Story archive for August 2007
Friday, Aug. 31
- Paying parents to parent?
- Candid camera for teachers
- Outlook on Iraq puts Porter on offense and defense
- brazilian star: the phoenix suns’ leandro barbosa almost didn’t make it to the nba, PAGE 6
- He saw to county’s rise
- Soldier from LV dies of self-inflicted gunshot
- Fast break from Brazil
- what to wear: baby clothes take on a rocker flair as teen styles seem more calm, PAGE 3
- Conan O’ Brien: “Gay groups are calling (Idaho Sen. Larry) Craig a hypocrite because Craig is a staunch opponent of gay marriage. Craig denied he’s a hypocrite, saying, “Hey, I wasn’t trying to marry
- Empowered by the people
- Odds ’n’ ends Jeff Haney on ‘sleepers’ South Florida and Vanderbilt and why bettors should take a look at these teams early in the season
- Racism need not be overt to be destructive
- Autumn wind blows in the new New Year on college campuses
- CONVENTION CRASHING: MAGIC CONVENTION Dress your infant in AC/DC onesie Baby clothes are scary compared with tamer styles for teens
- Uninsured America
- Craig Interrogation Excerpts
- Defense Dept.: 364 Afghan-Area Deaths
- Iraq Benchmark Findings
- Diamondbacks Move Ahead Atop NL West
- Guests for the Sunday TV News Shows
- Bush Unveils Mortgage Proposals
- US Wants UAE to Set Tougher Trade Limits
- Summary Box: Fed Chief and the Economy
- Diamondbacks Move Ahead in NL West
- Monster Breach Teaches Familiar Lessons
- What can be done to spark more interest in basketball's Olympics qualifying tournament
- LOOKING IN ON: MOTOR SPORTS
- 16, and he's a rocking violinist
- Q+A: Mark Slaughter
- Off drugs, native Las Vegan tells of his ordeal on film
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- FLASHPOINT for Aug 31, 2007
- Jon Ralston assesses gaming titan's views
- Letter: Why sign up to speak when no one listens?
- Editorial: Potentially deadly mistake
- Letter: More recycling before more pickups
- Letter: Census sugarcoats poverty figures
- Editorial: Enough hypocrisy
- Editorial: Targeting fraud in Iraq
- Diners can eat out and help out
- LOOKING IN ON: EDUCATION
- Alex Shoofey: 1916-2007
- The perfect place for a stiff drink
- Red Tape chronicles
- Faster than sound, on the ground
- Major Computer Viruses Over 25 Years
- Lung Tumors Are Top Cancer Killer
- More May Be Offered Lung Cancer Surgery
- U.S. Open Results
Thursday, Aug. 30
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- Feds not alone in blame
- Targeting fraud in Iraq
- Weed invades, spreads devastation
- If you go
- Alex Shoofey: 1916-2007 He helped shape hotel industry
- Enough hypocrisy
- Potentially deadly mistake
- new movie reviews
- Off drugs, native Las Vegan tells of his ordeal on film
- LOOKING IN ON: EDUCATION New school holds out, snags veteran administrator
- BATTLE AT HOME Military insurance brings misery to reservist injured in line of duty Red Tape chronicles
- Why sign up to speak when no one listens?
