Las Vegas Sun

Archive for October 3, 2007

Henderson gateway cries out for makeover: By Mike Trask; The entrance to Henderson along Boulder Highway from the north is hardly a welcoming sight.; 7:04 a.m.

Gleefully, Dems envision majority: By J. Patrick Coolican; Click here for a printable graphic.; 7:03 a.m.

Tourist hails what he thinks is a cab, and ride is straight downhill: The details are hazy, but what matters is plain: Mickey Tye Kelley thought he was hailing a cab.; 7:03 a.m.

LOOKING IN ON: GAMING: By Liz Benston; LOOKING IN ON: GAMING; 7:03 a.m.

Clock ticks on strip club: By Jeff German; Federal marshals are on a tight deadline to sell Crazy Horse Too before year's end , when the closed strip club stands to permanently lose its liquor license and , with it, much of its ...; 7:03 a.m.

THE ELEVATOR: Who's headed toward the penthouse on the local sports scene - and who's getting the shaft.; 7:03 a.m.

For Love of the Game: Sam Morris, Las Vegas Sun; Ann Beatty takes her eye from the camera to yell encouragement to the Foothill soccer team.; 7:03 a.m.

Jeff Haney tells how longtime insiders see online poker helping, instead of hurting, the game: By Jeff Haney; Field, best known in Las Vegas as the founder and publisher of Card Player magazine from 1988 to 1993, was reminded of his former career after reading our recent column on the effects of Internet ...; 7:02 a.m.

CLAUDE "BLACKIE" EVANS: 1935-2007: Born: Nov. 26, 1935, Duenweg , Mo.; 7:02 a.m.

CORRECTIONS: A story in the Sun on Monday incorrectly reported that K12 Inc., an online learning company based in Herndon, Va., was a wholly owned subsidiary of Knowledge Universe, an education holding company. In fact, K12 ...; 7:02 a.m.

By now you probably have heard that the Las Vegas City Council ...: By Jon Ralston; By now you probably have heard that the Las Vegas City Council has on its agenda today the introduction of a proposal to raise elected official salaries by dramatic amounts - more than 50 percent ...; 7:02 a.m.

Jon Ralston talks with Obama about his war foresight: By Jon Ralston; But he used the fifth anniversary of his decision to come out against the war to deliver a frequently eloquent, obviously tendentious speech that was designed to say just that - to the Democratic electorate, ...; 7:02 a.m.

Editorial: Helping the victim: Media stories quickly followed, accompanied by the picture, and the girl was found Friday, four days after the information was released. The girl, now 7, was found living safely with her mother, who, authorities said, ...; 7:02 a.m.

Editorial: Protecting our heritage: The report released Friday by the Government Accountability Office, the investigative arm of Congress, says parts of the Smithsonian's museums and its National Zoo are crumbling under a $2.5 billion construction and maintenance backlog, much ...; 7:01 a.m.

Editorial: Program needs investigating: At least this is how it looks on paper.; 7:01 a.m.

Letter: GOP in Congress, Bush are ruining America: They watched as the president took us to war in Iraq based on faulty premises, ignored our generals' advice and mismanaged every aspect of the war there, and simply nod ded in support like bobble-head ...; 7:01 a.m.

Letter: Schooling in Nevada is worthwhile, valued: University of Never Leaving Vegas? The joke is old and somewhat true, but there are those of us who choose to not leave Las Vegas, who attended UNLV by choice and circumstance (not for lack ...; 7:01 a.m.

Letter: President has every right to speak for us: Friday morning, while reading the letters to the editor in the Las Vegas Sun, I was disappointed that LaRue S. Boenig took such offense to that U.N. speech. Boenig says she is outraged, exasperated and ...; 7:01 a.m.

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