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ACLU director has beef with immigration proposals
Gary Peck, executive director of the ACLU of Nevada, said the proposals being debated in Congress could expand what he views as already flawed policies that "are closing the door of the courts and justice for illegal immigrants."
Letter: Honest effort to study effect of prayer
Sir John Templeton is an extremely intelligent and rich philanthropist whose foundation seeks to, in its own words on its Web site, "... unite credible and rigorous science with the exploration of humanity's basic spiritual and religious quests." He and it are very actively, through grants and prizes, seeking to implement spirituality, rather than debunk it.
You ready for some Miller?
When: 9 p.m. Thursday through Monday
Wallace is highlight of good comedy month
By Jerry Fink
Where: Flamingo Showroom
More doubt in dropout figures
By Emily Richmond
New information is bolstering a growing belief that the Clark County School District dropout rate for 2005 is not as high as the reported 6.8 percent, which is among the nation's worst.
Jeff Haney warns poker fans to watch for some fireworks in second season of 'High Stakes Poker' show following a zany opening at the Palms
If a boisterous taping this week at the Palms is any indication, the second season promises to deliver even more spirited play.
Letter: Exit strategy should be our top priority
Instead of a public relations campaign, the president needs to come up with an exit strategy with a timeline to bring our troops home.
Letter: Mexican government the real culprit here
So why would millions of Mexican illegal immigrants, a large part of their labor force, be seeking employment or working in the United States? The corrupt and lawless government of Mexico is the problem.
Letter: No Border Patrol at Plymouth Rock
The Mayflower was a boatload of illegal immigrants!
TAKE FIVE: NATALIE GULBIS
At a time when it was not common for teenagers to make their presence felt on the LPGA Tour, Gulbis made quite an impact on the golf scene at the tender age of 14. Gulbis of Sacramento won the 1997 California Women's Amateur Championship and later that year - two years before she was eligible to get her driver's license - became the youngest player to qualify for an LPGA tournament via a Monday qualifier.
Tarnishing public's perception
In some of the most astonishing testimony since the trial began a month ago, former club owner Michael Galardi said former Commissioner Erin Kenny performed oral sex on him and accepted cash as bribes for supporting ordinances and measures that benefited his chain of topless clubs.
The kiss of political death?
Rep. Jon Porter, R-Nev., has even more to be concerned about. Bush has gone back on his campaign promise to Nevada, that "sound science" would dictate his decision on Yucca Mountain. But for the six years he's been in office, politics and pressure from the nuclear power industry have been Bush's only guides.
Letter: Bush's shenanigans put nation in danger
They came on ships, through Ellis Island and ended up in Minneapolis. As far as they knew, they would never see any of their families again, but being able to live in America was worth it. In 1940 I was able to help my father study for his citizenship papers. In 1941 he became a citizen, and a very proud American.
Retiree caught in a legal web over his gambling patent
By Liz Benston
He is not a foe of gambling. But the retired contractor has spent the last several years suing dozens of online casinos.
Brad Garrett finds new material in his audience
Where: Mirage's Danny Gans Theatre
I-15 needs a faster plan
In 2002 Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman, fuming about a return trip to Southern Nevada along the same stretch that took more than eight hours, said, "This is a bad, bad problem."
Tom Gorman observes the Easter week festivities that bring folks from miles around to Christ the King Church
But that's the remarkable thing about how Easter week is celebrated by Christ the King Catholic Community, the Roman Catholic church on Torrey Pines Drive and Tropicana Avenue.
Commission makes second pass at mass transit center
In February 2005, the RTC announced it would no longer pursue a transit center in Henderson and that the community would lose a $2 million federal grant for the facility.
Reliving the good old days
By Liz Benston
While competitors on the Strip tear down older hotels to make way for sparkling luxury resorts, investors buying the Riviera are doing the opposite. They see a market niche in nostalgia for the Las Vegas of decades ago.

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