- ONLINE COVERAGE THIS WEEK: BURNING MAN ’07
- Ron Kantowski on what can be done to spark more interest in basketball’s Olympics qualifying tournament
- Why Washington should not neglect Turkey
- The perfect place for a stiff drink
- Diners can eat out and help out
- Faster than sound, on the ground Chris Morris / Las Vegas Sun
- Q+A: Mark Slaughter ‘Vegas is the heart and soul of the band’
- 16, and he’s a rockin’ violinist
- LOOKING IN ON: MOTOR SPORTS Bristol race too tame for fans Resurfaced track, new tires, timing of event combine to create a spiritless outing 0 Number of NASCAR Nextel Cup Series drivers who have com
- U.S. Military Deaths in Iraq at 3,735
- Political Wives and Scandalized Husbands
- Oil Prices Near $74 a Barrel
- Indians Extend Lead in AL Central
- Summary: Vague Standard in Senate's Code
- Product Recalls
- Foreign-Born Widows Face Deportation
- Summary Box: Chase for Pork Still Strong
- COLLEGE FOOTBALL 2007
- Q+A: SARAH SILVERMAN
- Q&A: TRINI LOPEZ
- FLASHPOINT for Aug 30, 2007
- Guest columnist: Jacob Snow talks about the steps the RTC is taking to keep Las Vegas traffic moving
- Letter: Bush wrong when he says Iraq security better
- Editorial: Be prepared for floods
- Editorial: Silent John speaks
- Letter: This administration is worst in long time
- Letter: Airport noise affects those living far away
- Editorial: Insurance worries
- Uncle Sam now owns strip club
- LOOKING IN ON: SUBURBS
- Banning beard and yarmulke brings lawsuit for Metro
- Weddings crashed Strip resorts, suit says
- Bullet smashes her love for Las Vegas
- Indians Beat Up on Santana _ Again
- Wrapup of Entertainment Quotes From AP
- Lists of Best-Selling Books
- U.S. Open Results
- Recalls
Wednesday, Aug. 29
- Sunnis helping, for now
- Q+A: SARAH SILVERMAN Nothing’s off limits chris morris / las vegas sun
- Bullet smashes her love for Las Vegas
- Be prepared for floods
- Silent John speaks Ensign’s belated comments on Gonzales make us wonder what else he has left unsaid
- More concrete, more heat in Phoenix
- COLLEGE FOOTBALL 2007 Thinking big The important players, coaches, changes and events that will shape the season
- Banning beard and yarmulke brings lawsuit for Metro
- Jacob Snow talks about the steps the RTC is taking to keep Las Vegas traffic moving where i stand
- Uncle Sam now owns strip club
- Insurance worries
- It’s time for France to roll up its sleeves
- Her raps were bad, not bum
- Taking off at Creech, a better war plane
- Q&A: TRINI LOPEZ Early push from Sinatra launched a career of surprises
- Bush wrong when he says Iraq security better
- SWEEPING THE SIDEWALKS Looking in on: suburbs
- U.S. Military Deaths in Iraq at 3,731
- Artful Web Designs Push Artistic Limits
- DOD: 364 Military Deaths in Afghan Area
- Defense Dept.: 364 Afghan-Area Deaths
- U.S. Military Deaths in Iraq at 3,732
- GOP Senators Say Craig Should Resign
- Vegas Sports Book to Take Fantasy Bets
- Phillies, Padres Beat 1st-Place Teams
- Yanks, Angels Move Up in Division Races
- Product Recalls
- Iraqi Cleric and Militia
- Bush Tells New Orleans: `We Understand'
- THE ELEVATOR
- FIBA drama comes from the stands
- Q&A: Gary Sinise
- Editorial: Where's the leadership?
- Letter: Bush supporters not acting rationally
- Letter: Current system of recycling works
- Letter: Free luggage carts at airport needed
- Editorial: Out of the bats of babes
- Editorial: Soda with that?
- FLASHPOINT for Aug 29, 2007
- Jon Ralston on a senator from Nevada's rant on Gonzales
- Testing, testing ... Anyone out there?
- CORRECTION
- Van pulls up, bargain offered - buyer beware!
- Bush fights uphill battle for war plan
- Tech center to close, but that's a sign of progress
- Other Washington Sex Scandals
- Summarry Box: Forced Abortion
- Celebrity Birthdays
- Entertainment Highlights in History
- `The Closer' Tops Cable TV Rankings
- U.S. Open Results
Tuesday, Aug. 28
- Soda with that?
- Bush fights uphill battle for war plan
- Mexico creates its elite, who are without peers
- Gary Sinise: He’s an actor, he’s a musician — it doesn’t matter, he’s playing vegas, PAGE 7
- It’s time to admit we’re wrong about Iraq
- Where’s the leadership?
- Sorely in need of integrity
- Prelude to an eclipse
- All the world’s a stage Q&A: Gary Sinise Chris morris / las vegas sun
- Van pulls up, bargain offered — buyer beware!
- FIBA drama comes from the stands
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- What causes such violence toward innocent?
- Testing, testing ... Anyone out there?
- Out of the bats of babes
- Tech center to close, but that’s a sign of progress
- Kung fu, pingpong meet in ‘balls of fury’
- A Venetian out to eclipse the one in Vegas
- Quotes About Gonzales' Resignation
- Product Could Heal Soil After Fires
- Vick Submits Guilty Plea to Judge
- Review: `Nines' a Tough Number to Crack
- Report: Documents Link Couch to Doping
- Report: Documents Link Couch, Doping
- Bush Defends Iraq War Effort
- Product Recalls
- A long time comin'
- FLASHPOINT for Aug 28, 2007
- Letter: Democrats, not Bush, deserving of blame
- Editorial: Good riddance
- Editorial: Get tough on contracts
- Editorial: Paying to skate
- Letter: Fewer pickups should mean lower bills
- Letter: Doesn't Bush see his inconsistencies?
