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Print edition for November 23, 2007

Letter: Las Vegas Zoo is doing the best it can
In fact, although the 3-acre Las Vegas Zoo is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, we pay the city, county and state entities more than $10,000 each year for licenses, fees and the privilege of serving our community. Money we would rather use toward improving your zoo.
Letter: What were we hiding at Guantanamo?
What the hell have they to hide? Waterboarding? Testicles crunched by electric wires hooked to a battery? Traces of manacles around a child terrorist's neck? It boggles the mind.
Coffee that's all about the cup size
Coffee drinks at Sexxpresso come in three sizes: A, B and Double D.
Take Five: Jim Gaffigan
Dave Wilson
Comedian Jim Gaffigan grew up as the son of a banker in small-town Indiana and is still incredulous at the success he's had by skewering Hot Pockets ("a Pop-Tart filled with nasty meat") and being a friend of the everyman.
Jeff Haney explains why Hawaii's No. 1 offense may be no match for Boise State
It features college football's No. 1 scoring offense in Hawaii (48 points a game) against the No. 3 offense of Boise State (44.2 points).
Don't write off Vegas Grand Prix, wannabe rescuer urges
Las Vegas will have a street race in 2009 if Jim Freudenberg has his way.
Porter: No flip-flop on gay rights
By Lisa Mascaro
WASHINGTON - The gay rights community has taken notice of Nevada's Rep. Jon Porter.
Editorial: Unsound science, verdicts?
But the FBI waited a year to abandon the procedure. Moreover, it did not aggressively seek to review cases or notify courts until last week, and then only because it was under pressure from The Washington Post and CBS News' "60 Minutes."
TAKE FIVE: UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA TAR HEELS
What: Findlay Toyota Las Vegas Invitational
Saving wilderness never a done deal
By Phoebe Sweet
Lovers of Nevada's great outdoors this month celebrated the fifth anniversary of passage of a bill that protected almost half a million acres of public wilderness in Clark County.
Editorial: Save the whales
The International Whaling Commission allows humpback harvests for scientific reasons, and the Japan Fisheries Agency says the whales are needed so scientists can study their reproductive organs and stomach contents.
LOOKING IN ON: GAMING
By Liz Benston
Handheld gambling devices were the big buzz at last year's Global Gaming Expo trade show but are still undergoing testing in the Gaming Control Board's slot lab. As a next step, the Venetian is expected to begin testing the devices, manufactured by Cantor Gaming, early next year.
Editorial: How about e-education?
One approach that has proved successful in schools is the electronic field trip.
Q+A: PATTI LuPONE
By Jerry Fink
Who: "Coulda, Woulda, Shoulda ... Played That Part," starring Patti LuPone
Gaming's new frontier
By Liz Benston
Congress has allowed states to develop their own online gambling regulations. Bets are legal as long as they begin and end in a jurisdiction where Internet gambling is allowed.Online gambling companies and companies that make gambling software are pressing the state to move ahead.
Letter: McCain is above all a man of character
To quote Mr. Brooks on several points regarding John McCain: "I can tell you there is nobody in politics remotely like him ... He still fights a daily battle against the soul-destroying forms of modern politics.
Lettermen's sound stays in harmony with the times
Who: The Lettermen
Table deals out human factor
By Liz Benston
25 hands: Can be dealt per hour by most human dealers.

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