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Archive for July 19, 2005

Porter seeks more Yucca documents: Suzanne Struglinski; WASHINGTON -- The Energy Department will be subpoenaed to submit Yucca Mountain project documents, including the draft license application, to a House subcommittee's investigation into potential falsified research at the site.; 11:17 a.m.

Rio flush with success: By Liz Benston; One Wall Street analyst has already dubbed it the "World Series of Poker Effect."; 11:15 a.m.

Union leader Wilhelm resigns from AFL-CIO committee: Alana Roberts; John Wilhelm, president of the parent of the Culinary Union Local 226, and a champion for immigrant workers, has resigned from the AFL-CIO's Immigration Committee saying the labor federation has cut the committee out of ...; 11:14 a.m.

Effect of Raffles purchase weighed: By Liz Benston; Analysts say they are unsure what kind of long-term effect Colony Capital's purchase of Raffles Holdings Ltd. could have on the company's expanding casino holdings in the United States or the company's designs on developing ...; 11:14 a.m.

DOE: Trains destined for Yucca would only carry nuclear waste: Suzanne Struglinski; WASHINGTON -- Trains moving nuclear waste to Yucca Mountain will carry only waste destined for the repository and no other freight, the Energy Department said Monday.; 11:13 a.m.

Malone guilty; LV trial next: The attorney for Lance Malone, the former Clark County commissioner and Metro Police officer convicted in a federal political corruption case in San Diego, said Monday that Malone will seek to overturn the verdict.; 11:11 a.m.

Heat may be cause of three deaths: Mary Manning and Ed Koch; Three men found dead in the last week, including a man visiting a friend's home Monday, may be victims of the current heat wave, authorities say.; 11:10 a.m.

Casinos 'stubbing their toes' with marketing experiments: By Liz Benston; The casino promotion looked bizarre enough.; 11:09 a.m.

Company eliminates pit boss position: About 30 pit boss positions have been cut and replaced with the same number of "assistant shift manager" positions at the company's Caesars Palace, Paris, Bally's and Flamingo casinos.; 11:07 a.m.

Monorail banks on sponsorship to help pay the bills: The Las Vegas Monorail Co. today unveiled a freshly painted train, the first to have a local business sponsor.; 11:05 a.m.

Ensign-backed bill may affect McCarran: Benjamin Grove; WASHINGTON -- Sen. John Ensign, R-Nev., is co-sponsoring legislation that could lead to new flights between Dallas and Las Vegas.; 11:04 a.m.

MGM Mirage helping scholar funding: The $100,000 will be matched two-to-one by the Hites Foundation to create a $300,000 scholarship endowment, Punam Mathur, senior vice president of corporate diversity and community affairs for MGM Mirage, said. The nonprofit, St. Louis-based ...; 11:02 a.m.

Sports briefs for July 19, 2005: Bishop Gorman High School's In Bee Park, the defending state champion, shot a 2-under-par 69 on Monday to tie for eighth place after one round at the U.S. Girls' Junior Amateur at Eagle, Idaho.; 11:01 a.m.

News briefs for July 19, 2005: A 32-year-old Las Vegas woman was killed Monday morning when she collided head-on with another vehicle on Durango Road near Russell Road, Metro Police said.; 10:59 a.m.

School district still needs to hire 600 more teachers: By Emily Richmond; The Clark County School District still needs to hire more than 600 additional teachers in the next month in order to have campuses fully staffed by the start of the new academic year.; 10:56 a.m.

Teen describes harrowing encounter with lion: A 17-year-old Mountain Springs resident and his 2-year-old sister told other family members they confronted a mountain lion Sunday just before sunset.; 10:55 a.m.

Columnist Jeff German: San Diego verdicts ominous: They now must face their own corruption charges in Las Vegas knowing that the federal government has been able to prove a bribery case in court with the help of the same man who accused ...; 10:54 a.m.

