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...Until recently, the Air Force hierarchy had insisted that the men and women "flying" its MQ-1 Predator drones be full-fledged pilots, even as they kept their feet firmly on the ground in Nevada. But General Norton Schwartz, tapped as the service's chief of staff last year by Defense Secretary Robert Gates, felt assigning such rated pilots to drones made little sense after spending $1 million and up to 18 months to train each...
Some see this as a smart move. Last week, Senate majority leader Harry Reid, a Democrat from Nevada, sent a letter to Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner urging him to consider giving TARP funds to more small banks, even those that might fail without government assistance. "Comparatively modest assistance from the government now could make a significant difference to these banks, their customers, and their communities, as well as help ensure the fledgling recovery we are seeing in our economy continues," wrote Reid...
...room hotel casino, the new resort is hiring 12,000 people in what Michael Peltyn, CityCenter's vice president of human resources, describes as the "single biggest hiring opportunity in the history of the U.S." It sort of needs to be, given that the unemployment rate in Nevada is a formidable 13.2%. The company has already offered 4,000 of those jobs to current MGM employees (95% of whom accepted). And on Monday, Sept. 21, it started to process the remainder - all previously vetted. In total, to fill the 12,000 positions, CityCenter fielded 160,000 applications. (See pictures...
UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, LAS VEGAS Will phase out its bachelor's in health sciences...
...place, while Sheldon took a piece of the 12th spot, shooting +10 on the weekend. Noticeably absent from the Harvard roster was rookie Katie Sylvan. Her 28th-place finish at last week’s Golfweek Challenge helped the Crimson take seventh in the deep field of competition in Nevada. But having been away from school eight of the last ten days due to the women’s golf team’s difficult early-season schedule, Sylvan needed to balance out her academics. “She’s going to be a huge force...