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Archive for April 7, 2006

NLV voters to decide how they vote
North Las Vegas residents will decide in November whether they believe the quality of service they receive from City Hall is shaped by how they elect the City Council members who serve there.
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Tom Gorman sees a life of luxury in his future with a move to Boulder City
I love the place - its dam history, its ban on gambling, its quaint, small-town feel, its family values, its vision to give every resident a million dollars ...
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Binion's hoping for 'Net gain
In an attempt to reclaim its pre-eminence in the world of poker, Binion's will soon become the first casino in Nevada to broadcast poker tournaments on the Internet.
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TAKE FIVE: MAYWEATHER VS. JUDAH
Judah, a former undisputed world welterweight champ, is coming off a loss in January to mandatory challenger Carlos Baldomir, who won a unanimous decision as a 15-1 underdog at Madison Square Garden. In a textbook ...
7:14 a.m.
Jeff Haney finds good plays on the Masters, the title fight and the American League East
The Las Vegas Hilton sports book is offering adjusted daily odds on the Masters, both to win the tournament outright and on a selection of head-to-head player matchups for each round.
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Las Vegas maintains lofty goals for season
The goals set by the Las Vegas Gladiators in training camp haven't changed - not even after a near-disastrous 1-4 start.
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First Friday expands to live shows at amphitheater
But tonight Clark County is stretching the cultural and art festival to its government center, where the county will present independent videos by Las Vegas filmmakers, live performances and artist booths in its amphitheater.
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John Katsilometes takes a trip to the 51-year-old Riviera, where questions from the staff abound about the hotel's sale as the deal is made official
Thursday was the day the hotel's purchase by a group of private developers was announced, not that anyone working knew exactly what was going on. As a country act at Le Bistro Theatre loudly performed ...
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FLASHPOINT for April 07, 2006
FLASHPOINT for April 07, 2006
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Editorial: Spring is our fair season
County fairs are a summer staple in most areas of the country. But in the desert, summer days are hot enough to melt cotton candy right off the stick. Spring offers a far more tolerable ...
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Editorial: Public-service crisis looms
The study, conducted by the U.S. Public Interest Research Group and released this week, examined the immediate debt facing college graduates who chose careers in teaching and social work. Extrapolating what they had found with ...
7:13 a.m.
Letter: Invading Iran would be as disastrous as Iraq
The big questions are, will the "loyal opposition" in Congress roll over and give them a stamp of approval to bomb and invade Iran, and will the American public once again be fooled by all ...
7:13 a.m.
Letter: Millions in prevention worth billions in cure
I suggested that the government build an electrified fence - along with signs in Spanish saying it was an electrified barrier - from Tijuana, Mexico, to Brownsville, Texas - with watchtowers manned every few hundred ...
7:13 a.m.
Letter: Faithful should not fear scientic method
Why is it that we allow science to run every aspect of our lives, including health, housing, transportation, food production and so on, yet when we apply science to gain some understanding about a part ...
7:12 a.m.
Editorial: Tragedies call for openness
Because Child Protective Services, a division of the Clark County Family Services Department, had provided care to the girl and counseling to her parents from July 2003 to June 2004, this newspaper requested to see ...
7:12 a.m.
Jon Ralston empties out his notebook for another week, including some poll numbers on some pols, a nonrace for attorney general and a new regent hopeful
The statewide survey of 1,105 voters (margin of error is 3 percentage points) showed that 52 percent of Nevadans have a negative view of the president, while 39 percent have a positive view.
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An incredulous Mayor Goodman speaks out
An incredulous Mayor Goodman speaks out
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I love the place - its dam history, its ban on gambling, its quaint, small-town feel, its family values, its vision to give every resident a million dollars ...
7:11 a.m.
Mountain lions in Arizona's line of fire
The number of sheep in the region has dropped by at least 50 percent in recent years. Jim deVos, research branch chief for the Arizona Game and Fish Department, attributes that to the toll drought ...
7:11 a.m.
Dismissal is latest flap at prison
State prison officials fired a vocational program director Thursday, a day after she led an assemblyman on a tour of the women's prison in North Las Vegas to view what she and others are calling ...
7:11 a.m.
Program puts dream in reach
Dreams can come true, but they sometimes require some driving.
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