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Sanford places blame elsewhere for UNLV's shortcomings: Nov. 16, 2009 | 7:25 p.m.; By Ryan Greene; A day after his firing as the head football coach at UNLV, Mike Sanford sat in front of more microphones and recorders than he had seen at almost any point in his five-year tenure. He used that rare forum to proclaim that, in his mind, the program's failure to get off the ground had nothing to do with who the head coach was.

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Man burned trying to put out mattress fire: Nov. 14, 2009 | 7:55 p.m.; By Kyle Hansen; A Henderson man suffered second-degree burns to his hands while trying to extinguish a mattress fire Saturday afternoon. The man was trying to get a burning mattress out of a house at 19 California Way, near Boulder Highway and Lake Mead Drive.

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F-16 jets in the U.S. Air Force Air Demonstration Squadron Thunderbirds perform during the 2009 Aviation Nation air show Saturday at Nellis Air Force Base.

Thunderbirds wow crowd at Nellis AFB: Nov. 14, 2009 | 8:47 p.m.; By Kyle Hansen; The U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds aerobatics squadron got a chance to perform in front of a home crowd Saturday at Nellis Air Force Base during the Aviation Nation air show and open house.

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Golf tournament to benefit needy children: Nov. 13, 2009 | 2:05 a.m.; By Erin Dostal; Koz’s Kloset, a Las Vegas non-profit that collects shoes and supplies for needy children, will host the Cheryl Kosewicz Memorial Golf Day on Saturday.

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The soccer field at Garrett Junior High School in Boulder City on Friday, Nov. 13, 2009.

A city wrestles with its silence: Nov. 15, 2009 | 2 a.m.; By Richard A. Serrano; It is possible none of the 16,000 residents of Boulder City knew anything about it, except for some of the young boys. Certainly, for years, no one in town tried to do anything about it. Then, in the spring, someone dropped an anonymous package in the mail. Only then was Rick Rogers arrested; only then did the police search his home.

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