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Ron Kantowski on the cancellation of a car race that’s always deadly dangerous, but this year was too much so
By Ron Kantowski
Part of the reason the Indianapolis 500 is known as “the ultimate test of man and machine” is that there are so many things that can put you out of the race.
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UNLV needs to fill five fundraiser jobs
By Charlotte Hsu
UNLV officials are trying to fill five crucial fundraising jobs as the university enters the home stretch of a $500 million campaign scheduled to end this year.
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Voter IDs needed for immigrant influx
Regarding the Las Vegas Sun’s Jan. 1 editorial “Overrule voter photo ID”: Voter fraud is an especially alarming issue. Because the United States now plays host to more than 20 million illegal invaders, we need ...
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Cost has driven away conventions before
That the Consumer Electronics Show is considering dropping out of Las Vegas may not be just a threat. Exhibitors and attendees are hurting from aggressive rates for floor space and hotel rooms, even with an ...
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Cross Canadian Ragweed
By Jerry Fink
When we last spoke to Cross Canadian Ragweed the Oklahoma-bred, Texas-based alternative country/rock band it was putting the finishing touches on an as yet untitled album. That was in May. The album, eventually titled “Mission ...
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Aflutter over Nevada: Nation is all over the map on how important or not our caucus is
By Steve Kanigher, Mike Trask
The endorsement of Nevada’s “powerful Culinary Workers Union” earned Illinois Sen. Barack Obama headlines across the country Wednesday.
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Expect it to rain less but when it does, watch out
By Phoebe Sweet
Residents of the Southwest have heard the refrain that droughts caused by global warming will worsen the region’s already serious water shortage. It also will mean stronger, albeit less frequent, storms.
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Caucuses, primaries further democracy
Neva Herr’s Wednesday letter “What’s the point of primaries, caucuses?” has raised questions about our political process that deserve answers.
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Stand-up, by seat of his pants
By Jerry Fink
Photo: George Wallace If George Wallace’s routine looks a little like Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Fireside Chats, it isn’t because this is the political season.
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Pure arrogance
Gov. Jim Gibbons was slowed in his budget-slashing crusade Tuesday by Secretary of State Ross Miller, who has raised important questions about the process. At a meeting of the state prison board, Miller said he ...
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Insurer to cough up a record $1 million
By Cy Ryan
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield has agreed to pay a $1 million penalty to the state for failing to properly handle claims from Nevadans.
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Vegas is owed millions
Who knew that errant motorists could owe so much for violations committed when their vehicles were not even moving? Las Vegas officials have ordered an audit to examine the problem of parking tickets that have ...
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Vegas’ new draw for out-of-staters: Help candidates take the caucus
By David McGrath Schwartz
Cars parked in a lot Wednesday on Tropicana Avenue had license plates from the following states: Washington, Michigan, Illinois, Oklahoma, Kentucky, Ohio, California, New Hampshire, Michigan, Oregon, New Jersey, South Carolina, Indiana and from Washington, ...
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Station turns free blues down a notch
By Jerry Fink
Santa Fe Station won’t be singing the blues. The casino has discontinued free blues entertainment on Wednesday nights at its club, Chrome. “Santa Fe just needed a change,” said Joe Santiago, vice president of entertainment ...
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Tom Ridge visits Vegas
By Jon Ralston
It may not have been as overtly interesting as attending the Culinary Union’s endorsement news conference or analyzing the New Hampshire primary results, but an amazingly eclectic group of locals gathered with ex-Homeland Security boss ...
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Whichever side you’re on, just go caucus, Reid says
By David McGrath Schwartz
Photo: Sen. Harry Reid urges voters, whether Democrats or The Nevada Democratic Party launched a TV ad Wednesday in which Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid urged Democrats and Republicans to attend their respective caucuses.
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Yucca tie rightly cut
Las Vegas has dropped its membership in a business group that promotes the federal plan to bury the nation’s high-level nuclear waste at Yucca Mountain. This is a welcome change from last summer, when it ...
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