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Archive for December 12, 2006

Those masked men of hockey: Around 1930: Clint Benedict of the Montreal Maroons becomes the first goalie to wear a mask, a crude leather contraption he devised after his nose and cheekbone were injured when he was hit by a ...; 7:16 a.m.

Near death experience: He also was the most interesting of the original Thunder. He had neckties with pigs on them, was paid in horses instead of dollars at contract time and owned and operated an emu farm.; 7:15 a.m.

A brief history: Around 1934: Roy Mosgrove, first in Winnipeg and later in the British Ice Hockey League, experiments with a wire-cage mask (like a catcher's mask) designed to protect his eyeglasses, which he wore while playing hockey.; 7:15 a.m.

John Katsilometes takes a spin through Revolution, the new Beatles-themed club at the Mirage: At the club's entrance are 10-foot-tall, bright red letters spelling the club's name (with the letters EVOL flipped backward to spell LOVE). Inside the relatively small venue (7,000 square feet with a capacity of 400), ...; 7:15 a.m.

Architecture, step by step: What: Frank Gehry Designs; 7:15 a.m.

Calendars keep alive memories of black entertainers: What: Historic Black Entertainment Calendar; 7:15 a.m.

FLASHPOINT for Dec 12, 2006: It's not even 2007 yet, but 2008 is right around the corner. And as Nevadas presidential caucus revs up the Democratic Party has pilfered Iowa expertise to help run the second-in-thenation caucus the question is ...; 7:15 a.m.

Editorial: Improving government access: So-called "plain talk" has, over the past two years, gradually replaced the state's acronym-peppered government jargon that typical residents could hardly decipher. The word "suspension" has replaced "abeyance." The word "use" has replaced "utilize." And ...; 7:14 a.m.

Editorial: A champion of Las Vegas dies: The Democrat first ran for mayor in 1971, losing to Oran Gragson, who won a fourth term. After defeating now U.S. Sen. Harry Reid in the 1975 mayoral race, Briare went on to nearly match ...; 7:14 a.m.

Letter: Smokers take away nonsmokers' choices: Was it my personal choice that made me an asthmatic so that I now have a shortened lifespan? No, it was my mother's personal choice. Was it my kids' personal choice to grow up without ...; 7:14 a.m.

Letter: Incompetence is the mark of Bush's tenure: After four years of mistakes, nothing we try now may stop Iraq's slide into chaos.; 7:14 a.m.

Letter: Elitists in favor of Electoral College: I agree that the Electoral College should be abolished. The "elitists" love this "system." It allows them to funnel seemingly unlimited funds into the states they know have the highest electoral votes, to get their ...; 7:14 a.m.

Letter: Electoral College set up for good reason: The Fathers thought that states were not just collections of people living within arbitrary boundaries, but were the sovereign and constitutional members of the United States of America. How primitive. Today, we know that borders ...; 7:13 a.m.

Letter: Voters don't like to be trumped by judges: In the first instance of a justice ignoring the voters, those same voters acted in a way that could not be overruled by a justice - they voted to remove that justice from the Nevada ...; 7:13 a.m.

Letter: When does will of the people count first?: John F. Pyne, Boulder City; 7:13 a.m.

Editorial: A hospital in denial: Mary-Anne Miller, the Clark County Commission's attorney, called the contract with Hospitalist Medicine Physicians to provide physicians for the hospital "unusual" because it was without "a real standard provision" - a termination clause, which would ...; 7:13 a.m.

Ex-Hilton PR exec known for 'Star Trek' unveiling: Timothy Leon "Tim" Chanaud, a former Las Vegas Hilton public relations director and a former Las Vegas Sun reporter, died Wednesday in San Francisco after a brief illness. He was 43.; 7:12 a.m.

LOOKING IN ON: HIGHER EDUCATION: The Community College of Southern Nevada has earned an unprecedented, positive accreditation review.; 7:12 a.m.

LOOKING IN ON: CARSON CITY: CARSON CITY - A $40 million annual tax refund to Southern California Edison has been drawing 6 percent annual interest while a legal fight between the attorney general's office and the Tax Commission plays out.; 7:12 a.m.

Former sheriff candidate Bisch sets sights on LV Ward 1: By Abigail Goldman; Not content to abandon her political ambitions, Metro Officer Laurie Bisch announced Monday that she is running a new race: The one-time Clark County sheriff candidate is making a bid for Las Vegas City Council.; 7:12 a.m.

Speaking to the Latino masses: By Timothy Pratt; When Mary Lou Rodriguez was born in a Los Angeles' county hospital, her mother didn't speak English very well and wasn't up to insisting that her daughter's birth certificate have the Latin spelling, "Marilu."; 7:12 a.m.

Briare was a cheerleader for Las Vegas: Former Las Vegas Mayor Bill Briare set the standard for those who would follow in that post - that of a walking billboard for the city.; 7:12 a.m.

Dealing with DMV after accident can really wreck your month: By Emily Richmond; Jennifer, my beloved nine-year-old Volkswagen Golf, sustained fatal injuries the day it was struck by a Dodge Ram that blew through a red light.; 7:11 a.m.

Ron Kantowski on Chancellor Jim Rogers' latest letter on athletics at UNLV: But to the higher-ups who sit in the swivel chairs at UNLV, this is probably akin to showing up to work, only to find a film crew from "60 Minutes" camped out in the foyer.; 7:11 a.m.

Growing at own pace: By Liz Benston; Click here for a printable graphic.; 7:11 a.m.

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