Woman IDs man charged in slayings: By Matt Pordum; A woman whose female neighbors were sexually assaulted and strangled testified Monday that the man accused of the crimes tried to kiss her in her apartment during the morning of the killings.; 10:53 a.m.

Alleged 311 Boyz gang member sentenced for parole violation: By Matt Pordum; An alleged member of the 311 Boyz gang this morning was sentenced to 10 months in jail for violating the terms of his probation.; 10:52 a.m.

Seven injured in boat fire at Mead: Seven people remained hospitalized this morning for treatment of burns caused by a flash fire on their boat at Lake Mead on Monday night.; 10:51 a.m.

County to receive land deals report: Stephen Curran; Clark County commissioners this morning were expected to get their hands on the first phase of a review of two of the Aviation Department's controversial land deals.; 10:50 a.m.

Obituaries for July 19, 2005: Michael David Harris, 46, of Las Vegas died Sunday in Las Vegas. He was born Nov. 23, 1958, in Brawley, Calif. A resident for 20 years, he was a transportation manager, a 32nd degree Master ...; 9:49 a.m.

City to adopt stricter regulations on blasts: Despite opposition from some developers and demolition contractors, the Henderson City Council tonight is preparing to adopt stricter regulations to quiet concerns of residents fearful that blasting is damaging their homes.; 9:47 a.m.

Titus kicks off campaign: Kirsten Searer; Senate Minority Leader Dina Titus of Las Vegas is nothing if not tenacious.; 9:47 a.m.

Proposed gambling initiative resurfaces: Victoria Scott said her son, Las Vegas investor Shawn Scott, is not a partner in her planned Alaska video gambling venture. She and her son have worked together in the past, including in a company ...; 9:47 a.m.

Lottery raises $350 million over 17 months for schools: The lottery officially closed its books for its first full fiscal year, which ended June 30.; 9:46 a.m.

AG says appeal of Indian gaming ruling unlikely: The full 10th Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver last week ruled that the Northern Arapaho tribe is entitled to offer all types of gambling at a casino that's being built. That upheld a similar ...; 9:46 a.m.

FBI says mayor met with mob members regarding casino: Special agent John Mallul testified before an administrative law judge during a hearing in which the Illinois Gaming Board is trying to revoke the bankrupt Emerald Casino Inc.'s gambling license. State regulators want to revoke ...; 9:42 a.m.

Invasive plants increase danger of desert fires: The wildfires that have blazed through more than 933,000 acres of dried weeds and grasses in Southern Nevada since late June were fed by an alien invasion of fuel, experts say.; 9:41 a.m.

Judge to look at whether killer is competent: By Matt Pordum; Is a 21-year-old man convicted of killing his pregnant sister and their grandparents faking a mental illness to avoid sentencing or is he indeed seriously ill?; 9:41 a.m.

Man accused in 1998 slayings to request self-representation: By Matt Pordum; A 24-year-old man who wants to represent himself at his retrial in the execution-style slaying of four young men in August 1998 will make his request in person on Wednesday.; 9:41 a.m.

Company to bar transactions by payment processor: "CardSystems has not corrected, and cannot at this point correct, the failure to provide proper data security for those accounts," said Tim Murphy, Visa's senior vice president for operations in a memorandum sent to several ...; 9:40 a.m.

Oil costs slowing U.S. economy a bit, Greenspan, Bush adviser say: Jeannine Aversa; WASHINGTON -- High oil prices could crimp -- but not derail -- economic growth this year, Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan suggests.; 9:40 a.m.

Firm's net misses estimates on fixed-income drop: The biggest U.S. financial-services company said today that second-quarter net income rose to $5.07 billion, or 97 cents a share, from $1.14 billion, or 22 cents, a year earlier. New York-based Citigroup was expected to ...; 9:39 a.m.

