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November 16, 2009

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The hottest jokes in town
To comedians, the heat is a laughing matter.
TAKE FIVE: TOM CANDIOTTI
During his 16-year career as a major league pitcher, Tom Candiotti won 151 games and lost 164. Although he pitched for some pretty bad teams, when Candiotti's knuckleball was knuckling it was most difficult to hit. This was especially true in 1991, when he finished second in the American League with a stingy 2.65 earned-run average.
THE OPENING LINE
It is one of the seven words that George Carlin says you can never say on television. Or, as baseball recently discovered, on a skintight tank top. Or, as baseball discovered in 1989, on the knob of Billy Ripken's Louisville Slugger.
Jeff Haney finds some alternatives to established stars for those wishing to bet on the NFL's league leaders
LaDainian Tomlinson is listed at 7-2 to repeat as the league's rushing leader, perennial favorite Peyton Manning is just 5-2 to lead the NFL in passing yards, and Chad Johnson - another defending champ - is the top choice at 6-1 to amass the most receiving yards, according to odds at the Venetian.
Red flags raised over trip to Spain
By Emily Richmond
In May 2006 the Clark County School District, desperately on the hunt for more teachers, sent two recruiters to Spain. The coach-class, round-trip airfare cost $2,628.39.
LOOKING IN ON: SUBURBS
By Mike Trask
Some North Las Vegas residents are begging to keep the name of a street running through Aliante.
Day 3 of the main event of the World Series of Poker
AP
BIG NEWS: The field increased to a total of 4,583 players on the third of four starting days at the $10,000 buy-in World Series of Poker main event Sunday. Organizers said Day 3 had 1,751 entrants, compared to 1,287 on Friday and 1,545 on Saturday. The field most likely will not reach the record 8,773 of last year.
Letter: U.S. has become too egotistical for peace
War, however, is far easier than peace. In war you simply kill those you don't agree with. You don't have to deal with them again and their problems no longer exist. But peace, like truth and character, is a more difficult route.
Editorial: Looking for a solution
In making such coverage mandatory, proponents also hope to make health insurance more affordable to the state's 6.5 million residents, thereby decreasing the number of people who obtain expensive, and often uncompensated, emergency room care.
Vegas seniors refuse to grow old
Another movie has been made about people who live in Las Vegas, and it touches on all the obvious topics that help define vibrant, beautiful people - sex, being buff, dancing.
Letter: Timing of troop surge is dangerous
Rosy assessments by the administration and hand-picked generals are belied by the facts. The surge isn't working. It has only exposed thousands more soldiers to needless death and stretched our military and National Guards to the breaking point as deployments are extended and rest intervals decreased.
Midnight on the softball field of good and evil
Midnight Madness! Reckless hooliganism, wild women, men no better than beasts, the complete breakdown of the social contract, think "Lord of the Flies" meets ... meets
Editorial: Extra care for veterans
Many return home from Iraq or Afghanistan not even realizing it and can pass routine post-combat-duty health screening by the military because their injury was not severe enough to initially detect.
Going the extra miles for teachers
By Emily Richmond
Since 2005 the Clark County School District has spent more than $37,000 to recruit 120 teachers from Canada, Spain, the Philippines, Puerto Rico and Guam.
Letter: The more we're taxed, the more is wasted
Even if this is the case in a given instance, how does he figure this is not a taxation on people? Do corporations lock away their profits in a vault somewhere never to be seen again? No, they pay wages, dividends, reinvest, etc.
Black is back, and angry as ever
Lewis Black told the audience he came to Las Vegas a day early to see the magnificent fireworks display he knew there would be on the Fourth of July.
Editorial: GOP shifting on Iraq
What has characterized this war, however, is the optimism that has emanated from the White House and military commanders, in contrast to what has actually been going on politically with the Iraqi government and militarily with U.S. and Iraqi forces.
D. is not always for 'diplomatic' at Culinary
By Michael Mishak
The Culinary Union's negotiations with MGM Mirage are mired.

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