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May 9, 2013 (midnight)

Welcome to Las Vegas, burger capital of the universe. We’ve compiled a drool-inducing lineup of our most creative must-try bites, an edible checklist any self-respecting burger aficionado will be happy to chomp through. Get to work.

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Budget burger challenge: Which is the finest in Vegas?

May 21, 2013

By Sun Staff

Las Vegas Weekly’s recent list of some of the best burgers in Las Vegas was a delicious and hunger-inducing look at the burger in its most refined and elaborate form. But what about the city's more garden-variety burgers? The blue-collar ones from places with roadside signs? Lasvegassun.com staffers offer some of their suggestions for quick-stop burger restaurants.
Where I Stand: Inequity in state’s spending on roads is a joke

May 21, 2013

By Brian Greenspun

Connecting the dots in Carson City is a fool’s errand. Enter the fool. Sen. Debbie Smith has bottled up Senate Bill 322 in her committee despite a previous unanimous vote to move it to the floor for passage. But why?
Football ticket sales at the top of UNLV interim athletic director’s priorities

May 21, 2013

By Taylor Bern

The UNLV interim athletic director will be expected to do everything within their power to improve football ticket sales, maintain good relations and be helpful to every coaching staff, then step out of the way when the full-time hire comes in. That all sounds just fine to Tina Kunzer-Murphy, whom the university announced Monday would fill the position effective July 1.
Nevada lawmakers ‘all over the map’ on immigration reform

May 21, 2013

By Karoun Demirjian

Nevada constituents are asking questions about what the congressional delegation is doing and where its members stand on emerging immigration reform proposals. The answer is: all over the place.
Mo Denis to go to bat for payroll tax hike today

May 21, 2013

By Andrew Doughman

Perhaps nobody at the Legislature this year has been more insistent than Nevada Senate Majority Leader Mo Denis that the state must immediately put more money into Nevada’s education system.
Joe Downtown: Challenges daunting but foundation solid for conservation league, departing official says

May 21, 2013

By Joe Schoenmann

As Scot Rutledge prepares to leave Las Vegas after seven years heading the Nevada Conservation League, he has to take some pride in how far his organization has come since he took the reins. At the same time, he admits the environmental challenges facing his organization and the state are daunting. One of the biggest, he predicts, will be if and when the state starts to deal with climate changes brought on by global warming.
A house for Mother’s Day, a viral video for Las Vegas son

May 21, 2013

By Paul Takahashi

Dao Vahn lost nearly everything to cervical cancer. The 52-year-old mother lost her health, her house and almost her business. Vahn's youngest son, Michael Luangrath, did everything he could to help his single mother. Luangrath dropped out of college and quit his job to care for his mother.
No drill instructors: Boot camp for UNR freshmen is all about rigors of study

May 21, 2013

Lenita Powers, Reno Gazette-Journal

When UNR holds its first academic boot camp Aug. 16-20, there won’t be any snarling drill instructors ordering freshmen to scrub the latrines with toothbrushes, but it won’t be easy, either. From 8 a.m. to 9 p.m., they will spend five days attending classes, working in study groups and taking exams.

Buddy Valastro, star of TLC's "Cake Boss."

‘Cake Boss’ star and pastry chef Buddy Valastro to open Italian American restaurant at Palazzo: May 22, 2013; By Robin Leach; Buddy Valastro, one of America’s top pastry chefs, is opening an Italian American restaurant at the Palazzo this fall. The handsome star ...

Murder suspect shoots FBI agent at apartment complex, police say: May 21, 2013; By Brian Nordli; An FBI agent was shot Tuesday while issuing a search warrant for a wanted homicide suspect at the Sonoma Shadows Apartment complex.

Passage of North Las Vegas budget raises specter of further cuts: May 21, 2013; By Brian Nordli; North Las Vegas City Council voted on Tuesday to approve more than $18 million of cuts to expenditures to balance its budgets for fiscal year 2014.

