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Archive for November 23, 2007

Bracing for the weeks ahead: wplog; 3:53 p.m.

Jeff Haney explains why Hawaii's No. 1 offense may be no match for Boise State: It features college football's No. 1 scoring offense in Hawaii (48 points a game) against the No. 3 offense of Boise State (44.2 points).; 7:16 a.m.

TAKE FIVE: UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA TAR HEELS: What: Findlay Toyota Las Vegas Invitational; 7:16 a.m.

Don't write off Vegas Grand Prix, wannabe rescuer urges: Las Vegas will have a street race in 2009 if Jim Freudenberg has his way.; 7:16 a.m.

Take Five: Jim Gaffigan: Dave Wilson; Comedian Jim Gaffigan grew up as the son of a banker in small-town Indiana and is still incredulous at the success he's had by skewering Hot Pockets ("a Pop-Tart filled with nasty meat") and being ...; 7:16 a.m.

Q+A: PATTI LuPONE: By Jerry Fink; Who: "Coulda, Woulda, Shoulda ... Played That Part," starring Patti LuPone; 7:16 a.m.

Lettermen's sound stays in harmony with the times: Who: The Lettermen; 7:15 a.m.

Editorial: How about e-education?: One approach that has proved successful in schools is the electronic field trip.; 7:15 a.m.

Letter: Las Vegas Zoo is doing the best it can: In fact, although the 3-acre Las Vegas Zoo is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, we pay the city, county and state entities more than $10,000 each year for licenses, fees and the privilege of serving our community. ...; 7:15 a.m.

Editorial: Save the whales: The International Whaling Commission allows humpback harvests for scientific reasons, and the Japan Fisheries Agency says the whales are needed so scientists can study their reproductive organs and stomach contents.; 7:15 a.m.

Editorial: Unsound science, verdicts?: But the FBI waited a year to abandon the procedure. Moreover, it did not aggressively seek to review cases or notify courts until last week, and then only because it was under pressure from The ...; 7:15 a.m.

Letter: What were we hiding at Guantanamo?: What the hell have they to hide? Waterboarding? Testicles crunched by electric wires hooked to a battery? Traces of manacles around a child terrorist's neck? It boggles the mind.; 7:14 a.m.

Letter: McCain is above all a man of character: To quote Mr. Brooks on several points regarding John McCain: "I can tell you there is nobody in politics remotely like him ... He still fights a daily battle against the soul-destroying forms of modern ...; 7:14 a.m.

Saving wilderness never a done deal: By Phoebe Sweet; Lovers of Nevada's great outdoors this month celebrated the fifth anniversary of passage of a bill that protected almost half a million acres of public wilderness in Clark County.; 7:14 a.m.

Table deals out human factor: By Liz Benston; 25 hands: Can be dealt per hour by most human dealers.; 7:14 a.m.

LOOKING IN ON: GAMING: By Liz Benston; Handheld gambling devices were the big buzz at last year's Global Gaming Expo trade show but are still undergoing testing in the Gaming Control Board's slot lab. As a next step, the Venetian is expected ...; 7:14 a.m.

Gaming's new frontier: By Liz Benston; Congress has allowed states to develop their own online gambling regulations. Bets are legal as long as they begin and end in a jurisdiction where Internet gambling is allowed.Online gambling companies and companies that make ...; 7:13 a.m.

Porter: No flip-flop on gay rights: By Lisa Mascaro; WASHINGTON - The gay rights community has taken notice of Nevada's Rep. Jon Porter.; 7:13 a.m.

Coffee that's all about the cup size: Coffee drinks at Sexxpresso come in three sizes: A, B and Double D.; 7:13 a.m.

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