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The golden goose

Nevada’s casinos are accustomed to having bull’s-eyes on their backs. If it wasn’t expansions of tribal gaming or attempts to take college sports off the betting boards, it was local big-spenders seeking higher taxes on the resorts to fatten government budgets.

A matter of ‘fairness’

The Obama administration will order companies that haven’t repaid their government bailouts to cut top executives’ average total compensation — salary and bonuses — in half, starting in November. Under the plan, cash salaries for the top 25 highest-paid executives will be limited to $500,000 and, in most cases, perks will be capped at $25,000.

No probable cause

Chief Justice John Roberts expressed frustration Tuesday after failing to persuade a majority of his brethren to review a lower court ruling he said will “grant drunk drivers ‘one free swerve’ ” that could potentially end someone’s life.

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Five months after making some painful disclosures about the avoidable death of one of his officers, Clark County Sheriff Doug Gillespie stepped in front of cameras Tuesday to do it all over again.

Meanwhile …

Halloween is just 10 days away, so time is running out for partiers to come up with a unique or timely costume.

‘Everything’s going well in Nevada’

Speaking before a carefully hand-picked audience — most of the 500 tickets to the gathering in the Lawlor Events Center at the University of Nevada, Reno were distributed through the office of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid — Vice President Joe Biden assured Northern Nevadans on Friday that the Obama administration’s $787 billion economic stimulus plan has started to move the nation toward economic recovery. Mr. Biden went on to say that Harry Reid has made sure Nevadans are getting their share.

Medical marijuana

On the campaign trail last year, Barack Obama vowed, if elected, to respect state laws on medical marijuana and call off the drug warriors in their quest to prosecute ailing patients who have a doctor’s prescription to use the substance.

The feds and Sheriff Joe

When officials in the Obama administration said they would reform a Bush administration program under which members of local police departments were allowed to get some specialized training and then help bust illegal immigrants, they assured critics it was just “fine-tuning”

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