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New invasive weed found in Lake Tahoe, sparks concerns
AP
The curly leaf pondweed has turned up at Tahoe Keys on the Sierra Nevada lake's south shore, said Lars Anderson, a U.S. Agriculture Department botanist.
Suggestive billboards: Should they be tamed?
Shari L. Peterson
Shari L. Peterson is a Las Vegas resident. She and her husband have four children.
Letter: Blaming Kerry is misleading
Our Constituition limits the president to either vetoing or signing such a bill. So it would be up to Congress, which is controlled by Republicans, to pass such a large increase.
Letter: Revelations by Clarke damage administration
This weak defense raises more questions than it provides answers. Why would the czar of terrorism be kept out of the loop? Unless, of course, the administration had no intention of really concentrating on the real terrorist threat, but was far more interested in executing the Bush vendetta against Iraq.
Ricci's Riches
Who: Marlene Ricci.
VegasBeat -- Timothy McDarrah: Hint: Everybody loves Teller
Teller, The Rio headliner and silent partner of Penn Jillette, zealously guards his original name, which he was given on Valentine's Day, 1948, in Philadelphia.
Columnist Susan Snyder: Some sights are set in sandstone
Life's greatest surprises often happen during its most mundane moments.
Editorial: Safeguard water as a public right
Nevada law puts the state engineer in charge of approving applications for ground water. Typically, the applications come in from landowners who want to raise their families in a rural area not served by a municipal water company. Nevada businesses often apply for ground water too -- enough to run their operations.
Online class makes learning English easier
For more information on the GlobalEnglish course or on how to enroll, call 651-2629.
Columnist Jon Ralston: Fall of the Goodman empire
THE VEGAS Caesar bestrides the political world like a Colossus, but thanks to the state Ethics Commission, he is about to find himself a dishonorable grave.
Driving home education's importance
Heather Rawlyk
Over the last couple of days, local schools teamed up with one of the fastest-growing sports -- and hobbies -- in the nation to emphasize the importance of education and to try to help students find careers.
Columnist Jeff German: DUI deal doesn't impress everyone
SINCE NOVEMBER 1999 Boulder City Attorney David Olsen had overseen the prosecution of hundreds of drunken driving cases.
Gorbachev: U.S. needs help as a world leader
Globalization
Where I Stand -- Brian Greenspun: Big problem for Bush
THE ONLY MAN who can defeat President George W. Bush for re-election is George W. Bush.
Former DA investigator agrees to plea deal in Henderson court
AP
As part of a plea deal with state prosecutors, Peter S. Baldonado agreed Thursday to plead guilty to one count of coercion and one count of misconduct by a public employee. Baldonado, once a respected investigator, faces a sentence ranging from probation to 10 years in prison.

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