William Mattern uses an illuminated magnifier to work on a math problem at the Blind Center of Nevada.
Assistance from, for the blind The task of staffing Las Vegas' ever-expanding casinos is getting help from a new source -- the Blind Center of Nevada.
MARKETPLACE: Useful pursuits Nevada's public education system, consistently ranked among the lowest in the nation, needs to pay more attention to "the forgotten half," students who intend to enter the work force instead of going on to college, a UNLV professor said in a report for the Nevada Policy Research Institute.
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Assistance from, for the blind The task of staffing Las Vegas' ever-expanding casinos is getting help from a new source -- the Blind Center of Nevada.
First-phase buildings nearly done at Loft 5 condos It's not what residents of the Loft 5 condo project on the south Strip see that makes their homes unique, it's what they don't see, general manager Tom Gamble said.
MARKETPLACE: Useful pursuits Nevada's public education system, consistently ranked among the lowest in the nation, needs to pay more attention to "the forgotten half," students who intend to enter the work force instead of going on to college, a UNLV professor said in a report for the Nevada Policy Research Institute.
Latest Macau casino opens
MACAU -- Thousands of gamblers on Sunday jammed into a new casino owned by a local billionaire who is trying to fend off an invasion by Las Vegas casino operators who have been gobbling up market share in the booming Chinese territory of Macau.
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