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Print edition for September 27, 2007

Campaign funding watchdogs suspicious as Ensign steps in
By Lisa Mascaro
WASHINGTON - In the final days before elections, out of nowhere some candidates get infusions of cash. They blast ads, tar their opponents and go on to win.
Ron Kantowski vents his frustration with circumstances that keep Saturday's UNLV-UNR match in Reno off TV
A better movement would be passing a law to get the game on TV.
Cell towers can't hide from their opponents
They are disguised as flagpoles, lampposts and palm trees. They are hidden behind billboards and inside church steeples. And if they haven't yet, chances are they are coming to a neighborhood near you.
If UNLV needs a role model for disclosure, try Ohio
By Jeff German, Steve Kanigher
As the Nevada System of Higher Education grapples with how to disclose the off-campus consulting work of its educators and other professional staff, it could look to Ohio for advice.
Finally here and ready to make music
By Kristen Peterson
Who: Las Vegas Philharmonic with David Itkin, conductor
Decades in the making, jam band brings back 'hippie music'
Who: Moonalice
LOOKING IN ON: MOTOR SPORTS
Postseason struggle
Shot at immortality for WWII vets
By Ed Koch
Of the more that 16 million U.S. military members who fought in World War II only about 3 million are still alive.
As UNLV plans, few students show
By Charlotte Hsu
The day ended the same way it began, in a ballroom packed with ties and black jackets, business casual, polished leather heels and burnished flats.
EAST COAST STYLE, VEGAS PROPORTIONS
By Liz Benston
Miki Naftali is the first developer to pay more than $1 billion for land on the Strip. And he's barely breaking a sweat.
Editorial: Justice in Jeffs' trial
Prosecutors said Jeffs forced the girl to marry her 19-year-old cousin. Jeffs' attorneys said the girl was a willing partner. On Tuesday the jury rightly convicted Jeffs.
FLASHPOINT for Sep 27, 2007
So did you see where Rep. Jon Porter voted for that child- ren's health bill after he had voted against it? Once that pesky provision that Porter said would gut Medicare spending was excised, he was a huge supporter. End of story. Or at least it should be. Only a cynic would suggest Porter voted for the second iteration of the plan so he could inoculate himself against Democratic attacks next year. Only a cynic would suggest that Porter really has different philosophical views than the delegation's other GOP members, who raised concerns about the funding mechanism. And only a ...
Letter: Republicans won't admit role in disaster
It's much easier to stick one's head in the sand and pretend that all is grand. To vote for Bush twice and to disapprove of how things have turned out is to admit culpability for a sand-clogged, worn-thin military, a national budget surplus turned to record deficit, a scandal-ridden government strewed with the carcasses of various criminals, a world with more standing-in-line terrorists than ever before and a government that spends more on Iraq than on it s own impoverished and needy.
Letter: Make smart choices - that's your reward
Those who are guided by a moral compass that requires them to be fiscally responsible should take great comfort and pride from that. You live well. You set a great example for those around you. You pay your own way. You contribute to the stability of your family, community and society in general.
Editorial: Our natural heritage
A story by The Wall Street Journal on Monday notes that there are about a dozen bills pending in the House and Senate that call for wilderness designations from Oregon to Virginia.
Letter: Why we should get rid of income tax
Rick Imker
There is not one Nevada politician who has the leadership, integrity and guts to put a stop to this immorality and abomination. Not one.
Editorial: Yucca becoming irrelevant
Their announcement at a news conference on Tuesday in Washington signals the start of a new strategy for justifying the building of more nuclear power plants.

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