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Going after illegal downloads
We don’t buy the free-speech arguments of some offenders, or arguments about privacy or unfettered academic research. Downloading and sharing commercial recordings without permission is theft. And for that there should be consequences.
At Green Valley High, play sports, you may face drug test
By Emily Richmond
Green Valley High School will randomly test students for drug use, making it the first public Clark County campus to implement such a policy.
Model Michelle Rosabal demonstrates the Starry Night Sleep Technology bed on Monday at the Consumer
The everything bed
By Marshall Allen
The mattress industry will have you believe that the higher the price the more blissful the slumber. Pay a grand for a pillow top and log the standard eight hours. Ten grand for hand-flailed horsehair transports you into sleep nirvana.
Mob museum sends wrong message to kids
John Tominsky, Las Vegas
John Tominsky of Las Vegas agrees with almost everything Mayor Oscar Goodman has done for the city. But on the issue of developing a mob museum, he thinks Goodman is totally wrong.
Leaky rainy day fund
No one could have predicted the flooding that struck the Northern Nevada town of Fernley early Saturday, which is one reason the state has money tucked away in a special rainy day fund. But To help offset the deficit, Gov. Jim Gibbons announced a plan last month that includes withdrawing as much as $200 million from the rainy day fund two-thirds of its balance.
‘Predators’ laws hurt redeemable kids
Zechariah Tuscanue, Las Vegas
Zechariah Tuscanue of Las Vegas writes about how the new sexual predator legislation sson to take effect in Nevada demonstrates the draconian, fear-and-punishment-driven nature of our legal system.
Campaigns test bounds of religious freedom
Charles C. Haynes
Campaigns test bounds of religious freedom

News

Giving reality the hard sell
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By J. Patrick Coolican
In New Hampshire, Clinton is at her best, so deeply knowledgeable about issues, so fluid off the cuff, that there was nothing anyone could ask her that would cause her to stumble.
Rory and Cindy Reid turn to greet Peggy Ganopole’s neighbors while canvassing Sunday for Sen. Hill
Rory Reid’s gamble on Clinton turns riskier
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By Tony Cook
It seemed a safe bet when mild-mannered Clark County commissioner Rory Reid came out -- in his first high-profile role on a national stage -- for Sen. Hillary Clinton nearly a year ago. But since then, it’s become apparent just how risky the move was for Reid.
Short on time and input, regents cut
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By Charlotte Hsu
Regents OK’d plans to defer faculty merit pay and to place a surcharge on student fees at selected schools on Monday even though some college leaders acknowledged they had yet to solicit student and teacher input on those proposals.
A nonprofit music group has designs on one of the oldest structures in Boulder City. But some say th
Neighbors tell nonprofit: Make music elsewhere
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By Mike Trask
Neighbors have begun speaking out against the plan to add a 536-seat theater to the 68-year-old former Los Angeles Water and Power Building in a historic section of Boulder City.
One size does not fit all
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There is no doubt the laws should strongly punish sexual offenders, but they should not automatically judge juvenile offenders the same as adults.
Why speeders need a wake-up call
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Bonny Midby, Henderson
Bonny Midby believes Jack Sheehan’s Sunday column about Debbie Anderson and her dog, Midas, should be required reading for all who choose to speed through school zones.
Some see 51s, some see Stars
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By Brian Hilderbrand
Engage any Las Vegas old-timer -- that is to say, anyone who has been in town 15 or 20 years -- in a discussion of the local minor league baseball team and it’s almost guaranteed he will call it the “Stars” at least once, although the team has been known as the 51s since the 2001 season.
UNLV mascot Hey Reb started off as a Confederate wolf mascot, evolved and became his big-headed, mou
UNLV Sand Burners? Uh, no thanks
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By Brian Hilderbrand
According to a section of UNLV’s Web site celebrating the school’s 50th anniversary, the Rebels in 1971 came close to becoming the UNLV Sand Burners. Or the A-Bombs.

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