caption": "Nevada\u2019s full congressional delegation met in the Mike Mansfield Room of the U.S. Capitol to discuss Nevada policy for the first time in several years, Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2013." },{ "id": 1898723, "pub_date": 1369126800, "headline": "Football ticket sales at the top of UNLV interim athletic director's priorities", "url": "/news/2013/may/21/football-ticket-sales-top-interim-athletic-directo/", "kicker": "Rebels athletics", "byline": "Taylor Bern", "tease": "The UNLV interim athletic director will be expected to do everything within their power to improve football ticket sales, maintain good relations and be helpful to every coaching staff, then step out of the way when the full-time hire comes in. That all sounds just fine to Tina Kunzer-Murphy, whom the university announced Monday would fill the position effective July 1.", "comment_count": "4", "human_pub_date": "Posted 2:00 a.m.", "visual_url": "http://cdn.photo.lasvegassun.com/media/img/photos/2013/05/20/scaled.0908_spt_adprofile_kunzer_6_t610.jpg?64df38a0ccab41d6a38b286543429170b15bae0f", "visual_credit": "Steve Marcus / Las Vegas Sun", "visual_caption": "Tina Kunzer-Murphy will be the interim athletic director at UNLV, it was announced Monday, May 20, 2013. Last year Kunzer-Murphy stepped down after a 12-year run as executive director of the Las Vegas Bowl." },{ "id": 1898691, "pub_date": 1369126800, "headline": "Joe Downtown: Challenges daunting but foundation solid for conservation league, departing official says ", "url": "/news/2013/may/21/joe-downtown/", "kicker": "", "byline": "Joe Schoenmann", "tease": "As Scot Rutledge prepares to leave Las Vegas after seven years heading the Nevada Conservation League, he has to take some pride in how far his organization has come since he took the reins. At the same time, he admits the environmental challenges facing his organization and the state are daunting. One of the biggest, he predicts, will be if and when the state starts to deal with climate changes brought on by global warming.", "comment_count": "0", "human_pub_date": "Posted 2:00 a.m.", "visual_url": "http://cdn.photo.lasvegassun.com/media/img/photos/2013/05/20/Scot_Rutledge_t610.JPG?64df38a0ccab41d6a38b286543429170b15bae0f", "visual_credit": "Joe Schoenmann / Las Vegas Sun", "visual_caption": "Scot Rutledge is leaving Las Vegas after leading the Nevada Conservation League since 2006." },{ "id": 1898702, "pub_date": 1369126800, "headline": "Budget burger challenge: Which is the finest in Vegas?", "url": "/news/2013/may/21/budget-burger-challenge-which-finest-vegas/", "kicker": "Food and Drink", "byline": "Sun Staff", "tease": "Las Vegas Weekly\u2019s recent list of some of the best burgers in Las Vegas was a delicious and hunger-inducing look at the burger in its most refined and elaborate form. But what about the city's more garden-variety burgers? The blue-collar ones from places with roadside signs? Sun.com staffers offer some of their suggestions for quick-stop burger restaurants.", "comment_count": "5", "human_pub_date": "Posted 2:00 a.m.", "visual_url": "http://cdn.photo.lasvegassun.com/media/img/photos/2013/05/20/burger_tom02_t610.jpg?64df38a0ccab41d6a38b286543429170b15bae0f", "visual_credit": "Sun Staff", "visual_caption": "Five Guys bacon cheeseburger picked by Tom Gorman" },{ "id": 1898712, "pub_date": 1369126800, "headline": "Property can be replaced; life can't", "url": "/news/2013/may/21/property-can-be-replaced-life-cant/", "kicker": "Letter to the editor", "byline": "David Tulanian, Los Angeles", "tease": "The story \u201cTwo arrested in iPad robbery that caused death of teenager,\u201d which was about the 15-year-old whose iPad was a contributing factor in his untimely death, made me sad and angry. ", "comment_count": "5", "human_pub_date": "", "visual_url": "", "visual_credit": "", "visual_caption": "" }] }