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Carrier fined, oxygen canisters flown to LV: PHOENIX -- The Federal Aviation Administration fined America West Airlines $70,000 in 1999 for carrying oxygen canisters, a banned hazardous material linked to the ValuJet crash that killed 110 people.; 11:56 a.m.

Company announces auditor's resignation: The firm resigned Dec. 22 for unspecified reasons. The resignation was first revealed in a filing made with the Securities and Exchange Commission Wednesday. The firm of Piercy Bowler Taylor & Kern was named as ...; 11:56 a.m.

Baby-sitting service sued by parents: In a Clark County District Court suit, Chariti Gray and Michael Holloway sued Dorothy Brooks doing business as Grandma Dotti's Babysitting Agency, alleging they failed to provide safe baby-sitting services for their children.; 11:55 a.m.

Casino executive claims he was fired after inaccurate drug test: In a Clark County District Court suit, John Buyachek, who was hired as New Frontier's director of casino marketing on Feb. 9, 1998, alleged APL Healthcare Group Inc. doing business as Associated Pathologists Laboratories took ...; 11:55 a.m.

Man wanted in Las Vegas securities fraud scams arrested in Europe: ZURICH, Switzerland -- Peter Berney, indicted in Las Vegas and New York last year in unrelated alleged securities fraud schemes, was arrested in Zurich, prosecutors said.; 11:54 a.m.

RTC's paratransit system gets good marks: The Federal Transit Administration gave a mostly clean bill of health to the regional bus service's paratransit system in a July 1999 audit, Regional Transportation Commission officials said Thursday.; 11:43 a.m.

Sandoval named vice president for college in Henderson: After a lengthy debate Thursday, the Board of Regents approved Orlando Sandoval as the interim vice president for the planned state college in Henderson, despite the fact that he doesn't have a college degree.; 11:42 a.m.

Mayor's idea for nuke waste found offensive: Erin Neff; Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman's first attempt to block potential nuclear waste storage in Nevada was considered illegal.; 11:38 a.m.

Moore off hook with board after criticism of regent: Making a stinging public criticism about a member of the Board of Regents didn't appear to be a good career move for Richard Moore, especially after he had served less than two months as founding ...; 11:38 a.m.

News briefs: The preliminary hearing for a man charged with first-degree murder in the beating death of his 32-year-old wife on Dec. 18 ended prematurely Thursday when a plea bargain was reached.; 11:37 a.m.

Kmart superstore OK'd as part of commercial development: Valerie Miller; A Kmart superstore is part of a commercial development that was approved Thursday night by the Henderson Planning Commission.; 11:37 a.m.

Land-use plan for Enterprise area approved: Valerie Miller; The Henderson Planning Commission Thursday gave its approval for a plan that would establish land uses and a street plan for 6,200 acres in the Enterprise area that the city hopes to annex.; 11:37 a.m.

Goals list unveiled for libraries: Jace Radke; Las Vegas-Clark County Library District Executive Director Daniel Walters presented so many goals for the district in the coming year that some board members wondered if the plan was too aggressive.; 11:36 a.m.

Neal, Jones to debate gaming tax: Stacy J. Willis; State Sen. Joe Neal is honing his populist approach to pushing a gaming tax increase: He's scrawling a tax graph on the back of a paper restaurant menu.; 11:21 a.m.

Proposal for Potosi: It is now just another isolated house on a winding dirt road in the mountains. But a zone change and use permit before the Clark County Commission could turn a slice of Mount Potosi into ...; 11:20 a.m.

Importuna quits as NLV city manager: Diana Sahagun; The sudden resignation of North Las Vegas City Manager Pat Importuna will not create a leadership vacuum because experienced department heads are in place and are doing a solid job, City Councilwoman Shari Buck said ...; 11:20 a.m.

Nuke industry gave $18,000 to Murkowski: Sens. Richard Bryan and Harry Reid, both D-Nev., received no money from nuclear power plant operators or their lobbyists.; 11:19 a.m.

State officials, pleased by Senate vote on Yucca bill, shift focus to House: Benjamin Grove; WASHINGTON -- Nevada's two House members are bracing for debate should it come this year on a nuclear waste bill that would bring the nation's highly radioactive nuclear waste to Nevada.; 11:18 a.m.

