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Archive for October 23, 2005

Tribe criticizes federal response after Nevada wildfire: AP; As Hurricane Katrina ravaged the Gulf Coast, the blaze destroyed one home and 16 sheds while blackening 3,000 acres of the reservation along U.S. 95 about 70 miles north of Winnemucca.; 11:13 a.m.

Can boxing be made safer?: June 28, 1933 -- Benny Duran, knocked out in the third round by Johnny Kunich, featherweights, Reno. Duran died four days later.; 11:08 a.m.

Flashpoint for Oct. 23, 2005: Flashpoint for Oct. 23, 2005; 11:03 a.m.

Columnist Jeff Simpson: MGM, Lanni just keep growing: The state's biggest employer and taxpayer has four huge projects on its plate, but Lanni and his brain trust are already gameplanning the company's next wave of development.; 10:32 a.m.

Letter: There are other theories out there: When I conducted a search on the Internet for "Ancient Religions," it brought up this result -- about 263,000 sites for "ancient religions." This was done in 0.42 seconds.; 10:24 a.m.

Letter: No one can prove God really exists: Let's say it again: There is no evidence that you or anyone else can produce that God really exists. Therefore, intelligent design should not be introduced in a science class that teaches science and the ...; 10:23 a.m.

Letter: Writer doesn't understand facts: Mickey Finnegan Mesquite; 10:23 a.m.

Letter: Plenty of evidence for creationism: So what of the other side? Where's the evidence for Biblical creationism? It's all over the place! The testimony God gave of Himself in Scripture, witnesses to the Resurrected Christ, ancient burial sites and numerous ...; 10:23 a.m.

Letter: Same-sex marriages would be a plus: However, if we must know, the 10-20 percent of American society that makes up the gay community holds one of the highest per ratio disposable incomes in America. Just think of what kinds of social ...; 10:21 a.m.

Editorial: Cronyism shouldn't count: "Well, senator," Brown answered, "I will make this pledge to you, that as long as I am around, those partnerships will continue to grow and expand ..." Brown continued at some length about how states ...; 10:20 a.m.

Editorial: Making informed choices: From 1997 to 2004 the Health and Human Services Department failed to report 474 cases to the National Practitioner Data Bank that should have been reported, U.S. Inspector General Daniel R. Levinson said in the ...; 10:19 a.m.

Editorial: The poor get poorer: Minimum wage earners here can take heart that Nevadans approved the question by a more than 2-1 margin. That's an indication that a second approval has a good chance. By all appearances, the state's voters ...; 10:19 a.m.

Guest Columnist Dominic Gentile: Americans should support protection for journalists: The media has always railed against such treatment of its members and maintained that the free-press clause of the First Amendment to the United States Constitution forbids such action by government. But the federal courts ...; 10:17 a.m.

Columnist Jon Ralston: Who will get their money's worth?: If Democratic primary voters want a contrast, Henderson Mayor Jim Gibson versus Senate Minority Leader Dina Titus is as stark as it gets. Conventional wisdom says that Titus is the best Democratic primary candidate and ...; 10:14 a.m.

Columnist Hal Rothman: The center works for us: Hal Rothman; This unlikely formulation, which perfectly describes the sentiments of our two U.S. senators, Republican John Ensign and Democrat Harry Reid, also illustrates the ways in which Nevada politics differs from the national scene.; 10:12 a.m.

Columnist Jeff German: County has some unhappy builders: It made no sense to let the home builders hire their own "independent" inspectors to speed up construction at the expense of the quality of new homes.; 10:11 a.m.

Columnist Tom Gorman: Why stats don't tell the whole story of homelessness: Sounds like the kind of person who could most easily find a job and a place to live.; 10:03 a.m.

Project Neon leaves some in dark: Nick Christensen; Neon, the catchphrase for a study of alternatives for widening Interstate 15 in the area from Sahara Avenue to the Spaghetti Bowl, would require massive amounts of right of way along the route, taking out ...; 10:02 a.m.

Search for new schools chief shifts into high gear: By Emily Richmond; The Clark County School District has the nation's fifth largest and fastest growing student population, breaks ground on a new campus each month and successfully negotiated multiyear contracts with the unions representing its teachers, administrators ...; 10:01 a.m.

A brutal, vicious sport: If you've watched enough professional boxing matches, you've seen the ferocious haymakers that crumple heavily muscled, finely sculpted bodies to the canvas.; 9:48 a.m.

Where I Stand -- Brian Greenspun: President bush should find himself a fresh set of horses at White House: There is a classic American sentiment that suggests it would be foolish to change horses in the middle of a stream.; 9:40 a.m.

Desalination may be solution to water woes of LV Valley: By Launce Rake; Hardly.; 9:38 a.m.

Guggenheim Hermitage still in the game: By Kristen Peterson; The only museum in the Las Vegas Valley accredited by the American Association of Museums is the State Museum and Historical Society, Las Vegas.Essentially, if it weren't for the Guggenheim Hermitage, local students wouldn't be ...; 9:29 a.m.

Columnist John Katsilometes: A woman who looks like Oprah, but who has no talk show: It was an otherwise uneventful episode of "Oprah," which aired on a weekday afternoon in September 2004. Oprah Winfey conversed casually with guest Tatum O'Neal -- the discussion dovetailed into world peace and how we ...; 9:27 a.m.

Q & A with Leondard Slatkin: As an advocate of music education and American musicians, he founded and directs the National Conducting Institute and raised funds to keep alive the Washington, D.C., Youth Orchestra.; 9:25 a.m.

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