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Print edition for September 10, 2007

Letter: Bizzaro World exists outside our reality
Mr. Gliddon resides in an alternate universe, known in popular culture as the Bizzaro World, where everything is exactly the opposite of reality. Up is down. Black is white. Hot is cold. And in this world "the war in Iraq is winding down, and we are winning," "North Korea is calming," "prescription drugs are affordable for seniors" and "things are looking just dandy."
Northern lights will glow
They're eye-catching mementos from times past - and from the moments we're living now.
Editorial: Shed light on Neonopolis
It was to be called Neonopolis@Fremont Street. It was to be downtown's equivalent of the Strip's Fashion Show mall and the Forum Shops at Caesars. It would boost gaming revenue by attracting well-heeled shoppers who would pop into downtown casinos for some slot play and table games.
Fans drooling: Dunkin' Donuts on its way to the valley
By Mike Trask
He knows the punch lines are inevitable. Yet without pause, Henderson police officer Danny Leath admits just how thrilled he is that 62 Dunkin' Donuts shops are coming to the Las Vegas Valley.
Letter: Easy solution to illegal immigration
I tire of having the illegals appeal to our "soft side" with their stories of pain and agony for having their families split up when they are deported.
Editorial: Midcentury looking bleak
Hardly a week goes by without scientists warning of new and grave consequences if countries do not work individually and cooperatively to reduce emissions from fossil fuels, which are the primary cause of drastic climate change.
Fired up and seeing red
13,000
Smelly questions bubble over tax dollars, sewage deals
By Tony Cook
Dealing with sewage is messy business.
Agency can't show its math but says tax money wasn't misspent
By Timothy Pratt
It took a year of many hands rooting through dozens of banker's boxes crammed with scraps of paper.
Editorial: Seniors, beware of con artists
Testifying before the Senate Special Committee on Aging last week, SEC Chairman Christopher Cox said his agency over the past two years has taken legal action against more than 40 operations that existed solely to prey on seniors.
Service on the rise: Checking in bags at hotel, instead of McCarran
McCarran International Airport is on track to expand its off-airport baggage check-in service in the months ahead.
FLASHPOINT for Sep 10, 2007
FLASHPOINT for Sep 10, 2007
Letter: Imploring smokers to find a way to quit
Letter writer Brad Evans ("Nonsmokers afraid to let free market work," Sept. 2) should have been by my side when my best friend (father-in-law) died a hideous death from his addiction to tobacco. He begged me for his clothes so he could leave the hospital. Not much of a chance with all the life support strapped to him.
WEEK IN REVIEW: CLARK COUNTY
Turns out that Clark County staff and judges might be giving night court some thought. But before we go there, here's one to get the wheels turning :
Letter: Bush accomplishes his mission, in a way
If the president's goal was to spend billions of taxpayer dollars on an unpopular war putting the United States in debt for many years to come ... "Mission Accomplished."

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