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Print edition for January 10, 2007

Letter: Do Iraqis really want democracy?
I realize that revolutions are not easy to accomplish, especially when the leadership has control over its military. The American, French and Russian revolutions were successfully accomplished against brutal dictatorial governments. Granted, their situations were somewhat different than that of Iraq. The Russian revolution was accomplished against odds comparable to those in Iraq in that the czar initially had complete control over his military. True, the succeeding Russian government was not to our liking.
Man who cried prejudice is arrested
By Timothy Pratt
A black man who claimed discrimination in a lawsuit against one of the Las Vegas Valley's toniest golf clubs has surrendered to federal authorities in Los Angeles after being indicted in an alleged $5 million investment scam.
CES - one step at a time
It's like the world's worst Best Buy. Nothing's organized, there are too many salesmen, it's too loud, it's too crowded, it's too smelly and, above all, it's way too big.
Editorial: Help for teen prostitutes
Las Vegas Sun reporter Sam Skolnik was there and recorded the response of Judge William Voy. "He buried his head in his hands, shaking it several times before standing up and leaving the courtroom," Skolnik wrote for a story published Sunday.
Letter: Lesson from Vietnam is to not abandon Iraq
I remember the killing fields of Vietnam and Cambodia when we abandoned Southeast Asia and over a million people were killed. I remember the boat people. No one knows how many people perished in the South China Sea trying to flee a repressive regime.
NLV outgrowing its reputation
By Mike Trask
NLV outgrowing its reputation
Volunteers work to make life better for poor students
By Emily Richmond
Every Friday at Martinez Elementary School, where 20 percent of the students are homeless, children take home backpacks filled with nutritious food for the weekend.
Changes for consumers
Ed Koch and Cy Ryan
Local consumer advocates say Gov. Jim Gibbons' planned radical reorganization of the state's consumer affairs duties should be good news for Nevadans victimized by unscrupulous business practices.
Troop surge splits state's delegation
Troop surge splits state's delegation
THE ELEVATOR
Who's headed toward the penthouse on the local sports scene - and who's getting the shaft.
Jeff Haney previews the upcoming third season of 'High Stakes Poker,' filmed on a special set at South Point
By Jeff Haney
Patrik Antonius
Letter: Change of leadership is best for America
Where does Mr. Gliddon get off by stating that raising the minimum wage will not benefit many? This is simply not true, in that raising the minimum wage will benefit many families struggling to provide for their own and to avoid falling below the poverty line.
Editorial: Paying long overdue bill
In its report released Monday, the GAO, which is the investigative arm of Congress, says that the Interior Department has made some strides since a 1994 law mandated that it reform the system of paying royalties for the oil, gas, timber and other natural resources taken from tribal lands.
Editorial: Game wardens need help
A major problem in our national parks is also becoming a major problem in Nevada. A New York Times reporter recently spent time in the Elko and Ely areas, where he learned from state Wildlife Department officials that elk, deer, antelope, big-horned sheep and other animals are being killed illegally in record numbers.
Jon Ralston on why Gov. Gibbons would have best been served by openness
First, it has always pained me to ask any personal questions of public figures. Unlike too many in the Fourth Estate, I believe personal lives are off limits unless a direct and obvious nexus to public performance can be established. It is partly why I was so initially put off by L'Affaire Mazzeo, although that soon became - where have we heard this before? - more about the cover-up than the alleged crime.
FLASHPOINT for Jan 10, 2007
Good news, fellow Nevadans! We now have a Taxpayer Pro- tection Caucus in the Legislature. These are folks who boldly signed the Americans for Tax Reform pledge to "oppose and vote against any and all efforts to increase taxes." Now that is principle! Oppose taxes no matter what the situation. Such vision. Strangely, there is no provision to make cuts if more funding is needed. But I suppose these brave souls never think more funding is needed. Vision, I tell you! The ATR says four senators and nine assemblymen have signed the pledge. And the chairmen are Sen. Bob Beers ...

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