- Review: `Balls of Fury'
- Tigers Rout Yankees, Mussina 16-0
- Court: New Sentence for Wal-Mart Exec
- Utley Lifts Phillies to Win
- CORRECTIONS
- Arkady (Ariel) Bogoslavsky: 1955-2007
- Democrats take to towns
- Insurance deal sails by with 'big holes'
- I'd given up on Gonzales leaving, Bogden says
- Recent Kidnappings in Afghanistan
- Report: Average SAT Scores Dip Again
- Home Buyers Look for Deals at Auctions
- U.S. Open Results
- Average SAT Scores Are Lowest Since 1999
- Business Watercooler Stories
- U.S. Military Deaths in Iraq at 3,731
Monday, Aug. 27
- Party Pools:
- LOOKING IN ON: CARSON CITY $1 million wish: A study to take water inventory, avoid friction
- New campus, new attitude
- Deported but not defeated After yearlong sanctuary in U.S., immigrant vows to lobby for change in Mexico
- Bush can’t match bin Laden in PR war in Iraq
- Rebels had their moments even when getting beat
- A long time comin’
- Iraq has more parallels to Vietnam than president admits
- Arkady (Ariel) Bogoslavsky: 1955-2007 He fled oppression, made piano sing
- Roadkill:
- Fed throws investors a bone and they bite
- Like a bar, with less clothing
- Democrats take to towns
- LOSS LEADER
- I’d given up on Gonzales leaving, Bogden says
- Security shouldn’t trample citizens’ rights
- Insurance deal sails by with ‘big holes’
- Last of a core group of jazz greats is now gone Compulsively creative and an absolute virtuoso, Max Roach had almost single-handedly dragged the drums out of the shadows and demonstrated that they wer
- Get tough on contracts
- Paying to skate
- Good riddance
- It’s Only Your Brand
- U.S. Military Deaths in Iraq at 3,731
- Correction: Iraq-US-Deaths Story
- Product Recalls
- Obesity Rates Climb in Most States
- Diamondbacks Win Another Nailbiter
- Guillen Likes Red Sox to Win AL
- Gonzales' Career Timeline
- Bush Insiders Who Have Left or Moved
- Correction: Defibrillator Recalls
- Russian champion may be next on Couture's fight card
- Jeff Haney shares readers' opinions on sports books
- THE OPENING LINE
- FLASHPOINT for Aug 27, 2007
- Editorial: Whole hog for Whole Foods
- Editorial: A full accounting
- Letter: Reagan policies share blame for mine disaster
- Letter: Bush sadly silent on homeownership crisis
- Letter: Just say no to illegal immigration
- Editorial: Dark picture from Iraq
- WEEK IN REVIEW: CLARK COUNTY
- Moment Captured
- Newcomers introduce suburb to dissent
- CHANGES DOWNTOWN COMING FROM ON HIGH
- College tightens its oversight of construction
- Quotes About Gonzales' Resignation
- New DVD Releases: `Blades of Glory'
- Selected Teen Choice Winner's List
- Bush's Statement on Gonzales
- Countries Send Help to Greece
- Reaction to Gonzales' Resignation
- Gonzales' Resignation Text
Sunday, Aug. 26
- U.S. Military Deaths in Iraq at 3,728
- Venezuelan Funding to Latin America
- Olympia: Birthplace of Ancient Olympics
- Facts About U.S. Currency
- Hagel-Bloomberg pairing could be formidable in '08
- Iraqi government can only absorb heat for so long
- Democrats have no reason to be overconfident
- The man behind the scenes Reagan adviser changed politics by manipulating media coverage Since TV dicta demands that scripted words must relate to the picture on the screen, the pieces didn't begin wi
- FLASHPOINT for Aug 26, 2007
- Jon Ralston on the dubious claim made by Team Venetian that invitations to Macau were mistakenly sent to elected officials
- Americans can't be bothered with affairs of the world?
