http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/all/Las Vegas Sun Stories: All Sun Headlinesen-ushttp://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2009/nov/12/high-winds-making-driving-difficult-west-las-vegas/If you're driving a van, a bus or a truck out in the west part of the Las Vegas Valley this morning, watch out for high winds. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/NVIpw7kXdFFANHaoGHYb96GxOfg/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/NVIpw7kXdFFANHaoGHYb96GxOfg/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/NVIpw7kXdFFANHaoGHYb96GxOfg/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/NVIpw7kXdFFANHaoGHYb96GxOfg/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 13:39:00 -0000http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2009/nov/12/high-winds-making-driving-difficult-west-las-vegas/http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2009/nov/12/police-mike-tyson-scuffle-l-airport/Police are investigating conflicting accounts of an airport scuffle Wednesday between Mike Tyson and photographer that resulted in both men being booked and released on suspicion of misdemeanor battery. The former heavyweight boxing champion and photographer Tony Echevarria, 50, want to press charges of misdemeanor battery against each other, police said. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/iNxdM-qHcLbzEaCmZO0ezVzT-L4/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/iNxdM-qHcLbzEaCmZO0ezVzT-L4/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/iNxdM-qHcLbzEaCmZO0ezVzT-L4/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/iNxdM-qHcLbzEaCmZO0ezVzT-L4/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 10:30:00 -0000http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2009/nov/12/police-mike-tyson-scuffle-l-airport/http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2009/nov/12/small-school-high-school-basketball-players-reach-/Chalk one up for the little guy. For years, high school coaches and athletic directors of programs in the state’s lower classifications have tried to convince promising athletes they could reach their dreams of receiving a college scholarship without playing in the public school-based large-school division. Looks like those coaches are right. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/pcqyGFzjOseTTJEiw2Zht5brl54/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/pcqyGFzjOseTTJEiw2Zht5brl54/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/pcqyGFzjOseTTJEiw2Zht5brl54/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/pcqyGFzjOseTTJEiw2Zht5brl54/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 10:10:00 -0000http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2009/nov/12/small-school-high-school-basketball-players-reach-/http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2009/nov/12/keeping-school/There is a huge backlog of maintenance projects in the Clark County School District. As of July 31, the district had nearly 13,000 pending requests, more than triple the amount it had a year earlier. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/2Zyq7g-vRzj_KWbbMgkstmoZtJI/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/2Zyq7g-vRzj_KWbbMgkstmoZtJI/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/2Zyq7g-vRzj_KWbbMgkstmoZtJI/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/2Zyq7g-vRzj_KWbbMgkstmoZtJI/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 10:07:00 -0000http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2009/nov/12/keeping-school/http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2009/nov/12/preventing-massacres/The shooting rampage at Fort Hood, Texas, last week that claimed the lives of 13 U.S. soldiers and wounded 29 has caused elected officials and government agencies to confront some of the same troubling questions that arose after 9/11. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/lsj2b5AHDKo1tiaHiH3zj_BhygE/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/lsj2b5AHDKo1tiaHiH3zj_BhygE/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/lsj2b5AHDKo1tiaHiH3zj_BhygE/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/lsj2b5AHDKo1tiaHiH3zj_BhygE/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 10:06:00 -0000http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2009/nov/12/preventing-massacres/http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2009/nov/12/look-stanback-start-against-gorillas/Maybe Chace Stanback will provide the boost at the start of UNLV’s season opener on Saturday night that he supplied the Rebels with at the end Tuesday night. Trailing Division-II Washburn, 37-30, Stanback scored seven consecutive points to jumpstart UNLV. He scored all of his game-high 15 points in the final 15 minutes of the Rebels’ 62-52 victory. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/FG7B1Xa9grwc29A6XUV-JZoUZOI/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/FG7B1Xa9grwc29A6XUV-JZoUZOI/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/FG7B1Xa9grwc29A6XUV-JZoUZOI/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/FG7B1Xa9grwc29A6XUV-JZoUZOI/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 10:05:00 -0000http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2009/nov/12/look-stanback-start-against-gorillas/http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2009/nov/12/lenders-mortgage-want-give-station-more-time-plan-/Additional Station Casinos Inc. lenders have weighed in on the Las Vegas company's request that it be allowed an extra four months to exclusively propose a plan of reorganization. In U.S. Bankruptcy Court filings Tuesday, lenders holding a mortgage against four of the company's most valuable properties said they are fine with the extension -- as long as Station doesn't try to cancel a lease covering those four properties. