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Archive for January 4, 2006

Letter: More beneath the surface of oil issue: From what I have read, the oil companies feel that the cost of drilling in Alaska is so prohibitive that they probably would lose money in the venture. So, guess what? Enter the Bush administration ...; 8:45 a.m.

Letter: Corruption of power is the real danger: First, it is a little late for the Justice Department to investigate a leak it knew about more than a year ago, a fact obvious because The New York Times had the story that long ...; 8:45 a.m.

Letter: Metaphysics has place in argument: The courts have said that any metaphysics does not belong in public school science classes. Science does not take metaphysics into consideration at all -- whether Christian, Buddhist or ancient Greek. That's the whole point.; 8:44 a.m.

Letter: Well-made 'Brokeback' deserves accolades: The reason for the hype is the fact that the film tells a story of two nonstereotypical gay men falling in love with one another. This is pretty groundbreaking for Hollywood. Both men are very ...; 8:43 a.m.

Letter: Roadwork must catch up to development: At the present time, between Wigwam Parkway and Cactus Avenue, there are at least four applications before the Clark County Commission for residential buildings in excess of 300 feet high. Each of these buildings will ...; 8:43 a.m.

Corrections: Corrections; 8:38 a.m.

County to rule on mountain dwellings: The strange case of the Mount Charleston six single-family homes that were each built to house eight families appears destined for clarification.; 8:27 a.m.

Columnist Jeff Haney: On veteran tournament poker player T.J. Cloutier and his significant insight into the game: A highlight from the recent World Poker Tour Boot Camp at the Mirage was having the opportunity to hear veteran tournament professional T.J. Cloutier speak about the game -- especially because he spiked his presentation ...; 8:16 a.m.

MWC's muscle is in Colorado: Appropriately, the Mountain West Conference basketball tournament will be staged in Colorado in March, since the league's two best teams reside in the Centennial State.; 8:14 a.m.

Outlook is grim for small rabbitlike mammals known as pikas: A tiny rabbit-like animal living in the mountains of Nevada appears on the brink of extinction, a new study shows.; 8:12 a.m.

$91 million set aside for school innovations: CARSON CITY -- Spring Valley High School is asking for $2 million to install innovative educational programs to improve student performance.; 8:11 a.m.

Man accused of tree cutting described as too feeble: The attorney for a 58-year-old Henderson man accused of cutting trees in an upscale neighborhood said his client is too feeble to have committed the vandalism.; 8:10 a.m.

Columnist Tom Gorman: On the ugly task of going back to work after the holidays -- and worse, seeing his suffering colleagues: It wasn't easy, dragging myself into work on Tuesday. Unlike people who had to work over New Year's weekend, I had way too much fun and was in no mood to return to my desk.; 8:05 a.m.

Jury-selection criticism prompts new trial: The state Supreme Court granted a man a new trial last week, citing articles written by the Las Vegas Sun to raise questions about whether the methods used to select potential jurors "adequately represents the ...; 8:03 a.m.

Justices rule that rabbi's lawsuit can be heard in court: CARSON CITY -- The Nevada Supreme Court ruled last week that a state court can hear and decide a contract suit between a former rabbi and a Jewish congregation without violating the separation of church ...; 8:01 a.m.

Court rules shoestrings can be deadly weapons: CARSON CITY -- A shoestring can be judged a deadly weapon and can be used to double the sentence for murder, the Nevada Supreme Court has ruled.; 8:01 a.m.

Burglars' haul is more than Rogers' pay: Thieves stole Chancellor Jim Rogers' personal television sets, two valuable prints and several other items sometime late Thursday from the Nevada System of Higher Education's Las Vegas office, system officials said.; 7:56 a.m.

Editorial: Six months and counting: In a special report this week by the Associated Press, officials said such an assumption will not be made again. "There has to be a way to apply federal resources when state and local resources ...; 7:34 a.m.

Editorial: Paying off personal debt sooner: A 2003 directive from the U.S. Treasury Department and other federal banking regulators being phased in this year calls for increasing minimum monthly payments from 2 percent of the total balance to payments that could ...; 7:32 a.m.

Editorial: Clearing the air over closed plant: The four utility companies that operate the Mohave Generation Station have known since 1999 that if they didn't complete $1 billion in required pollution control upgrades by the end of 2005, the plant would have ...; 7:32 a.m.

Columnist Jon Ralston: Predicting what's in store for Nevada politics in the coming year: Before you put too much stock in the oracular gymnastics to come, consider:; 7:31 a.m.

Flashpoint for Jan. 4, 2006: Superlatives are so often misused and overused. But as 2006 begins, I believe this is going to be the best, most interesting year since I started covering politics here 20 years ago. A governor's race ...; 7:30 a.m.

Agreement is in works on maintaining crosswalks in the valley: By Emily Richmond; Schoolchildren and other pedestrians can relax a little when crossing streets in the valley. Las Vegas and Clark County authorities, embarrassed by a bureaucratic tangle that left an elementary school crossing unpainted for years, are ...; 7:27 a.m.

Controversial keepsakes: Molly Ball; Hearing an unborn child's heartbeat for the first time. Finding out whether the baby will be a boy or a girl. Seeing it kick, yawn and suck its tiny thumb on a computer monitor.; 7:23 a.m.

Breakup of School District is supported by Gibbons: CARSON CITY -- Republican Rep. Jim Gibbons' support for the breakup of the Clark County School District put new prominence on an issue that so far has only languished in the Legislature.; 6:59 a.m.

Fugitive from Indiana found dead at Las Vegas motel: AP; The man, whose name was not immediately released, was found dead late Tuesday of a self-inflicted gunshot after SWAT officers entered his room at a motel near Nellis Air Force Base, Las Vegas police officer ...; 3:47 a.m.

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