Las Vegas Sun Blogs
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- Vegas News
- Various happenings in the Las Vegas Valley, from the Sun's news staff. (RSS Feed)
- Millionaire chancellor packs a lunch for regents meeting (Posted 12 days, 10 hours ago)
- Siegfried & Roy, elementary students welcome new ‘Star’ (Posted 27 days, 11 hours ago)
- Family escapes house fire, but pet cat dies (Posted 29 days, 8 hours ago)
- Cops, Courts and Safety
- Breaking news and information from the Sun's law enforcement, courts and public safety sources. (RSS Feed)
- Just another Sunday at the county jail (Posted 8 days, 15 hours ago)
- Police still looking for suspect in Friday's shooting death (Posted 29 days, 17 hours ago)
- Weekend checkpoint nets 16 DUI arrests (Posted 29 days, 19 hours ago)
- Gaming and Business
- The latest news, analysis, insights and observations by our gaming and business reporters. (RSS Feed)
- Tribal revenue growth slows but still overtakes nontribal casinos (Posted 9 hours, 56 minutes ago)
- Timing of gaming earnings can skew the numbers (Posted 8 days, 10 hours ago)
- Report: Echelon retail mall could be delayed (Posted 20 days, 10 hours ago)
- Elsewhere
- Reports from other publications, aggregated by Sun staff, worthy of our readers’ attention. (RSS Feed)
- Phelps looking for gold at World Series of Poker? (Posted 1 day, 14 hours ago)
- Cher-rorist nabbed in the U.K. (Posted 6 days, 20 hours ago)
- CNN to increase presence in Las Vegas (Posted 7 days, 15 hours ago)
Arts & Entertainment
- Culture Blog
- Intakes and outtakes from the Vegas arts and entertainment scene by Sun reporters. (RSS Feed)
- Palms parties in Playboy fashion (Posted 1 day, 14 hours ago)
- Black Music Awards to honor Las Vegas performers (Posted 4 days, 18 hours ago)
- SRO heads picks for the weekend (Posted 5 days, 13 hours ago)
- Joe Brown
- When you grow up with the 6th most common name in the U.S.* you learn to think different. Click often for random odds and ends (mostly odds) from America's most random city. (*Guesstimated from 2000 U.S. Census figures) (RSS Feed)
- Last Comic Standing joins "Jubilee!" on Sunday (Posted 1 day, 16 hours ago)
- Bloggers, podcasters and Carrot Top swarm Vegas (Posted 6 days, 16 hours ago)
- King of Diamonds (Posted 7 days, 15 hours ago)
- The Coin Bucket
- Where to turn in Vegas when you’re down to your last nickel. (RSS Feed)
- Drink up a deal with a free margarita at lunch at the South Point (Posted 3 months, 5 days ago)
- Save some bills at Bill's (Posted 4 months, 5 days ago)
- Casino Royale: Great deal on central Strip (Posted 4 months, 21 days ago)
Politics
- The Early Line
- Political news and analysis from the Sun's reporting team, focusing in on the 2008 presidential race, Nevada's Presidential Caucus and the national, state and local political scenes. (RSS Feed)
- Goldfish a casualty of Nevada cost-cutting (Posted 17 hours, 29 minutes ago)
- Nevada political roundup: Porter, Titus debate (Posted 17 hours, 47 minutes ago)
- The changing West (Posted 1 day, 13 hours ago)
- Winning the West
- The Sun has gone on the road to listen to voters and talk to political leaders around the West. On the way to the Democratic National Convention in Denver, reporters will examine the economic, cultural and demographic forces re-shaping the region and its politics. (RSS Feed)
- New Mexico attracting TV, film industry (Posted 13 hours, 9 minutes ago)
- Getting the cold shoulder from Bill Richardson (Posted 13 hours, 20 minutes ago)
- A lesson for McCain (Posted 13 hours, 31 minutes ago)
- Politics: Ralston's Flash
