The Las Vegas Strip at dusk. Visit the Gallery for more images
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 Researchers are studying the effects of carbon monoxide in the Las Vegas Valley. A graphic depicts the risks of carbon monoxide exposure(52k). The Invisible PoisonColorless and odorless, carbon monoxide can infiltrate the body's blood, sapping it of life-sustaining oxygen.Even short-term exposure to large amounts -- such as unknowingly sleeping in a house with a faulty furnace -- can trigger headaches, nausea and confusion. Those symptoms are warning signs that insufficient oxygen is reaching the brain and other vital organs. FULL TEXT |
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Hilton changes strategyLOS ANGELES -- Back in mid-1989, Chairman Barron Hilton dangled Hilton Hotels Corp. as takeover bait, but no one bit at his price for the hotels and casinos.By Feb. 1, 1990, when "do not disturb" signs replaced "for sale," Hilton's stock price had been cut nearly in half. The Beverly Hills company hunkered down to endure years of worldwide recession in the hotel business; a 1995 attempt to split off the casinos from the hotels also failed. FULL TEXT Brown means business on NLV City Council issuesFor Paula Brown, it's not important that she's the only female member of the North Las Vegas City Council. What is important, she says, is that she'll do a good job because she's a businesswoman.Brown, owner of JB Chemical Co. Inc., started work two weeks ago as a council member. She is finishing out the term of Mary Kincaid, who was elected as a county commissioner in November. FULL TEXT |
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