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Print edition for April 15, 2007

Brian Greenspun tells Gibbons supporters (you know who you were) to step up, back him up
I read the newspapers - local and national. I watch television - network and cable. I enter cyberspace - I think. And I talk to a lot of people, both in Nevada and from across the country. And everywhere I go, everyone I talk to and everything I watch and hear is all about the governor of Nevada. And it ain't pretty, if you know what I mean.
Editorial: Tracking the cyber trail
But the Bush administration, in its finite wisdom, has managed to do just that and in the process was forced Wednesday to make an embarrassing admission. It was reported by the Associated Press that the White House mishandled Republican Party-sponsored e-mail accounts used by 22 Bush aides, including Karl Rove. The result was the loss of an unknown number of e-mails involving official government business.
Jon Ralston on why, after the winter and spring storms of criticism pass, Gov. Jim Gibbons, propped up by Nevada's system, could still stand tall
And don't be afraid of the dark.
Letter: Consider the source belittling hybrid cars
Where did Will get his data? Consumer Reports? Car and Driver? Popular Mechanics? Will didn't choose a well-known, respected group of engineers or scientists for this study, he chose a marketing firm called CNW Marketing Research.
Letter: Thankfully, we have some diplomatic leaders
Perhaps this interaction gave congressional leaders some insight into the complexities of Middle Eastern politics. Perhaps it gave the leaders of Middle Eastern nations a more rounded view of America's leadership.
Jeff Simpson has some good news and bad news for Wynn dealers who support a union
The good news is that more than enough dealers signed cards tabbing the Transport Workers Union to represent them, and the dealers submitted those signatures to the National Labor Relations Board. Lawyers for the union and Wynn Las Vegas will soon meet with the labor relations board, and an election date should be set to take place in six to 10 weeks.
John Katsilometes pins down one of the city's best wrestlers, a woman with a Texas-size reputation who puts the hurt on opponents at Gilley's
For months that has been the message during the twice-weekly mud wrestling competitions at Gilley's Bar at the New Frontier. "Texas" is the stage name embraced by Amanda Ostermeyer, an athletic 22-year-old so dominant in the sport she was actually banned from competing.
Letter: Enrollment-based funding fails
My research results, in collaboration with New York University, on a seven-year, five-state study, are clear: States that fund either systems or institutions based on enrollments do not perform well - and they are more expensive to fund.
Letter: Money should not determine Imus' fate
I gather that the networks' justification is that he lost most of his radio advertisers.
Letter: What have Bush's offspring done for us?
But, those who ultralounge also serve. Party on, Bush twins. A grateful nation humbly salutes your iconic sacrifice.
Midcentury rescue
Kristen Peterson | Photography by Tiffany Brown
For all the kicking this city takes for its spotty preservation record, Alan Hess, guru of midcentury modernism, could do nothing but lavish praise on Las Vegas for the rescue and resurrection of the 1959 Morelli house.
FLASHPOINT for April 15, 2007
FLASHPOINT for April 15, 2007
Pahrump gets a look at Dodd, up close
Michael J. Mishak
U.S. Sen. Chris Dodd leaned hard into the kitchen table at Fire Station No. 55 in North Las Vegas on Friday, perched on the edge of his seat, hands clasped, introducing himself and his vision for America to a group of eight firefighters.
WEEK IN REVIEW: CARSON CITY
By J. Patrick Coolican
CARSON CITY - The two lobbyists stood outside on a blustery day last week, a deadline week at the Legislature when bills have to get out of committee if they have any chance of passing.
OT costs surge, point to taxes that could've been spent more wisely
By Jeff German, Mike Trask
Click here for a printable graphic.
Out of U.S. attorney shuffle, here come promotions
Sam Skolnik and Lisa Mascaro
Acting U.S. Attorney for Nevada Steven Myhre has promoted two veteran prosecutors to help fill out his stable of top assistants.
Generous pensions could raise taxes, cut services across Southern Nevada
By Jeff German, Mike Trask
Start with a very generous public payroll on which one of every seven city and county employees made more than $100,000 last year.
WEEK IN REVIEW: WASHINGTON, D.C.
WASHINGTON - On the first day of the new Congress in January, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid told the assembled senators that he appreciated the courtesy they had shown him, and he acknowledged that the transition to Democratic rule "wasn't as smooth as clockwork."
LOOKING IN ON: CARSON CITY
CARSON CITY - Another plan to reduce the population of the state prisons and avoid construction of more beds is moving forward in the Legislature.
Editorial: Debate deja vu
In a separate action the Senate also approved an alternative measure, backed by conservative Republicans, that would allow federally funded research only on "naturally dead embryos" - a measure that Bush has said he would support.
Editorial: Fighting heat with heat?
He has taken heat over the timing of his swearing-in ceremony, his relationship while a congressman to federal contractors in the Reno area, his undisclosed legal defense fund, his lack of knowledge about his own educational proposal and other issues, including his statement that he'd heard a rumor that Democrats were paying The Wall Street Journal to write negative stories about him.
Feeding Frenzy
By Jeff German, Mike Trask
High salaries, huge amounts of paycheck fattening overtime and exceedingly generous pensions for public employees throughout Southern Nevada today consume hundreds of millions of tax dollars annually - and will be an even bigger drain on municipal budgets in the future.
Internet radio broadcasters appeal decision that would hike rates
AP
His brainchild, SomaFM, started off as a jumble of computers in his garage, streaming music to fans who would send in contributions to support his efforts.

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