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May 25, 2013

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Somebody did something: Gail Collins; Whenever the world of Washington seems hopeless, someone will point out that the Senate Judiciary Committee did a good job on immigration reform.; 2:00 a.m.

IRS scandal and gays in the military: David Klamann, Las Vegas; Why is it when conservatives spend billions of taxpayer dollars throwing people out of the military due to their perceived sexual preference it is OK, yet when the IRS targets conservative organizations it’s criminal?; 2:00 a.m.

Be grateful for chance to work: George Pucine, Las Vegas; Regarding Professor Dorian T. Warren’s op-ed piece, “Low-wage workers rebel against modern Gatsby”:; 2:00 a.m.

Networks serving up schlock: Maureen Dowd; TV executives think younger viewers don’t care about history. And they’re always on the hunt for the younger demo, working on the mistaken premise that millennials buy more and change brands more often than profligate ...; 2:00 a.m.

Las Vegas resort beaches offer oasis in middle of the desert: By Ed Komenda; In the scorching heat of the Mojave, stumbling upon a tropical beach might seem like a mirage. But in Las Vegas, it seems anything is possible. A neon beacon of luxury and excess, this desert ...; 2:00 a.m.

Legislation tasks campus authority with defining, designing new UNLV stadium: By Paul Takahashi; The UNLV stadium bill was gutted of a key provision this week: creation of a special tax district around the university to help finance a proposed on-campus stadium. Assembly Speaker Marilyn Kirkpatrick introduced an amended ...; 2:00 a.m.

Tamerlan Tsarnaev: Not just any body: Robert M. Sapolsky; If you don’t believe in souls or an afterlife, then a corpse is just a body — potentially a teaching tool, a source of life-saving organs, but little more.; 2:00 a.m.

Former Rebel Navarro stuck behind Pujols, thriving in third Triple-A season: By Ray Brewer; When Efren Navarro was selected by the Los Angeles Angels in the 50th round of the 2007 MLB First-Year Player Entry Draft out of UNLV, common logic would have suggested the junior return to the ...; 2:00 a.m.

Deadline strikes: A look at major legislation that made, missed the cut: By Andrew Doughman, Conor Shine; Legislators slogged through dozens of bills Friday, turning the Senate and Assembly chambers into arenas for legislative triumph and death.; 2:00 a.m.

Mo Denis and the walking dead: Majority leader keeps recycling legislation alive as 'zombie bill': By Andrew Doughman; Senate Majority Leader Mo Denis, D-Las Vegas, resurrected one of his bills Friday after other legislators had presumptively killed it. He had earlier faced scrutiny after the Sun reported that he had authored two bills ...; 2:00 a.m.

Cooling off as Memorial Day weekend heats up: By Sun and VEGAS.com staff; Memorial Day weekend marks the unofficial start of summer and things are heating up.; 2:00 a.m.

School District's $1 million donation?: David Pisetzner, Henderson; The other night I went to the Smith Center, and I came across a fact in the program that I find highly disturbing.; 2:00 a.m.

New Firefly location welcomes customers, begins task of regaining their trust: By Brian Nordli; A feeling of apprehension consumed Firefly Tapas Kitchen & Bar owners Tabitha and John Simmons moments before it opened the doors to its new location on Paradise Road on Friday.; 12:50 a.m.

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