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Archive for September 17, 2007

When All Else Fails … Try Again!: Business is full of success stories, yet it’s also full of heartbreaking stories of failures, setbacks, mistakes, and miscalculations. We will all have our days of glory, but to get there, we must overcome obstacles ...; 1:00 p.m.

Ron Kantowski on the possibility, however remote, that the Beas Hamga circus is proof that the NCAA, just maybe, might have it in for UNLV: By Ron Kantowski; So in the final analysis, it could be that whatever passing grade in basket weaving or quantum physics that UNLV basketball recruit Beas Hamga needs to receive a high school diploma will check out, thus ...; 7:15 a.m.

Jeff Haney examines parlay cards from various sports books around the state and recommends bettors wishing to engage in such wagers head downtown to the Plaza: 3-for-3 Plaza, Poker Palace 6-1; 7:15 a.m.

LOOKING IN ON: HIGHER EDUCATION: By Christina Littlefield; Regents on the hunt for a new president for the College of Southern Nevada have established a search committee that is being faulted by faculty and staff for its makeup.; 7:15 a.m.

Q+A: Bill Champlin: Who: Sons of Champlin; 7:14 a.m.

Letter: Administrators are holding teachers back: The School Board and administrators are floundering and unimaginative in their efforts to improve programs. In my opinion they don't have a clue as to what excellence in education really is, and their lockstep, by-the-book ...; 7:14 a.m.

Letter: Simpson's trials have mass appeal: Arthur A. Ahr, Las Vegas; 7:14 a.m.

Letter: Iraq just a blame game to Republicans: If somehow the Democrats were able to force an end to the Iraq war before his term ends, there is high likelihood the Congress would turn to impeachment proceedings knowing they would no longer be ...; 7:14 a.m.

Letter: Bin Laden is not our biggest problem: When will they accept the fact that what counts is not Osama's life but the foolhardiness and the arrogance of the myopic Bush administration?; 7:14 a.m.

Editorial: Buyout looks even worse: We strongly oppose the planned $2.6 billion acquisition of Nevada's largest health insurance provider, Sierra Health Services, by the country's largest health insurance provider, UnitedHealth Group. This is because consumers would be at risk for ...; 7:13 a.m.

Editorial: A sickening situation: A story by the Associated Press last week says that regulations governing vegetable growers in California's central Salinas Valley region are patchwork at best, relying on government inspections only once every four years and voluntary ...; 7:13 a.m.

Editorial: Teach our children well: During the year of study, it was the same in state after state: School board members, superintendents, principals, teachers, education consultants and state officials all weighed in with criticisms.; 7:13 a.m.

So would you think I was kidding if I told you an invitation went out last week for a fundraiser at a high-end nightclub in Reno...: By Jon Ralston; So would you think I was kidding if I told you an invitation went out last week for a fundraiser at a high-end nightclub in Reno called 210 North and Gov. Jim Gibbons was the ...; 7:13 a.m.

LOOKING IN ON: EDUCATION: Emily Richmond, Las Vegas Sun; Most days, Palo Verde High School soccer coach Kevin Hagood pauses by the stone benches in the southeast corner of the athletic field, a perfect vantage point for a view of the games or the ...; 7:13 a.m.

Seeing ignorance, Mormon church seeks to inform: Pity the Mormon Church.; 7:12 a.m.

Tuberculosis strands man in LV, isolation: Ron Spruill was coughing up chunks of blood and phlegm every three minutes when he pulled his Toyota pickup truck into Las Vegas.; 7:12 a.m.

No respect for Kucinich, even though many agree with him: By J. Patrick Coolican; ILLUSTRATION BY CHRIS MORRIS; 7:12 a.m.

About East Fremont Street: 'It's definitely going to happen here.': By Joe Schoenmann; When the millionaire owner of one of the most successful off-Strip casinos tells the owner of a downtown nightclub that he has guts to open up on Fremont Street, you've got to consider the guys' ...; 7:12 a.m.

[End times] Apocalypse Vegas: With Resident Evil: Extinction (out this weekend) fictionally covering Vegas with sand dunes and some seriously miffed undead, we thought it best to get our data in order ...; 2:07 a.m.

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