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/7hVLMu8K1jw2_xTXRxUYrf76MWg/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/7hVLMu8K1jw2_xTXRxUYrf76MWg/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/7hVLMu8K1jw2_xTXRxUYrf76MWg/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/7hVLMu8K1jw2_xTXRxUYrf76MWg/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 10:05:00 -0000http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2009/nov/12/lenders-mortgage-want-give-station-more-time-plan-/http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2009/nov/12/gorman-palo-verde-set-anticipated-high-school-foot/A star-studded high school football game of this magnitude is a rarity in Las Vegas. But, with the season on the line Friday night for two of Southern Nevada’s marquee programs, this playoff game has the makings of a classic. Bishop Gorman High, the often controversial private school, hosts public school power Palo Verde at 7 p.m. on Friday in the Sunset Regional semifinals. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/pMIY1WCNi-pS6th5hAtxwyPNAPQ/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/pMIY1WCNi-pS6th5hAtxwyPNAPQ/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/pMIY1WCNi-pS6th5hAtxwyPNAPQ/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/pMIY1WCNi-pS6th5hAtxwyPNAPQ/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 10:05:00 -0000http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2009/nov/12/gorman-palo-verde-set-anticipated-high-school-foot/http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2009/nov/12/history-shows-falcons-can-hurt-rebels-both-ground-/Wherever Air Force's offense goes, it's reputation as a run-heavy machine follows. That was certainly the case last season, when the Falcons came into Sam Boyd Stadium and squeaked out a 29-28 victory over UNLV. But a look inside the numbers shows that it wasn't the run which really killed the Rebels in the long run. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/2qGettBB2VoqEa9bRZ88TAgi01o/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/2qGettBB2VoqEa9bRZ88TAgi01o/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/2qGettBB2VoqEa9bRZ88TAgi01o/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/2qGettBB2VoqEa9bRZ88TAgi01o/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 10:05:00 -0000http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2009/nov/12/history-shows-falcons-can-hurt-rebels-both-ground-/http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2009/nov/12/volunteers-provide-one-stop-assistance-homeless/More than 800 volunteers helped provide information and necessities to people in need during the 17th annual Project Homeless Connect event at the Cashman Convention Center on Tuesday. Michele Fuller-Hallauer, continuum of care coordinator for the Southern Nevada Regional Planning Coalition, said the purpose of the event is to provide as many services as possible under one roof. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/hja62ynCY9g0CLTfL0kS_bZzm7I/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/hja62ynCY9g0CLTfL0kS_bZzm7I/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/hja62ynCY9g0CLTfL0kS_bZzm7I/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/hja62ynCY9g0CLTfL0kS_bZzm7I/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 10:05:00 -0000http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2009/nov/12/volunteers-provide-one-stop-assistance-homeless/http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2009/nov/12/unlvs-carlos-lopez-doing-well-leaning-toward-redsh/UNLV freshman power forward Carlos Lopez knew Mike Peck, his high school coach, was watching the Rebels’ exhibition Tuesday night inside the Thomas & Mack Center. After UNLV’s 10-point victory over Division-II Washburn, Lopez zipped a text message to Peck, about to begin his third season at Findlay College Prep. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/FWhz3XEwCvCp8pRCnGB0Rpp3fJU/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/FWhz3XEwCvCp8pRCnGB0Rpp3fJU/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/FWhz3XEwCvCp8pRCnGB0Rpp3fJU/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/FWhz3XEwCvCp8pRCnGB0Rpp3fJU/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 10:05:00 -0000http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2009/nov/12/unlvs-carlos-lopez-doing-well-leaning-toward-redsh/http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2009/nov/12/some-lessons-berlin/Twenty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, and the eventual end of the Cold War, there are still disputes about why it happened and who should get the credit. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/YbdKuJTRKFrF5aPWYcVveDQ-n6o/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/YbdKuJTRKFrF5aPWYcVveDQ-n6o/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/YbdKuJTRKFrF5aPWYcVveDQ-n6o/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/YbdKuJTRKFrF5aPWYcVveDQ-n6o/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 10:05:00 -0000http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2009/nov/12/some-lessons-berlin/http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2009/nov/12/well-miss-champion-womens-issues/This past week our community lost one of its most effective community activists — Florence McClure. