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Archive for April 4, 2006

TAKE FIVE: NATIONAL HOT ROD ASSOCIATION: WHEN: Friday through Sunday (Top Fuel, Funny Car and Pro Stock sessions); 7:16 a.m.

If it's playoff time, Tiger doesn't crouch: Brian Hilderbrand; Woods said he was in his element last year when he and Chris DiMarco went into a playoff at Augusta. Woods calmly sank a 15-foot birdie putt on the first extra hole for his fourth ...; 7:16 a.m.

Ooms' help critical in building the golden arches: In 1954 a restaurant supply company owner asked attorney Owen Ooms to write up a franchise agreement for the purchase of a tiny, seemingly insignificant hamburger joint in San Bernardino, Calif.; 7:16 a.m.

Letter: McCain's credibility lost with flip-flopping: Sen. John McCain was on Sunday's "Meet the Press." In his appearance with host Tim Russert, he did so many back flips that I finally lost count. Here is a man who I had admired ...; 7:16 a.m.

Letter: Speed up or get out of the freeway's fast lane: Doesn't he understand he is part of the problem? Get out of the fast lane so we don't have to pass you on the right. It's the fast lane!; 7:15 a.m.

Letter: Too much speeding, reckless driving here: My wife and I moved here from Pennsylvania a couple of years ago and we wondered whether we were in a foreign country when it came time to take to the roads. Lack of adherence ...; 7:15 a.m.

Editorial: Doug Ritchie: 1920-2006: Ritchie, who was Sun Publisher Barbara Greenspun's older brother, was the newspaper's founding classified ad manager, and in the 1970s he became head of Sun promotions and in the 1980s he became head of public ...; 7:15 a.m.

Editorial: Oil going up, up and away: Analysts are confidently predicting that the shock of $3 gasoline has worn off and that motorists will simply shrug their shoulders when it happens again. That might indeed be their first reaction, based on what ...; 7:15 a.m.

Editorial: Quick fixes won't help jail: On a daily basis the Clark County Detention Center holds at least 350 more inmates than beds. With so many cots spread around, it looks more like an evacuation center than a jail.; 7:14 a.m.

FLASHPOINT for Apr 04, 2006: FLASHPOINT for Apr 04, 2006; 7:14 a.m.

Law school drops from rankings: The law school fell from No. 90 to the unranked third tier, placing UNLV anywhere between 101 and 150. Richard Morgan, Boyd's dean, blames the fall primarily on problems in the school's job placement office ...; 7:14 a.m.

A housewife for those desperate in the desert: For travelers squeezed into a window seat on flights from Los Angeles - the view to the ground this week offers more than miles of dusty desert.; 7:14 a.m.

John Katsilometes with big news from Britain: Its heaviest man is heading to LV: In girth-shaking news distributed by the London Daily Star, Austin, reported to be Britain's heaviest man, has been awarded a trip to the World Series of Poker at the Rio by winning an online tournament ...; 7:14 a.m.

Beers' joke creates a buzz in Reno: By J. Patrick Coolican; The Beers campaign created an e-mail account, borrowed the Gibbons' campaign logo and sent out a phony press release that appeared to have come from Gibbons' campaign manager Robert Uithoven.; 7:14 a.m.

Attorneys decry loss of work with tort reform: The medical malpractice tort reform measure approved by Nevada voters in 2004 was supposed to reduce malpractice insurance rates and provide protection for both doctors and patients.; 7:13 a.m.

Trial elicits fear of widespread corruption: By J. Patrick Coolican; As the two men talked, an FBI wiretap of the conversation also captured a song in the background, faint but familiar to those listening to a recording in federal court last week.; 7:13 a.m.

Education reform turns icy: By Emily Richmond; The relationship between Clark County Schools Superintendent Walt Rulffes and the executive director of the Council for a Better Nevada is verging on Cold War-icy.; 7:13 a.m.

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