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Archive for June 15, 2007

Jeff Haney on why the Cubs, despite playing better than their record, still have little value at the betting window: Chicago entered play Thursday with a 29-35 record, 5 1/2 games behind the Milwaukee Brewers in the NL Central, but according to the stats sorcerers at the Baseball Prospectus, the Cubs have won fewer games ...; 7:19 a.m.

LOOKING IN ON: UNLV FOOTBALL: Consecutive games UNLV has lost on the road.; 7:19 a.m.

Vintage Vegas captured: Believe it or not, Las Vegas had residents before the 1970s who weren't living in hotels or flying in to sing in lounges.; 7:19 a.m.

FLASHPOINT for Jun 15, 2007: Harry Reid has never seemed to care much about the media. But even Reid has to be wincing at some of the recent, withering attacks, including on successive days from two of the nation's most ...; 7:19 a.m.

Jon Ralston wonders who will face Porter, and some other tidbits: By Jon Ralston; CD3 conundrum: News that state Senate Minority Leader Dina Titus will not challenge Rep. Jon Porter in the 3rd Congressional District, coming a few weeks after the revelation that Tessa Hafen would not make an ...; 7:18 a.m.

Editorial: Basic rights for detainees: Speaking on NBC's "Meet the Press," Powell said he would move the prisoners at Guantanamo to the federal legal system , where they could challenge the charges against them. The argument against doing so, Powell ...; 7:18 a.m.

Editorial: Lack of empowerment: According to reporting by the Las Vegas Sun on Wednesday, the Legislature failed to approve almost $1.7 million in funding for empowerment schools that Clark County School District officials had hoped to receive for this ...; 7:18 a.m.

Letter: U.S. wrong to support Sunni insurgents: George W. Bush has engaged in plenty of rhetoric about a peaceful and democratic Mideast, but the de facto gangstering of the whole region is this administration's greatest blunder .; 7:18 a.m.

Letter: Time for baseball to revise TV rules: It has been a long time coming that this ridiculous scenario - that six Major League Baseball teams can claim Las Vegas as part of their territory under baseball broadcasting rules - has made its ...; 7:18 a.m.

Letter: Flight path is for benefit of everyone: I purchased my $400,000 home in Southern Highlands last October. Planes fly over my home every few minutes, all day and long into the evening. Yes, at times it is noisy and bothersome.; 7:17 a.m.

Editorial: It's time for answers: More than a dozen current and former employees of the college talked to Littlefield. They alleged that Gilbert steered lucrative college contracts to subcontractors, who agreed to work for free or at discounted rates on ...; 7:17 a.m.

Reid once again whips up political world: WASHINGTON - Almost as dramatic as the political firestorm Thursday over the Senate majority leader calling Gen. Peter Pace "incompetent" was a mystery about whether Harry Reid actually uttered the word.; 7:17 a.m.

UNLV gets donations, without cut off the top: The UNLV Foundation is no longer taking 5 percent off the top of donations to the university to help cover its overhead and is looking for other ways to pay those bills.; 7:17 a.m.

LOOKING IN ON: HIGHER EDUCATION: Piracy pays off.; 7:17 a.m.

Wanted: 1,300 teachers within three months: By Emily Richmond; With less than three months until the start of the new academic year, the Clark County School District has more than 1,300 teacher vacancies to fill.; 7:16 a.m.

Gibbons has hours to decide on HOAs: As you drive to Bob Hall's home in Sun City Summerlin, you realize it is a special community. You notice little things like the sea-blue line that is hand-painted along the top of neighborhood walls. ...; 7:16 a.m.

Love him or loathe him: By Christina Littlefield; An outside consultant's evaluation of university system Chancellor Jim Rogers vividly illustrates the Board of Regents' conflicted relationship with its maverick chancellor.; 7:16 a.m.

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