- School is for your own good, and ours
- Editorial: Goodbye, summer vacation
- Letter: He has a lot of nerve to talk about Vietnam
- Letter: In defense of Rich's extensive vocabulary
- Letter: Regarding Clark County's new trash-recycling pilot projects:
- Letter: Once-a-week trash smell being exaggerated
- Editorial: A clear conflict
- Editorial: When chatting isn't innocent
- Joyful return soon sours
- LOOKING IN ON: CITY HALL
- MGM's Dubai deal gave final push to contract talks
- Jeff Simpson explains that changes in MGM Mirage's top ranks also means a big change in the company's structure
- Teacher new to district faces big, small tests
- FACES OF HOPE
Saturday, Aug. 25
- TAKE FIVE: ULTIMATE FIGHTING CHAMPIONSHIP 74, COUTURE VS. GONZAGA
- Jeff Haney on a free program for football bettors
- THE READERS SOMETIMES E-MAIL
- FLASHPOINT for Aug 25, 2007
- Letter: Full-time government just doesn't work
- Editorial: Paging all readers
- Editorial: Sprucing up the parks
- Editorial: It's a Wiki world
- Letter: Nonsmoking casino failed for a reason
- Letter: Congress' inaction is enabling Bush
- Romney's straw carries golden sheen
- New tack might take Boggs directly to trial
- 'Clean' coal sounds prettier than it smells
- Ron Kantowski asks of the new arena plan: What's in it?
Friday, Aug. 24
- 10 LETTERS = 42 SCRABBLE POINTS IF YOU CAN SPELL THIS GUY'S NAME DO IT YOURSELF: CUT OUT THE TILES BELOW AND SPELL!
- Ron Kantowski on why UNLV's new multimillion-dollar sports marketing deal rates more than 'Miscellaneous'
- COMEDY'S BACK ON TRACK
- Death of social linchpin, Enigma Cafe founder shakes arts community
- FLASHPOINT
- Jon Ralston on the bizarre mail he gets
- Letter: Rove has brought shame to this country
- Editorial: Stifling public views
- Editorial: Picking on children
- Editorial: On the verge of lunacy
- Letter: Flights' 'punishment' doesn't fit the whine
- Letter: Teachers deserve to earn decent wage
- Letter: Smoking law should not exempt anyone
- Just a preview: Pay to skate
- Stationed in Iraq, Marines to get eyeful from Vegas
- Bam! Real crash unexpectedly drives message home
- Seeing beyond sepia
- Happened in Vegas, now playing everywhere
Thursday, Aug. 23
- Jeff Haney on why 'sick' might be the most accurate word to describe the upcoming season of 'High Stakes Poker'
- LOOKING IN ON: MOTOR SPORTS
- Artists to come 'home'
- LOOKING IN ON: ENTERTAINMENT
- FLASHPOINT for Aug 23, 2007
- Commentary: Doug Gillespie explains how average drivers can make Las Vegas Valley roadways safer
- Editorial: Interrogations have limits
- Editorial: A policy meltdown
- Letter: GPA policy would hurt minority students
- Letter: Self-defense lessons, not guns, are needed
- Letter: Start with recycling survey, not test runs
- Letter: Nellis noise makes neighbors proud
- Letter: Noise from planes affects whole valley
- Editorial: A solid arena plan
- Talk of education takes back seat to war
- In LV, Edwards turns up heat on global warming
- We'll do better, UNLV promises
- Cirque - dream tenant for downtown
- Feeling burned, Rogers says UNR can forget his $3 mil
- Iraq beats Vegas, but who's counting?
Wednesday, Aug. 22
- World gives Coach K a higher education
- Q+A: Samuel L. Jackson
- FLASHPOINT for Aug 22, 2007
- Jon Ralston on the silky smooth, almost human Mitt Romney
- Editorial: A poor remedy
- Editorial: Mine safety an oxymoron
- Letter: Stolen, cut-up statues won't stop mission
- Letter: We are taking wrong approach to recycling
- Letter: Smoke causes cancer; cancer kills people
- Letter: Smokers should just lick an ashtray
- Letter: Porter's talk doesn't match his vote
- Editorial: Sleeping with the enemy
- Boggs gets her say in court soon
- LOOKING IN ON: EDUCATION
- From red state, a ray of blue
- Insurers' merger in good hands
- You change it, they trace it
Tuesday, Aug. 21
- Chasing gold in Vegas
- LOOKING IN ON: ENTERTAINMENT
- Walo shows Sweden's love of the blues
- Daughtry at Red Rock
- FLASHPOINT for Aug 21, 2007
- Editorial: Get tough with Rizzolo
- Editorial: Who's kidding whom?
