Story archive for January 2008
Thursday, Jan. 31
- Bush uses Las Vegas stage to address global war on terror
- Transcript of President Bush's remarks in Las Vegas
- Irish pub opens in the Rio
- It's on: Puppy Bowl IV
- Fire Chief: Monte Carlo fire accidental, contractor may be cited *UPDATED
- County says molten metal caused Strip fire
- Seven year itch
- But where do you sit when you drink?
- Commission denies Halverson request for stay
- ACLU urges Esmeralda County to drop English-only rule
- Macao: Ex-Minister Gets 27 Years for Bribery
- Gordon optimistic for good race
- NHRA sale falls through
- Hangin' at Sheldon's party house
- Bush, in Las Vegas, defends troop surge (updated)
- Express lanes coming to I-15
- The Official Line vs. the Betting Line
- Derby reconsiders landscape
- Bush pushes free trade
- Issues concerning students
- Youth justify contrasting positions
- The leaders of tomorrow express concern today
- Teenage expressions
- Converging ideas
- A lack of compassion
- Stories of perfection
- No mystery why dinner theater keeps guests in stitches
- No writers, no problem
- Lobbyist tells world gaming: You want tough regulation
- Bad driving is not a Vegas phenomenon
- Boggs’ spending will get a second look
- Following traffic laws saves lives
- Give me your money
- Why electric cars are just the start
- We would elect one president, not two
- The forgotten war
- Las Vegas infested with rude motorists
- Boulder City hotel looks like a go, maybe with more delays
- President Bush will be here today
- The White House stalls
- Health care for all Nevadans
- Bewildered, academics pore over sex-trade hysteria
- Bush is on his way, so beat it or else ...
Wednesday, Jan. 30
- Wink leads Rebels past TCU
- Monte Carlo update
- Ensign: Let's make it perfectly clear
- Ensign's tax break proposal dies in committee
- How Station Casinos shows its approval
- Hizzoner to greet President Bush
- Jerry Airola is not a cop -- and he is for, not after, Jim Gibbons
- This Four Freshmen fan proves that it's truly the World Wide Web
- Big and little names alike for Bush
- At least Bush finds love in the California delegation
- No laughing matter
- The games people play -- or don't
- NFL Network mouthpiece moving to Harrah's p.r. post
- Edwards finishes where he started
- The new Kyle Busch
- Monte Carlo investigation looks at welding permit
- Conn. casino-hotel roof catches fire
- Reuters: Edwards drops out
- Vigorous investigation
- Jeff Haney on the World Poker Tour’s switch to an obscure channel, and the fans forced to upgrade or do without
- Boggs: I’ve paid $15,940; Lawyer: I’ve not been paid
- Downturn not showing up on Strip, brokerage says
- Amid VFW fuss, Barlow shows west-side loyalty
- Up to $1.33 billion in fines
- Solicitations more frequent, brazen
- Caucuses exclude many workers
- Don’t put too much weight on experience
- Subprime clean up: Sadness overwhelms
- Raggio’s voice in Gibbons’ call to rob local governments
- Super Bowl advertisers waste their money
- Standardized tests are necessary tools
- Bag the policy
- Sorry we missed ya
- Helping the mentally ill
- Think tanks are good.
- Shticking with Howard Stern
- Retiring from rink, in stages
Tuesday, Jan. 29
- McCain wins Florida; Giuliani expected to drop out
- Mongols member sent to prison for deadly 2002 biker fight
- Monte Carlo fire update
- Montoya shatters track record
- How cold is it?
- Nevada’s congressional delegation discuss Yucca Mountain
- NFL commissioner called paralyzed bouncer after strip-club shooting
- I survived the 2008 Best Picture marathon
- FAA clearing skies during Bush visit to Las Vegas
- City National Bank Nevada Executive chosen to serve on Opportunity Village and Women's Development Center boards
- Edwards sets fast time
- Lady sings, the boos:
- New foreclosure data highlights Nevada's horrible year
- Dead man found in burning motor home
- Woman in strip club melee sentenced to probation
- Motorcycle crash kills 21-year-old Henderson man
- Poll: Teachers are well paid
- Cops release description of Reno kidnapper
- Sands courting Kansas City
- Stock market sneezes, pension fund catches cold
- Pop culture under the microscope
- So you thought you’d heard them all
- Eat your Cheerios, Hispanics told
- A chance at a real life
- Obama’s experience is hardly sufficient
- Invest in renewables, not power from coal
- Gordon Hinckley’s legacy
- So long to irresponsible Las Vegas drivers
- A waste of tax dollars
- State of Disunion
- I never knew Lawrence Weekly was so funny.
- Police chief candidate no stranger to controversy
- A pack of alpaca lovers
- Heroes from MGM’s fire aren’t forgotten
- New watchdog: Doctors’ abusers are in for it
Monday, Jan. 28
- Bush's speech: Behind the applause
- Reid responds to Bush's last State of the Union Address
- Toyota sets the pace
- Harrah's Entertainment buyout is complete
- Busch to carry local sponsor
- Reid a big fan of Reagan the speechmaker
- Six-figure donation to be used to fight brain diseases
- Steve Wynn on Wynn Las Vegas Shows
- After midnight, local talent goes wild
- Furniture Mart gets new CEO
- Don't cash paychecks, Trop workers told again
- Boulder City Mayor listens to citizens' concerns over theater
- President Bush headed to Vegas for two private affairs
- Hamlin tops first LVMS session
- Rollin’ the Dice in Business
- Sprinklers put out fire in Summerlin high-rise
- Cops link missing Nevada student and earlier sex assault
- Vegas author's debut bites Big Apple
- Bait car, meet the governor
- Countrywide CEO: Don't cry for me Nevada
- Hydrogen-powered cars work but lack easy access to fuel
- The cost of being a fan
- Strong winds hit Las Vegas Valley
- Chapels compete to help tie the knot
- America, the beautiful
- Animal shelter income slashed
- Boulder City has big caucus turnout
- A web of deceit
- Why can’t choppers help put out fires?
