Las Vegas Sun

There was this moment during the first forum of the 2010 U.S. Senate race Thursday that encapsulates the Republican PartyÕs problem and could undermine its unprecedented opportunity to excise the Senate majority leader from the D.C. landscape: Nine — count Õem — GOP Senate candidates lined up together (No.Ê10, the recently announced Chuck Flume, was not there) and smiled for a group photo at the event sponsored by the Boulder City Republican WomenÕs Club. ÒI will guarantee you that picture says a thousand words about 2010,Ó moderator Sherm Frederick — the part-time journalist, full-time Harry Reid-hater — declared. (Frederick also added that yours truly ... Read Full Story

THE SUNÕS MOST READ STORIES* 1. World Series of Poker looks ahead to 2010. With 60,875 players this year, plans are in place to accommodate more. 2. Stripper-mobile will roll again, owner says. Fred Robertson says, ÓItÕs about the right to advertise, to try to help your business.Ó 3. Tito Ortiz set to end hiatus, return to where he belongs. Former light heavyweight champ hopes to fill his old shoes. 4. ItÕs official: Cory Joseph will visit UNLV. Findlay PrepÕs ace point guard will check out the Rebels next month. 5. Two arrested in fatal shooting of Metro officer. Authorities say officer was attacked ... Read Full Story

ÒLearn to let your intuition — gut instinct — tell you when the food, the relationship, the job isnÕt good for you and conversely, when what youÕre doing is just right.Ó — Oprah Winfrey Tina Kunzer-Murphy is out of the running to become UNLVÕs next athletic director before the real running even begins. Her gut instinct was the food and the relationship werenÕt good for her. Or that other people believed that. And that what she is doing — directing the Las Vegas Bowl with aplomb and expertise and a posterior in every seat — is just right. But she still thinks the UNLV ... Read Full Story

Metro detectives late Tuesday handed the district attorneys office the brunt of their criminal investigation into last years hepatitis C outbreak, for what is expected to be a groundbreaking prosecution. Police are asking the district attorney to prosecute Dr. Dipak Desai and other medical personnel at his Endoscopy Center of Southern Nevada on a rarely pursued charge of criminal neglect of patients, courthouse sources said. Those facing potential charges with Desai include the anesthetists who injected patients with the sedative propofol during routine colonoscopies, the sources said. The Endoscopy Center and other Desai clinics are suspected of exposing thousands of patients to the potentially ... Read Full Story

Mr. Sun: To remedy the water shortage in Las Vegas, has the Southern Nevada Water Authority ever considered tapping the water in Lake Tahoe? There are many reasons why this would never happen. Here are a few. The arduous process of securing water rights would almost certainly prevent Southern Nevada from tapping the famously blue waters of Lake Tahoe. Consider that after almost a decade pursuing ground water in less populous and less powerful eastern Nevada, the authority still hasnÕt won those rights. Southern Nevadans who havenÕt ventured north might not fully grasp Lake TahoeÕs significance to the area. ItÕs a source of enormous ... Read Full Story