- Letter: After tragedy, it's time to fix infrastructure
- Letter: Way of life ruined by planes taking off
- Letter: Californians should have stayed there
- Letter: Ignore the media, vote for integrity
- Editorial: A missed opportunity
- Unions hold keys, some bigger than others, to caucus
- At UNR, no escaping D.C. chatter
- Money vs. message on Yucca
- STEPHEN J. ROMEO: 1952-2007
- For 'Stony,' the farewell is fitting
- CORRECTIONS
Monday, Aug. 20
- Learning With Pulp (Unfiltered)
- FLASHPOINT for Aug 20, 2007
- Editorial: Minting history
- Editorial: Fries with that?
- Letter: Recycling plan has some holes in it
- Letter: Politicians should deliver on promises
- Letter: Southwest Airlines has caring employees
- Letter: Pay is the main factor driving teachers out
- Editorial: Wrong approach to recycling
- LOOKING IN ON: HIGHER EDUCATION
- WEEK IN REVIEW: CLARK COUNTY
- Doesn't fit the mold
- Bail bonds joints aplenty, waiting for yuppies to belly up
- Upgrade comes in a big box
- Doesn't fit the mold
Sunday, Aug. 19
- Readers want to help, but their truth hurts
- Channeling Liberace
- Crazy Horse Too owner's millions eluding the feds
- Insiders see solar energy industry as ready for takeoff
- Unions rebound as GOP falters
- TV's 'reality' just politics
- Jeff Simpson explains how Atlantic City could benefit from adopting a Las Vegas-style attitude toward competition and the success of others
- Jack Sheehan remembers UNLV's English Department, long before the recent accolades
- FLASHPOINT for Aug 19, 2007
- Jon Ralston imagines a capital city debate on ethics, conflicts of interest
- Guest Columnist: Dr. Lawrence Sands on why reforming the health care system will never work without including improvements in preventive care
- Editorial: A fighter for civil rights
- Editorial: Creating staying power
- Letter: Elderly need a place to meet people
- Letter: At 18, few prepared for life on their own
- Letter: Better schooling starts with funding
- Letter: Food-free pubs made wrong choice
- Editorial: Classroom misery
Saturday, Aug. 18
- Tackle with a woman's touch
- FLASHPOINT for Aug 18, 2007
- Editorial: No butts about it
- Editorial: West's influence waning?
- Editorial: Goodbye, Scooter
- Letter: Anti-smoking law is the law. Get it?
- Letter: Money Mexico wants has good uses here
- Letter: In the end, we won't have Iraq as a friend
- Health sciences gets 'superstar'
- Wrong impression, wrong invitation
- NLV pushes too hard as it tries to pull itself up
- Downtown casinos feel heat as Culinary opens talks
- Rogers' allies send a message as they leave him unfettered
Friday, Aug. 17
- Jeff Haney visits the Gambler's Book Shop, where football bettors are loading up on information as the season nears
- Can the 51s fill a local sports lull?
- Ron Kantowski recalls the exploits here of the former bad boy of the Wranglers hockey team, who's now in trouble with the law yet again
- Bright start, hazy future for gallery
- LOOKING IN ON: ENTERTAINMENT
- Speedwagon runs strong, but Thornton sings ho-hum
- FLASHPOINT for Aug 17, 2007
- Letter: Majority of students forsaken for benefit of few
- Editorial: Equation for success
- Editorial: Tax dollars buy no services
- Editorial: Hailing trouble
- Jon Ralston tells of incestuous relationships between politicians and special interests, and why Nevada needs full-time lawmakers
- Letter: Incompetence of Bush team not funny
- Letter: Law shouldn't ban legal substances
- Recycling could cost residents one trash pickup
- In evictions, neighbors see hope for clean sweep
- Former Test Site workers get local screening sites
- A father lost, a life in limbo
- Co-workers get new way to bond: A crash course
- For would-be judges, many jobs up for grabs
Thursday, Aug. 16
- After 64 years, Virginia City sports football team
- Flag goes up, drama unfurls
- Ron Kantowski shares some e-mails his spam filter missed
- Q+A: Joe Esposito
- Chip by chip, collectors hope to build a museum
- FLASHPOINT for Aug 16, 2007
- Commentary: Pat Mulroy explains how efforts to ensure water supplies for our area are paying off
- Editorial: Insulting hurricane victims
- Editorial: Let the sunshine in