- Hyphenation issue isn’t so simple
- More help urged for ‘green’ energy
- How many free jackets can a guy wear?
- Making the grade?
- Jeff Haney explains why sports betting at Las Vegas casinos is small potatoes
- McCain would give amnesty to illegals
- Obama shows very good judgment
- Garbage mars entrance to Vegas
- Middle class will rally ’round Clinton
- Helping the military
- It was the worst kind of nostalgia ...
- A match to bowl you over
- Bandits, booby traps in Baja
- Look out, here comes Atlantic City's transformation
- Adelson donates to Dems, tests the Culinary
Sunday, Jan. 27
- Debate over Kucinich outlasts his candidacy
- Eldorado's bargains make downtown Henderson a destination
- It was only a Paper Doll; stationery store to close
- Be like Mike
- Partying away as taxpayers pay and pay
- Weak dollar fuels high-end Palazzo retailers’ optimism
- Pushing fun for older women, ‘Hats’ fails to provide much of it
- They got housing; they’ll get trouble
- U.S. voters fired up — like Nevadans
- State of the Union: Bush chance to shape legacy
- Time was that Preview Las Vegas ...
- Enough is enough
- U.S. continues spiral toward financial ruin
- Democracy is the people’s responsibility
- Jon Ralston questions whether the impending race to fill Chip Maxfield’s seat on the Clark County Commission is really a race at all, or just an anointment
- Brian Greenspun believes a bold plan to make Israel an oil-independent, electric car nation is a model for the world
- ‘Viability’ threshold unfair to candidates
- Uplifting survey results
- Quick fix won’t solve our economic crises
- Contemptibles’ collectibles
- How Vegas could weather a recession
- Jeff Simpson on the latest reason Nevada should yank the Trop owner's license
- Don’t call them fake: They’re as real as most of Las Vegas
- Halverson calls for help, ends up in a fix
- A real nowhere bill
Saturday, Jan. 26
- Live from Miss America
- Lance Burton makes money reappear
- UNLV moves to top of MWC
- Monte Carlo opens access to top floors
- What Happened in Vegas Stayed in His Novel
- Saturday morning Monte Carlo update
- Going up, going down: Demarion Horton and Heath Schroyer
- Stealing history’s riches
- Democrats’ new focus: What kind of shape will Bush leave Iraq in?
- Take pride in being an American
- Embrace America, but don’t forget heritage
- He could go pro, but is staying put
- McCain a Democrat? Give me a break
- Nevada’s caucuses something to cheer
- I never knew the Associated General Contractors of America ...
- Ensuring patient safety
- A good outcome
- Past tragedies at Las Vegas resorts led to safer visits for today’s guests
- From the inside: How they coped
Friday, Jan. 25
- Abowitz: What fire?
- Unclear when fire-damaged Monte Carlo can be reopened
- Culinary phone bank to call its 1,200 Monte Carlo workers
- A history of U.S. hotel fires, in Las Vegas & beyond
- Flagpole must come down
- Community coverage of fire
- The band played on
- Valerie Weber has money, too -- just not a lot
- MGM Fire Retrospective
- Expert says disaster averted at Monte Carlo
- Monte Carlo loses $12.68 per second when it's closed
- MGM fire changed safety standards
- More about the Monte Carlo
- MGM Mirage shares drop due to blaze
- Police close roads in aftermath of Monte Carlo fire
- Reid: Coal industry promoting disinformation
- Fire Breaks Out at Vegas' Monte Carlo
- Deadly casino fires helped rewrite safety standards
- The Monte Carlo fire caught on video
- Old girl power
- A councilman with a lot of friends
- Search continues for missing Reno student
- A New Reality for Miss America
- Jeff Haney debunks claims of ‘scamdicappers,’ who try to fleece sports bettors looking for an edge
- U2, in 3D, in your face
- Jon Ralston is disgusted that lawmakers distance themselves from Coffin’s call for a lawsuit, preferring Gibbons take the heat on budget
- Ron Kantowski on how UNLV’s athletic department can help Gov. Gibbons close the state’s budget gap
- Twyla Tharp to join notable list as ballet honoree
- Pick Six: Guitar Slingers
- Easing away from coal
- Neighbors: Vote for project puts Barlow’s job at risk
- Abroad, we are all just Americans
- Is help finally on the way?
- Caucuses exclude too many voters
- It’s just common sense
- Took part in caucus, but was vote counted?
- The final numbers are in ...
- Gamblers’ best bets for free drinks, meals in Clark County are Laughlin, that other Strip
- Teens turning on to good health
- NLV’s chief conundrum: From without or within?
- Is the Web turning youths into voters?
- Repeated on tape, not the floor
Thursday, Jan. 24
- Rambo is reborn at Planet Hollywood
- Old girl power
- Morrison exhibit on the walls at Las Vegas Art Museum
- Warm up for big UFC card with these fights
- Ensign steps up
- WY-OHHH!
- Reid: No more speaking softly
- MURDER-FOR-HIRE PLOT: Inmate sought hit from jail, police say
- Senators try to revive Yucca
- Economy important in Nevda and beyond
- Final numbers for Democratic caucus
- The new Palazzo is a "well-bred woman in a beige Armani pantsuit"
- Calzaghe-Hopkins: A showdown in the desert
- New game lets you save Sin City
- Hilton releases Super Bowl props (UPDATED)
- Breakfast deal at Renata’s
- SCORE Laughlin Desert Challenge roars to life this weekend
- Reluctant at first to go into ‘mine,’ third grader strikes mother lode
- As market gets tougher, CityCenter to sell in Dubai
- Saturday was a disorganized mess
- Let’s stop whining about the caucuses
- I probably should keep my mouth shut
- Top Dems all sign pledges on clean energy
- Complainers who live in a glass house
- In jail, TV is opiate of overcrowded masses
- Must wear hats, must have fun
- We’re all Americans, so forget the hyphens
- Stopping the snowball
- Mortgage crimes
- Following the donations
- Coffin to make budget case to colleagues
- Reid in hot seat over backing of spying bill
- Legends of the Diamond
- Brick by brick, quick, quick, quick
- Caucuses do their job, and they’re free
- Big-market matchup may mean Super bets
Wednesday, Jan. 23
- Hunter endorses Huckabee
- Area 51 designated with a new name
- Snakes online
- Now they know how many holes
- Energy CEO: Allow coal, for the Strip's sake
- The Clinton folks have a letter, too!
