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May 18, 2012 Updated 3 hours, 19 minutes ago

election 2012

Progressives’ challenge of Democratic senator appears to have turned sour

Progressives' challenge of Democratic senator may have gone awry

Posted 2:00 a.m. 5

An effort by progressives to challenge a conservative Democrat standing for re-election in the state Senate may have backfired. The liberal effort to oust state Sen. John Lee has simply reinforced that the party’s establishment, led by Sen. Harry Reid, still wields the biggest political stick in the state.

An opportunity of a lifetime: Mariachi students get rare chance to play on big stage

Posted 2:00 a.m.

It is 9 a.m. and 250 Clark County students in matching canary yellow T-shirts are riveted to their instructor’s words. They are told to put their cellphones away and leave them on vibrate, but before they comply, they hold the phones up to capture video of their teachers for the day, Mariachi Cobre, as they perform two songs to kick off a long day of instruction.

J. Patrick Coolican

Reaching out to young veterans, who face grimmest of job prospects

Young veterans searching for work after serving the country deserve support

Posted 2:00 a.m. 6

During Shaun Clark’s time in the U.S. Army, he was deployed as airborne infantry to Afghanistan, Iraq and to Haiti after the earthquake. He’s experienced more in three years than most of us will in a lifetime. At 21, he’s back home and asking: Now what?

The Kats Report

Cancer claims master monologist Ron Shock at age 69

Ron Shock. Ron Shock announced his cancer diagnosis in December and performed standup for the last time Jan. 7.

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