- Letter: Group museums off the Strip so kids can go
- Letter: Nonsmokers have cost people jobs
- Letter: Frank Rich makes column hard to read
- Letter: Current politicians do not inspire hope
- Letter: 'Pay for performance' is an unworkable idea
- Editorial: Learning to get along
- Bizarre allegations come to light
- CONVENTION CRASHING: ASSOCIATED SURPLUS DEALERS / ASSOCIATED MERCHANDISE DEALERS
- BERNIE ROTHKOPF: 1918-2007
- Welcome to Vegas, welcome to teaching
- Not what thieves thought
- Apprentice program is back - and better
- CORRECTION
Wednesday, Aug. 15
- ACT scores continue modest gains for class of 2007
- THE ELEVATOR
- Jeff Haney runs down the main events of the National Poker League, which has just gained a base at the Venetian
- Love story ends well, for all of us
- Missing our king
- FLASHPOINT for Aug 15, 2007
- Jon Ralston on the disingenuous tactics Rep. Porter is facing
- Editorial: All alone at age 18
- Editorial: Plain speaking
- Letter: More reasons than pay for teachers leaving
- Letter: Disabled people already protected
- Letter: It is getting too expensive to live here
- Letter: Medicare, Medicaid are in dire condition
- Editorial: Teachers packing heat?
- Fewer gamblers play after smoke clears
- Serve food or allow smoking: Trendy spots may face choice
- New training aimed at keeping nurses from fleeing
- $400,000 later, little to show for health work
- UNLV's place in the sun
Tuesday, Aug. 14
- Q+A: Judge Valorie Vega
- Not your old man's roller derby
- Commentary: Can Las Vegans learn the art of appreciation?
- FLASHPOINT for Aug 14, 2007
- Editorial: Goodbye and good riddance
- Editorial: Where's the love?
- Editorial: Not in the public's interest
- Letter: Some smokers just don't get it
- Letter: Blame employers for bad records
- Letter: Teachers + guns = a very bad idea
- Guess who's coming to dinner and to work
- LOOKING IN ON: HIGHER EDUCATION
- Good school, good kids ... not near me!
- What a photo op: Goodman, FBI playing nice
- Terror task force's loss called a risk
- For those with tips, crime can pay
Monday, Aug. 13
- Purpose, Part II
- Jeff Haney on an unfortunate trend in sports betting on the Strip
- He can win for losing
- THE OPENING LINE
- Q+A: Raul Malo
- OF LIMITED UTILITY
- Doctor shows why insurers exasperate him
- LIVING LAS VEGAS
- Crowding squeezes classes out of a room
- FLASHPOINT for Aug 13, 2007
- Editorial: Suspects have privacy rights
- Editorial: Not your father's Army
- Letter: Common ground on immigration needed
- Letter: Harry Reid is doing a great job as leader
- Letter: Let's not forget what VJ Day means to U.S.
- Editorial: Revive state prison board
Sunday, Aug. 12
- When you work in D.C., the story seems bigger
- FLASHPOINT for Aug 12, 2007
- Jon Ralston on how presidential hopefuls are trying to curry favor with the Culinary Union
- WHERE I STAND: Guest columnist Walt Rulffes on the challenges of preparing today's children to compete in a global economy
- Editorial: Leading on global warming
- Editorial: Heavy on criticism
- Letter: Older generations have paid their dues
- Letter: Public sector can learn from private
- Letter: U.S. needs a new kind of leader
- Editorial: Has tamarisk met its match?
- Jeff Simpson notes that earlier predictions didn't factor in tougher lending standards
- Q+A: William Boldt
- Home prices still far from affordable
- Tax panel slammed for secrecy
- 15,000-plus haven't paid property taxes
- LOOKING IN ON: HIGHER EDUCATION
- LOOKING IN ON: GAMING
Saturday, Aug. 11
- 'Is he black enough?' It's not a simple question
- Ron Kantowski laments the play given by television to video of insignificant but spectacular mishaps that give today's would-be sports celebrities a ...
- THE READERS SOMETIMES E-MAIL
- Q+A: Ian Knight
- FLASHPOINT for Aug 11, 2007
- Editorial: A premature crackdown
- Editorial: Setting poor priorities
- Letter: Disabled adults should not be left behind
- Letter: Combing fine print of electric bill
- Letter: Better use for Yucca's storage capacity
- Editorial: Check those receipts
- Edwards draws out feud with Giuliani
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- Will anyone see the (solar) light?
