Las Vegas News and Events (November 7, 2009)

  • Live Main Event blog: Brunson and Eastgate say shuffle up and deal
    • Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:14:00 -0000 - Tournament director Jack Effel just finished introducing the November Nine one-by-one.
    And here we go. It’s more than an hour after the final table was supposed to start play, but slight delays are to be expected.
    Every player received a nice ovation from the crowd during Effel’s speech about him.
  • Temperature to hit 80 today in Las Vegas
    • Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:36:00 -0000 - This will probably be the last day of the string of 80-degree afternoons in Las Vegas.
  • Take Five: Getting to know Colorado State
    • Sat, 07 Nov 2009 10:30:00 -0000 - Three weeks into the 2009 season, a regular season meeting down the road between UNLV and Colorado State had all the makings of deciding who lands one of the Mountain West Conference’s last bowl bids. That still could be the case, but it’s just not as certain. Not by a long shot.
  • Warning signs missed?
    • Sat, 07 Nov 2009 10:06:00 -0000 - There are more questions than answers about the horrific shooting rampage Thursday at Fort Hood that law enforcement officers say was carried out by Maj. Nidal M. Hasan, an Army psychiatrist.
  • Boulder City weighs first electricity rate hike in 20 years
    • Sat, 07 Nov 2009 10:05:00 -0000 - Boulder City residents and businesses might see an increase in electricity rates starting Jan. 1, if the City Council passes a proposed resolution.
    City officials are proposing the rate hike to help pay for increased contract prices with NV Energy estimated to cost the city about $4 million over the next year.
  • The spirit of America
    • Sat, 07 Nov 2009 10:05:00 -0000 - The Navy’s newest ship made its first visit to New York City on Monday in what was a moving tribute. The ship, scheduled to be officially commissioned the USS New York today, stopped in the Hudson River, adjacent to ground zero, and fired a 21-gun salute. Sailors and Marines, some in tears, lined the decks and silently saluted.
  • Big Bird at 40
    • Sat, 07 Nov 2009 10:04:00 -0000 - When it first launched in 1969, “Sesame Street” was an innovative attempt to improve children’s television. The show, using animation and skits designed to teach children, featured a big yellow bird and a cast of fuzzy Muppets who lived alongside humans on a city block.
  • U.S. economic recovery will take time
    • Sat, 07 Nov 2009 10:03:00 -0000 - Regarding Richard McCord’s Oct. 29 letter to the editor, headlined “Incurring deficits no way to spur growth,” in which he called for the private sector to be “unleashed to do what only it can do — create jobs”:
    I am reminded of two periods in recent and not-so-recent history.
  • Don’t play down Republican wins in governor’s races
    • Sat, 07 Nov 2009 10:02:00 -0000 - Why are the Republican victories at the statewide level indicative of local politics and the New York congressional district victory a positive vote for President Barack Obama’s presidency?
  • Medicare increase doesn’t make sense in this economy
    • Sat, 07 Nov 2009 10:01:00 -0000 - The Las Vegas Sun’s Wednesday report, “Their stories heard on the Hill,” which included discussion of health care premium shocks, hit home with me this week in a way that will hit seniors in the Las Vegas Valley.
  • Gorman ready for Palo following 56-15 pounding of Cheyenne
    • Sat, 07 Nov 2009 10:01:00 -0000 - First-year Bishop Gorman coach Tony Sanchez had barely finished making his way through the postgame handshake line before proclaiming — to no one in particular — that it was now officially ‘Palo week.’ Of course, that’s in reference to the Sunset Regional semifinal showdown which is now set up for next week between Gorman and rival Palo Verde, who slaughtered the Gaels last year in the regional finals, 50-14. Gorman did its part to set up the rematch by unloading on Cheyenne on Friday night, 56-15.
  • Medical board rejects deal for doctor accused of malpractice
    • Sat, 07 Nov 2009 10:00:00 -0000 - The Nevada Board of Medical Examiners rejected Friday a proposed settlement with a Henderson physician linked by authorities to the deaths of eight patients after prescribing them narcotic painkillers. The proposed agreement with Dr. Kevin Buckwalter called for him to plead guilty to three counts of malpractice, pay a $4,000 fine and allow the board to revoke his license to practice.
  • Freddie Roach talks tough; Manny Pacquiao backs it up
    • Sat, 07 Nov 2009 10:00:00 -0000 - Freddie Roach has earned a reputation as boxing’s finest trainer. More than this, in recent years Roach has become a master of psychological gamesmanship. Roach has developed a knack for making just the right remark to get into the heads of his opposition before a fight, for playing those mind games — “pushing the barriers, planting seeds,” as ringside color commentator John Lennon put it.
  • Day of the Dead festivities bring cultures together
    • Sat, 07 Nov 2009 10:00:00 -0000 - In the biggest single-day event in the Springs Preserve’s two-year history, thousands of Las Vegas Valley Hispanics and others rubbed shoulders, stood in lines together and otherwise swarmed the site’s 180 acres Nov. 1, drawn by a Mexican tradition known as the Day of the Dead.
  • Construction nears standstill
    • Sat, 07 Nov 2009 10:00:00 -0000 - Research firm Applied Analysis reports nine commercial projects of consequence under construction off from the Strip in Southern Nevada. Once most of those projects wind down next year, development will essentially cease, one analyst says.
  • County considers suing over travel Web site room taxes
    • Sat, 07 Nov 2009 10:00:00 -0000 - As other parts of the country win tens of millions of dollars in court judgments against online tourism companies, Clark County commissioners are talking about following suit. At issue is the amount of hotel room taxes paid by online travel sites.
  • Wranglers pull out narrow victory
    • Sat, 07 Nov 2009 08:30:00 -0000 - At least the Las Vegas Wranglers are consistent — consistently inconsistent that is.
    For the third consecutive weekend, the Wranglers answered a Thursday night loss with a Friday night victory as Las Vegas narrowly edged the Bakersfield Condors 2-1 in front of 4,062 fans at the Orleans Arena.
  • Del Sol rallies without top rusher to win Southeast title
    • Sat, 07 Nov 2009 08:00:00 -0000 - Running back Dezerick Reed has been the Del Sol High football team’s No. 1 option offensively every game this fall. But in one of the Dragons’ most important games of the season on Friday night, they had to rally without their top performer. Reed was benched after drawing a personal foul on a late hit in the second quarter against a player from visiting Coronado.
  • Legacy beats Spring Valley for first playoff win
    • Sat, 07 Nov 2009 07:30:00 -0000 - Late in Friday night’s Sunset Regional quarterfinal, Legacy quarterback Devin Weidemann dropped back to pass.
    He rolled to the left, looked to the right, felt pressure from behind and unleashed a high, arching 60-yard pass.
    “I just cocked back and fired it,” he said. “And I had my doubts.”
  • Canyon Springs beats Chaparral, headed to playoffs
    • Sat, 07 Nov 2009 06:57:00 -0000 - Tyler Ward threw for more than 150 yards and Devin Rimmey rushed for more than 100 as Canyon Springs closed its regular season with a 67-18 victory against Chaparral.