Dan Barry
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If This Happens in Vegas, It Can Sure Stay in Vegas
Jane Kalinowsky for The New York Times
It may not look like much, but the opening of this casino, for one day only, let its owner keep a crucial zoning designation.
It’s a casino in a trailer on an empty lot, set up for the sole purpose of retaining the valuable zoning designation needed to conduct wagering.
Rise Seen in Trafficking of Enhanced Ecstasy
Methamphetamine-laced Ecstasy is flowing across the Canadian border into the United States.
White House Told to Answer E-Mail Query
A federal magistrate has ordered the White House to reveal whether copies of missing e-mail messages concerning the disclosure of the name of a C.I.A. operative are stored in computer backup files.
Clinton Is Victor, Defeating Obama; McCain Also Wins
Hillary Rodham Clinton’s victory was a surprising show of strength after her loss in Iowa. John McCain reprised his 2000 primary win, beating Mitt Romney.
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Storms Strike Midwest, Killing at Least 6
Unusual January tornadoes swept through Arkansas, Illinois, Missouri and Wisconsin, which recorded its first January twister since 1967.
Schwarzenegger Acts on California’s Big Deficits
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Tuesday proposed amending the California Constitution to give governors new budgetary powers.
New Investigation in Texas E-Mail Case
Texas District Attorney Charles A. Rosenthal Jr. faced questions about hundreds office of E-Mail messages containing racy jokes, racial slurs and political campaign materials.
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INTERACTIVE GRAPHIC: Selling Off Federal Land
The federal government has sold nearly $3 billion of federal land in the Las Vegas area under a law pushed through Congress nearly a decade ago by Nevada legislators.
INTERACTIVE GRAPHIC: Search U.S. Surnames
Search a list of the 5,000 most common surnames in the United States.
INTERACTIVE FEATURE: Life Since Katrina
An interactive feature looks at life in New Orleans over the past two years, since Hurricane Katrina devastated the city and the region.
INTERACTIVE FEATURE: Faces of the Dead
An interactive look at the American service members who have died in Iraq.
An Affiliate Sues Habitat for Humanity Over a Pact
The oldest affiliate of Habitat for Humanity International has filed suit to protest a new agreement that the nonprofit housing organization is imposing on its 1,600 local chapters.
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McCain and Bush’s Heirs
John McCain’s economic platform contrasts sharply with his rivals’ and represents the start of a Republican response to middle-class anxiety.
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A Troubled Institution
A major urban hospital for the poor in Atlanta is struggling to survive.
The DNA Age: Genetic Kin
Two families are brought together by an extremely rare genetic disorder.
Trying to Fill the Gaps
Dental patients and service providers discuss the rampant oral hygiene problems in Kentucky.
Shopdropping in New York
An artist and his friends return canned food, with new label art, to a Whole Foods store near Union Square.
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