GAMING INDUSTRY: Big Six to post new high
Saturday, January 21, 2006 ROD SMITH - - Las Vegas Review-Journal
| The "Big Six" gaming operators ended 2005 with record-breaking profits nearly double the previous year's, thanks to surging demand for Las Vegas vacations and the two biggest mergers in industry history, analysts said this week. With gaming companies set to begin reporting fourth-quarter and yearly earnings next week, analysts are predicting that the combined net income for the six largest Nevada-based gaming companies will have surged in 2005 to $1.7 billion, up 92.3 percent from $884 million in 2004.
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Reid says Chertoff should resign
Thursday, January 5, 2006 MIKE KALIL - - Las Vegas Review-Journal
| U.S. Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid called for the resignation of Homeland Security Department Secretary Michael Chertoff on Wednesday, one day after the government dropped Las Vegas from a list of cities considered potential high-risk targets eligible for special anti-terrorism grants.
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U.S. SUPREME COURT NOMINEE: Alito supporters rally
Wednesday, January 4, 2006 CARRI GEER THEVENOT - - Las Vegas Review-Journal
| About two dozen supporters of Judge Samuel Alito gathered Tuesday in Las Vegas to send a message to Nevada's senators: Confirm President Bush's nominee for the U.S. Supreme Court.
Most of the speakers at the afternoon rally specifically targeted Minority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev.
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Reid, Ensign show no worry
Wednesday, January 4, 2006 STEVE TETREAULT - - Las Vegas Review-Journal
| Nevada's senators distanced themselves Tuesday from lobbyist Jack Abramoff, who pleaded guilty to charges of influence peddling while agreeing to give authorities information for a widening corruption probe of Congress.
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Federal grants buy more than security
Sunday, December 4, 2005 ED VOGEL - - Las Vegas Review-Journal
| Snake tongs, according to a company that manufactures the device, are long, metal sticks that "allow for the humane handling of snakes."
They are dandy tools for handling rattlesnakes. Few, however, would immediately see them as key to the nation's fight against terrorism.
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Stem cell research debate draws crowd
Tuesday, November 22, 2005 LISA KIM BACH - - Las Vegas Review-Journal
| It's one of the most promising medical frontiers in the search for cures to human diseases that kill and cripple.
It's also a minefield of moral and ethical issues that's divided public, political, scientific and religious opinion.
John Gearhart, the director of research at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in Baltimore, brought the case for embryonic stem cell research to Las Vegas on Monday.
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Yucca audit unearths more e-mail questions
Thursday, November 17, 2005 STEVE TETREAULT - - Las Vegas Review-Journal
| Government inspectors said in a report Wednesday that they discovered more e-mails that raise questions about work performed at Yucca Mountain, including one message that suggested backdating notebooks and another with a recommendation to "make up something."
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Education act's rigidity a concern
Sunday, November 13, 2005 K.C. HOWARD - - Las Vegas Review-Journal
| Like most seventh-graders, Tyler Jung doesn't like exams.
But when it comes to testing, Tyler, who has autism, doesn't want special exceptions.
Taking the same test as his friends is important, he said, "so it's at the same level as the other kids."
Next year, as required by No Child Left Behind, the federal education act, he'll take the same state curriculum test as his peers in eighth grade.
But numerous students are grappling with disabilities that leave them unable to keep up with their peers, and their scores in some cases are causing entire schools to be penalized.
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Senate passes five-year deficit-reduction bill
Sunday, November 6, 2005 SAMANTHA YOUNG - - Las Vegas Review-Journal
| The Senate last week passed a five-year deficit-reduction bill that would save $35 billion in federal funds over the next five years.
The budget reconciliation legislation was passed by a 52-47 vote, with five Republicans opposed and two Democrats in support.
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Reid cautious about nominee
Tuesday, November 1, 2005 TONY BATT - - Las Vegas Review-Journal
| Unlike his appearance with Harriet Miers four weeks ago, Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid of Nevada appeared restrained when he posed for photographers Monday with Samuel Alito.
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NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND ACT: Drawing the line
Sunday, October 30, 2005 SONYA PADGETT - - Las Vegas Review-Journal
| Across the United States, parents and anti-war activists are taking the military to task for recruiting on high school campuses.
Groups are protesting the section of the federal No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 that gives recruiters access to students' personal information and to the teens themselves, by enabling them to send out alerts and call the like-minded to action.
