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Archive for August 23rd, 2005
Tuesday, August 23, 2005 Get well soon, Harry By Steve Sebelius U.S. Sen. Harry Reid will be up on his feet again this week, after suffering a so-called "mini-stroke" last Tuesday. (It's not true, by the way, that the incident happened after he got a glimpse of Las Vegas gas prices.) Reid will attend a "faith-based services symposium," part of his latest push to convince everybody [...]
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Tuesday, August 23, 2005 Revolution! By Steve Sebelius Well, it looks like revolution is breaking out all over. The state of Connecticut has sued the federal government, maintaining that President Bush's No Child Left Behind Act is an unfunded mandate. Connecticut will spend $41.6 million beyond the $5.8 million that the federal government is paying to cover the testing of students that's a [...]
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Tuesday, August 23, 2005 Is tipping on the way out? By Len Butcher There have been rumblings around town that some restaurants may follow the European example and include the tip into the price of the meal. If true, it will be welcome news and a move that has been long overdue.
I consider myself a generous tipper, but it really bugs me that we have to pay the [...]
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Tuesday, August 23, 2005 Daily Business News Round-Up 8-23 By Dave Berns Harrah's Entertainment's newly announced deal to purchase the Imperial Palace is characterized by several Strip observers as a sensible real estate play.
The $370 million deal would see Harrah's control all of the major casinos along Las Vegas Boulevard's eastside from Paris to Harrah's, except for the Barbary Coast, and would [...]
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