- Asian casinos need strong surveillance against cheats: Nevada official
- Obama protests caucus incidents but won't challenge results
- And the winner is...
- Obama Camp Complains to Nevada Dems
- Murder-for-hire plot revealed
- Flu got ya down, Bunky?
- Townsend won't go for suing governor
- What dirty ice says about our past
- Reno woman charged for cutting down trees
- How mining lost its mojo (maybe)
- Rebels face Wyoming, but will fans show up?
- Take this lawsuit -- please!
- Rep. Heller again at center of child health care debate
- Hating Yucca is fine here but what happens when you leave?
- FBI joins in search for student
- Palazzo latest in Strip growth spurt
- Waiting for citizenship
- Thefts lead to blackouts and wasted tax dollars
- Crowd turns out to see Henderson church OK’d
- Rush to judgment on Kucinich, debate
- Principal appalled by mess at caucus site
- Vegas to open mob museum
- The Culinary’s lag, the Reids factor and the race’s racial divide
- Character-istically Carvey
- State's universities split on using fees in response to budget cuts
- Cyber extortion
- A deal is a deal
- Turning the tableson convenient stats
- We need both idealism, realism
- Romney has what it takes to be president
- Weak dollar creating a host of dire problems
- Jeff Haney analyzes the numerous offbeat Super Bowl ‘prop’ bets
- The Culinary Union taking the heat
- Left out of the loop, lawmakers mull suing to overturn Gibbons’ budget cuts
- Coal plant debate intensifies
Tuesday, Jan. 22
- Robbery suspect identified
- Full lineup for Coachella
- NFL wants out of Pacman lawsuit
- Big Pharma, travel pals, regents and Harvey: They all love Jim!
- Coats gone wild
- A bobcat, nothing more
- Reid at White House to discuss downturn
- Thompson drops out
- Actor Heath Ledger found dead
- Putting on a happy face
- Too young to drive
- Paul riding high off Nevada finish
- Novelist looks at Las Vegas from the inside
- Robbery note haiku
- Reid dismissive of Kucinich
- Gunshots at parade scatter crowd
- Las Vegas Monorail ridership increases
- War's Jordan plays on despite tragedy
- Oscar nominations out; Razzies too
- Titus is not happy
- Band wages war with instruments, not guns
- Campus cops join beat cops to make schools safer
- Brains, sensitivity ... and a jump shot
- ‘Outsiders’ break in, with a gallery show
- Vote doesn’t really count in this system
- Disorganized contest sure isn’t surprising
- Now that the caucus is over ...
- Geothermal is the future
- Republican sites just as confusing
- Caucus not representative of state’s residents
- A raucous caucus
- Truth in testing
- Caucuses were anything but fair
- Small-town sports: He’s got ’em covered
- Gorman’s got its game face on
- Las Vegas exporting to top programs
- Fight over, all together now against terrorism
- Why rural voters broke for Obama
- Jack Sheehan names names as the FBI tries to solve the mystery of D.B. Cooper
- Collector, arts benefactor left big footprint in Vegas
Monday, Jan. 21
- Go Elko!
- Slugging it out in South Carolina
- Gambling on gaming stocks
- Nevada bounce for Romney?
- Bill Clinton's truthfulness questioned by Obama
- Seal steals show at Palazzo opening
- High School Basketball Picks: Entry 4
- Hannah vs. Bono in 3D
- Police search for a man possibly linked to Teen's "suspicious" disappearance
- Stone to direct 'Bush'
- Dam Short Filmfest announces lineup
- Small turnout at King Day parade
- NASCAR makes a fine move
- Black Extravaganza was cultural awakening
- Nevada's caucus begs the question: How effective are unions?
- Coachella set to announce lineup
- Runaway teens believed to be in Nevada
- Despite winning in Nevada, no clear front-runners emerge
- More thoughts from Nevada and South Carolina
- Edwards looks ahead to South Carolina
- Macau revenues rival Vegas
- Obama supporters find victory in caucus numbers
- More than 116,000 caucusgoers, lots of chaos
- Caucus bolsters Reid, but bumps still ahead
- Crisis leaves little choice
- Campaign’s ‘Big Dawg’
- Audit: After-school program invited theft
- Secret’s out about field we can’t talk about
- With Republicans come recessions
- Education, science reflect skewed priorities
- Are they gone yet? ...
- Luring new businesses
- A disappointing promise
- Caucus mess likely to drive voters away
- Ratepayers shouldn’t foot bill, DA says
- Ron Kantowski is out checking his mailbox for his mail-order sea horses
- ‘Wasteland’ studded with gems
- What went right, wrong and what’s still incomplete at the new Palazzo
- Blaming himself for loss to Pavlik, Taylor’s looking forward to rematch
- Pats are heavy favorites
Sunday, Jan. 20
- Obama Hits Ex-Prez Over 'Troubling' Attacks
- Clinton camp responds to Obama charges, hurls some of its own
- Ailing Lenny Kravitz still on tonight at the Pearl
- Obama campaign says Clinton operatives violated rules, disenfranchised voters
- Hispanics, women help Hillary
- NV caucus: More Votes? Delegates?
- Nevada delivers for Clinton
- Reid caucuses, but keeps his choice a mystery
- Culinary Union can’t muscle win
- Someone needs to change ...