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Reid's popularity holds firm
Thursday, October 27, 2005 FRANK GEARY - - Las Vegas Review-Journal
| Sen. Harry Reid's popularity in Nevada has remained stable the past five months, with fewer voters rating his performance as Senate minority leader as excellent and more saying it has been good, according to a new poll.
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Senator targets bill for trims
Wednesday, October 26, 2005 TONY BATT - - Las Vegas Review-Journal
| Sen. John Ensign wants to cut federal spending on earmarked projects in a $286.4 billion highway bill, but Tuesday he stopped short of naming any Nevada projects that should be cut.
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EPA's Yucca Mountain standard criticized
Wednesday, October 5, 2005 KEITH ROGERS - - Las Vegas Review-Journal
| In stark contrast to the previous night, more than a dozen speakers Tuesday castigated the Environmental Protection Agency's proposal for protecting the public from radioactive releases at the planned Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository.
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YUCCA MOUNTAIN HEARING: Residents not worried
Tuesday, October 4, 2005 KEITH ROGERS - - Las Vegas Review-Journal
| The two people who testified at Monday's public hearing on the proposed radiation safety standard for the planned Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository had one thing in common: They're not worried about radioactive dangers because they've lived in the shadow of the Nevada Test Site for many years.
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'GIVE 'EM HELL HARRY.COM': Senator launches own blog
Thursday, September 29, 2005 TONY BATT - - Las Vegas Review-Journal
| Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada has become the first congressional leader to launch his own blog.
Using "Give 'Em Hell, Harry.com" as the title and aiming to use it to raise money for Democratic Senate candidates, Reid's first message was posted Tuesday and another Wednesday.
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Workers on Yucca project face layoffs
Thursday, September 22, 2005 KEITH ROGERS - - Las Vegas Review-Journal
| Contractors for the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste project are bracing for possible layoffs in anticipation of budget cuts that could be as much as 30 percent, government and company sources confirmed Wednesday.
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Reid: Bush, roll back tax cuts
Wednesday, September 21, 2005 TONY BATT - - Las Vegas Review-Journal
| After returning from a trip to New Orleans and the Gulf Coast, Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid of Nevada on Monday said he will not consider offsets in the federal budget to pay for damage caused by Hurricane Katrina until President Bush agrees to roll back tax cuts.
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DISASTER PREPAREDNESS: Region lacks evacuation plan
Monday, September 19, 2005 FRANK CURRERI and FRANK GEARY - - Las Vegas Review-Journal
| If disaster should strike Southern Nevada, whether by massive earthquake or terrorist attack, no plan exists to evacuate every resident of the Las Vegas Valley.
And the area's emergency planners make no apologies, saying they are as prepared as possible for a natural or man-made catastrophe.
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Judge has little to say about potential run for Congress
Monday, September 5, 2005 ERIN NEFF - - Las Vegas Review-Journal
| Given the propensity by politicians to avoid commenting on issues, the Democrats may have found the perfect candidate for the 3rd Congressional District.
Party officials have asked District Court Judge Nancy Saitta to run for Congress against two-term Republican Jon Porter.
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YUCCA MOUNTAIN FIGHT: Sandoval recruits supporters
Wednesday, August 31, 2005 SEAN WHALEY - - Las Vegas Review-Journal
| Attorney General Brian Sandoval on Tuesday sent letters to the attorneys general in 10 states urging them to speak out about what he called unacceptable proposed radiation standards for the planned nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain.
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Yucca radiation limits unveiled
Wednesday, August 10, 2005 STEVE TETREAULT - - Las Vegas Review-Journal
| The Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday unveiled a new set of radiation limits for Yucca Mountain that appear headed on a path to prolong and intensify clashes over the safety of burying nuclear waste in Nevada.
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National shake-up no big deal to local labor leaders
Monday, August 1, 2005 ERIN NEFF and SEAN WHALEY - - Las Vegas Review-Journal
| To hear local Democrats and labor leaders talk about the recent defection of the Teamsters and service workers from the AFL-CIO, you'd wonder why the big unions stuck with the umbrella organization so long.
"In many ways, it can be better this way," said Danny Thompson, executive director of the Nevada AFL-CIO.
That's quite a way to view the loss of a majority of your union's 165,000 members in the state.
