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...Vegas population lives use an average of 165 gal. of water a day--and 90% of that comes from Lake Mead, the reservoir created by Hoover Dam in 1935. Lake Mead holds Nevada's 130 billion gal. share of the Colorado River's flow, split with six other states in the West--and for decades, says Pat Mulroy, head of the Southern Nevada Water Authority, "we'd assumed it was virtually drought-proof...
...used almost twice as much water per capita as did far wetter New York--Vegas may now get more economic bang for its water than any other place on earth. Though the city has grown by 300,000 people since 2002, it uses less water today than it did six years ago, and leakage is below 5%. "Failure is not an option," says Mulroy...
...selects entrants for its five bowl games using an algorithm that weighs two expert polls and six intricate computer rankings. Its mastermind, former Southeastern Conference commissioner Roy Kramer, had a simple mission when he unveiled the system in 1998: pinpoint a formula that would pit the nation's two top-ranked teams against each other in a winner-take-all contest. Since 1902, postseason bowl matchups had been based largely on historic rivalries and conference affiliations. Schools reaped financial windfalls, but the process failed to crown a definitive champion...
...indiscriminately,” as the newspapers wrote. Envisioning it, I remind myself that the shooting started after 9:20 at night. The crowd would have thinned by then, I tell myself. The crush in the moments after the firing would have been less terrifying than at six or five...
...School Committee voted in May not to extend Fowler-Finn’s contract through July 2009, and the superintendent announced in September that he would step down in February 2009, six months before his contract expires. But on Nov. 13, he told a surprised committee he actually intended to depart the next day. [SEE CORRECTION BELOW...