Goodman expects movie tenant for Neonopolis: Erin Neff; A new city guide to Las Vegas construction projects harkens back to the days when the future was so bright for Neonopolis that those gathered for its official groundbreaking were asked to wear shades.; 11:18 a.m.

Casino high heel policies targeted: David Strow; A coalition of activist groups is launching a campaign to get Nevada casinos to drop policies requiring cocktail waitresses to wear high heels.; 11:17 a.m.

County takeover of child welfare system urged: Sandy Thompson; The Clark County Department of Family and Youth Services is recommending that the county take control of a new child welfare system, which would include programs and services now handled by the state.; 11:16 a.m.

Attorneys for Tabish take stand: Defense lawyers in the Ted Binion murder case today attempted to persuade District Judge Joseph Bonaventure that a jailhouse informant stole personal notes from one of the defendants.; 11:16 a.m.

Delay looking more likely for Nevada electricity deregulation: Stock price; 11:11 a.m.

Wynn issues detailed numbers on properties as Mirage stock falls: David Strow; Mirage Resorts Inc. relented to analyst demands Thursday, releasing quarterly financial results for all of its hotel-casinos for the last two years.; 11:08 a.m.

MGM Grand weighing 1,500-room addition: David Strow; The MGM Grand hotel-casino became the latest Las Vegas resort to talk about expansion Thursday when the property's top executive said the resort was "aggressively looking" at a 1,500-room addition.; 11:07 a.m.

Downtown LV casinos vulnerable to Indian gaming: Robert Macy; The evolution of Indian casino gambling in California could cost the Reno/Sparks area $232 million in revenue growth through 2004, a new Wall Street report says.; 11:06 a.m.

Boyd buys controversial neighborhood casino project: David Strow; Boyd Gaming Corp. today announced plans to buy and develop the controversial 300-room hotel-casino project at Triple Five's planned retail development in Spring Valley.; 11:04 a.m.

Man who killed girlfriend gets life with possibility of parole: Bill Gang; A defense memorandum at the sentencing of admitted killer David Wayne Crawford took the odd approach of attacking the character of the victim -- his on-again, off-again girlfriend.; 10:44 a.m.

Rain ruins this year's chances at record for dry weather: Thunderclaps about 8 p.m. Thursday brought an end to 140 days without rain.; 10:43 a.m.

New law upheld; Villanueva may be behind bars for life: Bill Gang; A legal challenge to the new law that elevates the punishment for nonlethal shootings on school property to the same level as first-degree murder has failed.; 10:43 a.m.

FBI joins search for missing Boulder City woman: Kim Smith; The FBI is investigating the disappearance of a Boulder City area woman whose husband has reportedly re-married and confessed to stealing tens of thousands of dollars from her bank account.; 10:42 a.m.

Ralph Siraco's selections for Saturday's races at Santa Anita: 1st Race -- Nurdlinger - Garcia aboard Sadler trainee, needs honest pace to run at, a late factor in this. Naughty Nacho - Hustling Espinoza scales Baffert horse, draws outside post, should be a foward ...; 10:33 a.m.

Women: UNLV-BYU box score: UNLV (11-10); 10:32 a.m.

Thursday's prep results: Vo-Tech 49, Chaparral 47: The Road Runners won on the road to grab the Southeast Division's fourth and final berth to next week's 4A Sunrise Region Tournament.; 10:31 a.m.

Saturday at Bay Meadows: 1st race 6 fur 4YO & up F & M Clm: 1 Bronxville Doll (Tohill) 117; 2 Pat's Power (Radke) 112; 3 Shirley Valentine (Arriaga) 117; 4 Natalia Bay (Alferez) 117; 5 Desert Concorde (Bisono) ...; 10:28 a.m.

Saturday at Aqueduct: 1st race 6 fur 4YO & up F & M Clm: 1 Whisper of Romance (Perez) 112; 2 Ruby Crescent (Gryder) 117; 3 Truly Classic (Rocco) 110; 4 Asap (Hole) 115; 5 Apple Mary (Ortiz) ...; 10:27 a.m.

Saturday at Santa Anita: 1st race 1 mi 3YO Alw: 1 Misconception (Nakatani) 119; 2 Mister Lucky (Valdivia) 117; 3 Badgets Ruler (Blanc) 117; 4 Cee the Field (Delahoussaye) 119; 5 Nurdlinger (Garcia) 117; 6 Naughty Nacho (Espinoza) 117.; 10:27 a.m.

