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Search to continue for missing Lake Mead swimmer

Authorities planned to search again this morning for a man they think drowned in Lake Mead Saturday night while trying to help a woman who was also swimming. (8:24 a.m.) »

THE NEW ADDICTION: PART 1

Tiffany Brown / Las Vegas Sun

Prescription drugs confiscated by the coroner's office in the past six weeks are displayed at the coroner's offices Wednesday.

The painful truth about Nevada

Many Nevadans crave painkillers, and some doctors oblige

By Marshall Allen, Alex Richards

Nevadans consume about twice the national average of several prescription painkillers, making us among the most narcotic-addled populations in the United States, a Sun analysis has found. (4 Comments) »

TRACKING NEVADANS’ APPETITE FOR PAINKILLERS

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WHERE I STAND:

New inspiration for holiday

We need to declare our independence, once again.

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Vincent F. Gordacan, president and chief executive of Bio-Fine Pharmaceuticals, is one of many Las Vegans who invested money with VesCor Development, a company run by Val Southwick. Gordacan says he saw half of his monthly income evaporate when he lost the money he invested with VesCor.

Rich get richer, little guys lose their shirts

By April 2005, when the deal was inked, the signs of trouble were everywhere if anyone had bothered to look.

Gibbons’ new chief of staff lends prudence to thorny job

ANSWERS: CLARK COUNTY:

Controversial UMC deal working out well after all

LETTER FROM WASHINGTON:

Count on these Nevadans to defend gun owners’ rights

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POLITICAL MEMO:

How much does poll position matter?

Given the dramatic Democratic primary campaign between two strong, equally matched candidates, the population of politics junkies has soared, likely comparable to what happened to the population of actual heroin junkies after the release of the film “Trainspotting.”

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Forrest Griffin and Quinton "Rampage" Jackson fight for the light heavyweight title in UFC 86 at Mandalay Bay on Saturday night.

Griffin gets UFC light heavyweight crown

The Ultimate Fighting Championship crowned a new light heavyweight champion Saturday night when Forrest Griffin outpointed Quinton "Rampage" Jackson in a five-round unanimous decision before a sellout crowd of 11,172 at the Mandalay Bay Events Center.

Torres can't slip Holt this time

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“21” Movie: The Recap

Plus, critic Joe Brown say watching someone else gamble is as suspenseful as watching someone talk on the phone."

Calculate Flight Delays

Last year, more than one in every five flights – 22.15 percent – arriving at McCarran Airport was late. See statistics nationwide.

Construction deaths

Nine construction workers have died since the end of 2006 at the towers that are redefining the Las Vegas skyline.

Caption contest winner

See the winning caption for the Tony Stewart cartoon caption contest.

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Grifffin new UFC champion

By Alex Adeyanju

In an exciting UFC Light Heavyweight Championship match, Forrest Griffin beat Quinton "Rampage" Jackson by unanimous decision to take the belt Saturday night at the Mandalay Bat Events Center.

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Elsewhere

Reports from other publications, aggregated by Sun staff, worthy of our readers’ attention.

Fear and breathing in Las Vegas: The Seattle Times features a story today by Sandy Dunham about her experiences as a smoke-sensitive tourist trying to have fun in Las Vegas. Dunham reports on how Nevada's Clean Indoor Air Act passed in ...
Many pools have murky history with inspectors: KLAS-TV Channel 8 reports that many apartment and condo pools throughout Las Vegas have a bad history with health and safety. The television station's reporting team "combed through every single pool inspection report for the ...
Two Las Vegas boys missing in Utah camp area found: (via Deseret News); The Deseret News reports that two Las Vegas children were found safe and healthy this evening after they had been missing for nearly five hours from their family's camp in Iron County, Utah. The boys, ...