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Archive for June 10, 2006

Futebol reigns in streets of Brazil: Eight years ago, Las Vegas resident Jan Landy watched Brazil's national soccer team for the first time on a 27-inch television set in the corner of a bar in Sao Paulo.; 7:20 a.m.

DULY NOTED: A $300,000 renovation expected to transform UNLV's Peter Johann Field from a cow pasture, which it had become, back to the emerald jewel it used to be is under way.; 7:20 a.m.

FLASHPOINT for Jun 10, 2006: FLASHPOINT for Jun 10, 2006; 7:20 a.m.

Editorial: A matter of flight safety: Incredibly, his supervisors at the Federal Air Marshal Service told him to continue to work as an air marshal. So he worked three flights on May 22, 23 and 24, but on two other subsequent ...; 7:20 a.m.

Editorial: Showing a lack of class: The survey, conducted by Tulane University and the University of California at Berkeley, shows that about 25 percent of construction workers helping to rebuild New Orleans are in this country illegally.; 7:19 a.m.

Letter: Bush deserving of every criticism he's getting: Mr. Gliddon wrote that the American people do not want to hear the constant lies about Iraq. He should have addressed that to the Bush administration, because that is where the lies are coming from. ...; 7:19 a.m.

Letter: Political games waste time and money: He sent more than 2,400 brave young men and women to their deaths just so he could strut around and say: Look at me, I'm a War President. These human beings are not tin soldiers.; 7:19 a.m.

Letter: Right to free speech not undermined: Assuming, for the sake of argument, that (a) global warming is occurring, (b) man is largely responsible, (c) warming in Yellowstone National Park has produced an infestation of bark beetles that is killing the trees, ...; 7:19 a.m.

Editorial: Theft of records a nightmare: The missing information also contains the Social Security numbers, home addresses and other personal information for about 80 percent of the U.S. active-duty military force. It is not hard to imagine what could happen to ...; 7:18 a.m.

Springfield to retake stage in Las Vegas: Jerry Fink; When: 8 p.m. Sunday; 7:18 a.m.

Strip entertainers go all out for fundraiser: When: 1 p.m. Saturday and Sunday; 7:18 a.m.

Carville says Nevada districts are in play: Appearing on "Face to Face With Jon Ralston," Carville said Nevada's 2nd and 3rd congressional districts are in play, but that he couldn't say Democratic candidate Jill Derby would win in the traditionally more Republican ...; 7:18 a.m.

Wesley Clark touts science at YearlyKos: A panel of Internet writers and a former Democratic presidential candidate ripped the Republican Party on Friday for undermining America's historic relationship to science and engineering.; 7:18 a.m.

Gibbons has amigos, too: By Timothy Pratt; One of the 50 or so people who attended a lunch Friday at Toto's Mexican restaurant to hear Jim Gibbons speak about his candidacy for governor asked an organizer jokingly, "Where's my flag?"; 7:18 a.m.

CCSN looks at building a hybrid campus: Click here for a printable map of campuses in the Las Vegas valley.; 7:17 a.m.

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