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Print edition for August 19, 2007

Jack Sheehan remembers UNLV's English Department, long before the recent accolades
That old Virginia Slims cigarette slogan came to mind recently when I heard the good news about UNLV's English Department.
Jeff Simpson explains how Atlantic City could benefit from adopting a Las Vegas-style attitude toward competition and the success of others
To summarize, Lee complained on a Pinnacle conference call about the possibility that casino development would be allowed at Bader Field, Atlantic City's former municipal airport.
FLASHPOINT for Aug 19, 2007
Watch for this political story to make the summer dol- drums hotter and much more interesting: A partisan war over coal, with Sierra Pacific/Nevada Power caught in the middle. It started with Sen. Harry Reid, apparently having feverish dreams about coal's evils, suddenly coming out against rural plants. He was immediately challenged by Gov. Jim Gibbons, who suggested he supported the plants. Rep. Jon Porter also said he believes the plants should be built. Then Reid stepped it up a notch, declaring they "will never be built." Now what? If the Senate majority leader makes such a pledge, you know ...
Unions rebound as GOP falters
J. Patrick Coolican and Michael J. Mishak
The lowest moment for the modern American labor movement came after the 2004 election.
Letter: Better schooling starts with funding
The gross under-funding of the district makes the achievement of world class standards unrealistic. Most first world countries have a much longer school year. Students who go to school two years longer, or more, score higher on test results.
Insiders see solar energy industry as ready for takeoff
By Phoebe Sweet
Amateur scientists with inventions to harness the sun, earth and wind and make the lights come on poured out of the woodwork when , in 1997, Nevada ordered its electric company to buy renewable energy .
Editorial: Creating staying power
A story by the Las Vegas Sun on Thursday points out that if the trend continues, roughly half of this year's new hires will leave within five years, after gaining enough experience to win teaching positions in their hometowns.
Readers want to help, but their truth hurts
This is one of those rare occasions when getting empathy from total strangers doesn't exactly make you feel better.
Editorial: A fighter for civil rights
Even though she was sitting in the segregated area of the bus, as mandated by Virginia law, she was ordered to move to the back of the bus to make way for a white couple. She refused and, after a fight, was arrested. She refused to accept that and fought all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court, where in 1946 she won a landmark decision that helped undercut segregation in the United States.
Jon Ralston imagines a capital city debate on ethics, conflicts of interest
By Jon Ralston
"This is a great day reaffirming Nevada's citizen Legislature and transparent system of government," declared a beaming state Sen. Bob Beers, recently installed as the president of the Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce. "This is yet another example of us telling the public that we don't need laws to tell us what's ethical."
Letter: Elderly need a place to meet people
I believe what many seniors need is a place to go every day and meet new people.
Editorial: Classroom misery
The year-round school opened with 1,200 students and, as Emily Richmond reported in Monday's Las Vegas Sun, finished this month with 1,600 students.
Guest Columnist: Dr. Lawrence Sands on why reforming the health care system will never work without including improvements in preventive care
Who knew your friends and family can make you gain weight, as suggested by a recent study published in the New England Journal of Medicine? Although the findings of this study have not been fully validated, it raises an important point.
TV's 'reality' just politics
By J. Patrick Coolican
The photos and television and YouTube screens showed Sen. Hillary Clinton sitting at a kitchen table with an unassuming nurse and her three children, eating a meal of comfort food and talking about - in the parlance of politics - "kitchen table issues" such as college tuition and health care.
Crazy Horse Too owner's millions eluding the feds
By Jeff German
St rip club landlord Rick Rizzolo may be outfoxing the federal government - so far - in crucial elements of his criminal plea deal.
Channeling Liberace
By Tiffany Brown
F rankie Richko waits in the wings of The Liberace Museum with classically trained pianists such as Bryant Olerner, center, and Maria Pisarenko, to compete in the showmanship division of the Liberace Piano Competition last Sunday.
Letter: Food-free pubs made wrong choice
Mr. Cinotto's favorite pub got it backwards when they closed their kitchen to comply with the Nevada Clean Indoor Air Act. The pub's owners chose to allow smoking rather than keep their kitchen open and make patrons go outside to light up.
Letter: At 18, few prepared for life on their own
At the tender age of 18, most people are much too naive and inexperienced to take life by the horns on their own.

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