- Obama’s remarks display ignorance
- How Clinton hit pay dirt
- Mob museum would disgrace our city
- Big numbers bring problems officials are happy to have
- Preserve our history before it’s too late
- Ego has led O.J. down this path
- A suspicious development
- Stimulus needed quickly
- See Clinton victorious, right by the slot machines
- 45,000 turnout looks good to GOP, Romney
- Republicans switch, fatten Dems' numbers
- Jon Ralston is struck by caucus firsts, from the unprecedented Democratic voter turnout to Culinary’s drubbing by Clinton
- The people have spoken
- Breathless: Last Campaign Hours
- Las Vegans caucus in style
Saturday, Jan. 19
- Inside the campaigns, and the real story
- Clinton wins Nevada
- McCain wins South Carolina primary
- Obama donates 'questionable' funds to charity
- Hunter drops out
- How important was the Republican caucus?
- Pressed into service
- Clinton won, right?
- Obama claims delegate win but party officials say no
- Hispanic turnout high, reportedly heavily in Clinton’s favor
- Women and Latinos key to Clinton win
- Obama's official statement
- So now what, Sen. Reid?
- Clinton's official statement
- Reid beaming over turnout
- Caucus turnout exceeds 100,000 (UPDATED)
- Culinary can’t face the news
- Economy, immigration boost Romney win
- Share your experience
- Obama wins second site on Strip--but Clinton carries it
- Casino caucusing live
- Edwards camp closing up shop
- NBC: Clinton wins
- Clinton carries the Strip
- And this makes four for Clinton
- Clinton carries Bellagio
- Republicans switch over at one site
- Obama holds off Clinton at Caesars
- Horsford's precinct chooses against his candidate: Obama
- Obama has left the building
- Republicans re-register for Obama in Elko
- Even keel at caucus at UNLV
- Surprise: Clinton carrying Paris Las Vegas, 2 to 1
- From the Wynn Las Vegas
- Eight percent in statewide
- Clinton demographic holds, at least in one precinct
- From the Luxor
- Democrats try to sort it out from headquarters
- Harry Reid's precinct goes big for Clinton
- Bill Clinton goes into Rio caucus site
- Romney declares victory
- Caucusing in the casinos
- Pahrump locks the doors but is still signing in voters
- Overwhelmed in Henderson
- Short of preference cards in Summerlin precinct
- Obama 3 delegates, Clinton 1--just 1789 precincts to go
- Long lines at Doolittle Center
- Republican returns
- Romney declared winner
- Mormons key to Romney win in NV
- Pro-Clinton union members handing out T-shirts as Strip workers gather to caucus
- Democrats sit and watch
- Chaos, big turnouts at some Democratic sites
- Reid arrives to caucus in Searchlight
- Bill Clinton stops at the Mirage
- AP: Romney wins Nevada
- Calling the winner before they count the votes
- Confusion at Republican caucus in Green Valley
- AP: Republican Romney Wins Nevada Caucuses
- Last minute pitch to Hispanic voters
- Campaigns Face Common Foe in Nevada: Confusion
- Republican caucus foul-up in north
- Bill surprises MGM Grand workers
- Illegal immigration foes targeting Clinton
- Democrats duel to deadline
- The Elevator
- Heading to Kuwait, reservists adopted first by Las Vegas
- Capitol Steps tread lightly on politicos
- ‘Jury’ hears final arguments
- So Caucus Day ...
- Drugs and claims about drinking split UFC fighters
- Sun’s rationality a welcome relief
- Indian health care law update is long overdue
- When all else fails, there’s Stewart
- Emergency room waits
- Scrapping over Scrabulous
- Better rail system would benefit Nevada
- Hopefuls: It’s Elko or bust
- Caucus-goers beware
- No time to falter
- Nevada really is a lot different from Democrats’ first two states
- Pint-sized ambassador
- Clinton camp creating own crowd
Friday, Jan. 18
- Romney makes rounds in Nevada
- Obama hitting back
- Edwards off to Oklahoma
- Caucus a target for Vegas cliches
- Edwards takes on Obama and more
- The only poll that matters is the one on Election Day, or....
- The rules for Caucus Day
- Work to continue on the Cosmopolitan Resort
- When campaigns collide
- The inevitable Penn poll memo: If we lose, Culinary cheated us
- Halverson files for re-election
- Obama criticizes Clinton for swaying with the tides
- Pimpin' for Paul: Sin City Politics
- Bringing humor back
- Seinfeld comes to Eli's rescue
- The Elko numbers
- Clinton's morning show
- Cosmo investors wanting the most for their buck
- Jon Ralston's Chat
- Edwards, wrapping it up
- Vegas at threat level pink
- You say "Nuh-VAH-da", I say "Nuh-VAD-duh"
- Dale Jr. sketch doesn't cut it
- Funny business
- Reid’s neutrality aside, other senators are endorsing
- Clinton campaign and at-large caucus sites – Part Two
- Bus crash outside Primm, injures 25
- Elko the center of politics
- The lurking Ron Paul
- No matter who is victorious Saturday, Sen. Harry Reid wins
- Kerry takes to comedy in Las Vegas
- Ralston chats about Nevada caucus
- What's the deal?
- Just plain politics at play in at-large caucus site brouhaha
- Kerry comes out swinging,but this time for Obama
- In the Bellagio’s basement, employees suddenly media stars
- OK, let’s go to the caucus -- play by play
- Romney finds his issue; it’s the economy
- Culinary pushing hard, but inside lines
- Clinton says Nevada’s problems, issues give her a dose of reality
- Brian Greenspun will make a big change to get what we need
- Edwards message: Louder this time
- Where art and architecture converge
- New car for $2,500 would sell in U.S.
- It must have been karma.
- Watching the watchdogs
- Meet the man who sets the spread
- Clinton the right choice
- Warming is fact; cause stated by many isn’t
- Democrats toughen up
- Americans in the Action as Macao Casinos Soar
Thursday, Jan. 17
- Palazzo celebrates grand opening
- Clinton camp confused over at-large caucus sites
- Deutsche Bank analyst: Gaming tax increase is bad business
- A family that campaigns together...
