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Print edition for September 3, 2008

Republicans squelch individual rights
Robert J. Stedman, Las Vegas
I find it utterly amazing that Republicans will go to the polls and vote against their best interests and those of the country as a whole. I was a registered Republican for more than 40 years, until the wrongful impeachment of President Clinton by the Republicans.
Shortchanging students
A trend that is raising concern among educators nationwide — heavy use by school districts of long-term substitute teachers — is well established locally and has been for years.
A ‘shoot from the hip’ move by McCain
Irwin Kaufman, Las Vegas
In one of his first important choices, Sen. John McCain picked Sarah Palin as his running mate. McCain is 72 with a history of reccurring melanoma.
Safety advocates to meet tonight about two Las Vegas airplane crashes
By Mary Manning
After two separate airplanes crashed into two homes, killing four people in less than a week, a citizens group concerned with safety plans to meet tonight.
GOP enthusiasm and Democratic tiptoeing
By Jon Ralston
Politics, for the most part, is the art of illusion. And nowhere is that talent for prestidigitation so valued as during a presidential race, where a state senator four years removed is seen as not just presidential timber but almost godlike by his acolytes, and where an unknown governor of a far-removed state who has barely interacted with the standard-bearer is considered fit to be the proverbial heartbeat away.
We need a ‘take charge’ president
Michael K. Casler, Las Vegas
Ken Anderson had it partially right in his Saturday letter to the editor headlined “To win, McCain must be honest about Bush”:
Student arrested for bringing guns to Spring Valley High School
By Mary Manning
A 17-year-old Spring Valley High School student was arrested about 10:30 a.m. today by Clark County School District officers after bringing a BB gun and a rifle to school.
Hispanics love Barack Obama
By Jon Ralston
Hispanics love Barack Obama. Really. If you don’t believe it, he has a Hispanic Leadership Advisory Committee.
Sheriff Douglas Gillespie thanks those who were instrumental in the completion of the Enterprise Are
Metro hosts grand opening of southwest substation
By Cydney Cappello
Southwest Las Vegas residents gathered at the grand opening Tuesday evening of the third Metro Police area command substation.
Arrest made in teen's death
By Mary Manning
Metro Police have arrested 21-year-old Eric Sandoval of Las Vegas in the shooting death of 19-year-old Nester Joao Lee.
Palin a superb choice to win women voters
Richard McCord, Henderson
When John McCain picked Sarah Palin as his running mate, I wondered what the Democrats would say about the selection. Saturday’s Sun editorial (“Sarah Who?”) and three letters in that day’s edition (“McCain makes mistake with VP pick,” “Lots of people equal to Palin,” and “Selection was an insult to women”) provided plenty of insight.
Motorcyclist who died in crash off I-15 overpass identified
By Mary Manning
A motorcyclist who died Tuesday after crashing on an Interstate 15 overpass and falling about 50 feet to the freeway below has been identified as 25-year-old Joseph Kongnalinh of Las Vegas, the Clark County coroner's office said.
Democrats lack right kind of ‘experience’
Herb Nixon, Henderson
Let’s look at who will be training whom in our presidential-vice presidential race.
Reacting to Gustav
Hurricane Gustav, thankfully, did not strike Louisiana with the same force Hurricane Katrina did in 2005, nor did Monday’s storm come close to claiming the 1,600 lives that were lost in New Orleans and along the Gulf Coast three years ago.
Police still looking for suspect in homicide
By Mary Manning
Metro Police are still seeking a man who fled the 3900 block of James Paul Avenue after shooting into a garage and killing a man at about 1:30 a.m. Monday.
Blowing the whistle
In the 1990s the Justice Department started relying on whistleblowers in private industry to combat health care fraud in the Medicare and Medicaid programs.
School board considers using school trucks as rolling billboards
By Emily Richmond
Saying that desperate times call for desperate measures, Clark County School Board members agreed today to consider selling advertising space on district food service trucks, a deal that could yield as much as $1.4 million annually.
No letup in Medicaid fraud, says retiring enforcement chief
By Cy Ryan
CARSON CITY – The head of the state unit that polices fraud in the $1 billion-a-year Medicaid program, says he doesn’t see any letup in attempts to bilk the system.
Two-alarm fire damages shopping center
By Mary Manning
Three businesses in the Bonanza Nellis Shopping Center in northeastern Las Vegas were damaged in a two-alarm at about 12:55 p.m. today.
Ethics Commission: Gibbons never pressured assessor
By Cy Ryan
Gov. Jim Gibbons never used pressure or misused his position to gain a tax benefit on 40 acres he purchased in Elko County last year, an Ethics Commission investigation concluded.

