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EEOC settles case involving Pakistani worker at LV site: Alana Roberts; The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has reached a $200,000 settlement in a federal lawsuit it filed against K.C. Asphalt for not preventing the harassment of a Pakistani employee at its Las Vegas facility.; 11:20 a.m.

HealthSouth, Hangar clinic gives amputees more options: Michelle Swafford; HealthSouth Rehabilitation Hospital of Las Vegas is teaming up with Hanger Prosthetics and Orthotics Inc. to offer patients with amputated limbs, fingers and toes continuous care in one location.; 11:19 a.m.

Children's care center officials confident of reaching funding deal: Michelle Swafford; The Las Vegas Valley's only skilled-nursing home for children said recently its doors would likely stay open even though it has already closed one wing and is losing money.; 11:19 a.m.

State officials agree on budget: Kirsten Searer and Cy Ryan; CARSON CITY -- Legislative leaders agreed on the state budget Tuesday after several additional hours of closed-door wrangling.; 11:10 a.m.

Teen who beat medical expectations mourned: In his only time at bat in organized baseball, Las Vegas High School senior James "Fuj" Dalrymple struck out.; 11:09 a.m.

School district's new digs turn some heads: By Emily Richmond; A 90-minute tour of the Clark County School District's $14.5 million new office building Tuesday revealed a handsome lobby with marble flooring, spacious offices with private bathrooms and an "executive suite" featuring leopard-print carpeting.; 11:06 a.m.

Nevada's research institutions get boost from $9 million grant: Nevada's research institutions are ramping up their work with a new $9 million National Science Foundation grant.; 11:06 a.m.

New laws relating to open meetings approved: Changes to open meeting laws, including making personnel sessions involving chief executives of government agencies open to the public, headed to Gov. Kenny Guinn on Tuesday for his signature.; 11:04 a.m.

Tourism Alliance names Heffner as CEO: The Nevada Tourism Alliance is a nonprofit trade association that works as an advocate for tourism, the economy and jobs in Nevada. The group works to protect the interests of hotel and gaming companies, vendors, ...; 11:04 a.m.

Residents urge action on grocery store: Alana Roberts; Since a Vons closed at Owens Avenue and J Street last year, residents such as Deborah Jackson said they have had to drive 20 to 30 minutes out of their way to find an adequate ...; 11:03 a.m.

Columnist Jeff German: Amodei's judgment questioned: There's the do-the-right-thing standard followed by Senate Majority Leader Bill Raggio, who abstained from voting on the neighborhood casino bill Friday night because his law firm lobbied for it.; 11:03 a.m.

Report filed against comedian: The incident occurred about 9:30 p.m. on Thursday at the Riverside. The alleged victim, a 40-year-old man, was seated in the front row, center stage, when he ordered a beverage from a cocktail waitress, according ...; 11:01 a.m.

Bergeron's mother to keep rights: By Matt Pordum; A family court judge ruled this morning not to terminate the parental rights of the mother of 13-year-old stabbing victim Brittney Bergeron.; 11:00 a.m.

LV speller gets it right, eliminated anyway: Benjamin Grove; WASHINGTON -- Sue Ann P. Yap of Las Vegas, 13, had a strategy for the moment when she finally reached the microphone for the first time at the Scripps National Spelling Bee.; 10:56 a.m.

Manufacturing expands at slower-than-expected pace: While manufacturing activity expanded in May for the 24th consecutive month, the rate has slowed in each of the last six months, and May's reading was the lowest since June 2003, according to the Institute ...; 10:51 a.m.

Columnist Peter Benton: Silva's 4-under-par wins Parr Memorial: Peter Benton; The eagerly awaited 2005 Aaron Parr Memorial Pro-Am last week at the Las Vegas Country Club was, as always, a keenly competitive event. (Parr, possibly one of the most popular young club professionals this city ...; 10:26 a.m.

Packers coach tells Favre not to come to minicamp: Green Bay Packers coach Mike Sherman is excusing quarterback Brett Favre from the team's voluntary minicamp that started today, saying he wants Favre to be raring to go for the start of training camp in ...; 10:23 a.m.

Sports briefs for June 1, 2005: Fourteen-year-old Asia Muhammad, star pupil of the Team Agassi youth tennis program, will be one of six girls representing the United States this weekend against Australia in the 19th Bonne Bell Maureen Connolly Brinker Cup ...; 9:46 a.m.

Depth has Rebels thinking of title: Adam Candee; The improvement of the group playing in the second through fifth spots in the UNLV men's golf lineup has been vital to the team's success, as evidenced in lower stroke averages:; 9:45 a.m.

