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Arts Notes: Stolen Rockwell may get visit from Vegas man
By Kristen Peterson
The case of the stolen Norman Rockwell has been an ongoing game of he sues, she sues, gaining international attention and draining pocketbooks.
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Seeing no profits, condo owners sue
By Liz Benston
Nevada's biggest Strip developer is embroiled in a dispute with mom-and-pop investors that offers a cautionary, buyer-beware tale involving the sale of high-rise residential units.
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Jon Ralston lists his top 10 stories that should have been
By Jon Ralston
But this isn't one of those “gee, really” catalogues of last year's major events. This is the traditional Top 10 List of Stories We Wish Had Been the Top 10 Stories of the Year:
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DA will go after former UMC boss
By Tony Cook
After an investigation that began over a year ago, Clark County District Attorney David Roger plans to take the case against former University Medical Center boss Lacy Thomas to a grand jury this month.
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Obama victory resounds across U.S.
By J. Patrick Coolican, David McGrath Schwartz
The first sound of victory was a quick yelp, which was followed by a roar that filled a basement bar in Manchester, N.H. CNN had just called the Iowa caucus for Illinois Sen. Barack Obama.
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Loud and clear for nearly 20 years
By Jerry Fink
Ethel Merman was a favorite of composers such as Cole Porter and Irving Berlin. She's remembered for her booming voice, which one person said could cut through an orchestra “like a big brass horn,” and ...
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The hunt for D.B. Cooper
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On Nov. 24, 1971, a man now known as D.B. Cooper hijacked a passenger plane traveling from Portland, Ore., to Seattle. He said he had a bomb and demanded $200,000 in $20 bills. After the ...
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First test for candidates
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So what should we make of Thursday's Iowa caucuses? The first thing that struck us was that a black man, Democratic Sen. Barack Obama, won a presidential nominating contest in a Midwestern rural state that ...
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Supporters bask in Obama win
By Michael Mishak
Outside Theodore Roosevelt High School, Barack Obama volunteer Dan Egnor is hammering a steel rod into the frozen ground with little success. He's trying to shore up a large campaign sign to compete with Hillary ...
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Distress over remark during Vegas concert won’t dissipate
By Brian Eckhouse
They flocked here for a long Christmas weekend of diversion: parties, booze and slots, maybe some family time. The usual. What 5,000 Persian-Americans encountered, however, didn't stay in Vegas. In a break between songs at ...
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Flight data now public
After spending $11.5 million to interview 30,000 pilots and record their experiences with flight hazards, NASA abruptly ended the project in 2005 and mothballed the information.
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They invented basic strategy
By Jeff Haney
The four newest members of the Blackjack Hall of Fame never counted cards. They never gambled for high stakes or won much money in casinos. In fact, after making their indelible mark on the game, ...
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