- LOOKING IN ON: EDUCATION
Friday, Aug. 10
- This makes cola wars seem like kids' stuff
- Jeff Haney on why bettors don't expect UNLV to win many games this season
- 'Las Vegas' will seem like a 'Magnum, P.I.' reunion
- Q+A: Colin Hay
- FLASHPOINT for Aug 10, 2007
- Jon Ralston on how Nevada could be Western bellwether
- Editorial: Man without a country
- Editorial: Foreign policy problem
- Letter: In defense of liberty and the freedom to smoke
- Letter: Wynn Las Vegas was right to fire dealer
- Letter: Luxury tax could pay for universal care
- Letter: Despicable treatment of overweight women
- Editorial: The real primary race
- Clinton makes the Vegas rounds
- Ethiopian blesses peacemakers, extols virtues of ancient culture
- Regents not set to pull trigger on disclosure
- Five entrants in running to create landmarks
- Business frets over new rules on illegals
- CORRECTION
- Highlights of FY07 revenue report on Nevada casinos
Thursday, Aug. 9
- Ron Kantowski has the real plan for David Beckham's stint with the Los Angeles Galaxy figured out - and fans aren't going to like it
- LV heavyweight looks beyond tonight's fight
- TV veterans to bid for uncanned laughter
- Q+A: George Carlin
- FLASHPOINT for Aug 09, 2007
- Guest columnist Don Snyder: A performing arts center will have a transforming effect on Southern Nevada
- Editorial: Lessons from space
- Editorial: Era of the steroid slugger
- Letter: Dire situation in Iraq lost on conservatives
- Letter: Bush to blame for disastrous turn
- Letter: Not enough being done about suicide
- Letter: Males more likely to commit suicide
- Letter: Does accountability exist anymore?
- Editorial: Hardly a religious freedom
- Health screenings of Nevada Test Site workers go private
- Push for safe drinking water gains legs - runners' legs
- Clinton campaign finds perfect hosts for house party
- Don't rush to add coal plant, EPA warns
- Fat's beauty in eye of beholder
Wednesday, Aug. 8
- A look at Pennsylvania's slots parlors
- THE READERS SOMETIMES E-MAIL
- Jeff Haney hears the pitch for a new digital poker table that takes the cards, chips - and dealers - out of the game
- Q+A: Kris Kristofferson
- FLASHPOINT for Aug 08, 2007
- Jon Ralston on an up-and-coming politician here who is being dubbed a 'new kingmaker'
- Editorial: Open those records
- Editorial: A tragic statistic
- Letter: We need to act now to minimize damage later
- Letter: Civilians at Pentagon led us the wrong way
- Letter: We need to fix more than infrastructure
- Letter: Infrastructure woes left to our children
- Editorial: Banning tainted trinkets
- On Angels Peak, camp offers a chance at redemption
- Shut down Christian health plan, state says
- Teachers who get police training could get extra pay, carry guns
- Owed paychecks, three who helped others now struggle, too
- ALAN JARLSON: 1932-2007
Tuesday, Aug. 7
- They would have been Kings
- TAKE FIVE: Tinsley Ellis
- Art Roundup takes Vegas artists seriously
- FLASHPOINT for Aug 07, 2007
- Editorial: A sickening situation
- Editorial: Money alone not enough
- Letter: Nightmare in Iraq just keeps getting worse
- Letter: War in Iraq robs U.S. infrastructure
- Letter: Ensign was right to fight more funding
- Letter: U.S. citizenry right to oppose wrongs
- Editorial: Our enemy, our weapons
- Clinton will walk in nurse's shoes for a day
- 'Not the way we wanted it to be'
- Public kept in the dark on potential conflicts in higher ed
- CORRECTION
Monday, Aug. 6
- Jeff Haney offers recommended reading for intermediate-level sports bettors who are serious about learning how to play with an advantage
- Ron Kantowski laments a sad and tragic week for Las Vegas' sports community
- THE OPENING LINE
- BELLY DANCING ADAPTS, THRIVES
- Norann trying to put 'em under at the Suede Ultra Lounge
- FLASHPOINT for Aug 06, 2007
- Editorial: Helping the poor
- Editorial: Making doctor pay healthy
- Letter: Ensign protects Nevadans' best interests
- Letter: White House abuses executive privilege
- Letter: Personal income tax is immoral, tyrannical
- Editorial: No more waiting
- Dealer who defied Wynn can't get new job
- Wheelchair was towed as woes piled up
- Harry is really giving them hell
- Private firm's record keeping snags school that principal says is making progress
Sunday, Aug. 5
- Jack Sheehan tells how he and the youngsters in his charge were entertained at a basketball game in the Thomas & Mack that exceeded his expectations
- Jeff Simpson explains why you should be reading In Business Las Vegas
- FLASHPOINT for Aug 05, 2007
- Jon Ralston on why Nevada politicians have a different outlook on ethics than regular folks
- Harry Reid on putting America's best interests into focus
- Editorial: UNLV earns high praise
- Editorial: Overtime is out of control
- Letter: Mistrust of religious factions not surprising
- Letter: Bush not focused on America's real enemy
- Letter: Making the case for finesse, not brutality
- Editorial: Fixes long overdue
- WEEK IN REVIEW: WASHINGTON, D.C.