Henderson council passes $479 million budget, avoiding cuts: May 21, 2013; By Conor Shine; The Henderson City Council approved a $479 million budget Tuesday evening for fiscal year 2014, which starts July 1, that is roughly the same size as the previous year and won’t require any cuts to staff or services.

Clark County School Board President Carolyn Edwards, left, and newly appointed Interim Superintendent Pat Skorkowsky answer questions from media.

Skorkowsky appointed CCSD superintendent in unanimous vote: May 21, 2013; By Paul Takahashi; The Clark County School Board unanimously appointed Pat Skorkowsky as superintendent of the nation's fifth-largest school district on Tuesday night.

David Cooper, who was denied a business license for his swinger's club in the Commercial Center, Sextasy, talks with his attorney, Lisa Rasmussen, before an eviction hearing in District Court on Aug. 15. Cooper says the county has singled him out.

Swinger blocked from operating sex club gets another day in court: May 21, 2013; By Conor Shine; A business owner who said he was improperly denied a business license to open a swingers club in a Las Vegas shopping center will get a second chance to make his case after a federal court ordered Monday that his lawsuit against Clark County be reheard.

Bill would divert some water, sewer funds to provide a little relief in North Las Vegas: May 21, 2013; By Andrew Doughman; Assembly Speaker Marilyn Kirkpatrick, D-North Las Vegas, plans to introduce a bill that would give the North Las Vegas financial relief.

Nevada housing official cited for soliciting sex: May 21, 2013; By Cy Ryan; The newly appointed administrator of the state housing division has been placed on administrative leave after being cited for soliciting and engaging in prostitution.

A man enters Dotty's near Eastern and Serene in Henderson on Thursday, March 24, 2011.

Measure to clamp down on small slot parlors advances to Assembly: May 21, 2013; By Cy Ryan; The Senate has approved a bill that puts greater restrictions on licensing small slot arcades in the future in Clark and Washoe counties. The bill, aimed primarily at Dotty's slot parlors, was passed 18-3 and goes to the Assembly.

Las Vegas City Council OKs slightly larger budget for next year: May 21, 2013; By Conor Shine; With the deadline for submitting a final budget approaching, the Las Vegas City Council approved a $481 million general fund budget for the next fiscal year during a special meeting Tuesday morning.

Cheaza, Nicole "Coco" Austin and Josh Strickland appear onstage after Austin's official opening-night performance of "Peepshow" at Planet Hollywood on Monday, Dec. 17, 2012.

Strip Scribbles: Coco Austin shoots ‘Think Like a Man, Too’ and watches ‘Peepshow’ proposal: May 21, 2013; By Robin Leach; It was the first time a “Peepshow” at Planet Hollywood audience had witnessed an onstage marriage proposal, and it also surprised stars ...

Democratic leaders, from left, Senate Majority Leader Mo Denis, D-Las Vegas, Assembly Speaker Marilyn Kirkpatrick, D-North Las Vegas, and Assembly Majority Leader William Horne, D-Las Vegas, answer media questions following Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval's State of the State address at the Legislature in Carson City on Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2013.

Senate Democrats give up on payroll tax hike to help schools: May 21, 2013; By Anjeanette Damon; Running up against the reality of a powerful Republican minority, Senate Democrats on Tuesday gave up on their push for new taxes to fund education programs they've argued all session are critical to fund.

Police: Driver ditches car after striking teen on sidewalk: May 21, 2013; By Brian Nordli; A driver hit a teenage boy walking on the sidewalk Tuesday afternoon before driving away and then abandoning the car about one mile away.

Nevadans succeed in reducing personal debt: May 21, 2013; By Eli Segall; Coming off the holiday shopping season, Nevadans trimmed their credit card debts and late payments.

County elections chief to serve on presidential panel to streamline voting: May 21, 2013; By Karoun Demirjian; President Barack Obama announced Tuesday that he plans to appoint Clark County elections chief Larry Lomax to the Presidential Commission on Election Administration, a panel designed to improve voters’ access to the polls.