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Archive for December 18, 2005

Letter: Revamping mining law a complex issue: Looking at Rep. Gibbons' record with regard to our public lands, I think we'll see a similar version of this bill next year. Allying himself with Rep. Richard Pombo, a California Republican, isn't the first ...; 8:52 a.m.

Correction: Correction; 8:41 a.m.

Culture imprinted at early age: Parking is insane.; 8:36 a.m.

Columnist Tom Gorman: On his first experience with clubbing at Tangerine, where the booze flows not so freely and music assaults the ears: I had my first Vegas nightclub experience last week, and now I understand what a marvelous, fantasy world it is.; 8:32 a.m.

Columnist Hal Rothman: Explaining how runaway growth will keep demand high for workers in Las Vegas Valley: Hal Rothman; A developer friend of mine was trying to hire a general contractor for a project. He talked to the man in September, and they agreed in principle to a price for his services.; 8:13 a.m.

Columnist John Katsilometes: Taking on a world-famous (or at least Vegas-famous) gift shop: I first wandered into Bonanza, the world's largest gift shop, four years ago. It was at the urging of one-time Las Vegas Sun film critic Geoff Carter, a similarly twisted Earth inhabitant, after I mentioned ...; 8:08 a.m.

Metro claims courhouse: As many attorneys, judges and others to slowly settle into the Regional Justice Center, the fate of the old Clark County Courthouse remains up in the air.; 8:08 a.m.

Flashpoint for Dec. 18, 2005: A lot has been written - I plead guilty - about Harry Ensign. But if anyone thinks Nevada's two senators are simpatico on key partisan issues, check out their statements on last week's Patriot Act ...; 8:00 a.m.

Columnist Jon Ralston: On how difficult it will be for Beers' political opponents to take him to TASC on his tax restraint message: Bob Beers is on message.; 7:58 a.m.

Columnist Jeff German: On noise expected over planned flight path: When you talk to Las Vegas City Councilman Steve Wolfson, you have no doubt where he stands on the proposal to create a new airport flight path over the heavily populated communities of Summerlin and ...; 7:56 a.m.

ID theft 'passports' coming: CARSON CITY -- Identity theft victims will get some help come Jan. 1.; 7:55 a.m.

Columnist Jeff Simpson: On South Coast -- Poised to take its place among the valley's top locals casinos: One of the great things about the casino business is that there's more than one way to be spectacularly successful. Kirk Kerkorian and Steve Wynn created profitable companies that operate giant Las Vegas resorts, but ...; 7:53 a.m.

Letter: Power needs to be turned over to Iraq: We had every right to go into Afghanistan, and had we only done that, we would be killing many of these same terrorists, in the open, away from innocent children, women and elderly citizens.; 7:47 a.m.

Letter: Reasons for staying in Afghanistan: Osama bin Laden was linked directly to the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. President Bush declared a war on terror, and on bin Laden. Our government has been hunting him down ...; 7:47 a.m.

Letter: Nunnely was a coach to respect: I remember when Ickey Woods was in my Philosophy 102 class, Reasoning and Critical Thinking, along with several other football players. Sometimes students would move their gazes from the front to the door. I would ...; 7:46 a.m.

Where I Stand -- Brian Greenspun: On how Bocelli and Lake Las Vegas made for a magical night: It was cold under the Las Vegas stars. But our hearts were warmed by the music of a master.; 7:35 a.m.

Editorial: Pulling together for our schools: It is encouraging that someone of Ackerman's caliber is being sought by the School District's search team and by business leaders. But, as the Sun's Emily Richmond reported, the union that represents administrators in the ...; 7:28 a.m.

Editorial: Spying on Americans at home: The confidential 400-page document, obtained by NBC News and featured in a Washington Post story on Thursday, lists a small gathering at a Florida Quaker Meeting House as being among more than 1,500 "suspicious incidents" ...; 7:28 a.m.

Editorial: Celebrity war on pay radio: The singer-songwriter who provided an anti-establishment musical score for a generation of Baby Boomers has a contract with XM Satellite Radio to host a weekly radio show starting in March. Dylan will select the music, ...; 7:28 a.m.

An eccentric's struggle for truth: Molly Ball; Several years ago, he abandoned that quest, but the desire to get to the bottom of official secrets never left him.; 7:10 a.m.

Life on the valley's streets is increasingly a fatal proposition: By Timothy Pratt; North of a railroad crossing. A Dumpster behind Rite-Aid. Inside a drainage pipe.; 7:06 a.m.

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