- Magic in the Clinton camp
- Following up the Paris Las Vegas incident
- Man says he killed mother of five
- Apple pie ala modal
- Burdon declares War again
- Woman dead, ex-boyfriend arrested
- State, County Dems: OK, we’ll get along now
- Sen. Hillary Clinton responds to the ruling on at-large caucus sites
- Nevada caucuses as a craps shoot (Oh we hate the metaphor)
- Coal power plants opposed
- Gladiators owner says 'I don't' -- at the altar
- Reid stays silent on caucus battle
- Obama’s victory-in-courts lap
- Teachers need to do a rewrite
- That's serious clink
- Nevadans concerned about health care
- Simpson flies home after being released on bail
- Bill Clinton defends caucus lawsuit
- Reno woman receives 2nd charge in attempt to kill ex-boyfriend
- RJ says Romney, Clinton leading
- Judge: At-large precincts are OK
- Romney's schedule for today
- Review-Journal votes for Romney
- Gibbons rakes in a quarter-mil, Adelson is biggest donor to legal fund
- Nevada's poor feel neglected
- This country needs more than pretty speeches
- New focus, fresh images
- Clinton’s, Obama’s Spanish ads seem almost an afterthought
- Satirical singers find the humor in politics
- ‘Renaissance man’ to bring his blues to Vegas
- Gibbons makes a solid appointment for special adviser on health care issues
- Democrats back to the battle
- Protecting our seniors
- A proud BYU ‘dad’
- Gov. Jim Gibbons makes a good appointment
- The readers sometimes email
- Grocery bags clearly creating hazards
- Republicans get around to us, now that all’s muddled
- Let free market workout alternative fuels
- Denying problems won’t make them go away
- Another foe of coal
- Choice for some Jews: Religion or caucuses
- Ritalin ball?
- Ruling on Strip voting looks likely today
- Top-dog Dems look the same -- until you drill down
- Spread master not surprised by drubbing
- Nevada, where 'change' is a constant
- O.J. out of jail on double bail
Wednesday, Jan. 16
- Incident at Paris Las Vegas (UPDATED)
- Steel workers cheer John Edwards in Henderson
- Clinton attacks Yucca Mountain dump
- Bill and the counting game
- Police showdown with VFW post postponed
- Trouble brewing?
- Henderson police shoot, kill man
- Hotel king adds a jewel to his crown
- Man sentenced in tax fraud case
- Economy might transcend partisanship
- Nevada’s political growing pains
- Romney arrives Thursday
- Rove doesn’t like the Dems
- No bang for Paul's buck
- Local HULA-gans come up short
- Romney focusing on Nevada over S.C.
- Rural county GOP boss rips state party
- Prominent gay activist tries to drum up support for Obama
- Culinary continues pummeling of Clinton in fliers
- Clinton attacks Obama on Social Security
- Bette Midler yanks out Celine's stage
- Clinton on the economy— and the Detroit reporter who asked about something else
- Two new ads for Obama
- DNC Opposition Lawsuit Filings
- Palazzo resort to open on the Strip
- Common cause: dislike of coal
- Nevada brothel owner trys to supress evidence against him
- Kerry to teachers: Embrace the Strip sites
- Obama Aide: Clinton Is 'Prohibitive Favorite' in Nevada
- Judge doubles O.J. Simpson's bail
- Obama, the morning after (UPDATED)
- Sales open at CityCenter's Harmon
- "But Barack Obama is, at least, likeable."
- Simpson due back in court
- Clinton is clear winner
- Jewish films: Not just stories, links to heritage
- Teens skate toward a goal
- Out in droves: Candidates and styles differ, but supporters' passion resounds
- Las Vegas has history worth preserving
- Nevada should scrap caucus for primary
- Timing may sink lawsuit aimed at Strip voting
- Undecideds find little help in debate
- Markets pick 'em better than polls
- Kumbaya
- Protect foreign doctors who work in Nevada, colleagues urge
- Jeff Haney previews the National Heads-Up Poker Championship and its satellite lead-in
- Jon Ralston tells Nevada to soak up the love while it can
- Tributes include Cash’s drummer of 37 years
- Oil industry would benefit from alt fuels, too
- Label food from clones
- Court tackles overtime pay
- Husband, wife play to love of Cashes’ music
- So they asked the questions that needed to be asked: Can strippers really caucus?
- 11th hour, Ron Paul holds to his maverick strategy
- Shawn Barker: Getting to be Cash every night
Tuesday, Jan. 15
- UNLV blows out BYU
- Romney betting on Nevada
- Clinton climbs on Yucca issue
- Democrats engage in substantive, tranquil and focused debate
- Flashing the debate
- Complete debate transcript
- Sen. Reid, head’s up on a new editor in town
- NYT's Live Blog of Nevada Debate
- Pursuit of 'Idol'
- Does Nevada matter?
- Apres Debate
- Kucinich decries GE-media conspiracy
- Asian Americans upset about Vegas debate
- Missing Trio of Kids
- Body found in SUV
- Kucinich will sit it out
- Polling the pole workers
- With friends like these....
- Odds on Trinidad vs. Jones
- Find the pollster (UPDATED)
- Kucinich, MSNBC await the ruling
- Obama supporters, including former party chair, weigh in on lawsuit
- North Las Vegas traffic police nab 138
- February forecast: funny
- Police need help finding sexual assault suspect
- Edwards won't be hanging around past Friday
- NBC Fights to Keep Kucinich Out
- DNC files motion to intervene in at-large precinct lawsuit
- Fewer children at Child Haven -- and that's good news
- Stay out of Rick's office
- State medical group pushes for J-1 reform
- A park with quite a story arc
- Hispanic state legislator goes Obama
- NBC appeals Kucinich ruling
- Edwards arrives for appearance
- Federal court hearing Thursday on Strip caucus sites
- The Culinary takes on Hillary Clinton with fliers
- Gazette-Journal poll numbers
- Campaigns out to make their mark in and outside of debate
- What’s fair? What’s legal?