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Yucca Mountain facing new delay
Monday, August 1, 2005
AP's ERICA WERNER - - Las Vegas Review-Journal
| The Energy Department probably will not submit its license application to build Yucca Mountain until March 2006 at the earliest, several months later than the most recent target date, according to an updated project timeline.
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Congress overwhelmingly approves transportation bill
Sunday, July 31, 2005 TONY BATT - - Las Vegas Review-Journal
| By an overwhelming vote of 412-8, the House last week passed a $286 billion transportation bill to pay for highways, public transportation and road safety through 2009.
The Senate also passed the bill, 91-4. President Bush was expected to sign the bill into law within days.
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Yucca Mountain Project management defended
Thursday, July 28, 2005 STEVE TETREAULT - - Las Vegas Review-Journal
| A Department of Energy official on Wednesday defended DOE management at Yucca Mountain, saying recent senior staff departures were to be expected and that long delays are allowing time to "tweak and improve" the nuclear waste program.
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Hopeful gets outside aid
Tuesday, July 19, 2005 TONY BATT - - Las Vegas Review-Journal
| Fueled by donors who live outside Nevada, Assemblywoman Sharron Angle raised more money in June for a congressional bid than two other Republicans raised in the past three months, according to reports filed with the Federal Election Commission.
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Porter promotes effort to streamline federal bureaucracy
Monday, July 18, 2005 STEVE TETREAULT - - Las Vegas Review-Journal
| There are 19 federal programs for substance abuse, 90 that deal with childhood education and 27 concerned with teen pregnancy. Responsibility for food safety is spread among 10 federal agencies.
Rep. Jon Porter, R-Nev., cited the statistics in promoting a new streamlining effort for the government.
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New deadline set on Yucca Mountain
Thursday, July 14, 2005 STEVE TETREAULT - - Las Vegas Review-Journal
| Rep. Jon Porter set a new deadline Wednesday for the Energy Department to hand over documents related to Yucca Mountain workers' e-mails.
Porter, R-Nev., gave DOE officials until Monday to comply with a demand issued in April by the Federal Workforce and Agency Organization Subcommittee.
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Reid not sure if he'd vote for Gonzales
Tuesday, July 12, 2005 TONY BATT - - Las Vegas Review-Journal
| Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., said Monday he does not know if he would vote to confirm Attorney General Alberto Gonzales for the Supreme Court, despite saying last week that Gonzales is qualified for the post.
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Reid says moderate needed on court
Sunday, July 10, 2005 STEVE TETREAULT - - Las Vegas Review-Journal
| President Bush should resist the "radical right" and appoint a Supreme Court justice modeled after former Chief Justice Earl Warren, who led the court in broadening civil rights during the 1950s and 1960s, Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada said Saturday.
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Pentagon changes policy after dispute over burial of LV Marine
Thursday, July 7, 2005 STEVE TETREAULT - - Las Vegas Review-Journal
| Prompted in part by the painful experience of a Las Vegas mother whose son was killed in Iraq, the Pentagon said Wednesday it will change a policy on burial rights for military personnel.
Service members will be required to clearly designate a person responsible to dispose of their remains should they be killed, according to John Molino, deputy undersecretary of defense for community and family policy.
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Yucca backers rallying
Thursday, July 7, 2005 STEVE TETREAULT - - Las Vegas Review-Journal
| Leaders of a national lobbying group that formed this spring to promote Yucca Mountain plan to visit Nye County this month to begin building ties in Nevada, an organizer said.
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Contractor alleging abuse in Iraq says he feared U.S. forces more than insurgents
Sunday, June 19, 2005
AP's SCOTT SONNER - - Las Vegas Review-Journal
| Peter Ginter learned what it was like to be a prisoner of war in combat training exercises, so he had an idea of what to expect last month when he was roughed up, stripped and locked in a 6-by-8-foot cell in Iraq.
But the ex-Marine never imagined his captors would be U.S. military personnel. And he never dreamed they would hand him a Quran and a prayer rug, and treat him like the enemy for the next 72 hours.
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Senator, press corps share snappy moments
Monday, June 13, 2005 TONY BATT - - Las Vegas Review-Journal
| It was a rough week for the relationship between Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid of Nevada and the Capitol Hill press corps.
On Monday, Reid snapped at a reporter who asked him about calling President Bush a liar and a loser. Reid cut off a follow-up question.
