Report: Clark County judges are busiest in the state

Nov. 23, 2009

By Cy Ryan

CARSON CITY – District judges in Clark County are by far the busiest in the state, according to the 2009 Annual Report of the Nevada Judiciary.

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Vegas-based Majestic Star Casino seeks bankruptcy

Nov. 23, 2009

By Steve Green

Las Vegas-based Majestic Star Casino LLC filed for bankruptcy protection today in Delaware after defaulting on debt obligations covering its properties in Colorado, Indiana and Mississippi.

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Temperatures staying warm in Las Vegas

Nov. 23, 2009

By Dave Toplikar

If you've got to travel, go shopping or get ready for the relatives to arrive for Thanksgiving, the weather will cooperate this week in Las Vegas.

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Rebels wake up Sunday with top RPI

Nov. 23, 2009

By Rob Miech

Give it four more months, at least, and maybe UNLV basketball coach Lon Kruger will enjoy hearing such news … and believe it. Before he and his staff met with their players in their usual Sunday night academic meetings and team meal, Kruger chuckled just a bit about the Rebels leading the nation in Ratings Percentage Index.

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Charging stations inevitable

Nov. 23, 2009

Carmakers are preparing to make the leap from gasoline- and hybrid-powered vehicles to those that run full time on electric batteries.

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Pirates meet their match

Nov. 23, 2009

Earlier this year when the world was waking up to the fact that pirates launching from Somalia were a genuine threat to commercial shipping, the prevailing thought was that cargo ships should not meet force with force.

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Fraud in veterans program

Nov. 23, 2009

The House Committee on Small Business is headed by Rep. Nydia Velázquez, D-N.Y. During a committee meeting Thursday, she was more than a little upset over the contents of a report prepared by the Government Accountability Office.

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Reid gives Nevada clout on Capitol Hill

Nov. 23, 2009

Earle Malkin, Las Vegas

I lived most of my life in a state where the operative political word was “clout.”

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Democrats need to speak out, find courage

Nov. 23, 2009

Mike McCafferty, Las Vegas

President Barack Obama was correct in ignoring Fox “News” for a while recently.

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At CityCenter, it's not your usual uniforms for workers

Nov. 23, 2009

By Liz Benston

At CityCenter’s 25,000-square-foot uniform distribution center on Dean Martin Drive, Jhane Barnes, a slight woman with squarish glasses and short hair, proudly shows off clothing racks heavy with new uniforms.

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Lobbyist knows local government from the inside

Nov. 23, 2009

By Joe Schoenmann

For more than a decade Terry Murphy has been one of the Las Vegas Valley’s go-to people whenever businesses or organizations need someone to deal with local governments for them.

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Frank Caliendo an impressive impressionist

Nov. 23, 2009

By Joe Brown

Does Las Vegas really need another celebrity impressionist? When the impersonator is Frank Caliendo, the answer is a surprising and emphatic yes.

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Trumpeter back in jazz scene after injury to lip

Nov. 23, 2009

By Jerry Fink

Jazz trumpeter James Barela was on a roll until he blew out his lip.

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Sports writer Jerry Izenberg unabashedly old-school

Nov. 23, 2009

By Jeff Haney

Our profile of author and longtime sports writer Jerry Izenberg that appeared in the Sun last month was designed to be just that: a look at an engaging local personality, a nationally recognized figure who recently took up residence in Henderson.

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Illness theory gaining ground for gambling addiction

Nov. 23, 2009

By Liz Benston

Experts who study gambling addiction remain a long way from knowing why people develop gambling problems. But researchers now know what happens inside the brains of gambling addicts that fuels the addiction, and how best to help them.

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