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It's better to stop weeds sooner rather than later: Desert Gardener:; Sunday, July 5, 2009; By Angela O'Callaghan; Caring for a landscape during the height of summer means trying to do the most work in the most efficient way possible.

Motorcyclist dead after collision: Sunday, July 5, 2009; By Craig Peterson; A 30-year-old Las Vegas motorcyclist is dead after a collision at 2:47 a.m. on Durango Drive near University Avenue.

Governor Gibberish: SUN EDITORIAL: By continuing to spout his empty rhetoric, Gibbons embarrasses himself and Nevada; Sunday, July 5, 2009; Haunted by dismal approval ratings, the governor has been issuing news releases in an effort to rehabilitate his image, but they have only underscored his incompetence.

Problems at CityCenter: SUN EDITORIAL: Revelation that an inspector made errors, lacked experience is just part of a larger issue; Sunday, July 5, 2009; There were experienced contractors building the project and Clark County monitors were supposed to be reviewing the inspectors’ work. Why didn’t they catch the problem?

Making health plans clearer: SUN EDITORIAL: Consumers deserve more specifics about what their policies don’t cover; Sunday, July 5, 2009; What has sometimes been overlooked in the debate about health care is that many people have insurance, but not enough to prevent deep financial distress should they require major surgery or other expensive care.

Better leaders would lead to better care: LETTER TO THE EDITOR:; Sunday, July 5, 2009; Bonnie L. Armstrong, Henderson; I am firmly in favor of a single-payer health insurance program. There are many pros and cons, but one of the main problems seems to be the fear of government deciding who gets what treatment.

Israelis mistrust Obama’s policies: LETTER TO THE EDITOR:; Sunday, July 5, 2009; Samuel Appelbaum, Los Angeles; Thanks to Brian Greenspun for his insightful column in last Sunday’s Las Vegas Sun headlined “U.S. can’t squander the trust of Israelis.” Having just returned from Israel, I want to confirm the accuracy of Mr. Greenspun’s comments.

Untapped revenue sources all over town: LETTER TO THE EDITOR:; Sunday, July 5, 2009; Tracy Shaw, Las Vegas; Every day one can drive the streets of Las Vegas and see out-of-state plates on cars far away from the Strip, parked in house driveways, in apartment-assigned spaces, at places of employment — and yet all those people, who owe that uncollected revenue, continue to stick their noses up at the rest of us.

Think Sanford is bizarre? Look closely at Gibbons: JON RALSTON: But unlike governor of South Carolina, Gibbons and his weaker record, stranger conduct has not received calls for resignation; Sunday, July 5, 2009; By Jon Ralston; As I watch the tragicomic Mark Sanford soon-to-be-a-Lifetime-movie story unfold in South Carolina, complete with brave and opportunistic calls for the governor to resign, I cannot help but think of the contrast with our own chief executive’s equally cable-movie-worthy tale and the noticeable and damning silence of the political class in Nevada.

Reid has his 60, but probably not a legislative lock: LETTER FROM WASHINGTON: Democrats can end filibusters — if they’re all present and united; Sunday, July 5, 2009; By Lisa Mascaro; Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is tamping down expectations for the new Deomcratic supermajority he now heads in the Senate. His 60 votes, he reasoned, are on paper only.

Be thankful for your independence: BRIAN GREENSPUN: WHERE I STAND: In countries such as Iran, the struggle for freedom is ongoing; Sunday, July 5, 2009; By Brian Greenspun; Happy Fourth of July. I know I am a day late, but celebrating the birth of the United States is not and should not be a one-day affair. We can, at least, take a weekend once a year to focus on the birth of our nation and the courage, good sense, intelligence and recklessness that those who risked everything for us exemplified.

The legacy of Chancellor Jim Rogers: HIGHER EDUCATION: A look at his tenure as chief of state's public colleges and universities; Sunday, July 5, 2009; By Emily Richmond; Ever since his high school days as a student newspaper editorial writer, Jim Rogers has risen to the occasion, inserting his strong opinions even when not invited. This time it was in 2004 and the Nevada System of Higher Education was in disarray.

Ensign’s pal lacked usual qualifications for top job: THE SENATOR’S SCANDAL :; Sunday, July 5, 2009; By J. Patrick Coolican, Torey Van Oot; When Sen. John Ensign hired Doug Hampton to be his senior aide in November 2006, Nevada Republicans were baffled. Hampton was an unknown, without a policy profile or political experience.

Cricket swarm brings plague to state’s North: Insects keep finding ways to thwart efforts to eradicate them; Sunday, July 5, 2009; By Michael Mishak; Diana Bunitsky looked out the window and saw them coming. In a scene out of Revelation, a 25-foot-wide swarm of flightless insects started to climb the stairs to Lone Mountain Station, a bar Bunitsky owns with her husband, Victor, in northern Elko County.

Local conservative radio talk reflects right’s downcast state: POLITICAL MEMO:; Sunday, July 5, 2009; By J. Patrick Coolican; One might expect Heidi Harris, as a conservative talk show host, to be filled with fire and fury, given the liberal ascendancy and Age of Obama. But she was unwilling to engage in the apocalyptic rhetoric heard in other quarters.

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