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/QN4kX836scm9WLLAvhBnUrSEEJY/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/QN4kX836scm9WLLAvhBnUrSEEJY/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/QN4kX836scm9WLLAvhBnUrSEEJY/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/QN4kX836scm9WLLAvhBnUrSEEJY/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 10:04:00 -0000http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2009/nov/12/well-miss-champion-womens-issues/http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2009/nov/12/publicly-financed-elections-would-give-us-fair-sha/I am convinced that campaign finance reform is the only thing that matters, and I am ready to give any political energy I have left to efforts for public financing of elections. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/uP3Gaj587Gel0CS2tZJ18cCAF_Q/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/uP3Gaj587Gel0CS2tZJ18cCAF_Q/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/uP3Gaj587Gel0CS2tZJ18cCAF_Q/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/uP3Gaj587Gel0CS2tZJ18cCAF_Q/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 10:03:00 -0000http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2009/nov/12/publicly-financed-elections-would-give-us-fair-sha/http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2009/nov/12/new-generation-doctors-backs-health-care-reform/Regarding Dr. Gary L. Kantor’s letter to the editor in Monday’s Las Vegas Sun, headlined “Not all doctors agree with AMA support of bill”: <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/RWa07-d_Y2YgtCfzRo7ImMPwi2s/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/RWa07-d_Y2YgtCfzRo7ImMPwi2s/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/RWa07-d_Y2YgtCfzRo7ImMPwi2s/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/RWa07-d_Y2YgtCfzRo7ImMPwi2s/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 10:02:00 -0000http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2009/nov/12/new-generation-doctors-backs-health-care-reform/http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2009/nov/12/economy-taking-backseat-obamas-agenda/Barack Obama, since Day One as our president, has been misled by his advisers, which has resulted in his putting the issues of the day in the wrong order of priority. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/qRbmcplZfmlmlRGQYz0CNiL5Uww/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/qRbmcplZfmlmlRGQYz0CNiL5Uww/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/qRbmcplZfmlmlRGQYz0CNiL5Uww/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/qRbmcplZfmlmlRGQYz0CNiL5Uww/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 10:01:00 -0000http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2009/nov/12/economy-taking-backseat-obamas-agenda/http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2009/nov/12/analysts-address-hellers-objections/Since returning to Nevada after the House vote on health care reform, Republican Rep. Dean Heller has laid out one of his objections to the bill — call it the iPod argument. Heller opposes the legislation’s mandate that all Americans carry health insurance. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/sOhkhcgtpfUcGxEomYcbfJKWZZA/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/sOhkhcgtpfUcGxEomYcbfJKWZZA/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/sOhkhcgtpfUcGxEomYcbfJKWZZA/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/sOhkhcgtpfUcGxEomYcbfJKWZZA/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 10:00:00 -0000http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2009/nov/12/analysts-address-hellers-objections/http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2009/nov/12/place-buy-piece-citycenter-style/CityCenter officials announced this week that a design center will be created to stitch together the high-end architecture, design and public art program at the $8.5 billion project. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/viz-g-BNZhcieUHqZRa6YnwR1Ew/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/viz-g-BNZhcieUHqZRa6YnwR1Ew/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/viz-g-BNZhcieUHqZRa6YnwR1Ew/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/viz-g-BNZhcieUHqZRa6YnwR1Ew/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 10:00:00 -0000http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2009/nov/12/place-buy-piece-citycenter-style/http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2009/nov/12/las-vegan-aboard-debut-petes-dueling-piano-bar/The siren song of Las Vegas has lured Pete’s Dueling Piano Bar out of Texas. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/J8cK2JjhBYRp3K1e8WJ7j51MMPY/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/J8cK2JjhBYRp3K1e8WJ7j51MMPY/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/J8cK2JjhBYRp3K1e8WJ7j51MMPY/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/J8cK2JjhBYRp3K1e8WJ7j51MMPY/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 10:00:00 -0000http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2009/nov/12/las-vegan-aboard-debut-petes-dueling-piano-bar/http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2009/nov/12/gondos-pal-tries-ll-void-rebels-air/The final chapter of Glen Gondrezick’s career as a UNLV Rebel was written Tuesday night, 104 feet beneath where his jersey hangs from the rafters at the Thomas & Mack Center. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/UueF9DeZ7DXI9ej43pKu26-TDEM/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/UueF9DeZ7DXI9ej43pKu26-TDEM/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/UueF9DeZ7DXI9ej43pKu26-TDEM/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/UueF9DeZ7DXI9ej43pKu26-TDEM/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 10:00:00 -0000http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2009/nov/12/gondos-pal-tries-ll-void-rebels-air/