Back in 2000, long before subprime lending to credit-risky homebuyers overheated the housing market, Rosemary Murphy used her financial good standing to pay for a house the old-fashioned way. She’s now in trouble.
After two years as the first commander of the Air Force’s only dedicated unmanned aircraft wing, Col. Chris Chambliss hands over the reins today in a typical rotation of command.
Brian O’Neill bought his house in Aliante in April 2006 for $360,000. It’s now worth less than half that. His is a familiar story in the Las Vegas Valley, but he’s in a worse predicament: Uncle Sam has ordered him to move.
President Barack Obama hasn’t been shy about trying to scrub his predecessor’s lexicon from popular parlance, most notably ditching “Global War on Terrorism.” Obama prefers “Overseas Contingency Operation.”
The war in Afghanistan is stretching the ranks of the Air Force’s search-and-rescue helicopter pilots so thin, the service had to cancel an advanced training course so it could send the instructors to the front lines.
A Las Vegas company that makes a hand sanitizer capable of warding off the swine flu virus for four hours has been fielding calls madly from Canada, Great Britain, Mexico and from across the United States.
‘Morning, Sun readers. It’s Friday! Not that it matters much for this reporter: with the general election 18 days away, it’s all politics all the time – including the weekends. Early voting starts tomorrow for those who want to cast their vote and tune out until ballots are counted Nov. 4.
