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  • City leaders question HUD official

    Las Vegas officials are taking a second look at a top federal housing official after one of his former subordinates accused him of trying to “torpedo” the local housing authority.

    The official, Floyd Duran, had planned to speak to the City Council on Wednesday, but he told the city that he had a last-minute scheduling conflict that prevented him from attending. He has said that he can be at next Wednesday’s meeting.

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  • Parent firm not selling for now

    Landmark Media Enterprises LLC, parent company of the Las Vegas Optic, announced this week that, because of difficult credit markets, it has largely suspended the process to sell its remaining businesses.

    The process was launched in January and led to the sale in September of The Weather Channel Companies and some smaller sales. Landmark announced earlier this month that its agreement to sell WTVF-TV in Nashville was canceled because the buyer lost its financing.

    Frank Batten Jr., Landmark’s chairman and CEO, cited the economy as the main reason for the decision.

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  • 6 charged with assaults

    Authorities on Wednesday charged six former Robertson High School football players in connection with alleged assaults during a team camp in August.

    The three 17-year-olds and three 16-year-olds have already been barred from attending Robertson. Five of them are on one-year suspensions, while the other is expelled.

    They are accused of sodomizing at least six underclassmen with broomsticks.

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  • Official says issue a big waste of time

    Las Vegas City Schools board member Ramon “Swoops” Montao told his colleagues last week that discussions about his residency is a “ridiculous” waste of time.

    During a regular board meeting, Montao said he would not step down from his post and intends to serve out the two years on his third term, which ends in 2011.

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  • Obama cutout with noose seen on Fourth Street

    Someone at 909 Fourth St. doesn’t much like Barack Obama.

    In the porch Wednesday was a crude cardboard cutout of the Democratic presidential candidate, hanging by what appears to be a noose. The cutout was labeled with Obama’s name; attached to a hand was a pro-Obama brochure.

    The noose could have been a reference to the lynching of blacks in earlier American history. Obama is black.

    Two men were sitting on the steps. Asked by a couple of reporters whether it was a noose, one of the men replied, “What do you think?”

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  • Obama gets youth vote

    Even before Michelle Obama campaigned for her husband in Las Vegas on Tuesday, a mock election among elementary and middle school students racked up a big win for the Democratic candidate.

    Gloria Ortega-Romero, who is organizing the elections, said every presidential election she, along with the secretary of state’s office, are involved in includes educating kids on the election process in the United States. County Clerk Paul Maez delivers the voting machines to the schools.

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  • Authorities say thousands attend

    On Saturday, Republican presidential candidate John McCain attracted an estimated 1,500 people to his rally in Albuquerque.

    It looks as if Michelle Obama did better in heavily Democratic Las Vegas, a much smaller community.

    Authorities estimate that 2,500 attended Obama’s rally in Plaza Park on Tuesday afternoon, with the sun shining and the temperatures in the 60s. Some put the number as high as 3,200.

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  • BREAKING NEWS: 6 charged with assaults

    Authorities today charged six former Robertson High School football players in connection with alleged assaults during a team camp in August.

    The three 17-year-olds and three 16-year-olds are no longer allowed to attend Robertson. Five of them are on one-year suspensions, while the other is expelled.

    They are accused of sodomizing at least six underclassmen with broomsticks.

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  • Michelle Obama pumps up Dems

    Las Vegan Carla O’Neil attended the political rally on Tuesday starring Michelle Obama, wife of the Democratic presidential candidate.

    But O’Neil didn’t see Obama as some distant celebrity. She said Obama connected with the crowd in a way that it seemed as if one were sitting across from the would-be first lady at a kitchen table.

    O’Neil was one of thousands cheering as they greeted Obama as she walked to the podium at Plaza Park, waving and smiling to the crowd under a warm October sun.

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  • East reports fewer students

    Enrollment is down in the Las Vegas City Schools, a top official reported last week.

    Last year, the district had 2,090 students, which has dropped to 2,003 this year, Superintendent Rick Romero told the school board.

    Romero reported that the district is down 87 students as compared to this day last year.

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