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The Monte Carlo will continue moving hotel and convention reservations to other resorts through next week while repairs continue on the fire-damaged high-rise, MGM Mirage announced Wednesday. The hotel has been closed since friday, when flames burned across the upper facade of the resort. Company officials continued the around-the-clock task of assessing and repairing fire, smoke and water damage Wednesday. They had not determined a timetable for reopening. County building officials have said they will not OK the reopening until charred debris on the facade is removed or secured to prevent it from falling. Meanwhile, Clark County fire investigators continued probing the blaze and had not determined a cause. Monte Carlo officials have relocated more than 100 meetings and events to other hotels, including some not owned by MGM Mirage, the company said.
Conservative Elites to Christians: Remember Your Place
And as this pattern continues, a glaring hypocrisy is emerging. In short, all religions are to be beyond criticism or question, with the sole exception of Biblical Christianity. At the slightest suggestion that a candidate's religion might call his or her judgment or fitness for office into question, the instant and universal response from across the political spectrum is a chorus of accusations of “religious bigotry" and intolerance. No less an icon of punditry than Robert Novak made essentially that case in his October 4, 2007 column. Unless, of course, the religion in question is Southern Baptist and the principal involved is Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee, at which point the preacher becomes fair game. To be sure, Mike Huckabee has his political liabilities.
Opponents vow to re-light debate on smoking ban
SPRINGFIELD, ILL. -- Illinois' statewide smoking ban is barely a month old, and opponents already are trying to re-light the debate.With the General Assembly scheduled to return to Springfield this week, various Illinois interests - casinos, bars, veterans' organizations - are preparing to push state lawmakers to carve out exceptions for various types of facilities from the sweeping ban that went into effect this year in all indoor public places.''I'm a dedicated non-smoker, but the hair on the back of my neck stands up'' at some of freedom-of-choice issues created by the ban, said state Rep. Bill Black, R-Danville, who filed one of the exemption bills. He and others argue the ban is an enforcement nightmare for businesses, and is merely angering many of the patrons and employees it was meant to protect.
Forensic sketch revives cold case in Albuquerque death
She wrote to family saying I will contact you, but don't contact me. She was starting her own life." Still, when family stopped hearing from Woodman in the fall of 2004, they started looking for her. They eventually filed a missing persons report with Albuquerque police on Feb. 28, 2005. The report said she'd last been living with Paul Eugene Perea, then 28. Woodman was Perea's girlfriend, though he was married at the time, according to court records. Police have not named suspects in the case and would not comment on Perea. Perea, now 32, is serving 14 years in prison for raping a 13-year-old girl in January 2005, the same month Woodman's skeleton was found. He also served time at age 19 after he was convicted of beating his abusive father to death at an Albuquerque softball park.
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