Evidence presented at a British coroner’s inquest, which found in April that a tourist from Bristol, England was “unlawfully killed” as a result of a gallbladder operation at University Medical Center in Las Vegas, is at the heart of a complaint under review by the Nevada Board of Medical Examiners.
Mayor Oscar Goodman‘s latest defense of the mob museum is certain to create some powder burns in the arts community.
WASHINGTON — After receiving more than 5,000 requests for passes to the presidential inauguration later this month, Sen. Harry Reid on Friday called on chance to help distribute some tickets. Reid pulled six numbered slips from a cowboy hat, the first batch of what was to be a lottery for 1,000 tickets to President-elect Barack Obama’s swearing-in. “There is no other way to do this fairly,” Reid said.
For the past two weeks I have basked in the numbers shining forth from the gallon and dollar counters at my local gasoline pump.
CARSON CITY — Janice and Rafael Salazar live in a 600-square-foot mobile home in an old trailer park on the north end of Reno.
SPARKS — For 10 years, Nonie Galloway helped pay the bills as a hostess-cashier at the Silver Club in Sparks.
Better treatment for veterans is not a hard sell. But most progress must be made at the federal level, where it is hard to agree on an agenda, let alone accomplish one.
In a Dec. 12 editorial, the Review-Journal argued that Guantanamo Bay detainees must remain there and be dealt with outside the framework of the American legal system because these prisoners otherwise would insist upon the “excesses” of competent defense counsel, speedy trials and due process.
On Jan. 4, the Review-Journal published an article, “Slaying suspects’ childhood ties,” about two young men arrested on suspicion of murdering a promising young woman. In 1998, both young men were boys living at St. Jude’s Ranch for Children in Boulder City. One of them filed a civil lawsuit related to alleged sexual abuse that occurred while he was a resident at the ranch more than 10 years ago.
For all his flaws, Gov. Jim Gibbons is the only elected official in state government who demonstrates an understanding of the sacrifice and suffering of Nevada businesses and their workers. The Republican’s proposal to impose a 6 percent pay cut on all state employees, including schoolteachers, is an unfortunate but necessary attempt to address an important issue and put Nevada on a fiscally sustainable path.
Our economy has become so imperiled and the numbers so large that the word million now connotes manageable size and the word billion connotes affordable moderation.
“We like driving the car, and we’re not going to give the steering wheel to anybody but us.”
In this economy, a paid-off pickup is worth more than any showroom stunner. Consumers and businesses are cutting back, newly committed to driving their cars longer. Demand for vehicles has dried up.
A Tennessee corporation wants to build a privately run prison at an industrial park in Storey County, east of Reno and north of Virginia City.
“We are filing this contest to make absolutely sure every valid vote was counted and no one’s was counted more than anyone else’s. … Something greater than expediency is at stake here. Democracy is not a machine. Sometimes it’s messy and inconvenient, and reaching the best conclusion is never quick because speed is not the first objective, fairness is.”
In the past few weeks the newspaper has been getting smaller — due to a decline in advertising lineage.
The “decisions Reid makes this week could become a lasting measure of his tenure as majority leader.”
Experts say police pull over red cars more than any other vehicle. Stoplights and stop signs are also red for a reason. Red catches the eye better than any other color.
The remote corner of Clark County known as Gold Butte remained unknown to most Nevadans until a recently proposed congressional act brought it unusual attention. The long-ignored region lying south of Mesquite, east of the Virgin River and the Overton arm of Lake Mead and west of the Arizona border, may gain recognition and protection under the Gold Butte National Conservation Area Act, HR 7132.
For wife and husband Amanda and Shannon Barr, marriage brought with it a whole set of new, and sometimes expensive, responsibilities.
Thinking of turning over a new leaf for 2009? Try growing your own salad bar and other choice vegetables.
Here is a listing of events designed for book lovers. Information is subject to change or cancellation without notice. Additions or changes to this listing must be submitted at least 10 days in advance of Sunday publication to Bookmark, Las Vegas Review-Journal, P.O. Box 70, Las Vegas, NV 89125. For more information, call 383-0306.
Believe me, I’d rather be playing “Call of Duty: World at War” than “My Word Coach,” because in the online version of “World at War,” I just earned my level-65 general stripes, and that means I finally get to burn up Nazis with a flamethrower. Fire!
After being sidelined by the writers strike last season, “24” (8 p.m. today and Monday, KVVU-TV, Channel 5) is returning to action in a brave new world.
