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Archive for October 30, 2007

Summary box: MGM Mirage, Wynn Resorts report mixed results: AP; SHARES HIT: MGM Mirage shares fell 1.8 percent by the market close and another 26 cents after hours to $91.03. Wynn shares dropped 2.9 percent by the market close and another 4.4 percent after hours ...; 11:56 a.m.

Past Two Winners of WSOP Main Event Not Great for the Game: By Jeff Simpson; Harrah's Entertainment made an incredibly shrewd business decision in 2003 when it acquired the rights to the World Series of Poker, and the company has done a decent job with the event and its recognizable ...; 10:55 a.m.

Forget pity; Skulls command respect: Click here for a printable graphic.; 7:16 a.m.

LOOKING IN ON: EDUCATION: By Emily Richmond; Sometimes it's hard not to blame the messenger. Particularly when the message is that a school schedule is being changed and the messenger is the school principal.; 7:16 a.m.

The battle over coal is, ahem, burning anew, with nothing much at stake except Nevada's energy future and maybe Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's career...: By Jon Ralston; The battle over coal is, ahem, burning anew, with nothing much at stake except Nevada's energy future and maybe Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's career. Reid's pummeling of three proposed coal-fired plants in rural Nevada ...; 7:16 a.m.

CORRECTION: CORRECTION; 7:16 a.m.

Democrats choosy in making campaign stops: The Democratic presidential candidates are making far fewer visits to Nevada than they have to Iowa and New Hampshire, where they seem to be showing up at every small -town street corner.; 7:15 a.m.

Editorial: A disgusting display: FEMA officials gave the media only 15 minutes' notice of the Tuesday briefing, making it impossible for reporters to get there in time.; 7:15 a.m.

Editorial: Jailhouse politics: Young had proposed building a jail from modular buildings for low-level offenders near the county's wastewater treatment plant. That was a year and a half ago, in the middle of a heated primary for a ...; 7:15 a.m.

Editorial: No softballs for Yucca: Before January this committee was headed by Sen. Pete Domenici, R-N.M., a vocal supporter of burying the nation's commercial nuclear waste at Yucca Mountain, 90 miles northwest of Las Vegas.; 7:15 a.m.

Letter: Out-of-control growth will lead to demise: You have to question the reason and sanity of cramming more than 70 percent of Nevada's population into one valley, the Las Vegas Valley. In the past 15 years or so the quality of life ...; 7:15 a.m.

Letter: How Steinbrenner has cursed his team: New York Yankees manager Joe Torre departed following the defeat of the Yankees in the recent American League playoffs. Amid a storm of controversy over George Steinbrenner's crude and cruel tactics to force him out, ...; 7:14 a.m.

Letter: No sympathy for lack of responsibility: I totally disagree with the government stepping in to help homeowners who have put themselves in the situation of possibly losing their homes because they have chosen to live above their means.; 7:14 a.m.

Letter: Iraq and the wildfires: Is there a connection?: On May 11 California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, commenting on the Guard there, said: "The only area where we run thin is the equipment, because a lot of equipment has gone to Iraq, and it doesn't ...; 7:14 a.m.

Letter: Politics played no role in disaster response: California is hardly a red state: Both U.S. senators, the majority of congressional representatives and the majority of state legislators are Democrats. Louisiana voted for George W. Bush in 2000 and 2004, and California voted ...; 7:14 a.m.

Something old, something new: By Mark Whittington; Every music festival is a gathering of the tribe.; 7:14 a.m.

Public Enemy, Rage bring social conscience to stage: Michael J. Mishak; In its third year, Vegoose may have offered its most eclectic lineup yet.; 7:13 a.m.

Frontman overcomes Vegoose restlessness: By J. Patrick Coolican; I ran into Umphrey's McGee lead singer Brendan Bayliss at 6 a.m. Sunday in a lobby bar at Mandalay Bay. He's an old college acquaintance, so we exchanged hugs, and then I looked at him, ...; 7:13 a.m.

Block on new slots worries industry: By Liz Benston; A state regulator is worrying that slot machines - already positioned near casino arcades, movie theaters, bowling alleys and restaurants - are creeping into casino recesses that are not sufficiently patrolled.; 7:13 a.m.

Gibbons backs off on trip to D.C. to focus on budget: David McGrath Schwartz; Sometimes, you just want to be asked out on a date, even if you don't intend to say yes.; 7:13 a.m.

SUN FOLLOW-UP: INDENTURED DOCTORS: By Marshall Allen; The state has launched its inspections of primary care medical clinics in response to a Las Vegas Sun investigation that found employers exploiting foreign doctors and neglecting medically needy patients.; 7:13 a.m.

Physicians felt intimidated in state probe: By Marshall Allen; The state has launched its inspections of primary care medical clinics in response to a Las Vegas Sun investigation that found employers exploiting foreign doctors and neglecting medically needy patients.; 6:00 a.m.

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