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- The Titus-Porter energy debate continues (Posted 14 hours, 12 minutes ago)
- Dina Taxes -- now where have we heard that before? (Posted 6 days, 12 hours ago)
- Rogers to Gibbons: You don't get it! (Posted 6 days, 13 hours ago)
- Face to Face: Final Take
- Dying to know who refused to sit in the hot seat? Can't sleep without knowing which government types refuse to be held accountable? Go behind the scenes of Face to Face with Dana Gentry, the show's executive producer. (RSS Feed)
- They Shoot Horses? (Posted 7 days, 13 hours ago)
- Incumbents refuse debates (Posted 8 days, 10 hours ago)
- Ralston on the Right? (Posted 12 days, 12 hours ago)
Sports
- Bloggity, Bloggity, Bloggity
- StockcarToons cartoonist Mike Smith pops the hood on NASCAR racing, with Sun motor sports reporter Brian Hilderbrand riding shotgun. (RSS Feed)
- Observations from Sunday's 3M Performance 400 at Michigan International Speedway (Posted 2 days, 10 hours ago)
- NASCAR Poll Position-Ryan Newman's move to Stewart-Haas Racing (Posted 4 days, 15 hours ago)
- Will the Big Three force changes to NASCAR's Car of Tomorrow? (Posted 6 days, 13 hours ago)
- Now and Then
- Tidbits from sports writer Ron Kantowski (RSS Feed)
- Fresno State traveling near and far -- but mostly far -- in football (Posted 13 hours, 18 minutes ago)
- Remembering our heroes (Posted 1 day, 14 hours ago)
- Get me to the park on time -- in an Indy car (Posted 5 days, 10 hours ago)
- Sports: Upon Further Review
- Beyond the box scores, the Sun's sports team brings you the latest betting lines, breaking news and other happenings around the Vegas sports scene. (RSS Feed)
- Maddux trade to Dodgers is completed (UPDATED) (Posted 8 hours, 43 minutes ago)
- Analysis: After Vegas preparations, Team USA nearly unstoppable (Posted 16 hours, 30 minutes ago)
- 3-Tour Challenge leaving Lake Las Vegas for Rio Secco (Posted 17 hours, 39 minutes ago)
- Sports: UNLV
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- UNLV releases hoops conference schedule and times (Posted 1 day, 13 hours ago)
- Phoenix Suns believe Amundson is a perfect fit (Posted 4 days, 12 hours ago)
- Kruger returns to the baseball diamond on Aug. 28 (Posted 4 days, 12 hours ago)
- Most Read
- Discussed
- Most E-mailed
- Report: Vegas home prices at 2003 levels
- Woman, 25, killed in DUI crash identified
- Betting lines on the rumored Pacquiao-De La Hoya bout would show a close matchup
- Motorcyclist who died in car collision identified
- McCain’s ‘rich’ definition new fodder for Obama attacks
- Three years later, challenge renewed
- As Democrats fret, Obama gets more direct
- Motorcyclist killed in collision identified
- Palms parties in Playboy fashion
- Oilman says renewable energy the only hope
Blogs
Sports: Upon Further Review
Maddux trade to Dodgers is completed (UPDATED)
Gaming and Business
Tribal revenue growth slows but still overtakes nontribal casinos
Winning The West
New Mexico attracting TV, film industry
Now and Then
Fresno State traveling near and far -- but mostly far -- in football
Winning The West
Getting the cold shoulder from Bill Richardson (2 Comments)
A lesson for McCain
Sports: Upon Further Review
Analysis: After Vegas preparations, Team USA nearly unstoppable
Politics: The Early Line
Goldfish a casualty of Nevada cost-cutting (1 Comment)
Calendar
A Late Summer A-Fair at CatHouse
Carnival games at CatHouse to support the Nevada Cancer Institute (7 p.m. to 10 p.m. Luxor)
- Cher (7:30 p.m.)
- HighDro at The Bunkhouse (10 p.m. to 11:59 p.m.)
- The Mac King Comedy Magic Show (1 p.m.)
- A Late Summer A-Fair at CatHouse (7 p.m. to 10 p.m.)
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