Ford to help wild horses: Jeff Donaldson; More than 2,000 wild horses from Nevada's open ranges will be relocated to sanctuaries and Indian reservations in a new public-private partnership between Ford Motor Company and the Bureau of Land Management.; 9:40 a.m.

Officers shoot dogs in backyard: Officer Bill Cassell said the officers responded to a call shortly before 1 p.m. on Linn Lane near Washington Avenue when as part of their investigation they needed to enter a backyard.; 9:40 a.m.

Columnist Ron Kantowski: Tiny local sponsor gets big play at Indy 500: Moments before the start of Sunday's Indy 500, Mark Hale was starting to feel the electricity that most fans at the venerable Brickyard do -- especially those experiencing the Greatest Spectacle in Racing for the ...; 9:39 a.m.

Columnist Brian Hilderbrand: Crash at Indy 500 takes Junqueira out of title chase: Bruno Junqueira's quest for his first Champ Car World Series championship ended 77 laps into Sunday's Indianapolis 500.; 9:38 a.m.

Senate panel sets 3.0 GPA for Millennium Scholars: CARSON CITY -- Millennium Scholars may have to burn more of the midnight oil to keep the money flowing.; 9:37 a.m.

UNLV, cities target childhood obesity: UNLV is teaming up with Las Vegas and Henderson to reduce the growing rate of childhood obesity.; 9:37 a.m.

Guinn signs 46 bills: CARSON CITY -- Gov. Kenny Guinn Tuesday signed 46 bills into law Tuesday including one that makes permanent educational benefits to members of Nevada National Guard attending the university.; 9:36 a.m.

Legislative briefs for June 1, 2005: The Senate on Tuesday agreed with Assembly amendments on Senate Bill 234 that will now require a candidate for the Nevada Supreme Court to have practiced law for at least for 15 years, of which ...; 9:35 a.m.

51s' Jackson has nothing to say for himself: Nick Christensen; Maybe it was the seven-day layoff between starts, or maybe he was shaken when the Dodgers looked right past him and promoted pitcher Derek Thompson from Double-A for a couple of starts.; 9:34 a.m.

Candidates' drive for funds continues: Two-term North Las Vegas Mayor Mike Montandon, facing a challenger who has the backing of the state Democratic Party, has raised more than $318,000 in the last 60 days, bringing his campaign total since 2002 ...; 9:34 a.m.

News briefs for June 1, 2005: A medical examiner determined that a woman found dead in the same apartment complex where another woman was strangled to death also had been strangled.; 9:34 a.m.

Gillins, Ross both spend $300,000: Dan Kulin; The two candidates for the Ward 6 seat on the Las Vegas City Council have both spent about $300,000 on their campaigns, according to campaign finance reports released Tuesday.; 9:34 a.m.

Guest columnist Ryan Keeney: Team is rested and ready to play: Friday was a long day. Traveling to the East Coast is no fun. Saturday, we thought we were only going to play a few holes, nine holes because there was going to be a thunderstorm, ...; 9:33 a.m.

Thursday's horse racing entries: Post Time 1:20 p.m.; 9:26 a.m.

Religious group boycotting company over gay issues: "From redefining family to include homosexual marriage, to giving hundreds of thousands of dollars to support homosexual groups and their agenda, to forcing managers to attend diversity training on how to promote the acceptance of ...; 9:15 a.m.

Company's U.S. auto sales fall: Sales of Chrysler, Dodge and Jeep-brand models fell 2.5 percent to 214,575, and sales of Mercedes-Benz fell 1.8 percent to 17,811. General Motors and Ford Motor Co., with combined U.S. market share of more than ...; 9:14 a.m.

Company sells interest in Nova Scotia properties: Great Canadian Gaming Corp. acquired Caesars' 95 percent stake in Metropolitan Entertainment Group, which owns and operates casinos in the Canadian province's towns of Halifax and Sydney, Caesars said today in a statement.; 9:13 a.m.

Tabish seeks return of items: By Matt Pordum; Rick Tabish's attorney said Tuesday that $3,100, a Mercedes and other personal items seized by police officers when Tabish was arrested for looting Ted Binion's silver vault in Pahrump should be returned to Tabish because ...; 9:09 a.m.

Man charged with killing son won't represent himself in October retrial: By Matt Pordum; A man charged with killing his 2-year-old son in 1997 no longer has a puncher's chance to have his retrial delayed again and will not be allowed to represent himself, a judge ruled Tuesday.; 9:08 a.m.

Driver who hit young bicyclist pleads guilty to DUI causing death: By Matt Pordum; A 30-year-old woman accused of being under the influence of drugs when she drove her car into an 8-year-old bicyclist pleaded guilty Tuesday to one count of driving under the influence causing death in exchange ...; 9:06 a.m.

