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Archive for January 9, 2008

In America, a field of dreams
By Rob Miech
Photo: Francis Khamis and his family fled Sudan in 1997 a Francis Khamis slouches, stares at the ground and slinks off the soccer pitch by McCarran International Airport. A cold wind whips his Latin United No. 14 jersey.
11:09 p.m.
Now we’re the epicenter
By J. Patrick Coolican
Photo: Caucus Preview The presidential campaign moved to Nevada on Wednesday, as Democratic operatives rushed to the state, money flowed to TV stations for advertising, and staff and volunteers fanned out in search of votes for the Jan. ...
10:55 p.m.
Schools Outcry
By Jon Ralston
Education officials and activists are joining lawmakers in a chorus of protests to proposed budget cuts. Will Governor Gibbons opt to dip into the Rainy Day fund rather than implement cuts of almost five percent? ...
12:00 p.m.
Journalism 2.0
By Charlotte Hsu
Photo: UNLV's journalism school will soon move into a new Some of the most exhaustive local coverage of November’s Democratic debate at UNLV came not from veteran reporters at Las Vegas newspapers and TV stations but from a band of young students wielding cell phones, ...
2:00 a.m.
Las Vegas quits group that backs a nuclear Yucca
By Jeff German
In an about-face, Las Vegas has given up its membership in a pro-Yucca Mountain group that critics say has undermined the state’s fight against the high-level nuclear waste dump. Bob Loux, the state’s top Yucca ...
2:00 a.m.
Tick, tick, tick, Culinary will finally pick
By Michael Mishak
Culinary Workers Local 226, Nevada’s largest and most politically active union, had hoped the New Hampshire primary would provide some clarity to its tortured presidential endorsement process. It didn’t. New York Sen. Hillary Clinton’s victory ...
2:00 a.m.
What’s the point of primaries, caucuses?
Neva M. Herr
As we get set for Nevada’s presidential caucus, I have a few thoughts about the whole thing.
2:00 a.m.
Before it’s too late
By Kristen Peterson
Photo: Sandquist laments the loss of historic homes such Allen Sandquist sips his coffee in a booth at Careful Kitty’s Cafe in the El Cortez. New Year’s balloons float above slot machines and downtown prepares for the city’s annual big bash. But Sandquist is ...
2:00 a.m.
The Comeback Kid II
Heading into Tuesday’s Democratic presidential primary in New Hampshire, pundits had already started to write the obituary of Sen. Hillary Clinton’s candidacy and were assuming that Sen. Barack Obama would win in a blowout. Well, ...
2:00 a.m.
Jon Ralston gives White House hopefuls five helpful rules for campaigning here
By Jon Ralston
What follows here is New Hampshire-result neutral. That is, no matter what happened Tuesday (yes, infernal deadlines preclude me from knowing results as I type), this primer for those presidential candidates about to bivouac here ...
2:00 a.m.
Reid, Chertoff: Enemies, Friends
By Jon Ralston
What a difference a disaster declaration makes. Almost exactly two years ago, Sen. Harry Reid was calling for Homeland Security Department Secretary Michael Chertoff’s resignation after Las Vegas was taken off a high-risk target list.
2:00 a.m.
Clinton’s surprise win sets up Nevada scorcher
By J. Patrick Coolican
Photo: In the Clinton campaign’s Las Vegas office on Tu Sen. Hillary Clinton’s victory over Sen. Barack Obama in the New Hampshire Democratic primary means the next contest, the Jan. 19 Nevada caucus, will be an intense battleground in the fight for the Democratic nomination, ...
2:00 a.m.
Halverson must go
A special prosecutor this week filed a 14-count “formal statement of charges” against suspended District Judge Elizabeth Halverson. Lodged before the Nevada Commission on Judicial Discipline, the statement is replete with documented allegations of personal ...
2:00 a.m.
Exchanging a hoop for a ring
By Rob Miech
Photo: Former UNLV basketball player Kaspars Kambala, rig Only when his foes multiplied did Kaspars Kambala sprint through the cobblestone alleyways of Riga, Latvia. Most often, the former UNLV basketball player pushed his peers around the hardscrabble neighborhood in which he was raised. ...
2:00 a.m.
In Nevada, Clinton’s team shoots from stoic to jubilant
By David McGrath Schwartz
Photo: Clinton communications staff checks New Hampshire The scream heard throughout the office complex came as the vote in New Hampshire showed that Sen. Hillary Clinton’s campaign wasn’t dying. After a day of stoicism and low expectations, Clinton’s Nevada campaign headquarters erupted ...
2:00 a.m.
Yes, high prices could drive trade show away
Dean Anderson
In response to Richard N. Velotta’s Saturday story “Hey, Vegas: Don’t gouge us”: It is indeed possible that the organizers of the Consumer Electronics Show will move the largest convention held here to a location ...
2:00 a.m.
Jeff Haney tells where your $8 bet on the Patriots to win it all would win you a buck, plus which houses have the good bets
By Jeff Haney
With eight NFL teams trying to complete a three-leg parlay that would culminate with a Super Bowl victory Feb. 3 in Glendale, Ariz., the New England Patriots remain the bettors’ choice in Las Vegas sports ...
2:00 a.m.
SEIU rises above chaos for Obama
By Tony Cook
The Service Employees International Union Nevada endorsed Illinois Sen. Barack Obama on Tuesday night, a tortured decision after a series of fumbles and internal strife that continued to the end. The chaotic selection process and ...
2:00 a.m.
Hotels shooting themselves in foot
The hotels’ price gouging of Consumer Electronics Show delegates, described in Richard N. Velotta’s Saturday story, is merely the tip of the iceberg. This shows that the hotel magnates are willing to wring every last ...
2:00 a.m.

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