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Archive for November 25, 2007

Their world, their ideas
Take 966 high school students from 45 schools, mix in some community leaders to serve as moderators and load the discussion agenda with tough issues, from immigration reform to politics to education funding.
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A MOMENT CAPTURED
Alongside a nearly 40-foot Christmas tree adorned with red lights fading to green, Tiinkerbell the Clown carefully draws a red spider web on the face of 8-year-old Zach Trone, transforming him carefully and meticulously into ...
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Jack Sheehan recalls brush with O.J., hunt for evidence
I'd hate for Las Vegans to go to this newspaper and not get their morning dose of O.J. with their coffee and Danish.
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Jeff Simpson hopes hysteria over immigrants won't influence voters
Rabble-rousing television hosts such as CNN's Lou Dobbs and scores of conservative radio talk-show hosts are tapping into one of the sorriest veins in American public opinion: Fear of immigrants.
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Letter: Bush-style democracy spreads to Pakistan
Bush's new style of democracy is catching on in Pakistan as witnessed in December 2000 when five Republicans on our U.S. Supreme Court gave him the 2000 election by stopping the legal recount vote in ...
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Letter: Applaud right way to earn citizenship
My skin just crawls when I see Hispanics waving a Mexican flag at a rally here in the United States, speaking in Spanish, singing our anthem in Spanish, and demanding citizens rights. If they want ...
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Letter: White House botched aftermath of invasion
I'm a Republican and have been my whole life. I am not happy with the handling of this war by our president and military leaders of the past. It was a very successful campaign to ...
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Editorial: A state of chaos
Gibbons will be among the biggest obstacles for Lanni, and that is ironic. Lanni helped elect Gibbons, whose position was made abundantly clear as his "no new taxes" pledge became a mantra during last year's ...
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Editorial: Curbing president's power
Reid declared this rule to be in effect over the Senate's two-week Thanksgiving holiday - and for good reason. It will prevent President Bush from making key federal appointments without Senate approval.
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Editorial: Proper notification
Risdon, 35, is a registered sex offender, and although he doesn't live at that apartment anymore, sex-offender Web sites said he did.
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Lo que pasa aqui is not on TV
Que pasa here, stays here.
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LOOKING IN ON: CITY HALL
The chapel workers are still there, passing out brochures to newly licensed couples looking for a legal, fast and inexpensive place to solemnize their marriages.
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WEEK IN REVIEW: WASHINGTON, D.C.
WASHINGTON - Nevadans may not be paying much attention to what's happening with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's unprecedented decision to keep the Senate in pro-forma sessions during the holiday break.
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LOOKING IN ON: CARSON CITY
CARSON CITY - The state's mental health programs in Las Vegas have escaped losing millions of dollars in federal money.
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Brian Greenspun on the need to help everyone succeed
I don't know what it was like at your home on Thanksgiving Day, but I suspect most Las Vegans had an experience similar to my own. And that means we have so much for which ...
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Permit doesn't ensure a good place to park
Alma Awerbach's major inconvenience in life is one of the same issues that bugs apartment dwellers across the valley - her covered parking spot is more than 100 feet from her apartment.
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A little money, a little freedom allow everyday people to tell big stories of global relevance across cultures
The author from Escanaba, Mich., steps into his UNLV office about 3 p.m. each day. Working at home in the mornings is preferable, Tom Bissell says, because there he can play "Halo 3" for an ...
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Humanism takes on politics
Talk to Martine Brownley, who runs a center for humanities at Emory University in Atlanta, and you'd think she had a side job doing long-distance public relations for UNLV's year-old Black Mountain Institute.
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