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Print edition for October 18, 2007

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J. Patrick Coolican, Las Vegas Sun
If there were ever a time when Gov. Jim Gibbons needed lots of political friends and allies, it would be now.
Letter: Bush tenure has been a national nightmare
The unneeded and never-ending war in Iraq, the huge budget deficit that we are faced with, the lack of a concise energy policy, the broken borders and the decline of the American dollar against most foreign currencies are only part s of the problem. We have also lost the support of many of our longtime allies around the world, we have seen millions of American jobs outsourced to other countries, and we are borrowing billions of dollars weekly to pay our monthly bills.
LOOKING IN ON: MOTOR SPORTS
Greg Anderson almost made it look easy as he cruised to three consecutive NHRA Pro Stock world championships for team owner Ken Black, a Las Vegas businessman.
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Letter: Deceit has become a lifestyle for Craig
Being gay is not a crime. However, soliciting sex (whether gay or otherwise) in a public bathroom is abhorrent and against the law.
Editorial: Serving the public
Clark County Commissioner Chris Giunchigliani has proposed the courts instead look at holding sessions in the evenings and on weekends to help ease the space crunch. Judges sharing courtrooms, working different shifts, such as four 10-hour days a week, or presiding over night courts would certainly help ease the space crunch, but those ideas have run into resistance from judges and county administrators. They say there will be problems with finding staff and attorneys to work outside the traditional courthouse hours.
Like Reid? Depends who's asking and how
David McGrath Schwartz
Sen. Harry Reid figured he was in pretty good political health after his internal polls showed him in early August with strong numbers: Well over half of Nevada voters viewed him favorably.
At UNLV, dance knows no limits
By Kristen Peterson
What: "Pioneers to the Future"
Worried teachers, mixed messages, meetings aplenty
By Emily Richmond
The ins and outs of retirement will be discussed at a series of workshops sponsored by the Clark Retired Education Association, which represents about 600 retired School District teachers.
Editorial: Tooth decay increasing
But as a story by The New York Times noted last week, more than 100 million Americans - about one-third of the nation's population - lack dental insurance. And this past decade, for the first time in 50 years, the percentage of people whose cavities have gone untreated has risen.
In Spanish or English, a chance to clear up tickets
By Timothy Pratt
For weeks, months and in some cases years they had avoided the courthouse, causing their traffic tickets to grow ever more expensive.
Letter: Bush seems to care only about himself
Except where it concerns your own lifetime free coverage, right, sir? You've got yours. Others can fend for themselves.
Editorial: Honoring the Dalai Lama
Chinese officials tried pressuring the United States to cancel the ceremony and even grumbled that this would have an "extremely serious impact" on the countries' relationship. They called on countries to stop honoring him, painting him as a traitor.
Ron Kantowski shares the whole story of the moment the Giants won the pennant
Blum mentioned this little nugget from his past totally in passing. It was sort of like Terry the Toad trying to buy booze in "American Graffiti."
FLASHPOINT for Oct 18, 2007
By Jon Ralston
You may have heard that Chancellor Jim Rogers recently declared that Nevadans are "horribly and fatally undereducated." He's also lambasted the possibility of $64 million in higher ed budget cuts being contemplated in the capital. How bad is the state of the system? On "Face to Face" this week, I asked Rogers: "If you had a kid coming out of high school, your own child coming out of high school, would you send him to the universities in this state?" The chancellor looked almost stunned, then paused, then said: "I would certainly give it very serious thought. I would. It's ...

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