- Dems: Can we all get along?
- Faithful to history
- Reid caught in middle of Strip-voting suit
- State government payroll bloated
- ‘Chicken Little’ liberals at it again
- Americans at the mercy of health insurers
- Kucinich hard to silence, NBC learns
- He collects art, adventures
- In better position
- So we have caucuses in casinos. . .
- It’s Culinary vs. everyone else in labor spat
- Closing time for Gitmo?
- The Review-Journal's ridiculousness
Monday, Jan. 14
- The campaigning Clintons
- Kucinich back on the debate stage
- Hey, book readers!
- Motion filed in lawsuit for TRO and emergency hearing
- A lawsuit waiting to be heard
- Yucca Mountain project may miss June application deadline
- Jewish Film Festival opens Wednesday
- New condo proposal could be real deal
- Obama asks supporters to refrain from negativity
- Harry the growth enabler?
- Getting hammered and nailed
- Dennis back in debate?
- Slots survive bear economy
- A different scene in Reno
- Inquiring minds want to know
- CES smaller this year
- Unemployment by the numbers
- Not all teachers support the at-large precinct lawsuit filed by teachers'
- Waiting for Obama
- IT’S NOT MY FAULT!
- When Harry Met Vegas
- Follow up on 'no vig' betting line
- Shameless plug
- Take the Cougars downtown
- Celine Dion is finally cool
- Taylor vs. Hunt on "Face to Face"
- Bill Clinton criticizes at-large precincts
- Vote NASCAR for president
- Higher Ed officials unwilling to take pay cuts
- Face to Face: Endorsement Saga
- Early Super Bowl odds
- The Nation weighs in on at-large precinct lawsuit
- Race and Gender Are Issues in Tense Day
- The sordid world of Sin City's lost kids
- Learn gang speak
- The day's polls
- Banning the grocery bag?
- Jeff Haney gets good advice but not to follow all the time on college basketball betting
- In a charmed life, the Beav sees a changed world
- Taxpayers save, thanks to overtime crackdown
- On School Board, experience wins out
- Our schools get a D-plus
- Having one historic political event in Las Vegas last week ...
- Let’s build a museum for heroes, not thugs
- Doing right by former workers would cost taxpayers $130,000
- FairTax would hurt retired folks most
- Choose your school — if you can get there
- A deficit of sense
- Obama goes gloves off, head-on
- ‘We’re going to miss him’
- Most Republicans: There’s a Nevada caucus?
- Basketsaurus rex commeth
- Zoos enhance our knowledge of wildlife
- Two bucks could keep festival hopping
- Elvis sure tore up the track
- Don’t blame schools for military shortfall
Sunday, Jan. 13
- Actor wired in to Obama camp
- Deadly Echoes of Foreign Battles
- Obama blasts Strip caucus controversy
- Hold on there Kucinich
- Rulffes: I'll start the cuts at the top
- The actual impact of the at-large precincts
- Jon Ralston finds Obama retargeting ‘change’ mantra from GOP foes to Clinton
- Requiring voter ID cards is folly
- Culinary leader: Closing sites on Strip would strike at caucus’ heart
- You have to give Gov. Jim Gibbons credit ...
- Republicans forget about ‘We the people ...’
- Lead us out of this mess
- Calm — and sunshine — before the storm
- Media attention to Richardson too late
- Hire engineers, not hunters
- Online bookies: Clinton going to the White House
- Dial ‘i’ for incompetent
- It’s here, all new: lasvegassun.com
- Brian Greenspun urges voters to choose realistically
- Bursting at seams, consulate seeks a bigger, friendlier home
- Subtly, Clinton gets digs in at Obama
- Ex-governors for openness
- Hillary Clinton comments on lawsuit
- Still king of the (shrimp) cocktails
- Blue-collar vote could be the key
Saturday, Jan. 12
- Sen. Reid a no comment on caucus lawsuit (UPDATED)
- Another Brit ready to box in Vegas
- The Elevator
- Lack of planning
- Obama’s ‘Yes, we can’ echoes Culinary’s
- How the payoffs on some proposition bets on this weekend’s games were set, and which are worth making
- High court defies lawmakers on salaries
- New car for $2,500?
- Wrong ‘facts’ on warming, wrong conclusions
- Carbon neutral or not?
- Move lawmakers, reclaim government
- Fix the economy, but how?
- Former Family Court judge wants to lose the ‘former’
- Voting on the Strip a no-no, suit says
- Yes, he’s really hanging there, pierced. Eww.
Friday, Jan. 11
- Gaming boosters on Clinton team blast Obama
- What's at stake with the at-large caucus precincts
- Cost, not coal may be plant's main issue
- Council members honor judge; lobby for position
- Ron Paul bash-a-looza
- Into the West
- Political residue finds a home
- Nevadans don't show extraordinary interest in online betting
- Boyd revamps its players clubs
- Cosmopolitan looking for investors
- O.J. Simpson back in custody
- Real Dolls mix with real life
- Mr. President, can we talk?
- So what about that immigration issue?
- A New Clinton Asks for Help
- Knocked back by 'Redacted'
- Face to Face: Students, faculty paying the price?
- Countrywide Rescued by Bank of America
- Nevada Ballet artistic director steps down
- Pollsters try to explain what went wrong in N.H.
- Poll-less in Nevada
- Testing for coaches, too?
- Too early to get excited
- Power of Culinary Union hangs in balance as its protege Kihuen tries to break Obama hold
- Preparing for the worst
- Dinosaurs head our way, ready to put on a show
- Nevada Chatter
- Vegas: Lots to do besides campaign
- I guess I shouldn’t be surprised that now that Nevada has become the focus...
- Next president will need help from Congress
- Ron Kantowski knows Green Valley High’s heart is true, but realizes drug testing is not a magic bullet for schools
- Money for nothing?
