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SCENES FROM THE CAMPAIGN
ILLUSTRATION BY CHRIS MORRIS
A MOMENT CAPTURED
Tiffany Brown, Las Vegas Sun
With a grocery bag , warm sunshine and a strong breeze, Lambert Basil, center, and a friend chuck bits of whole wheat pita bread - bought especially for the occasion - at dozens of ducks and the attentive pigeons nearby at the pond in Sunset Park.
Planners see plenty of missed opportunities
The eye-opener wasn't just Robert Fielden's mordant description of how Las Vegas planning, in the 40-plus years that he's lived here, has gone so wrong.
Survey of lawmakers backs teachers' point on tax hike
David McGrath Schwartz
Survey of lawmakers backs teachers' point on tax hike
Brian Greenspun points out the silver lining of the cloud of smoke over Southern California
I don't know where more than half a million evacuees, 1,500 destroyed homes, untold billions of dollars in losses, and a body count and injury list not yet fully known ranks in the history of disastrous events in the United States, but I do know it is right up there near the top.
Editorial: Growing a solar industry
The plant, which opened in June, also adds 64 megawatts of electricity to the power grid. That's enough to power 40,000 homes, yet the output is small compared to that of coal-fired plants that generate between 800 and 1,500 megawatts.
Jack Sheehan recounts how unexpected athletic success put him on a path he would not have taken
Although the great aerialist Karl Wallenda is famous for musing, as he pointed to a stretched rope above him, "Up there is life, the rest is waiting," he neglected to mention that high winds and a rough landing on the hood of a Chevrolet would kill you.
WEEK IN REVIEW: WASHINGTON, D.C.
By Lisa Mascaro
WASHINGTON - Some months back, in the heat of the immigration debate on Capitol Hill, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid gave an evening talk at the National Archives about his scrappy roots in Searchlight and life in politics.
Letter: Red-led states get swifter response
Louisiana, which had a Democratic governor, is still waiting for help after two years.
Letter: R-J sets the standard for slanting the news
But let's look at the facts. The Review-Journal cannot criticize Bush or Cheney or John Ensign because they have endorsed them, not once but twice.
Jon Ralston sorts through a bizarre federal case in Reno that has entangled Gov. Jim Gibbons and the first lady
By Jon Ralston
But thanks to a bizarre federal case unfolding in Reno, it has become clear that Jim Gibbons appointed to a plum state job an attorney representing his wife, who desperately is trying to avoid testifying. This has the appearance of impropriety and at least flouts (but may not violate) state ethics laws that prohibit granting unwarranted privileges - i.e., an appointment - to anyone with whom you have a business relationship - i.e., attorney-client.
Letter: Wall didn't work in Berlin, and won't for us
Fences are not the answer to stopping illegals from entering our country. I remember in my younger years, another nation - East Germany - that put up a perimeter of fences and walls, with gun towers and mine fields, for "security" purposes. It was meant to keep its people from leaving.
Editorial: The G-whiz men
FBI Executive Assistant Director Willie Hulon, the bureau's chief of national security, told the Senate Intelligence Committee on Tuesday that a majority of the agency's intelligence analysts and special agents don't have Internet access at their desks.
Despite all the hullabaloo over the state Senate majority leader's statement on the budget , including the perception he took on the governor, this was vintage Bill Raggio...
By Jon Ralston
Despite all the hullabaloo over the state Senate majority leader's statement on the budget , including the perception he took on the governor, this was vintage Bill Raggio. His message was what his message usually is: Cut the partisan nonsense and calm down. And the usual subtext: Listen to me. And, in this case, he was talking to Jim Gibbons, too. He wanted the governor to know that he had to "reexamine" his exemptions list, including the obvious notion he should have included child welfare. Oh, it was criticism, but mailed fist in velvet glove criticism. Raggio knows the governor ...
Jeff Simpson notes that the past two winners of the World Series of Poker's main event haven't been great for the game
Harrah's Entertainment made an incredibly shrewd business decision in 2003 when it acquired the rights to the World Series of Poker, and the company has done a decent job with the event and its recognizable brand.
Letter: Democrats abandon Kennedy's message
Apparently , the Democratic Party has completely abandoned this esteemed statement provided by, in my opinion, the best Democratic president in recent history.
Editorial: Head in the sand
Despite the fact that the commission's staff and budget have been decimated by budget cuts, Nord wrote in USA Today on Tuesday that "consumer products are safer than they have ever been."

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