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Thu, Jun 19, 2008 (midnight)
Nevada among top five states in the nation for Internet speed. Our new motto: Faster poker and porn.
Gov. Jim Gibbons uses government cell phone to send 850 text messages to Reno woman. What’s even more egregious is that he helped David Cook win American Idol.
Gibbons convenes Legislature into special June 23 session to tackle budget shortfalls. It would have been held sooner, but some legislators didn’t respond to his first text message.
Siegfried and Roy welcome five new tiger cubs to their Secret Garden and Dolphin Habitat. They’ll be full grown and angry enough to chew faces off in no time.
Taxi drivers want to charge 25 cents more a mile. It’s either that or Plan B: Every fare gets there by way of Pahrump.
Oakland Raider Javon Walker beaten and robbed in Las Vegas. His attackers heard his defense wasn’t that great.
Gaming revenues in Las Vegas drop for the fourth straight month. Come on, problem gamblers: We’re counting on you.

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