Demolition concerns history buffs If Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel could see what vandals had done to the house he is said to have once lived in on the Flamingo hotel grounds, including ripping the copper piping out of the walls to sell for scrap, Don Taylor is certain what the late mobster would do: "Shoot them and then throw them into a copper-smeltering vat so their bodies would never be found."
NORM: Commission MIA for hospital CEO Two months before the ouster of University Medical Center CEO Lacy Thomas, people in high places saw it coming.
16-year-old student perfectly satisfied with ACT score When Shreesh Prasad walked out of his ACT exam in October, he had a swagger similar to Babe Ruth when he pointed to the stands before slugging a home run in the 1932 World Series.
HEALTH CARE: Proposal for small businesses could cause rift Democrats and Republicans appear to agree that something needs to be done about health care in Nevada, where nearly 20 percent of the population lacks health insurance, the fourth-highest such percentage in America.
Mom accused of killing girl A mother was accused of stabbing and killing her young daughter Saturday night in a southwest valley home, police said.
Nevadan gives national radio address A Nevada state legislator on Saturday delivered the national Democratic Hispanic radio address, telling Spanish-speaking voters they stand to play a major role in the 2008 presidential elections.
HOW TO PARTICIPATE Interested citizens and political junkies looking to keep tabs on the 2007 Legislature have more ways than ever to watch and participate from Southern Nevada.
THE PLAYERS: Your guide to the 2007 Legislature Mark Twain famously said "no man's life, liberty or property" was safe when the Nevada Legislature was in session, mercifully only once every two years.
WASHINGTON DIGEST: Minimum wage hike clears Senate WASHINGTON -- The Senate voted last week to combine a minimum wage increase with more than $8 billion in tax breaks, a bow to Republicans who would not support the wage hike without incentives for small businesses.
WEEK IN REVIEW: Reporters' notebook THERE ARE STILL UNANSWERED QUESTIONS ABOUT THE NIGHT GOV. JIM GIBBONS AND COCKTAIL WAITRESS CHRISSY MAZZEO MET at McCormick and Schmick's.
Activists march in Carson City RENO -- A group of Nevada activists is pressing Gov. Jim Gibbons to request an environmental impact statement and public hearings on the federal government's plans for a 700-ton explosion in the Nevada desert.
Demolition concerns history buffs If Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel could see what vandals had done to the house he is said to have once lived in on the Flamingo hotel grounds, including ripping the copper piping out of the walls to sell for scrap, Don Taylor is certain what the late mobster would do: "Shoot them and then throw them into a copper-smeltering vat so their bodies would never be found."