Couple in court to withdraw plea agreement: By Matt Pordum; A married couple who recently pleaded guilty to lesser charges to avoid the possibility of the death penalty in the killing of a 73-year-old Las Vegas man in 2002 want to withdraw their pleas.; 9:05 a.m.

Deadwood dealt windfall: Joe Kafka; By Joe Kafka ASSOCIATED PRESS; 9:01 a.m.

Business leader Roberts dies at 86: Roberts, the mother of former Henderson Councilman Dale Roberts, who served from 1963 to 1967 and died in 1998, was appointed to the Henderson Planning Commission in August 1973.; 9:00 a.m.

Slots plan suffers a blow: The plan, the signature initiative of Gov. Edward G. Rendell, called for using revenues from as many as 61,000 slot machines -- the most of any state east of Nevada -- to be used largely ...; 9:00 a.m.

Ex-head of FBI's LV office recalls talks with Felt: Dean Elson, former FBI special agent in charge of the Las Vegas office, said he knew from the beginning that W. Mark Felt was "Deep Throat," the anonymous source that helped link an office burglary ...; 8:59 a.m.

MGM Mirage Paradise breaks ground on project: The MGM Grand Macau is scheduled to open in the second half of 2007 and will include 600 hotel rooms in a 28-floor resort, with 300 table games and 1,000 slot machines. It will be ...; 8:59 a.m.

Obituaries for June 1, 2005: William James Baugh, 65, of Las Vegas died Friday. He was born Nov. 9, 1939, in Arizona. He was an automobile mechanic, an Air Force veteran and a member of the V-8 Car Club and ...; 8:59 a.m.

Letter: Arrogant policies, dreadful results: This president has changed the image of the United States from a most-admired nation to a most-detested nation. One only has to look at the protests during Laura Bush's trip to the Middle East and ...; 8:58 a.m.

Letter: Bush's leadership good for country in many ways: Bush's tax cuts for everyone who pays federal income tax helped pull us out of the recession that started before the end of President Clinton's last term. Consequently, the U.S. gross domestic product has grown ...; 8:57 a.m.

Lawmakers approve compromise on casino tax: The proposal is a compromise between the nine casinos and Gov. Rod Blagojevich's office to bring down a tax rate that tops out at 70 percent for the largest, most lucrative riverboats. The rate was ...; 8:55 a.m.

Editorial: Poor record needs review: Today the yet-to-open building stands in downtown Las Vegas as a monument to failure. The county fired the contractor last month. Both the contractor and the county blame each other for the long list of ...; 8:53 a.m.

Editorial: At what cost progress?: From strictly efficiency and environmental perspectives, fixed-guideway systems are ideal for urban areas. Taking the shape of electric light-rail cars, diesel passenger trains, electric rubber-tire trains or Metro Area Express (MAX) rapid-transit buses, fixed-guideway systems ...; 8:53 a.m.

Community briefs for June 1, 2005: Former and current cancer patients, their families, businesses, civic organizations, and the general public are invited to take part in The Relay For Life event 6 p.m. Saturday until 6 a.m. Sunday at the University ...; 8:24 a.m.

County sending animals to Lied: The move means animals once sent to the Dewey Animal Care Center, one of several shelters once contracted by the county to keep found animals, will now be going to the Animal Foundation's Lied Animal ...; 8:24 a.m.

Red Cross offers tips for the heat: For more information, call Tammy McMahan at 369-2428.; 8:23 a.m.

Ground is broken for Spring Preserve project: The project will include a history museum, a venue for outdoor concerts and events, an interpretive trail system and an 8-acre botanical garden featuring regional plants. Officials including Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman and Clark ...; 8:23 a.m.

Flood warning in effect along Humboldt from Rye Patch to Elko: AP; A flood warning also was in effect for small creeks and streams in Pershing, Humboldt and Elko counties and in northern Lander and Eureka counties.; 8:22 a.m.

Student briefs for June 1, 2005: The Public Education Foundation will present $456,350 in scholarships to 144 students Thursday during a ceremony and luncheon at The Joint in the Hard Rock Hotel.; 8:22 a.m.

Columnist Elizabeth Foyt: League sets records with Heritage fundraiser: Elizabeth Foyt; Hosted at Caesars Palace by the Anti-Defamation League's Nevada Regional Office, the glittering event honored Las Vegas Sun Publisher Barbara Greenspun with ADL's Americanism Award, in recognition of her lifetime efforts. Elie Wiesel, 1986 Nobel ...; 8:22 a.m.

Columnist Muriel Stevens: Dad doesn't like to be tied down: Consider gift certificates to day spas, golf courses and trendy men's shops. Make certain that any gift cards you buy do not charge a fee if the card isn't used by a certain date. There ...; 8:21 a.m.

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