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Stardust casino imploded to make way for Boyd's Echelon megaresort: AP; Hundreds of guests partied beneath tents and on makeshift patios before Boyd chairman Bill Boyd's four grandsons pushed a plunger, setting off a pyrotechnics display and detonation that generated a massive dust cloud, chasing revelers ...; 11:06 a.m.

Stardust casino imploded in Las Vegas: AP; It is also credited with being Las Vegas' first mass-market casino, thanks to cheap rates and loss-leading food and drinks.; 9:35 a.m.

UPON FURTHER REVIEW: Compiled by Ron Kantowski and Rob Miech; At the United Center, Chicago; 7:18 a.m.

John Katsilometes on Pure Management's plan to bring some glitter to the gutter: Pure Management Group's ambitious attempt to merge an ultrahip nightclub with one of the nation's favorite recreation sports opens at 10 p.m. Thursday at the Rio. The Las Vegas Lucky Strike, part of a national ...; 7:17 a.m.

Q+A: Joe Satriani: What: G3 '07 with Joe Satriani (pictured) , John Petrucci, and Paul Gilbert; 7:17 a.m.

FLASHPOINT for Mar 13, 2007: I feel Dennis Nolan's pain. The state senator upset those folks who erect Web sites and spout off about anything and everything - sometimes with insight, often without. Nolan indicated he didn't much care what ...; 7:17 a.m.

Editorial: Hurting our own: A handful of states have traced huge declines in Medicaid enrollment to the federal documentation requirement that went into effect last year, The New York Times reported Monday. The 2006 Deficit Reduction Act requires Medicaid ...; 7:17 a.m.

Editorial: Hollow words from Cheney: No one in the Bush administration pushed for invading the country more than he did, nor was anyone more selective in their use of intelligence while promoting war. When history writers assign blame for the ...; 7:17 a.m.

Editorial: Offering students a bribe: In an attempt to drive student attendance at tests, some administrators and teachers in Clark County are promising raffles for cash, gift certificates and electronics, among other things, as Emily Richmond reported in Saturday's Las ...; 7:16 a.m.

Letter: Daylight-saving time is light on savings: Since I wake up early I will be forced to use more energy because of the early start to daylight-saving time. So what that the sun sets an hour later? It just means I will ...; 7:16 a.m.

Letter: When facts are stubborn things: Much of the New Testament was written within 25 to 40 years after A.D. 33 when Christ died. That's within the lifetimes of many eyewitnesses who well knew the facts. Making up a hoax like ...; 7:16 a.m.

Letter: Staying the course is a terrible option: Some of the countries in the Middle East would consider it a victory for Islam. Americans might look back and feel that the thousands of troops who died in Iraq died in vain. The minority ...; 7:16 a.m.

Letter: Don't diminish the power of the people: The Nevada/Missouri Plan to appoint judges, "allowing" the people a yes or no vote on the elite's choices, is another example. Then there are the several proposals in the legislative works to make it difficult, ...; 7:16 a.m.

Deal meets opposition already: By Marshall Allen; Deal meets opposition already; 7:15 a.m.

Miller to governor: I want answers: In what has become a week of dueling letters, Secretary of State Ross Miller on Monday wrote Gov. Jim Gibbons for the second time requesting more information about $169,100 in contributions the governor received last ...; 7:15 a.m.

Ever-developing Bootleg Canyon helps put Boulder City on the map: By Mike Trask; Fifteen years ago Brent Thompson and his friends started riding their bikes in the mountains that line northwestern Boulder City.; 7:15 a.m.

LOOKING IN ON: CLARK COUNTY: Tony Cook, Las Vegas Sun; Clark County commissioners work too much.; 7:15 a.m.

Gibbons' policy of no fee hikes has some grinding their teeth: Cy Ryan and J. Patrick Coolican; CARSON CITY - Mixed signals from the governor and his budget office on a range of fiscal issues, and fees in particular, have legislators in both parties frustrated.; 7:14 a.m.

CORRECTION: CORRECTION; 7:14 a.m.

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