Gas prices not affecting vacation travel much: Jeannine Aversa; WASHINGTON -- Vacationers coping with surging energy prices this summer could take shorter trips or pass up that extra souvenir or fancy dinner. But most people do not seem to be cutting back dramatically on ...; 9:39 a.m.

Alpha male: Steve Guiremand; CORONADO, Calif. -- When the Mountain West Conference released its 2005 football schedule this spring, it looked like UNLV might get a little bit of a break.; 9:17 a.m.

Columnist Ron Kantowski: Expectations not in line with team's reputation: CORONADO, Calif. -- As we took off our asbestos suits to bask in the delightful 69-degree weather at poolside here, I asked first-year UNLV football coach Mike Sanford if we could chat about the Mountain ...; 9:17 a.m.

Avoiding mishap keeps Busch in place for the chase: LOUDON, N.H. -- Bobby Labonte nudged into Kurt Busch's blue Ford by mistake Sunday afternoon, sending Busch's car into a smoky spin. It looked for a moment as if Busch's car would hit the wall ...; 9:15 a.m.

Wednesday's horse racing entries: Post Time 2 p.m.; 9:14 a.m.

Fight schedule: At Palace Indiana Gaming, Lemoore, Calif. (FSN), Sam Soliman, Australia, vs. Fernando Zuniga, Downey, Calif., 10, middleweights; Vassily Jirov, Scottsdale, Ariz., vs. Orlin Norris, San Diego, 10, heavyweights.; 9:12 a.m.

Letter: Extremism in religion menaces: In addition, I know of no instance where wars, inquisitions or intolerance were instigated in the name of sorcery or witchcraft, but a large majority of such occurrences have been associated with differences in religious ...; 9:02 a.m.

Letter: Adams dreaded global crusades to aid democracy: Few Americans understand the dire implications of the Bush administration's efforts to "reform" the United Nations into a suitable instrument of the "global democratic revolution" via the Community of Democracies.; 9:02 a.m.

Editorial: Judgment in San Diego: In light of the convictions, even more attention will be focused on the upcoming political corruption trial in Las Vegas -- one in which Galardi is alleged to have used Malone as a middleman to ...; 9:01 a.m.

Editorial: Bush's changing view: Cooper is a key figure in a special prosecutor's investigation into who leaked information leading to the identity of Valerie Plame, the CIA operative. She is the wife of Joseph Wilson, a former diplomat who ...; 9:01 a.m.

Student briefs for July 19, 2005: Gibran Baydoun, 16, of Henderson, a senior at Green Valley High School, was named Nevada delegate for the American Legion's Boys Nation in Washington, D.C.; 8:38 a.m.

LV City Council set to vote on purchase of West Las Vegas land: Dan Kulin; The former site of a popular West Las Vegas barbeque restaurant would be sold to the Las Vegas government under a proposed deal the City Council is scheduled to vote on Wednesday.; 8:37 a.m.

Las Vegas unveils new-look Web site: The new version of the site at www.lasvegasnevada.gov is intended to be easier to use because it was produced with the understanding that many of the site's users will be people with minimal experience with ...; 8:36 a.m.

Community briefs for July 19, 2005: Las Vegas Councilman Steven Ross and other city officials will celebrate completion of the city's first trail project with a ribbon cutting ceremony at 9 a.m. Thursday at the Rio Vista Street-Haven Hollow Avenue intersection.; 8:35 a.m.

Immunization schedule for July 19, 2005: HENDERSON PUBLIC HEALTH CENTER: 129 W. Lake Mead Parkway, Building A, Suite 10, 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m., through Friday.; 8:35 a.m.

LV Liberation: Influential art figure Libby Lumpkin makes return to Vegas: By Kristen Peterson; Libby Lumpkin is in her office at the Las Vegas Art Museum, discussing upcoming appointments as she turns to look at a calender.; 8:18 a.m.

Columnist Susan Snyder: Hopefully heat is short term: At least, none from the faucets.; 8:13 a.m.

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