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Archive for March 27, 2006

State earns extra money but no way to spend it now
Treasurer Brian Krolicki said Thursday that state investments in the last six months of 2005 earned $5 million more than expected.
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John Katsilometes catches up with Siegfried and Roy during the first wineNart exhibit at Hofbrauhaus
No supposition there: He actually did ride a horse a few days ago, so reported Siegfried and Roy's longtime events coordinator and confidant Lynette Chappell during an appearance by the legendary illusionist team Sunday at ...
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Longtime educator cleans up in new career
The 81-year-old former superintendent of schools in Jamestown, N.Y., is friendly and outgoing as he talks about his life of nonretirement.
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FLASHPOINT for Mar 27, 2006
FLASHPOINT for Mar 27, 2006
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Editorial: Desk with chair - no quail
Today when he travels, Cheney has the clout to order, in advance, a "Queen or King sized bed (in a connecting room to the parlor)." And just to be sure that his room is well ...
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Editorial: A rock in a hard place
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling said that although "it is clear that (the two men) stole the petroglyphs" from a national forest, prosecutors did not provide evidence that the artifact's market value ...
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Letter: McCarran could use better system for locals
I was wondering if it had ever been discussed that a system for local residents needed to be in place. The airport has raised the parking fees to force people to park in the remote ...
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Letter: Thinking about inflation, debt
Mr. Llamas apparently is a relatively young individual.
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Letter: Concern should be for the unborn child
Beam demands that letter writer Mark McDermott and others "mind their own business" when it comes to the life of the unborn. She says it involves the woman and her conscience. While it does involve ...
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Editorial: Roads less traveled - for now
Norton, who steps down from her post at the end of this week, on Wednesday announced how Interior Department agencies are to apply a 2005 decision by the U.S. 10th Circuit Court of Appeals in ...
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It was Rogers the fan who knocked A.D.
Rogers says it was a little bit of both.
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Young plans on just one more term as Clark County sheriff
Of course, Young said that assuming he is re-elected this year, he could still change his mind four years from now. After all, four years ago Young told people he planned to be sheriff for ...
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Teams in the home and classroom
As reported by the Sun, the district has been phasing out team teaching - in which two educators share a single classroom with as many as 38 students - as classroom space becomes available. The ...
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Comedian is long on talent
The audience roared with laughter as the 3-foot, 6-inch (maybe) comedian stood in the straight-back chair in front of the microphone recently at the Sahara's Casbar Theatre Lounge and told jokes, mostly about her size.
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Experts grappling with high suicide rate
The toll free number for the state suicide intervention hotline is (877) 885-HOPE.
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Patriot Act's fast-tracking of death penalty cases draws criticism
The act, signed into law this month, allows states to ask the U.S. attorney general for so-called fast-track reviews of federal habeas corpus petitions - the last appeal of a death row inmate.
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Stemming the 'monster'
A Catholic hospital and a Christian family put their faith in God and stem cells to save the life of a 7-year-old Las Vegas boy with a rare form of cancer.
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