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Archive for April 5, 2006

Flashpoint for April 05, 2006: Flashpoint for April 05, 2006; 8:54 a.m.

Jeff Haney on how a baker cooked up a delicious dessert of $1.05 million by winning World Poker Tour event in Reno: And so it was last week at the final table of the World Poker Challenge at the Reno Hilton, the latest stop on the lucrative made-for-TV World Poker Tour.; 7:32 a.m.

Image won't be forfeited: Dixie State baseball coach Mike Littlewood said it is unfortunate that the Community College of Southern Nevada was dropped last week from first to worst in the Scenic West Athletic Conference.; 7:31 a.m.

A busy life after 'Raymond': When: 10:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday and April 14-15; 7:21 a.m.

Jon Ralston looks at ethics accusations leveled by Dina Titus against Jim Gibson and puts them into the larger context of what role money plays in Nevada politics: State Senate Minority Leader Dina Titus can couch it any way she wants, but she now is calling Henderson Mayor Jim Gibson a corrupt man. She has erected a Web site dedicated to the charge ...; 7:21 a.m.

Editorial: Concerns about nuclear reactors: The Government Accountability Office, which investigates federal programs for Congress, said the regulatory commission's staff made the changes "after obtaining feedback from stakeholders, including the nuclear industry, which objected to certain proposed changes such as ...; 7:21 a.m.

Editorial: It's a spin, spin world: He portrayed his decision as a gallant, self-sacrificing move to protect the Republican Party and his longtime GOP seat from "liberal Democrats."; 7:20 a.m.

Letter: Safety issue is deeper than boxing equipment: Not being a boxer or a medically trained person, I can, however, offer a suggestion. The interest of boxing viewers and enthusiasts is based solely on the dramatic effect of one boxer being "beaten" by ...; 7:20 a.m.

Letter: Another sad chapter in American history: It wasn't easy to figure out which side of the immigration issue Teepen was on - at least at first reading. He starts out by citing several startling examples of racism against American citizens that ...; 7:20 a.m.

Letter: When will enough be enough for America?: Certainly Bush is not a wise and judicious leader. No one doubts that - even as his administration tries vainly to justify Iraq as a success because a tyrant is gone. Nobody, but nobody, ever ...; 7:20 a.m.

Editorial: Reforms may need revisions: According to a story in Tuesday's Las Vegas Sun, medical malpractice insurance premiums have not decreased since the reforms went into effect. And reforms that imposed compensation limits and placed additional burdens of proof on ...; 7:19 a.m.

Tom Gorman on the sheer lunacy of adding 55,000 tons of nuclear waste to Yucca Mountain when the first 77,000 tons are already called unsafe: I mean, the administration can't assure our safety with its current plan to deposit 77,000 tons of nuclear power plant fuel rods at Yucca Mountain. And now it wants to stuff Yucca Mountain to the ...; 7:19 a.m.

Prosecutors rap ruling in Hells Angels case: The court shot down an indictment in which prosecutors argued that the Hells Angels and Mongols who fought at Harrah's Laughlin in 2003 were all liable for the three deaths that resulted.; 7:19 a.m.

State wants EOB to account for its spending: By Timothy Pratt; The notice follows a Feb. 17 breach-of-contract letter the state sent to the EOB after the nonprofit organization had failed to pay $31,518 in rent at the child-care program's Washington Avenue office.; 7:19 a.m.

Case rests on this guy's credibility: Jeff German and Steve Kanigher; Michael Galardi's testimony is considered the heart of the government's corruption case against two former Clark County commissioners.; 7:19 a.m.

Scientists say planned blast a part of nuclear testing: The Pentagon refused to confirm or deny the claim, made by the Federation of American Scientists, a Washington, D.C.-based liberal policy group opposed to development of nuclear weapons.; 7:19 a.m.

More questions than answers: By Emily Richmond; Clark County's high school dropout rate has long ranked among the nation's worst, but a new report by the School District suggests that many students counted as dropouts have instead simply moved from Southern Nevada ...; 7:18 a.m.

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