- Campaigning here, Clinton goes over Culinary’s head
- Education budget cuts a step backward
- Pollsters have a plan for Nevada: Skip it
- Taxpayers’ information at risk
- Environmental agency stifles public expression
- Symbolically, a door closes for nuclear dump at Yucca
- Richardson camp ready for new hero
- It’s porn, it’s business, it’s legit
Thursday, Jan. 10
- Hannah Montana tickets on sale
- Foreclosure relief for Countrywide borrowers
- Man pleads guilty to credit card fraud
- Reconfigure the Tracks
- Oceanfront view, lots of upgrades
- The Vegas Building Rumor Watch: A Skyscraper Farm?
- Reid working the (situation) room
- Obama upping Nevada stakes; Kerry kicks Clinton
- Face to Face: Big Backing
- Reid working the (situation) room
- Mini-Vanilli big on performance
- Bonuses an incentive for UNLV fundraising
- Nevada earns D+ on education
- Face to Face: Long-awaited approval
- More flights to Vegas
- Looks can be deceiving
- Parsing a recession
- Sorting out Iowa, N.H.
- Insurer to cough up a record $1 million
- Aflutter over Nevada: Nation is all over the map on how important or not our caucus is
- Caucuses, primaries further democracy
- UNLV needs to fill five fundraiser jobs
- Stand-up, by seat of his pants
- Expect it to rain less but when it does, watch out
- Pure arrogance
- Vegas is owed millions
- Voter IDs needed for immigrant influx
- Cost has driven away conventions before
- Vegas’ new draw for out-of-staters: Help candidates take the caucus
- Ron Kantowski on the cancellation of a car race that’s always deadly dangerous, but this year was too much so
- Tom Ridge visits Vegas
- Whichever side you’re on, just go caucus, Reid says
- Station turns free blues down a notch
- Cross Canadian Ragweed
- Yucca tie rightly cut
- Binion's sale approved
- World Jewelry Center moves forward
- The back story on a pair of leveraged buyouts
Wednesday, Jan. 9
- In America, a field of dreams
- Now we’re the epicenter
- Richardson planning to end it?
- Richardson planning to end it?
- First big Democratic visit tomorrow
- Dems: Please caucus, even if it's the Republican caucus
- Getting out the Hispanic vote for Clinton
- About that 100,000 caucus turnout...
- First big Democratic visit tomorrow
- Dems: Please caucus, even if it's the Republican caucus
- Getting out the Hispanic vote for Clinton
- About that 100,000 caucus turnout...
- Judge rules NFL team not liable in Minxx shooting case
- Murder suspect arrested
- Metro focuses on robbery suspects
- Face to Face: Big Backing
- Face to Face: Schools Outcry
- Schools Outcry
- Culinary indeed backs Obama
- Berkley endorses Clinton
- Police ask for help in robbery
- Republicans to “whack the donkey”
- Civilization comes to this -- Beer Pong
- Republicans to "whack the donkey"
- It's the Beave
- Ah, here's the Rub
- Be careful out there
- 150-inch plasma TV unveiled
- Temporary casino opens for a day
- The Comeback Kid II
- In Nevada, Clinton’s team shoots from stoic to jubilant
- SEIU rises above chaos for Obama
- Clinton’s surprise win sets up Nevada scorcher
- What’s the point of primaries, caucuses?
- Hotels shooting themselves in foot
- Halverson must go
- Jeff Haney tells where your $8 bet on the Patriots to win it all would win you a buck, plus which houses have the good bets
- Jon Ralston gives White House hopefuls five helpful rules for campaigning here
- Yes, high prices could drive trade show away
- Las Vegas quits group that backs a nuclear Yucca
- Journalism 2.0
- Exchanging a hoop for a ring
- Tick, tick, tick, Culinary will finally pick
- Reid, Chertoff: Enemies, Friends
- Before it’s too late
Tuesday, Jan. 8
- SEIU endorses Obama
- Clinton, McCain bounce back in New Hampshire
- Edwards not expecting Culinary nod
- A big turnout and a little exit poll
- SEIU to consider its endorsement tonight, too
- Culinary endorsement decision set for tonight
- Clinton aides soldiering on in Nevada
- Huffington Post: Clinton may concede Nevada
- Face to Face: Big Backing
- Larry David on Obama
- CES a dock for iPod accessories
- Bill Gates delivers farewell in geeky style
- ‘Predators’ laws hurt redeemable kids
- Giving reality the hard sell
- Short on time and input, regents cut
- At Green Valley High, play sports, you may face drug test
- Some see 51s, some see Stars
- Why speeders need a wake-up call
- Leaky rainy day fund
- Neighbors tell nonprofit: Make music elsewhere
- Mob museum sends wrong message to kids
- One size does not fit all
- UNLV Sand Burners? Uh, no thanks
- Rory Reid’s gamble on Clinton turns riskier
- Going after illegal downloads
- The everything bed
- Waiting for the oppo research to surface
- Nevada as lifeline, unless...
- Campaigns test bounds of religious freedom
Monday, Jan. 7
- Not exactly "Hell no, we won't go"
- Waiting for a new angle
- Republicans after New Hamshire
- Edwards as half of a two-way race
- Drumming up interest for Denver
- Jan. 19. Nevada. Check.
- Face to Face: Iowa Results
- Honey, Gallup is calling. Wanna answer?
- Green gizmos the rage
- Jeff Haney gets a second opinion on a blackjack strategy question
- School Board’s No. 2 wants to be No. 1
- College football’s anticlimax
- Hotel rate hikes do disservice to economy
- Obama’s refrain: Change the world with me
- Children denied coverage
- Sleep: A luxury most can’t afford on super bowl trip
- Penalized at 65
- Sharing the spotlight
- Could it be that Harry Reid...
- Cost a factor for CES
- CES to focus on updates, improvements
- Getting high at CES
Sunday, Jan. 6
- The precinct that snubbed roast beef
- Ladies of the light
- Going to her strength
- Why Wyoming?
