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Archive for February 21, 2007

All-Star gazing
One class act
7:06 a.m.
Wyrick's dream unfolding
Where: Steve Wyrick Theatre.
7:06 a.m.
FLASHPOINT for Feb 21, 2007
So John Ensign essentially calls Harry Reid a hypocrite and what sayeth the Senate majority leader when asked Tuesday about Ensign's comments: "You know about our pact." That was reference to the nonaggression pact between ...
7:06 a.m.
Jon Ralston on the latest thing in Carson City: Forummania
The excitement over the presidential candidate forum in our bucolic state capital has reached a fever pitch, rendering the legislative goings-on here, serious and otherwise, almost irrelevant - or, should I say, more irrelevant than ...
7:05 a.m.
Editorial: An evolving state
According to a recent story by USA Today, the new guidelines are the fifth science curriculum standard that Kansas state education board members have set in eight years. The versions alternated between anti- and pro-evolution ...
7:05 a.m.
Editorial: Communication lacking
According to a story in Saturday's Las Vegas Sun, the Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services policy, enacted in January, does not allow people working on behalf of immigrants to use the telephone, fax machines ...
7:05 a.m.
Letter: Nevada needs to know about mercury toxins
According to Lisa Mascaro's Feb. 14 article in the Las Vegas Sun, mercury is extremely toxic and can cause memory loss, tremors and other neurological damage. Women who are exposed can pass the toxin to ...
7:05 a.m.
Letter: All-Star Game wasn't right for Las Vegas
Did anyone know this event would bring the excessive violence, crime, gangs, graffiti, prostitution and congestion that would cause nothing but aggravation to the locals, Strip employees, law enforcement and higher-caliber tourists to our city? ...
7:05 a.m.
Letter: Global temperatures have always changed
Speculation: "The average surface temperature of the Earth is likely to increase by 2.5 to 10.4F by the end of the 21st century, relative to 1990," according to the EPA.
7:04 a.m.
Letter: Anti-surge resolution sends wrong message
Our House of Representatives voted to pass Concurrent Resolution 63. The entire resolution contains about 66 words. I don't recall any member of Congress disagreeing with the first sentence that expressed support for our troops.
7:04 a.m.
Editorial: Mental health woes
Editorial: Mental health woes
7:04 a.m.
County wants an education about traffic around UNLV
The County Commission voted Tuesday to postpone action until county staff and developers have time to address traffic problems created by the "Midtown" project.
7:04 a.m.
Las Vegas looking for new way to streamline operations
Las Vegas officials would like to eliminate a required annual report on the movement and storage of hazardous materials in the city.
7:04 a.m.
Ensign hits links and avoids taking stance on troop surge
WASHINGTON - The visitors' gallery was packed with onlookers. Senators filled the floor. One of the only things missing from the Senate's rare Saturday debate on the troop surge in Iraq was Nevada's Sen. John ...
7:03 a.m.
Democrats' forum has them all abuzz in Carson City
CARSON CITY - Carson City hasn't seen this much excitement maybe since local chap George Washington Gale Ferris invented a certain carnival ride over a century ago.
7:03 a.m.
Del Sol High is the place to be to see Sen. Hillary
The presidential candidate was initially booked in the school auditorium to address teachers and support workers. But given the demand for event tickets, it was moved to a larger cafeteria.
7:03 a.m.
More than enough
Clark County Manager Virginia Valentine, hoping to rein in millions of dollars in payroll costs, plans to review overtime policies that resulted in 65 percent of the county's firefighters earning more than $100,000 last year.
7:03 a.m.
Horsford sets a lofty goal
Democratic Party activists are fans of state Sen. Steven Horsford, but his claim that 100,000 Democrats will turn out for next year's presidential caucus has many of them wishing he'd kept his mouth shut on ...
7:03 a.m.
Gibbons' budget squeeze
Gibbons' budget squeeze
7:03 a.m.

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