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Archive for November 29, 2007

Face to Face, 11/28/07
12:00 p.m.
Coach's feelings mixed as UNLV star vies for PGA Tour spot
Dwaine Knight will have more than a passing interest in this year's PGA Tour Qualifying Tournament, which began Wednesday and runs through Monday in Winter Garden, Fla.
8:12 a.m.
Undersized but unbowed
UNLV ranks last in 3-point shooting in its conference.
8:11 a.m.
FROM THE SUNS POLITICAL BLOG
Clinton ekes out another (ersatz) endorsement
8:03 a.m.
Teachers union gets it from all sides
The Clark County teachers union has fended off a takeover attempt by the Teamsters union, only to face a threat from another organization that wants to render it all but useless
7:05 a.m.
LECTURING ON BOMBS, AGENTS HAVE A BLAST
SAM MORRIS / LAS VEGAS SUN
7:05 a.m.
Letter: Nevada's D.C. delegation must act on energy
I've been watching oil prices climb. Right before the Thanksgiving weekend, gas prices popped again.
7:05 a.m.
Editorial: Bush's skewed priorities
Bush has proposed spending $5.4 billion next year for the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC), which provides vouchers for foods such as cheese, milk and peanut butter to pregnant women, ...
7:04 a.m.
Editorial: Secrets? Maybe, maybe not
In March a federal appeals court upheld the dismissal, even though U.S. officials had acknowledged the CIA erred in suspecting that the man once associated with the 9/11 hijackers.
7:04 a.m.
Editorial: No experience necessary
Enge is a former history teacher who is politely described as having a colorful past. He is known for his public battle over curriculum at Carson City High School, where he taught history before being ...
7:04 a.m.
Letter: Candidates sidestep immigration issues
About 80 percent of our citizens are adamantly against amnesty and want to have the existing laws enforced. There is just no reason that these people who have broken the law to come here and ...
7:04 a.m.
Letter: Sparing building best way to honor Frazier
Though I tend to agree on many aspects of what the editorial said regarding the honoring of Maude Frazier, I do not agree that the best way to honor her is by tearing down the ...
7:04 a.m.
Chatty Simpson squeezes in 'not guilty'
It had the feel of cocktail hour at a high school reunion as a relaxed O.J. Simpson kibitzed with members of the media in the hour preceding his Wednesday arraignment at the Regional Justice Center.
7:03 a.m.
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The Clinton campaign again adroitly sidestepped a union's endorsement process.
7:03 a.m.
On the q.t., university system readies for cuts
While Nevada university system Chancellor Jim Rogers has been loudly saying he will not draft a plan for budget cuts as the governor has requested, the state's higher education institutions have been quietly preparing for ...
7:03 a.m.
Fear less: Victim can learn when abuser's out of jail
Her boyfriend was slimy enough to slip through the system; he'd been arrested for domestic violence and released, arrested and released, arrested and released.
7:03 a.m.
Born with the gift of song
Ellie Smith - all 4 feet 7 inches of her - took the stage and launched into "Happy Days Are Here Again." When she finished, the MGM Grand Garden Arena erupted with applause as thousands ...
7:03 a.m.
FLASHPOINT
The presidential caucus is less than two months away and already it's been quite the wild ride, folks. We had our own presidential debate right here at UNLV, televised by CNN. It was a diamond ...
7:02 a.m.

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