Besides this, there were many items which didn’t give much of a sense of warm and fuzzy.  I won’t quote the RJ, so as not to incur the wrath of their new copyright attorney, but a review of articles goes like this (according to my feeble memory):

Item – A poll that people in Las Vegas are not feeling secure with the economic conditions in town.  That’s no big surprise, but the same poll found that people don’t hate it enough to leave.

Item – A full page advertisement/announcement of Station Casinos having their reorganization plan confirmed by the court, which paves the way for the Stations to come out of bankruptcy as a viable company.

Item – Forbes magazine has found Las Vegas to be the most stressful city in the US, this two weeks after the same Forbes magazine found Vegas to be the “Coolest City in America”

Item – on the Sun front page that a middle class man is about to become homeless as his home is foreclosed.

This coupled with subsequent news from other sources that 3 out of 4 mortgages in Nevada are underwater, i.e. the house is not worth the balance of the mortgage, can give one a sense of hopelessness, and perhaps even dread.  No wonder this is the “most stressful” city in the US.

At the same time, this really is the coolest city in America.  I’ve told out of town friends that it’s a pretty good town to live in, with an incredible entertainment district.  On any given night in this town, we can see any number of big name rock and roll bands perform, and then there’s always the Cirque shows (are we up to 10 different ones now?), and, of course, any number of vices are indulged and even encouraged in this town, if you’re into those types of things. 

Well, unfortunately we don’t have the solution for all of our problems…we are a law firm afterall.  But what we can offer is assistance when you have been injured in a traffic accident through no fault of your own, or have had problems getting your social security disability, or have encountered issues getting your worker’s compensation. 

All of the above services come with our NO FEE-GUARANTEE, which means we work on a contingency and don’t charge you anything until we obtain a settlement for you.  In the meantime, we can provide referral services to medical providers, many of which work on a lien basis, which means you do not pay medical bills for your accident related treatments until settlement.  So even though we can’t solve all the problems of the Las Vegas economy, or prevent homelessness, or solve the national debt crisis, we can represent you with the insurance company when you’re in an accident.  Call us at 444-4444 and let us help you.

Police say the Las Vegas wrongful death appears to be an accident.

The NFL quarterback was not home at the time, which could be considered to be a Las Vegas wrongful death accident.

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Who do you think should be held responsible in this possible Las Vegas wrongful death of this child? Do you think children in Las Vegas are more vulnerable to accidents involving pools and hot tubs in the summer?

If your loved one or the loved one of someone you know has died in a Las Vegas wrongful death accident, the Las Vegas wrongful death attorneys at Richard Harris Law Firm can help.

The Reno Gazette-Journal reported that a Nevada auto accident that injured three people, including one that was trapped inside one of the cars, is under police investigation.

The initial findings indicated that the two vehicles were traveling toward each other when one crossed into the other lane and struck the other head-on.

Authorities say that high speed and alcohol may have been factors in the Nevada auto accident.

All three of the injured people were taken to the local hospital with moderate to critical injuries.

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KTNV.com reported that cable customers again have cable after six hours of no television, Internet, or telephone service due to a Nevada truck accident that knocked down two power poles.

The Nevada truck accident occurred when the tractor trailer pulled down cable wires and power poles which affected more than 30,000 customers south of the accident scene.

There were no injuries reported from the Nevada truck accident, though the driver of the truck received height limitations citation on his truck.

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http://www.ktnv.com/Global/story.asp?S=8123570

The Las Vegas Sun reported that, amidst mounting tension surrounding the nation’s annual seal hunt, a boat and coast guard icebreaker were involved in a Nevada boat accident.

One person reported that the icebreaker was grazed twice by a member of a conservation society. The conservation group argues that its ship was bumped twice by the icebreaker.

Another member of the conservation society said that because it hit twice in the Nevada boating accident, it was clearly intentional.

A spokesman for the department says that these claims are false and are made in effort to discredit the coast guard.

There was no damage and no injuries in the Nevada boat accident.

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http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2008/mar/31/activist-and-coast-guard-ship-collide/

The Las Vegas Review Journal reported that alcohol may have been a factor in the Nevada auto accident that killed a driver early Saturday morning after he steered his car into the path of a sport utility vehicle.

The driver steered his vehicle over the median and into oncoming traffic, which caused the Nevada auto accident.

He was pronounced dead at the scene of the Nevada auto accident. The driver of the other vehicle suffered serious injuries.

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http://www.lvrj.com/news/17138061.html

After being involved in a Nevada auto accident last week, a woman experienced several injuries and died days later.

The Nevada auto accident occurred when the driver, not wearing her seatbelt, drove her car into an unoccupied tour bus parked on the side of the road.

After the Nevada auto accident, the driver was taken to a local hospital, where she died a few days later.

This accident makes the 29^th traffic fatality that the police department has handled thus far this year.

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http://www.lvrj.com/news/17009826.html

The Reno Gazette-Journal reported that no charges are being filed against the Sun Valley man whose vehicle crashed into a Nevada Highway Patrol trooper while she was responding to a report of a possible bomb at a gas station.

The man’s Chevrolet Trail Blazer collided with the cruiser at the intersection of the Pyramid Highway and Highland Ranch Parkway, causing the Nevada wrongful death.

The deputy said the major accident investigation team’s report has not been filed, so no comments could be confirmed.

The Washoe County District Attorney’s Office will make the final decision on whether to file charges in Nevada auto accident.

The Trail Blazer remains in impound and its owner has not been able to get into it to retrieve his belongings.

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A 13-year-old boy struck and injured an elderly pedestrian in a Nevada auto accident Monday, according to the Reno Gazette-Journal, and police are investigating why he was given the keys to the car.

The Nevada car accident victim is being treated at Renown Regional Medical Center for a broken leg and lacerations. The man was in a crosswalk near his home when the auto accident happened.

Police say the boy’s 23-year-old aunt and guarding tossed him the keys to the car when he asked to visit friends. After crashing into the elderly man, the boy fled the scene of the Nevada car accident.

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http://news.rgj.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071204/NEWS01/712040357/1016/NEWS10

As one Nevada car accident victim was recovering, his girlfriend of three years died in an accident while she was on her way to visit him, according to the Reno Gazette-Journal. She had been celebrating Thanksgiving in Wyoming and was traveling back to Nevada when she and a passenger died in a rollover accident at 7 a.m. Saturday.

Her boyfriend had been in a Nevada truck accident at 1:30 a.m. Saturday morning that left him badly injured and killed his passenger. The driver and passenger in the truck were both taken to a local hospital to be treated for traumatic brain injuries.

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http://news.rgj.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071127/NEWS01/711270340/1016/NEWS