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Print edition for December 19, 2007

Students told to hold (native) tongue
By Timothy Pratt
The superintendent of the Esmeralda County School District has told parents from a small town that their high school children should speak only English on the bus and at school.
A SPARE FORTUNE LOST
By Mike Trask
This is Boulder City, so when wads of cash started blowing around a parking lot, onlookers did not immediately try to grab the bills, like game show contestants.
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Lavish parties fall victim to slump
About this time two years ago, real estate agent Ben Correa was laying out his finest semiformal attire for his office's lavish holiday party, held in one of the grand ballrooms at the Wynn Las Vegas.
Worries over right to name latest holdup in strip club deal
By Jeff German
In August, Mark Hafer filed a sworn affidavit in federal court describing his effort to sell the Crazy Horse Too topless club on behalf of Rick Rizzolo, its jailed landlord, as the "most difficult" task he had ever undertaken in 24 years as an attorney in Las Vegas.
LOOKING IN ON: SUBURBS
By Mike Trask
It has been seven weeks since North Las Vegas Police Chief Mark Paresi was fired or relieved of his duties or suspended - or however city officials want to phrase the fact that he is no longer the top lawman.
Letter: Casinos should give back to community
We are already on our way to ruin if our education doesn't improve. A third of our teens are not graduating from high school. Gridlock on our roads is becoming unbearable. We have homeless and hungry people living on our streets. Our child welfare programs can barely cope. On average, someone is murdered every other day in Clark County.
Letter: President Bush is hardly a role model
When celebrities do something society doesn't approve of, they are scolded through the media because they are supposed to be role models. Assuming this as a constant, then what are we teaching the youth by allowing our president to continue to flagrantly violate the law?
LOOKING IN ON: HIGHER EDUCATION
By Charlotte Hsu
Student leaders in Southern Nevada got a late start in fighting potential budget cuts to colleges. Rallies they held at the College of Southern Nevada, Nevada State College and UNLV in the past two weeks coincided with the end of the semester and finals.
Little recalls the great ones
When: 7 p.m. Thursdays through Sundays beginning Dec. 27
Editorial: A bright idea in Congress
The provision calls for light bulb manufacturers to make bulbs that use less energy. Over the next 12 years, manufacturers will have to meet efficiency standards, and by 2020 light bulbs will have to be 70 percent more efficient than they are today.
Editorial: An accurate picture
One report, released last week by the Congressional Budget Office, says that the total income in 2005 of the 3 million highest-paid Americans was about the same as the total income of the 166 million people who earn the least.
Editorial: Enough secrets already
Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, a self-described government watchdog group, sued the Bush administration after it refused to turn over the Secret Service's log of visitors to the White House. The group had requested visitor logs relating to a handful of conservative religious figures, including the late Jerry Falwell.
Letter: Immigrants' drag on taxpayers understated
According to the Center for Immigration Studies, and based on Census Bureau data, when all taxes are paid and all costs are considered, illegal households created a net fiscal deficit at the federal level of more than $10 billion in 2002. The estimate is that if there were amnesty for illegals, the net fiscal deficit would grow to nearly $29 billion.

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