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Archive for June 7, 2009

Las Vegas man critically injured in ATV accident: By Cara McCoy; A Las Vegas man was critically injured Sunday afternoon when he lost control of his all-terrain vehicle in a water retention basin, Metro Police said.; 7:22 p.m.

Faith Lutheran golf tourney set for Monday: By Sun Staff; The Faith Lutheran Jr/Sr High School 2009 Crusader Cup Golf Classic is set for Monday (June 8) at the Silverstone Golf Club.; 7:21 p.m.

Pete Wentz has run-in with photog in Las Vegas: By Melissa Arseniuk; Pete Wentz may be 30 years old but that doesn’t mean the Fall Out Boy has to act like it.; 6:57 p.m.

The politics of fear: Since the Legislature passed a $781 million tax increase, which was necessary to stave off massive cuts in government services, Gov. Jim Gibbons has been leading a one-man anti-government crusade.; 2:06 a.m.

Bailing out highways: The Obama administration said last week that by September the Federal Highway Trust Fund will need $7 billion to stay solvent.; 2:05 a.m.

Insurmountable barrier?: The Senate Finance Committee is experiencing a conflict that will plague it throughout its effort to fund the health care reforms that Congress and the Obama administration are now debating.; 2:04 a.m.

Cheney’s revisionist history not fooling many: Phil Ventura, Las Vegas; Is former Vice President Dick Cheney starting to squirm? Cheney’s approval rating has recently risen from dismal to poor based on his efforts to reassign his appalling mistakes to others.; 2:03 a.m.

Religion always seems to undermine peace: Nikolas D. Skalkotos, Las Vegas; I found President Barack Obama’s Cairo oration to Muslims a historic, beneficial and effective diplomatic approach to mending fences.; 2:02 a.m.

Court should be interpreting the law: Michael K. Casler, Las Vegas; The confirmation of Sonia Sotomayor as a Supreme Court Justice will be accomplished amid partisan politics, as have many other confirmations.; 2:01 a.m.

Homeowners’ chance to make good on permits: By Joe Schoenmann; Do-it-yourselfers in unincorporated Clark County are catching a break. The county has launched a three-month amnesty period for homeowners who did their own remodeling or fix-ups without necessary permits.; 2:00 a.m.

If the end is peace, then it justifies the speech: By Brian Greenspun; When asked what I thought of President Barack Obama’s speech in Cairo the other day, I had to reach all the way back to law school to find an appropriate, albeit not so satisfying, answer. ...; 2:00 a.m.

Session evaluation: A winner, a loser, but mostly a wash: By J. Patrick Coolican, David McGrath Schwartz; When the boat has a gaping hole in it, no one on board is having much fun on the shuffleboard court. And so at the Nevada Legislature, which adjourned last week and suffered through the ...; 2:00 a.m.

For members of one artist residency, the desert is their muse: By Kristen Peterson; Suzanne Hackett-Morgan sounded out of her mind five years ago when she proposed an artist residency near the ghost town of Rhyolite, just outside the gateway to Death Valley.; 2:00 a.m.

Web chatter ahead of police in revealing details of crime: By Abigail Goldman; Metro Police announced very little about the arrest of Tanner Rousseau, except that he was 18 and booked on murder charges in connection with a fatal stabbing in the Tropicana parking lot. But almost immediately, ...; 2:00 a.m.

Upbringing works in judicial nominee’s favor: Harry Reid; President Barack Obama’s U.S. Supreme Court nominee, Sonia Sotomayor, has an incredible background and has overcome significant challenges to get to where she is today.; 2:00 a.m.

Vote to spend millions on museum expected Tuesday: By Mike Trask; The Henderson City Council, which has had to trim the ranks of employees and dip into its reserves to make ends meet, will decide Tuesday whether to spend as much as $25.4 million on the ...; 2:00 a.m.

With override of veto, a sigh of relief: Elliott Parker; The governor said that increasing taxes is a bad idea, but cutting state expenditures to the extent he proposed, especially in higher education, was an even worse choice.; 2:00 a.m.

How speaker corralled the final vote for partnerships: By David McGrath Schwartz; Once the governor’s veto of the domestic partnership bill was overridden in the Senate, observers assumed that the legislation would easily make it out of the Assembly — even though the bill had been approved ...; 2:00 a.m.

Nominee presents pronunciation pickle: By Lisa Mascaro; With the historic nomination of the first Hispanic woman to the U.S. Supreme Court came the phonetic fallout. Somehow, Sonia Sotomayor, a name easily accessible to many in the West, is causing great tongue twisting ...; 2:00 a.m.

How we did: A look back at the session: By Marshall Allen, J. Patrick Coolican, David McGrath Schwartz, Emily Richmond; The legislative session was impossible. Lawmakers had no choice but to cut services and increase taxes, or see state services, especially education, all but shut down. The Las Vegas Sun reviews their actions on the ...; 2:00 a.m.

Las Vegas temperatures warming into mid 80s: By Dave Toplikar; Pull out the sunscreen and head back to the pool -- Las Vegas temperatures are cranking back up a notch today.; 12:01 a.m.

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