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Print edition for April 22, 2006

Editorial: School must come first
Residents in the Las Vegas Valley, particularly those with young children, usually want elementary schools built near their homes - but that wasn't the case for some residents who live near the proposed school. These residents, some of whom own horses, were upset because they live in an area protected by a rural preservation ordinance.
Editorial: China and political freedom
Ever since President Richard Nixon started the process of normalizing relations with China, succeeding administrations have tried to work with the communist government. While China is more open to the West than it once was, the fact remains that it is still a totalitarian regime that routinely imprisons political dissenters.
In poetry, he feels power of words
Gibran Baydoun is feeling the words course through his veins. It's 9:30 on a Wednesday morning in a fluorescent-lit classroom where a teacher watches. The only others in the room are two students who study quietly.
Raids across U.S. 'a message'
Launce Rake, Liz Benston and Abigail Goldman
This week's nationwide raids on employers who hired illegal immigrants drew the ire of some Las Vegas Hispanics on Friday, while area businesses expressed confidence that their workers had necessary documents.
Editorial: This space for sale
"America's Report Card on the Environment," conducted by the Woods Institute for the Environment at Stanford University in conjunction with ABC News and Time magazine, shows that 55 percent of Americans expect the global environment to be in worse shape 10 years from now.
Gambling on becoming rich
It's Boulder City's version of Lotto fever.
Letter: Free speech extends to former generals, too
These generals had been "put on notice" that any objections to how the war would be conducted would not be welcome by the Bush administration when on Aug. 1, 2003, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld replaced Gen. Eric Shinseki as Army Chief of Staff after Shinseki questioned the cakewalk scenario and told Congress that we would need several hundred thousand soldiers in Iraq.
Letter: Illegals treated better than war veterans
What I can't understand is why my wife and I cannot receive free medical care, free food stamps and subsidized housing, but illegal immigrants can get all these benefits. Why do they receive these benefits?
Children's protective services lacking
Las Vegas has a lot of growing up to do to ensure that children at risk of abuse and neglect are cared for appropriately, a national child welfare expert said Friday.
Armenian left a 'lasting legacy'
At last year's 90th annual Armenian genocide commemoration ceremony in Las Vegas, Malvine Papazian Handjian, a frail and ailing 92-year-old genocide survivor, passed four lighted candles to four local youths.
Letter: Three cheers for dissenting generals
Has Mr. Kane forgotten, or is he ignoring the fact that Gen. Eric Shinseki was removed from his command when he had the integrity to tell his bosses that a half-million U.S. troops would be required to do the job right in Iraq?
With four games left, they're all fired up
The Las Vegas Gladiators have lost two in a row, are two games under .500 and in third place in their division with four games remaining in the season.
FLASHPOINT for Apr 22, 2006
FLASHPOINT for Apr 22, 2006
'Kids just love him'
Las Vegas Strikers captain and midfielder Noah Braun moved a bit gingerly, with a sore hamstring, Tuesday on the field behind Cashman Middle School.

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