Colorado St-UNLV box score: COLORADO STATE (13-10); 10:25 a.m.

Date book: The Adventures's Club, a reading group geared for children 8 to 12 years old, will meet at 3 p.m. Sunday at Barnes & Noble, 2191 N. Rainbow Blvd., to discuss "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's ...; 10:21 a.m.

Birth announcements for February 11, 2000: Jan. 14: A boy to Meka Robinson and Kenneth Medeiros. Feb. 1: A boy to Edith and Mario Sandoval; a girl to Angelica and Oscar Acosta; a boy to Linda and Brian Werner; a boy ...; 10:09 a.m.

Community news briefs for February 11, 2000: The Association for Children for Enforcement of Support, a nationwide nonprofit group with offices in Nevada, is holding a workshop for parents having trouble collecting child support at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Clark County ...; 10:08 a.m.

District needs $5 million to comply with special education plan: Terry Webster; The Clark County School District would have to come up with nearly $5 million to fund the Nevada State Board of Education's push for smaller special education teacher caseloads, the school district's chief financial officer ...; 10:06 a.m.

Las Vegas telemarketer gets probation in scam: CARSON CITY -- A 47-year-old Las Vegas man Thursday was placed on three years probation and ordered to make $17,000 in restitution to three elderly people who were victims of a telemarketing scam.; 10:06 a.m.

State raids offices of diet pill telemarketers; 37 arrested: CARSON CITY -- A raid on a Las Vegas "boiler room" that sold diet pills across the nation resulted in the arrest of 37 people -- some identified as higher-level managers -- on charges of ...; 10:06 a.m.

Charter schools give progress reports: Terry Webster; Instead of focusing on public schools, the Clark County School Board Thursday turned its attention to charter schools, an area the board oversees but has sketchy guidelines for doing so.; 10:05 a.m.

Shelf Life -- Scott Dickensheets: Eggers looks at self, Yeah Whatever Generation: The personal memoir is an inherently dubious literary enterprise. Unless the author is an obssessive taker of notes on his life -- or has a well-indexed photographic memory -- there's obviously some fudging going on. ...; 10:04 a.m.

Tireless Taylor gives life to 'Radio City' at Flamingo: Joe Delaney; Rip Taylor brings a much-needed infusion of comedic energy to the Flamingo Hilton's long-running "The Great Radio City Spectacular," starring the Rockettes. Taylor, given "Special Guest Star" billing, does more than this. Illusionist Tim Kole ...; 10:02 a.m.

Columnist Muriel Stevens: Summit credits celebrated restaurants with transforming LV: Long known as a prime vacation haven, Las Vegas is now recognized as a prime dining destination.; 10:01 a.m.

BYU rallies past Lady Rebels, 98-81: The Lady Rebels (11-10, 3-5 Mountain West Conference) led 44-38 at the intermission, holding the Cougars (15-7, 5-4) to just 39 percent from the field in the first half.; 9:47 a.m.

Brotherson rewards fan club: Steve Addy; Danny Brotherson broke Ritchie McKay's heart again, and each time the referees might have helped.; 9:46 a.m.

Columnist Brian Hilderbrand: Hearn still in search of primary sponsor: HOMESTEAD, Fla. -- For the first time in his four-year CART career, Richie Hearn will start the season with the same engine and chassis combination as the year before -- with one notable exception.; 9:45 a.m.

Stars head to LV to collect ESPYs: Victoria Sun; Want to get a peek at home run king Mark McGuire before he enters the ESPY Awards? Curious as to what slinky outfit supermodel Tyra Banks will have on for the occasion? Dying to know ...; 9:43 a.m.

Tracy tones down act, gains respect: HOMESTEAD, Fla. -- What a long, strange trip it has been for Paul Tracy.; 9:42 a.m.

Baumgardner has become a marked man: Spencer Patterson; Where: Centennial High School When: Today and Saturday; matches begin at 3:30 p.m. today and 9:30 a.m. Saturday; championship finals scheduled for 5 p.m. Saturday What's at stake: Zone titles in 14 weight classes, along ...; 9:32 a.m.

