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Archive for November 19, 2007

Browns Win After Reversed Call: AP; The Browns took the kickoff in overtime and drove 43 yards in nine plays before Dawson kicked a 33-yard field goal to give the Browns (6-4) a wild win.; 12:52 p.m.

US Military Deaths in Iraq at 3,871: AP; The AP count is eight higher than the Defense Department's tally, last updated Friday at 10 a.m. EST.; 12:20 p.m.

OPEC Comment Drives Oil Close to $95: AP; Oil prices rose Monday with more talk among OPEC members about converting their cash reserves to the euro and away from the U.S. dollar.; 11:34 a.m.

Florida Back in Top 25: AP; The two-time defending national champions came into this season having lost the top six players from the team that repeated. It took the new group of Gators just two weeks to move into The Associated ...; 10:27 a.m.

Aid for Bangladesh Cyclone Relief: AP; Bangladesh Red Crescent Society; 9:36 a.m.

Coaching Becomes a Young Man's Racket: AP; At a time when some members of the profession cheat to hang onto average jobs and some lie to lock up good ones - see Saban, Nick, and the University of Alabama - Carr walked ...; 9:29 a.m.

Recovering From Tragedy, Giving Thanks: AP; The dramas played out in places large and small: Southern California and Minneapolis, Blacksburg, Va., and Huntington, Utah. They were caused by nature or by man or by madness. One family was thrust into the ...; 9:20 a.m.

Browns Beat Ravens After Reversed Call: AP; Phil Dawson's tying 51-yard field goal at the end of regulation hit an upright, then tapped the center support behind the crossbar before bouncing back onto the field. Initially called no good, officials held a ...; 8:55 a.m.

Browns Beat Ravens in Strange Win: AP; And sometimes they get the really strange.; 8:49 a.m.

The Weird and the Commonplace: AP; And sometimes they get the really strange.; 8:42 a.m.

Adwatch: Romney Highlights Family: AP; LENGTH: 30 seconds.; 8:42 a.m.

Get Smart: a Guide to Spiffy Phones: AP; Prices also have come down to the point where some of these feature-packed models cost little more than "dumb" phones. Sizes have come down too - gone are the days when carrying a smart phone ...; 8:29 a.m.

High-Tech Gadgets for TV, Movie Lovers: AP; A bumper crop of gadgets and services can grab, deliver and play back television programs and movies anytime or anywhere to give couch potatoes their fix. All you need is a high-speed Internet connection.; 7:31 a.m.

Ron Kantowski and Mike Trask debate whether a pop star can breathe life into a moribund golf tournament: Sun sports columnist and resident old coot Ron Kantowski: Young man, because I am old enough to be your dad and to have a record collection that actually consists of them, I need somebody who ...; 7:07 a.m.

THE OPENING LINE: A week ago, when he was searching his files for a shot of UNLV football player Beau Bell for use with a story on the Rebels' linebacker extraordinaire, Mark Damon, the Sun's (relatively) new photo ...; 7:07 a.m.

Debate, Lady Rebels game not all that different: Only one featured a basketball. A look at how Saturday's Lady Rebels' game against Texas Tech and Thursday's Democratic presidential debate were more similar than they might have appeared:; 7:07 a.m.

Good behavior becomes contractual promise: The history of morals clauses is colored by the Black Sox and the Red Scare.; 7:07 a.m.

Cost overrun 'penalty': Free trip to Vegas: By Kristen Peterson; The Las Vegas Arts Commission was slated to decide last week whether to approve New York artist Dennis Oppenheim's design for the Gateway to the Arts District, a $700,000 project.; 7:07 a.m.

FLASHPOINT for Nov 19, 2007: Everyone was talking about how great it was to have the national media in town last week for the debate. But few noticed how many former Nevada reporters who made it big came back to ...; 7:07 a.m.

Letter: Government throws money down the drain: "I think people understand that taxes go to pay for things - taxes go to pay for the military, for schools, for Social Security."; 7:06 a.m.

Letter: CNN wastes our time at debate: CNN's insistence that a student ask a silly question rather than a serious one simply highlights how superficially CNN covers news.; 7:06 a.m.

Letter: Bush - not Democrats - is blocking progress: The old rule, touted highly by President Bush during his first six years in office, required a vote of the slightest bit over 50 percent to pass any legislation. According to the president, such support ...; 7:06 a.m.

Editorial: Letting security lag: Members of Congress were disturbed, to put it mildly, when the GAO delivered its report last week about the Transportation Security Administration.; 7:06 a.m.

Editorial: A world of concern: The report by the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission found that small and midsize American manufacturers "face the full brunt of China's unfair trade practices, including currency manipulation and illegal subsidies for China."; 7:06 a.m.

Editorial: Consumers over lobbyists: The Associated Press, in a report released last week, linked the stall to the millions of dollars drug companies spend lobbying senators and representatives.; 7:05 a.m.

LOOKING IN ON: EDUCATION: By Emily Richmond; He's been a World War II fighter pilot, college professor and Clark County School District administrator. And now, Henry Bozarth is a namesake.; 7:05 a.m.

THE WEEK IN REVIEW: CLARK COUNTY: By Tony Cook; For many, the old Sunrise Landfill has become a symbol of Clark County's cushy - and often controversial - relationship with garbage company Republic Services.; 7:05 a.m.

LOOKING IN ON: CITY HALL: By Joe Schoenmann; Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman, who has vowed to lead the fight against massive budget cuts envisioned by Gov. Jim Gibbons, last week was the guest of a group with political clout that far outweighs ...; 7:05 a.m.

THE DICE DEALER: By Liz Benston; As a child in Las Vegas, Don Anderson thought dealers were rock stars, the height of class and cool. Once, in a grocery store, a dealer who recognized his mother picked up the tab with ...; 7:05 a.m.

THE CARD DEALER: By Liz Benston; Ernie Acevedo had not yet turned 21 when he first walked into Caesars Palace - a wide-eyed UNLV student who wanted to witness the casino's opening day in 1966.; 7:04 a.m.

Dealers sour on Caesars: By Liz Benston; The story of why dealers at Caesars Palace are organizing a union is part of a bigger story about the transformation of the casino industry from its family-run roots in the mob to the modern ...; 7:04 a.m.

Morality in between the lines: By Jerry Fink; The morals clause in a performer's contract. It got George Carlin fired from the Frontier twice and Linda Ronstadt escorted from the Aladdin. It has popped up again in discussions of magician David Copperfield.; 7:04 a.m.

AP Poll: Lady Vols Unanimous No. 1: AP; The Lady Vols once again received all 50 first-place votes in the AP poll Monday and totaled 1,250 points - 64 more than No. 2 Connecticut.; 6:53 a.m.

Florida Returns to AP Basketball Top 25: AP; The top of the poll remained the same Monday, but there was plenty of change at the bottom.; 6:14 a.m.

Winners at the American Music Awards: AP; -Pop-rock:; 5:35 a.m.

OPEC Comment Drives Oil to $95: AP; Oil prices rose Monday with more talk among OPEC members about converting their cash reserves to the euro and away from the U.S. dollar.; 2:26 a.m.

A Look at Past Storms in Bangladesh: AP; - May 20, 1998: A cyclone pounds the southeastern coast with 100-mph winds, killing at least 14 and injuring at least 200. More than 10,000 tin-roofed homes are flattened in the Chittagong region.; 2:10 a.m.

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