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Archive for December 14, 2006

Ron Kantowski on how Goodman is getting revved up for inaugural Vegas Grand Prix
Martha & the Vandellas meet Oscar Goodman.
7:23 a.m.
What does Pioneer have to gain by sponsoring the Las Vegas Bowl?
Who: BYU (10-2) vs. Oregon (7-5)
7:22 a.m.
Caught in identity crisis
What: "Viva Las Vegas!"
7:22 a.m.
John Katsilometes gets Frank Gehry's succinct opinion of architecture in Las Vegas
Both skills were displayed by groundbreaking architect Frank Gehry on Tuesday night at the Las Vegas Art Museum. I started our conversation with, "What about the architecture in Las Vegas ..."
7:22 a.m.
FLASHPOINT for Dec 14, 2006
The real Ty Cobb was a phenomenally successful hitter. Any real baseball fan knows his lifetime average of .367 will never be matched. So when I saw that the baseball legend's namesake, a freshman assemblyman ...
7:22 a.m.
Editorial: School plan fails smell test
The North Las Vegas City Council will have the final say on whether to allow a school so close to the farm, and while that should be a no-brainer (think of students being downwind in ...
7:21 a.m.
Editorial: Appalling beyond belief
In greeting participants who gathered in his office Tuesday, Ahmadinejad said that "humanity will achieve freedom" once Israel ceases to exist, adding that Western society had sought to dominate the Middle East through Holocaust propaganda.
7:21 a.m.
Letter: Nova Town idea is not what we need
I am unable to believe that Melissa Henry wants to build what she thinks is an environmental "utopia" in Goodsprings. And how can Robert F. Kennedy Jr., an environmental lawyer, choose the fundraiser for this ...
7:21 a.m.
Letter: Lawmakers need to look at health issues
But their arguments, in my humble opinion, are weak. When I hear or read that they have rights that are being taken away, I realize that they are not considering the rights of those they ...
7:21 a.m.
Letter: Marathon runners didn't all run fast
While stuck in traffic in my neighborhood on the Strip, I did a little math: The last athletes to finish the 26.2-mile race clocked in at over nine hours, for an average running speed of ...
7:21 a.m.
Editorial: Pahrump comes to its senses
Michael Miraglia, who was appointed to the Pahrump Town Board in July to replace another member, had placed the proposed "Undocumented Foreign National Registration Ordinance" on the agenda. The proposed ordinance, had it passed, would ...
7:20 a.m.
LOOKING IN ON: CLARK COUNTY
Clark County and local labor unions lost their legal feud with the sole company supplying concrete for the Hoover Dam bypass bridge project this week.
7:20 a.m.
Harrah's board considers options for its future
The proposal to take Harrah's Entertainment private - to free itself of hard-to-please shareholders and get cash-flush - no longer seems as slam-dunk certain as it once was.
7:20 a.m.
LOOKING IN ON: CARSON CITY
CARSON CITY - The experts who predict Nevada's economic future are divided over whether the new prohibitions on smoking in restaurants and other places - assuming they survive a court challenge - will mean less ...
7:20 a.m.
Democracy in action
PAHRUMP - The symbolism of the moment was unmistakable.
7:20 a.m.
Downtown project still in bad shape
It's been a long time since news of the performance or future of Neonopolis has been anything you would want to put up in bright lights.
7:19 a.m.
Law enforcement officers learn fine art of making a forceful entry
At police raids, as in cocktail parties, your entrance is everything.
7:19 a.m.

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