Letter: Abusers of bears must be prosecuted: I, too, would like to know why the abusers were not prosecuted. Please let the public know.; 9:28 a.m.

Letter: Conserving energy is top priority: High costs of energy-efficient materials force many people to settle for less-efficient ones, thereby wasting electricity. Then Nevada Power wants to hit us with residential rate hikes, all the while casinos shamelessly use thousands (if ...; 9:28 a.m.

Letter: Misunderstanding plagues session on open meeting law: First of all, we sent out a release to all news media outlets in the Las Vegas area announcing the meetings were taking place. If, in fact, we were not encouraging members of the media ...; 9:27 a.m.

Editorial: Genetic test results do stir privacy fears: One of the legitimate worries that policymakers have is whether genetic testing could be used to discriminate against individuals. With that concern in mind, Rep. Louis Slaughter, D-N.Y., and Sens. Tom Daschle, D-S.D., and Edward ...; 9:25 a.m.

Columnist Dean Juipe: UNLV tested but escapes CSU threat: Dean Juipe; The pace was never tedious yet it certainly qualified as deliberate.; 9:25 a.m.

Editorial: Political spin is in overdrive: "They saw that the bill was aimed at only Nevada and wouldn't do anything to curb illegal bookmaking around the country," Porter said in a statement issued Wednesday. Porter said he had talked by phone ...; 9:24 a.m.

Rebels rely on subs to devour Rams: Steve Addy; In the narrowest sense, UNLV merely held serve by beating Colorado State 74-63 Thursday night, continuing its spirited pursuit of first-place Utah in the Mountain West Conference.; 9:24 a.m.

Sluggers eager to show off long-ball prowess: Steve Guiremand; Chicks aren't the only ones who dig the long ball.; 9:23 a.m.

Sound Check -- Geoff Carter: 'The Night' a fitting coda for Morphine's Sandman: Boston-based trio Morphine was the most frustrating kind of wild card. The band's sound was nearly unclassifiable; the All-Music Guide places it -- wholly arbitrarily, it seems -- between Ben Folds Five and Soul Asylum. ...; 9:03 a.m.

Columnist Kate Maddox: Celeb stylist does a 'do for McGuire: Kate Maddox; The Bellagio salon, which a few months ago dismissed celebrity hairdresser Laurent D., is opening its doors once again to star stylists.; 8:59 a.m.

Dial File -- Steve Bornfeld: Slipping the cuffs on 'The Fugitive': Can you hear it?:; 8:57 a.m.

Columnist Joe Delaney: David Copperfield's ability to amaze is no illusion: Joe Delaney; David Copperfield is appearing, disappearing and reappearing nightly through March 2 in the Caesars Palace Circus Maximus. ... This is the Las Vegas premiere of his new production, "Journey of a Lifetime." ... This is ...; 8:55 a.m.

The Movie Guys: Day at 'The Beach' proves unsatisfying: Grades: Jeff D, Dave C.; 8:52 a.m.

Mariah Carey tickets go on sale Saturday: All seats are reserved and tickets are $67.50, $51.50 and $29.50. There is a six-ticket limit per fan.; 8:47 a.m.

Where I Stand -- Mike O'Callaghan: How to kill yourself: NO MATTER HOW OFTEN opponents of assisted suicide and euthanasia warned about it being a slippery slope to legalized murder, nobody wanted to listen. Now, within two years, their worst fears are becoming reality in ...; 8:47 a.m.

Pioneer Las Vegas home builder Chism dies at 78: Jace Radke and Ed Koch; As a home builder Hank Chism was known as a visionary, but it was what he did when he wasn't working that made him a fixture in the Las Vegas community in the more than ...; 8:45 a.m.

Obituaries for February 11, 2000: Benjamin Bressinger, 74, of Las Vegas died Monday in Las Vegas. He was born Aug. 5, 1925, in New York. A resident for 3 1/2 years, he was a window cleaner and a Navy veteran.; 8:44 a.m.

Miss Melissa: Kirk Baird; Who: Melissa Etheridge.; 8:44 a.m.

Las Vegan makes a killing on game-show circuit: Melissa Dill-Behnke plans to sell the Dodge she won on "The Price is Right" five years ago and drive the Chrysler she won in December on "The Hollywood Squares."; 8:41 a.m.

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