- Growing testy over Obama
- Clinton camp lowering expectations
- Clinton braced for no Culinary nod
- Clinton braced for no Culinary nod
- Owners of racy news racks get a breather while they sue
- Mayor loses pounds but hangs on tight to booze
- ‘John School’ teaches men the uglier facts of life
- A season of change awaits NASCAR fans in 2008
- Vegas wants a tech industry, but it’s slow going
- Is Jimmie Johnson too nice?
- Going to her strength
- The precinct that snubbed roast beef
- Looking ahead on the housing slump, resort openings and the gaming tax
- Vegas misses out on millions as parking tickets go uncollected
- Porter urged to get full picture on nuclear waste in France
- They’ve got your number?
- Jack Sheehan recalls the spirit of a student who overcame exceptional hardship to attend UNLV
- Jon Ralston peers into his crystal ball and makes political predictions for Las Vegas, Nevada and the country in 2008
- Delayed response times
- Young, but ‘predators’ for life
- Obama’s momentum tough new test for Clinton
- Brian Greenspun on the ‘why’ of responsible journalism
- CIA under investigation
Saturday, Jan. 5
- Ron Paul bash-a-looza
- Or Not
- Nevada union delays endorsement
- Obama surges in New Hampshire
- Chasing Obama
- Rebels basketball
- Everyone on steroids? News to me, Maddux says
- Hey, Vegas: Don’t gouge us
- Gibbons lives in the capital, doesn’t mean he votes there
- Make lasting improvements
- Food labels are about to take a major evolutionary step — instant comprehensibility
- Paying judges fairly
- Yes, we have no housing vouchers for you
- Sports betting made easier, at bars and beyond
- 2008 turns promises ‘green’
Friday, Jan. 4
- Duncan Hunter on Foreclosures
- Alan Keyes on Foreclosures
- Fred Thompson on Foreclosures
- Romney wants a Nevada caucus win (should anyone care)
- Face to Face: Health Merger
- Clinton, on who missed the caucus
- Look sharp, TV's in the room
- Chasing the seniors
- What worked, what didn't, what now?
- Good money after bad
- The morning after
- First test for candidates
- Obama victory resounds across U.S.
- DA will go after former UMC boss
- Arts Notes: Stolen Rockwell may get visit from Vegas man
- Loud and clear for nearly 20 years
- Supporters bask in Obama win
- Jon Ralston lists his top 10 stories that should have been
- Flight data now public
- Distress over remark during Vegas concert won’t dissipate
- The hunt for D.B. Cooper
- Seeing no profits, condo owners sue
- They invented basic strategy
Thursday, Jan. 3
- Wow, and what it means
- Now, that's spin
- Politics writer dishes out salsa
- Joe Biden on Foreclosures
- Bill Richardson on Foreclosures
- Dennis Kucinich on Foreclosures
- When a "watch party" can go south
- Warming up in a very cold state
- Mike Gravel on Yucca Mountain
- Dennis Kucinich on Yucca Mountain
- Democrats on Yucca Mountain
- Christopher Dodd on Yucca Mountain
- Biden and Obama dealing in Iowa
- Public gets it, media not so much
- Face to Face: Headline Grabbers
- Why picture from Iowa is distorted
- Harrah’s: Slump hasn’t hit us
- Stale message
- Founder recaps Freshmen years
- Jobs safe at Health and Human Services, but cuts will still hurt
- Oil pricing itself out
- On taxes, Democrat Rangel’s a bit of a Reaganite
- Ron Kantowski hopes UNLV learns from Kansas’ remarkable turnaround
- You get what you pay for
- An uncaring president
- Museum plans arresting experience
- Family full of jocks spurs UNLV guard
- Too much royalty in the race
- With many undecided, Democrats sum it up
- Egypt eyes cash from tut stuff
Wednesday, Jan. 2
- Dukes of New Hampshire
- Back home, where they love being independent
- Republicans on Foreclosures
- Democrats on Foreclosures
- Republicans on Yucca Mountain
- Rolling the dice
- Constitution most meaningful in toughest of times
- Spiritual detox can’t get rid of John Sununu
- Defiantly, they campaign onward
- Wherever black votes are, campaigns will follow
- DRIVE-BY ’TOONS: PESSIMIST OUT TO QUENCH PUBLIC’s ‘THIRST’ FOR ART, PAGE 7
- BIZBUZZ Jeff Simpson makes predictions about how the gaming industry will shake out in 2008
- Pessimist goes utopian IF YOU GO Who: Ivan Brunetti’s “Thirst” What: Aerial Gallery sidewalk banners Where: Las Vegas Boulevard from Charleston Boulevard to Stewart Avenue When: Beginning in February
- Crunch time on court
- Buy now; you’ll want this stuff someday
- Pakistan’s hope for democracy died on America’s watch bloomberg news file photo Pervez Musharraf, Pakistan’s president, inspects an honor guard during a change of command ceremony Nov. 28 in Rawalpind
- Mountain West Conference leaders
- Like MLK’s, Bhutto’s courage played a part in her death Bhutto’s resolute refusal to be daunted by death threats reminded me of the Rev. Martin Luther King’s prophetic sermon on the night before his a
- Treat our soldiers fairly Roughly 20 percent of the nation’s colleges and universities don’t have policies covering students who withdraw for military service.
- Vocational schools help kids thrive but need money to keep flowing
- No ride home
- looking in on: suburbs Stagecoach Saloon ends its long run in Boulder City
- What’s happened to respect?
Tuesday, Jan. 1
- NASA Gives Glimpse of Air Safety Survey
- US Military Deaths in Iraq at 3,902
- Monday's College Basketball
- Ten New Year’s wishes for peace and prosperity
- Presidential hopefuls rush to identify with common man “If you ask a hedge fund manager what’s he worried about, he’s going to give you a very different answer than a guy who just lost his job in a fa
- Overrule voter photo ID
- TRYING TO LAND THE BIG TICKET
- 2007 IN REVIEW
- Clinton: Strife in Pakistan heightens need for experience
- When right is wrong
- FORECAST: SILVER STATE ’08
- Question of fairness