Trying to stay on-message about domestic issues, Reid grew irritated again when another reporter asked him about Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean, who recently said a lot of Republicans "have never made an honest living in their lives."
Those incidents were just the warm-up for the near-bedlam that occurred Thursday during a news conference in Reid's office just off the Senate floor.
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Law criminalizes leaving children alone in cars
Sunday, June 12, 2005 BRIAN HAYNES - - Las Vegas Review-Journal
| For Jody Esposito, a parked car is no longer just a parked car.
Not since her 5-year-old son played hide-and-seek in a trunk, got trapped and died. In the four years since, Esposito has dedicated herself to educating parents about the hidden dangers facing children left alone in seemingly harmless vehicles.
Her efforts took a giant leap forward when Gov. Kenny Guinn signed into law a bill that makes intentionally leaving young children alone in vehicles a misdemeanor.
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Angle joins race for Congress
Thursday, June 9, 2005 ED VOGEL - - Las Vegas Review-Journal
| Assemblywoman Sharron Angle, regarded as one of Nevada's most conservative state legislators, announced Wednesday she will run for the District 2 congressional seat held by Rep. Jim Gibbons.
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DOE: Water flow studies sound
Tuesday, June 7, 2005 STEVE TETREAULT - - Las Vegas Review-Journal
| The Energy Department has tentatively concluded that Yucca Mountain water flow studies were technically sound, even though scientists who conducted them had discussed falsifying quality control documents, a DOE executive said Monday.
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CANADIAN MEDICATIONS: Drug bill may win OK today
Sunday, June 5, 2005 ED VOGEL - - Las Vegas Review-Journal
| A bill to help Nevadans buy lower-cost prescription drugs from Canada is expected to win final approval today.
A Senate-Assembly conference committee reached an agreement Saturday to remove a Senate-backed amendment that would have required federal approval of the plan.
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Minuteman Project founder urges deportation
Monday, May 30, 2005
AP's ADAM GOLDMAN - - Las Vegas Review-Journal
| Jim Gilchrist on Sunday spelled out his version of hitting the jackpot: deport the millions of illegal immigrants in the United States back to Mexico.
Send them back by plane or bus, give them money and do it civilly, said the founder of the Minuteman Project, whose members have patrolled the U.S.-Mexico border to draw attention to illegal immigration.
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Official warns Nevadans against lowering Yucca guard
Monday, May 23, 2005 ERIN NEFF - - Las Vegas Review-Journal
| Bob Loux has had his battles with the Department of Energy over the proposed Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository.
Now the director of the state's Agency for Nuclear Projects is battling a different kind of opponent: the state's own residents.
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Reid buries hatchet with school
Monday, May 23, 2005 STEVE TETREAULT - - Las Vegas Review-Journal
| Sen. Harry Reid of Nevada buried a 41-year-old grudge Sunday when he delivered the commencement address at the George Washington University Law School.
Reid, the Senate's Democratic leader, graduated from the Washington, D.C., school in January 1964. But, he told new graduates, he had not been back to campus since then, nor answered letters from school officials.
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Reid's performance gets thumbs up from most
Tuesday, May 17, 2005 STEVE TETREAULT - - Las Vegas Review-Journal
| Days before an anticipated Senate filibuster showdown, a slight majority of Nevadans disapprove of Sen. Harry Reid blocking some of President Bush's judicial picks, according to a new poll.
But despite splitting from him on federal judges, a majority of Nevadans believe Reid, D-Nev., is doing a good job representing them in the Senate, the poll showed.
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Support for Bush's Social Security plan higher in Nevada than nationally, poll finds
Tuesday, May 17, 2005 ADRIENNE PACKER - - Las Vegas Review-Journal
| President Bush's proposal to allow Americans to invest some of their Social Security contributions through private accounts has more support than opposition, according to a recent poll.
The poll, conducted by the Washington, D.C.,-based Mason-Dixon Polling & Research Inc., shows 50 percent of Nevadans support Bush's plan, 42 percent oppose it and 8 percent were undecided.
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Reorganization lifts Nellis
Saturday, May 14, 2005 SAMANTHA YOUNG - - Las Vegas Review-Journal
| While Nellis Air Force Base stands to gain more than 1,400 personnel under a proposed nationwide military reorganization announced Friday, the recommendation could spell the death knell for a Mineral County military outpost in Hawthorne.
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