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I-15 traffic keeps on rolling

A second series of closures and lane reductions on Interstate 15 north of the Spaghetti Bowl resulted in some minor congestion issues, but traffic officials were pleased once again by the construction-zone commute.

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Poll has Obama over McCain

It’s still within the margin of error and thus a statistical tie, but the lead has changed hands in the latest Nevada presidential survey by a national pollster.

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argument turns fatal

It’s so easy for public servants to get carried away going to conferences

No matter how worthwhile the conference, the suspicious in our midst always view travel by legislators as a boondoggle. Maybe it’s travel envy, knowing the taxpayer pays for their good times in good places, usually in high-end hotels. And July and August are wonderful months for Las Vegans to get out of town.

History standards called lax

Late-night talk show host Jay Leno can make a history teacher flinch with his “Jaywalking” segment.

Welcome not what doctor ordered

In April, as he visited Las Vegas, Dr. Howard Hack thought he saw his future clearly.

Water rights fight won’t end soon

RENO — It took 17 years for the late rancher Wayne Hage to win a lawsuit against the U.S. Forest Service in a long-running dispute over property rights, water rights and grazing on federal land.

Coldplay rocks packed arena

He looked like a muscle spasm incarnate, a drunken ballerina, twitching, trembling, leaping, lunging, posing and pinwheeling about the stage, as if his flesh were a prison he was trying to escape from.

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