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Nevada Day: Comstock reclaims title of hairiest chinsBy BRIAN DUGGAN bduggan@neva

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LAS VEGAS (AP) - University researchers say that despite "substantial investment," school segregation trends are getting worse in the neighborhood of West Las Vegas.

LAS VEGAS (AP) - Nevada's two universities have made Forbes' list of America's 500 best colleges this year.The University of Nevada, Las Vegas placed 486 and the University of Nevada, Reno 406.

Las Vegas OKs casino, big sign at Strip city lineLAS VEGAS (AP) - An Arizona developer has City Council approval to put a huge sign and a new casino, restaurant and stores at the city line on the Las Vegas Strip.

LAS VEGAS - Declines in convention business and tourism took their toll on Las Vegas casino operators in the second quarter, as Wynn Resorts Ltd. and Las Vegas Sands Corp. each reported worse results Thursday than they did a year earlier.

LAS VEGAS (AP) - The three medical clinics at the center of last year's hepatitis outbreak have filed for bankruptcy, in a move that threatens to delay the first civil trial involving a patient infected with hepatitis C, which is...

LAS VEGAS (AP) - Health professionals and state regulators plan to meet this week in Las Vegas to talk about new requirements for reporting and responding to health care infections.

LAS VEGAS (AP) - With construction on its $3 billion resort halted, Fontainebleau Las Vegas resort is canceling meetings and conventions scheduled for the first half of 2010.

LAS VEGAS (AP) - The State Bar of Nevada says it's donating more than $120,000 to nine Nevada nonprofit organizations to boost legal service and education around the state.

LAS VEGAS (AP) - Spinal surgery for former UNLV coach Jerry Tarkanian has been delayed.

LAS VEGAS (AP) - Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino has agreed to pay a $750,000 fine to Nevada gambling regulators for failing to provide oversight to an independently operated nightclub that leases space in the resort.

LAS VEGAS (AP) - Harrah's Entertainment Inc. says it plans to create an entertainment district with nearly two dozen bars and restaurants on the east side of the city's strip.

LAS VEGAS - Jim Rogers started speaking his mind early, writing editorials in 1956 for the campus newspaper at Las Vegas High School.

LAS VEGAS (AP) - Nevada will get more than $2.8 million to help the state prepare for the ongoing swine flu virus and fall flu season.

GARDNERVILLE - Times were flush when Reno businessmen John and Pat Pinjuv and Las Vegas investor Amador Bengochea ventured into the retail market in Garnerville with construction of the 50,000-square-foot Waterloo Center at the south end of...

LAS VEGAS (AP) - Tropicana Las Vegas has emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy with new owners.

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Southern Nevada health officials say a 33-year-old Clark County man infected with the swine flu virus has died.

Three or so years ago when the talks surfaced about a neutral site for the Western Athletic Conference men's and women's basketball tournaments, I was quick to endorse the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas as the best possible site.