News

Real estate agents Paul and Teresa McCormick say the Nehemiah program has kept them afloat during th
The down payment for your new home: $0
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By Brian Eckhouse
A Green Valley home is advertised in the newspaper with 100 percent financing. It sounds suspicious, given how lenders are supposed to be demanding bigger down payments from buyers, but it’s a legitimate offer. Here's how.
Rep. Ron Paul addresses a huge crowd of supporters Tuesday in Minneapolis, on the other side of the
Local supporters of Paul remain steadfast and fervent
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By Lisa Mascaro
A dentist who didn’t know the definition of a convention delegate 15 months ago spends his summer vacation trying to get Nevada’s delegates for presidential hopeful Ron Paul seated at the Republican National Convention.
Theme park visionaries are in over their heads
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By Brendan Buhler
A year ago, the $10 billion combination indoor water park, ski slope, casino and hotel known as Wet Las Vegas was chugging along, hypewise. And then the news releases stopped.
From left, alternate delegate Mei Herbert, Nevada GOP Chairwoman Sue Lowden and Assembly Minority Le
State's delegation ecstatic over Palin
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By J. Patrick Coolican
The Sun interviewed nine Nevadans at the convention. They were enthusiastic about Sarah Palin, the surprise vice president pick of Sen. John McCain, and eager to recount details they find compelling in her public record and private life.
Swinging Vegas entrepreneur to get his day in court
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By Joe Schoenmann
The courts are going to get a chance to determine the legality of sex clubs in Las Vegas. At the very least, a judge will be asked to determine whether swinger David Cooper is right when he says Clark County is out to get him.
Vegas Web site garners national award, and trip to Hollywood
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By Sam Skolnik
After a couple of near misses, it’s finally No. 1. Las Vegas’ Web site recently was named the best city Web site by a national research and advisory institute, the Center for Digital Government.
Democratic presidential nominee Sen. Barack Obama gave his acceptance speech Thursday on a richly bl
All the theatrics, and a ‘killer speech,’ too
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By J. Patrick Coolican
It was a dramatic story with compelling characters who read great dialogue and snapped out their lines on gorgeous sets.
A smattering of fans watch from the stands during a game between the Las Vegas 51s and the Memphis R
51s may end month as orphans
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By Ron Kantowski
Normally, the Dodgers and the 51s would have a deal by now. Normally, they would have a deal by spring training. The 51s want to continue the relationship. The Dodgers, apparently, do not.
A retro McDonald's on Sahara and the Beauty Bar are spots locals will recognize in a new commercial
Arts District has starring role in McDonald’s commercial
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By Kristen Peterson
It’s not every day that you see the Las Vegas Arts District in a McDonald’s commercial.
The Cupcakery's flavors change with seasons.
Sweetening deals
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By Joe Brown
There’s always been an underground economy in Las Vegas. Since the town began, businesspeople with varying degrees of legitimacy have gifted and bribed one another with women, booze, money and fancy casino digs.
Allison Serafin is a Teach For America alumna and the Las Vegas Valley office's new executive direct
Six questions: Allison Serafin
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By Emily Richmond
Teachers in 94 Clark County classrooms this year are from Teach For America, a nationwide program that places recent college graduates in struggling urban schools for two years.
Narcotics case a first for Nevada
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By Marshall Allen
Nevada bartenders are not liable for customers who drive drunk, but should the same be true for pharmacists who provide pills to suspected drug addicts?

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