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May 9, 2013 (midnight)

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Budget burger challenge: Which is the finest in Vegas?

May 21, 2013

By Sun Staff

Las Vegas Weekly’s recent list of some of the best burgers in Las Vegas was a delicious and hunger-inducing look at the burger in its most refined and elaborate form. But what about the city's more garden-variety burgers? The blue-collar ones from places with roadside signs? Sun.com staffers offer some of their suggestions for quick-stop burger restaurants.
Where I Stand: Inequity in state’s spending on roads is a joke

May 21, 2013

By Brian Greenspun

Connecting the dots in Carson City is a fool’s errand. Enter the fool. Sen. Debbie Smith has bottled up Senate Bill 322 in her committee despite a previous unanimous vote to move it to the floor for passage. But why?
Football ticket sales at the top of UNLV interim athletic director’s priorities

May 21, 2013

By Taylor Bern

The UNLV interim athletic director will be expected to do everything within their power to improve football ticket sales, maintain good relations and be helpful to every coaching staff, then step out of the way when the full-time hire comes in. That all sounds just fine to Tina Kunzer-Murphy, whom the university announced Monday would fill the position effective July 1.
Nevada lawmakers ‘all over the map’ on immigration reform

May 21, 2013

By Karoun Demirjian

Nevada constituents are asking questions about what the congressional delegation is doing and where its members stand on emerging immigration reform proposals. The answer is: all over the place.
Mo Denis to go to bat for payroll tax hike today

May 21, 2013

By Andrew Doughman

Perhaps nobody at the Legislature this year has been more insistent than Nevada Senate Majority Leader Mo Denis that the state must immediately put more money into Nevada’s education system.
Joe Downtown: Challenges daunting but foundation solid for conservation league, departing official says

May 21, 2013

By Joe Schoenmann

As Scot Rutledge prepares to leave Las Vegas after seven years heading the Nevada Conservation League, he has to take some pride in how far his organization has come since he took the reins. At the same time, he admits the environmental challenges facing his organization and the state are daunting. One of the biggest, he predicts, will be if and when the state starts to deal with climate changes brought on by global warming.
A house for Mother’s Day, a viral video for Las Vegas son

May 21, 2013

By Paul Takahashi

Dao Vahn lost nearly everything to cervical cancer. The 52-year-old mother lost her health, her house and almost her business. Vahn's youngest son, Michael Luangrath, did everything he could to help his single mother. Luangrath dropped out of college and quit his job to care for his mother.
No drill instructors: Boot camp for UNR freshmen is all about rigors of study

May 21, 2013

Lenita Powers, Reno Gazette-Journal

When UNR holds its first academic boot camp Aug. 16-20, there won’t be any snarling drill instructors ordering freshmen to scrub the latrines with toothbrushes, but it won’t be easy, either. From 8 a.m. to 9 p.m., they will spend five days attending classes, working in study groups and taking exams.

Police: Driver ditches car after striking teen on sidewalk: May 21, 2013; By Brian Nordli; A driver hit a teenage boy walking on the sidewalk Tuesday afternoon before driving away and then abandoning the car about one mile away.

Senate Democrats give up on push for payroll tax hike: May 21, 2013; By Anjeanette Damon; Senate Democrats have conceded that they cannot successfully raise taxes to finance class size reduction and other education programs they said are necessary now.

Nevadans succeed in reducing personal debt: May 21, 2013; By Eli Segall; Coming off the holiday shopping season, Nevadans trimmed their credit card debts and late payments.

County elections chief to serve on presidential panel to streamline voting: May 21, 2013; By Karoun Demirjian; President Barack Obama announced Tuesday that he plans to appoint Clark County elections chief Larry Lomax to the Presidential Commission on Election Administration, a panel designed to improve voters’ access to the polls.

Bill would increase Legislature's oversight powers to ensure laws being followed in off-season: May 21, 2013; By Cy Ryan; The Legislature needs increased power to oversee state agencies and local governments during the off-session, a Senate Committee was told Tuesday.

A view of the Golden Gate Casino in downtown Las Vegas, July 9, 2012.

Golden Gate owners hit rock bottom — for heating and cooling systems: May 21, 2013; By Ed Komenda; Greg Stevens saw opportunity 475 feet below the Golden Gate Hotel & Casino. That’s where the engineer and co-owner of the 107-year-old Fremont property decided to draw the heating and cooling power needed to keep beer and slush drinks cold at the casino’s OneBar.

Complaints about reflexology clinics could result in closer oversight: May 21, 2013; By Conor Shine; Complaints about misleading advertising and hidden charges at reflexology clinics around the valley have drawn the attention of Clark County commissioners, who decided Tuesday to consider tighter regulations on the health establishments.

Mayor Carolyn Goodman attends the 2013 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Kobalt Tools 400 won by Matt Kenseth at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on Sunday, March 10, 2013.

Wicked Whispers & Racy Rumors: NASCAR, Britney Spears, Jerry Lewis, Liberace and Criss Angel: May 21, 2013; By Robin Leach; A jam-packed Wicked Whispers & Racy Rumors on this torrid Tuesday: Las Vegas Motor Speedway owner Bruton Smith said Monday that there’s a ...

Man who claimed to have bomb at bank undergoing mental evaluation: May 21, 2013; By Riley Snyder; Several businesses along Boulder Highway were evacuated Tuesday when a man claiming to have an explosive device engaged Henderson police in a short standoff at a bank before surrendering.

Bill closing gun background check loophole advances at Nevada Legislature: May 21, 2013; By Anjeanette Damon; Moments after a cadre of gun control advocates who lost family members in mass shootings arrived in Carson City, the Senate Finance Committee passed SB 211 in a party line vote. It now heads to the Senate floor, where it almost certainly will face a pitched partisan battle.

Prices for gasoline near $4.00 per gallon at this station on Blue Diamond Road Thursday, April 14, 2011.

Pro-business group: Raise gas taxes for highway projects: May 21, 2013; By Richard N. Velotta; A pro-business group working to diversify Southern Nevada’s economy is advocating legislation that would lead to a gasoline tax increase. The Las Vegas Global Economic Alliance announced today that it is backing legislation that would enable Clark County to raise gasoline taxes.

Former Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman gives a toast during a news conference at the Orleans Wednesday, May 15, 2013. Professional wrestling legend Hulk Hogan, general manager of TNA Entertainment, will bring a TNA Impact Wrestling pro wrestling event to the arena in June.

Oscar Goodman's ‘Being Oscar,’ startling revelations and all, goes on sale today: May 21, 2013; By Robin Leach; Oscar Goodman, a Mob lawyer with a roster of clients that reads like a Who’s Who of organized crime and former 12-year mayor of Las Vegas, tells ...

Former soccer coach, 36, going to prison on sex charges involving teenage player: May 21, 2013; By Tovin Lapan; A youth league soccer coach arrested a year ago on allegations he sexually assaulted one of his players has pleaded guilty to several charges and was sentenced Monday to a minimum of 22 years in prison.

Last-minute bill introduced to cap emergency room charges: May 21, 2013; By Andrew Doughman; Assembly Speaker Marilyn Kirkpatrick, D-North Las Vegas, wants to amend the constitution to cap costs for anybody receiving treatment in a hospital emergency room. “This is something for our constituents that is important,” she said.

Police investigating suspicious death at Las Vegas house: May 21, 2013; By Riley Snyder; Metro Police homicide detectives were investigating a suspicious death Tuesday at a house in the 8000 block of Green Pasture Avenue in northwest Las Vegas.