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Souvenir that turns heads
Is there a better gauge of the American public, at least the part of it that visits Las Vegas, than the fact that at the most popular vending spot for personalized bobblehead dolls the most popular doll sits sans pants on the toilet, awaiting its chance to resemble you or a loved one?
LOOKING IN ON: CLARK COUNTY
Two days before Thanksgiving, Clark County commissioners gave outgoing Aviation Director Randy Walker something to be thankful for when they awarded a $406,000 airport job to Carter & Burgess, the engineering, architecture and design firm that Walker will join early next year.
A MOMENT CAPTURED
Tiffany Brown, Las Vegas Sun
In Southern Nevada it seems like most anything you can dream is possible. Like ice-skating, on a lake, with snow, in the desert?
New draw: Video poker with a guarantee
By Liz Benston
Like an anthropologist studying a foreign culture, Connecticut inventor Jay Walker has spent nearly a decade examining the gaming industry. By absorbing casino trade shows, he has studied gaming's evolution from technological backwater to high-tech innovator - and he has contributed to that progress by crafting applications to help casinos make more money.
LOOKING IN ON: EDUCATION
Student leaders at the Community College of Southern Nevada want to rid themselves of the "community" part of their school's name because they believe it has a stigma in the - community.
John Katsilometes has a Gordie Brown on wry with the owners of the Carnegie Deli in Manhattan, who love Gordie's show
In a manner of speaking.
Editorial: Cutting drivers' distractions
According to a recent story by The New York Times, officials from the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said that although there is no comprehensive data showing a definitive link between cell phone use and traffic collisions, there is evidence enough to suggest that bus drivers could do well to have one less distraction.
Jeff Simpson sees good signs in local casino operators' confidence in their businesses
Last week's announcement that Kirk Kerkorian plans to significantly add to his majority stake in MGM Mirage is the most recent indication that the men who have invested money in the casino business have faith in their operations and their plans for expansions.
Editorial: Spending like no tomorrow
Walker heads the Government Accountability Office, which audits the federal government. Last week the GAO released a copy of Walker's so-called "Fiscal Wake-up Tour" - a series of presentations he has made around the country that were sponsored by the Concord Coalition. The nonpartisan organization is dedicated to informing the public about paying off debts to help future generations.
LOOKING IN ON: CITY HALL
Those planning to raise a little Hell-dorado next year should start preparing now.
CONVENTION CRASHING: THE MOTOR TREND AUTO SHOW
"It looks like an airplane," said one slack-jawed audience member at the 2007-Model Motor Trend International Auto Show at the Las Vegas Convention Center.
Gamblers tell casinos, slot makers what they want
By Liz Benston
For all the insider seminars at the recent casino industry convention in town - dealing with such topics as computer hackers, Eastern European gambling trends, new wireless technology and slot-testing standards - this hourlong session stood out.
Letter: Public will get what it does not pay for
Teachers should not expect a significant raise from the 2007 Legislature because Gov.-elect Jim Gibbons pledged to hold the line on all state expenditures. Some form of merit pay is about all that can be expected, and that will not ensure satisfactory salaries for the teaching cadre. Merit pay is a shadowy promise with no teacher being assured of one penny in future salary.
Environmentalists smell a rat in land-for-sewer plan
By Lisa Mascaro
WASHINGTON - Auctioning off federal land in exchange for money that can be used to preserve environmentally sensitive acreage across Nevada was one compromise that environmentalists could accept.
Editorial: Eye on peaceful protests
The documents obtained by the American Civil Liberties Union, The New York Times reports, show that such events as "a church service for peace" and "nonviolence training" sessions for antiwar protesters were among the 13,000 entries listed in the Defense Department database called Talon.
Brian Greenspun on how China has been able to reclaim some of its cities
Is the Sleeping Giant awake?
Letter: No escaping airplane noise in Las Vegas
The fact is that with McCarran, Nellis and the other airports in the Las Vegas Valley, no neighborhood is exempt from plane noise.
Lies that ring true
Abigail Goldman, Las Vegas Sun
Mary is married, and Mary is having an affair. The Chicago wife told her husband she was sightseeing in Los Angeles last August, but that was a lie. Mary and her boyfriend were vacationing in Las Vegas, and Mary paid a professional cover-up company $350 to ensure her husband would never find out.
Letter: People in power see wrong shade of green
I think that it's time that our politicians should let the Energy Department officials know that we don't want their hazardous radioactive waste transported through our communities.
State's colleges get creative in securing funds for growth
Long-standing efforts to upgrade Nevada's college campuses and build new facilities with the help of private investors are advancing, with officials now broaching legal details of novel financing schemes that venture into uncharted territory for the state.
Feds plan redo of weapon sites
The federal government will head to Las Vegas this week to discuss its proposed top-to-bottom makeover of the nation's nuclear weapons system, an archipelago of research and production sites across two-thirds of the country.

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