- Context deflates manager's salary
- LOOKING IN ON: CITY HALL
- A Moment Captured
- Developer thinks outside the wooden box
- Growing partisanship frays key relationship
- Reid has plan to leave coal in the dust
- LOOKING IN ON: TOURISM
- Elders deepen tragedy of state's suicide rate
Saturday, Aug. 4
- FLASHPOINT for Aug 04, 2007
- Editorial: First Amendment help
- Editorial: Raising the bar on ethics
- Letter: Celebrities owe American public an apology
- Letter: Time to put foot down on dealing with China
- Letter: Tighter term limits will protect citizenry
- Letter: Fault for climate change not proven
- Editorial: Apocalyptic quest for oil
- UNLV FOOTBALL BY THE NUMBERS
- Carp are the main attraction at harbor
- Understudy waiting in wings for arena developer to falter
- A lot less for the landfill
- City didn't ask, so REI didn't tell of Michigan project's woes
- Nevada Power to cough up $60 mil. in latest settlement
- $89 million will help health system expand
- people
Friday, Aug. 3
- Ron Kantowski on how the diversion of sports disappears when we hear about something important, such as Kruger's operation
- Trying to uncork one
- How Papa Roach came up with that haunting sound
- Art that's all around you
- FLASHPOINT for Aug 03, 2007
- Jon Ralston on campaign money, Yucca Mountain
- Editorial: Placing the blame
- Editorial: Going nowhere fast
- Letter: GOP candidates should face the truth
- Letter: Ensign has priorities out of whack
- Letter: Teachers' needs not being addressed
- Editorial: Children's health insurance
- CONVENTION CRASHING: THE WORLD SHOE ASSOCIATION
- Overtime total jumps again
- Sellers offer shortcut to games' hard-earned perks
- Judge in ad for firm is off its case
Thursday, Aug. 2
- Ensign's insurance strictly private
- Q+A: Robert Frey
- CONVENTION CRASHING: INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CHIEFS OF POLICE
- FLASHPOINT for Aug. 2, 2007
- Letter: Bush fares worse than Democrats
- Letter: Coal-fired plants would harm parks
- Letter: Putting into perspective brutality of sports
- Editorial: Distorting the truth
- Editorial: Murdoch's new newspaper
- Editorial: Clear and present conflict
- At night, the music plays, the jokes get racy, but clothes stay on
- Afternoon show's safe but fun for families
- Chasing the blues
- LOOKING IN ON: MOTOR SPORTS
- Ron Kantowski explains how time helps determine the players we admire most
- War in Congress not changing war in Iraq
- UNLV programs getting it 'write'
- Country singer's stuff takes a wrong turn
Wednesday, Aug. 1
- THE ELEVATOR
- Finding his comfort level
- Q+A: Billy Bob Thornton
- FLASHPOINT for Aug 01, 2007
- Jon Ralston on the little attention Nevada's caucus gets
- Editorial: Another black eye
- Editorial: Hello, Baghdad, anyone there?
- Letter: Bush, Cheney and private health insurance
- Letter: Public schools need longer days, year
- Letter: Concerning cruelty, there are no excuses
- Letter: Learn from Vietnam: Let generals run war
- Letter: Key to universal care rests with Congress
- Editorial: Pull the plug already
- Q+A: Michael Richards
- Evicted tenants told when to stay in until they get out
- Empowerment teachers get little something extra
- Councilman's labor post a concern for some on ethics panel
- Insurers criticize deal's foes for 'fiction'