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Teenage parents, trying to graduate, face enormous challenges
May 13, 2012 – 9:00 am | No Comment
Teenage parents, trying to graduate, face enormous challenges

Icalynn Gamble had quit going to school last fall, overwhelmed by the responsibilities of being an 18-year-old mother and dejected about her chances of graduating. That’s when a parade of dignitaries — including Clark County School…

Recent rulings in teacher salary disputes put arbitration on Legislature’s radar screen
May 13, 2012 – 9:00 am | No Comment
Recent rulings in teacher salary disputes put arbitration on Legislature’s radar screen

A budget is not just a plan to spend money, it’s a statement of priorities — a paper-and-ink manifesto of what an elected official or board believes is important.

The Perfect Storm: Rebels coaching staff and fans play their cards right to get Bennett
May 13, 2012 – 7:00 am | No Comment
The Perfect Storm: Rebels coaching staff and fans play their cards right to get Bennett

Anthony Bennett isn’t like most top recruits. On Saturday, after a long recruiting process that finished with a month as the nation’s highest-rated uncommitted player, Findlay Prep’s Bennett kept it simple. After deciding to make…

Technical Difficulties
May 13, 2012 – 7:00 am | No Comment
Technical Difficulties

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Dean Heller, Shelley Berkley’s newest fight: Who’s filing more bills?
May 13, 2012 – 5:00 am | No Comment
Dean Heller, Shelley Berkley’s newest fight: Who’s filing more bills?

Better late than never? When it comes to legislation, it depends on whom you ask. Sen. Dean Heller’s campaign opened the last week with an emperor’s-clothes shot

UNLV graduates first class in high-flying new entertainment engineering program
May 13, 2012 – 5:00 am | No Comment
UNLV graduates first class in high-flying new entertainment engineering program

Emily Black was flying high when she received diploma from UNLV on Saturday. Literally.

Ex-cons should be allowed to vote
May 13, 2012 – 3:00 am | No Comment
Ex-cons should be allowed to vote

It seems just to allow those who have paid their price to society to be allowed to vote.

Entering country often unpleasant
May 13, 2012 – 3:00 am | No Comment
Entering country often unpleasant

Customs and Border Protection is a deterrent to tourism.

Magic at Lightfair International
May 13, 2012 – 3:00 am | No Comment
Magic at Lightfair International

Walk around the Lightfair International 2012 tradeshow and magic is in the air.

Vegas Uncork’d Day 2: Gordon Ramsay Steak, Nobu, Grand Tasting
May 12, 2012 – 11:00 pm | No Comment
Vegas Uncork’d Day 2: Gordon Ramsay Steak, Nobu, Grand Tasting

If not the most historic day in Las Vegas food history, Friday certainly was one of the Top Three. It reinforced Las Vegas as the No. 1 dining …

Inside the Las Vegas kitchen with pastry master Francois Payard at Uncork’d
May 12, 2012 – 11:00 pm | No Comment
Inside the Las Vegas kitchen with pastry master Francois Payard at Uncork’d

Francois Payard tries to take the fear out of pastry. “People think pastry is hard, but they come here and they will learn everything the way I

Addition of Bennett puts UNLV firmly in national spotlight next season
May 12, 2012 – 7:00 pm | No Comment
Addition of Bennett puts UNLV firmly in national spotlight next season

Anthony Bennett is a Rebel. Bennett, the No. 7-rated recruit in the country according to Rivals.com, made it official Saturday after trimming his list to UNLV and Oregon last weekend. A 6-foot-8, 240-pound forward from Henderson’s Findlay …