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Archive for January 13, 2007

THE READERS SOMETIMES E-MAIL: Readers have opinions and fill my e-mail box, letting me know when mine are right (sometimes) and wrong (often). From time to time, I'll share their comments.; 7:13 a.m.

Road to Vegas Grand Prix smooth: By Brian Hilderbrand; It's safe to say that the smoothest roads in Southern Nevada can be found encircling the Fremont Street Experience in downtown Las Vegas.; 7:12 a.m.

FLASHPOINT for Jan 13, 2007: By Jon Ralston; There was a time when no Nevada Democrat would be caught dead being a member of the NCC.; 7:12 a.m.

Editorial: Out of juice, out of luck: Baseball's steroid scandal torpedoed McGwire's bid because neither he, nor baseball, has provided a convincing argument as to whether the behemoth sluggers, who in the past 20 years have put up astronomical numbers, did so ...; 7:12 a.m.

Editorial: No smoking in this House: So judging by her words alone, there was nothing surprising about a strong statement she made on Wednesday, five days into her new role as the most powerful member of Congress.; 7:12 a.m.

Letter: Myriad problems face valley's teachers: We have students who come to our classes with no English language skills, and we have a large number of students for whom English is a newly acquired, and not yet fully developed, skill. In ...; 7:12 a.m.

Letter: Troop surge is a losing bet: It's all about saving face - saving the faces of the war-game players who have never been in harm's way!; 7:11 a.m.

Letter: War of attrition unfolding in Iraq: No, I am not being facetious. In order to win, our enemies have to have a new caliphate - a large area of the world hermetically sealed from any of our social, cultural, economic or ...; 7:11 a.m.

Editorial: Waiting for reason: The House has approved a measure that authorizes federally funded research using stem cells harvested from the embryos that fertility clinics would otherwise discard.; 7:11 a.m.

For valley's homeless, it's even colder out: By Timothy Pratt; A thin woman named Suzanne appeared from the brush wearing a large coat, her big toe sticking out of a torn sock in flip-flops.; 7:10 a.m.

Rogers-regents rocky marriage hits a wall: By Christina Littlefield; From the moment three years ago when Jim Rogers took over as chancellor of the Nevada System of Higher Education, his maverick, authoritarian ways made him a candidate for either the guillotine or sainthood - ...; 7:10 a.m.

Convention decision is just the beginning: By Joe Schoenmann; The decision by Democrats this week to hold their 2008 presidential nominating convention in Denver rather than New York was made with a strong push from Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada and a ...; 7:10 a.m.

Lake Mead mussels identified as quagga, not zebra: By Launce Rake; A newly discovered freshwater mussel at Lake Mead has been identified as the quagga mussel - not the zebra mussel, as first suspected - and that is just half of a double dose of bad ...; 7:10 a.m.

Snowy Nevada weather to be followed by hard freeze: AP; Chains or snow tires still were required in parts of northern Nevada, particularly in the eastern sections, but it was the cold that was beginning to be the weather news.; 2:19 a.m.

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