Woman dies in traffic accident in south valley

A woman died Sunday afternoon after the car she was traveling in collided with a pickup truck in the south valley, Las Vegas police said. Her identity was not released.

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Sandoval opts for the status quo

After his election to the presidency in 1980, Ronald Reagan, believing in the axiom that “people are policy,” immediately turned to the free-market conservative movement to help pull the country out of Jimmy Carter’s recession, high unemployment, 20 percent interest rates and general malaise.

New arena tax would be paid primarily by local tourists

A recent letter to the editor asserted that the Boulevard mall and other shopping areas frequented primarily by local residents would be included in a special tax district formed to help finance construction of a sports arena on land donated by Harrah’s Entertainment Inc. (now Caesars Entertainment Corp.). This is inaccurate.

Did turnout cost Angle? Or did McCain?

The common wisdom seems to be that four-term incumbent U.S. Sen. Harry Reid snatched a fifth term from Republican challenger Sharron Angle last month thanks to a better “ground game” that turned out a higher percentage of Democratic voters than the comparatively amateur Angle operation in Clark County.

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