Story archive for December 2007
Tuesday, Jan. 1
- 2007 IN REVIEW
- Clinton: Strife in Pakistan heightens need for experience
- TRYING TO LAND THE BIG TICKET
- FORECAST: SILVER STATE ’08
- Ten New Year’s wishes for peace and prosperity
- Overrule voter photo ID
- Presidential hopefuls rush to identify with common man “If you ask a hedge fund manager what’s he worried about, he’s going to give you a very different answer than a guy who just lost his job in a fa
- When right is wrong
- Question of fairness
Monday, Dec. 31
- Tom Tancredo on Yucca Mountain
- Duncan Hunter on Yucca Mountain
- John McCain on Yucca Mountain
- Ron Paul on Yucca Mountain
- Rudy Giuliani on Yucca Mountain
- Mike Huckabee on Yucca Mountain
- Mitt Romney on Yucca Mountain
- Fred Thompson on Yucca Mountain
- Bill Richardson on Yucca Mountain
- Roundup: NYT takes a look at off-roading
- Leaving Las Vegas
- Reid keeps Senate in pro forma session
- The Future Is Drying Up
- Wicker to fill out Lott's term
- Misinterpreting the War for Talent
- US Military Deaths in Iraq at 3,902
- Katrina Recovery Leader to Retire
- NASA Gives Glimpse of Air Safety Survey
- Redskins, Titans Earn Wild-Card Berths
- Summary: US Gave Bhutto Info on Threats
- Rangers Beat Canadiens in OT
- Redskins, Titans Make Playoffs
- Unsung Razorbacks Enter Top 25
- Robin Williams to Open Letterman's Show
- Facts and Figures on Iowa
- Top of AP Poll Holds Steady
- Peterson Staying With Chiefs
- Adwatch: Romney Focuses on Biography
- Worthy of the main event
- THE OPENING LINE
- Ron Kantowski chills out in a warm office as a co-worker's dad recounts being at the Ice Bowl
- Letter: Threats of torture should remain an option
- Editorial: Monitoring foreign imports
- Editorial: Medical emergency
- Editorial: Honoring their sacrifice
- Letter: Bush reminiscent of Marie Antoinette
- Letter: Only a Democrat can fix Bush's economy
- LOOKING IN ON: CITY HALL
- WEEK IN REVIEW: WASHINGTON, D.C.
- Gamblers and the IRS - by the book
- A wild ride for Ensign, getting wilder
- ALSO A VICTIM
- Test scores are poor indicators of American talent
- Gamblers and the IRS — by the book
- Honoring their sacrifice
- looking in on: City hall Employees’ personal calls getting pricier
- Monitoring foreign imports
- THE OPENING LINE | By Brian Hilderbrand WILL SPEEDWAY’S SMITH TRY ANOTHER TANTRUM?
- week in review: Washington, d.c. Congress saves some pork for Nevada
- Obama not bound by social determinism
- Democratic majority’s achievements not a bad showing
- Medical emergency
Sunday, Dec. 30
- Mitt Romney on Foreclosures
- Rudy Giuliani on Foreclosures
- Democrats on Yucca Mountain
- Lineups for Sunday News Shows
- 2007: a Year of Frustration in the News
- Smith's World: The '07 Collection
- Letter: Don't let assassination stymie democracy
- Agreement uncommon on issues of civil liberty
- Letter: Libertarian streak is hurting Nevada
- Letter: Gibbons' ideology unrealistic for state
- Editorial: A New Year's resolution
- Editorial: A drop in the bucket
- Journey to the center of the ring
- THE MAJORITY LEADER
- Editorial: A New Year's resolution Voters in Clark County have supported raising taxes for roads, flood control projects, school construction and police. Now, however, the argument must be made that s
- A Look at the Bhutto Family Dynasty
- Saturday's College Basketball
- Internet Opens Elite Colleges to All
- Journey to the center of the ring
- Out of the inkwell Can you name them? See legend on Page 2
- Dangerous days lie ahead From Darfur to North Korea and from the Gaza Strip to the Kremlin, the will and the wisdom of the United States and its leadership are being tested every day.
- A New Year’s resolution Voters in Clark County have supported raising taxes for roads, flood control projects, school construction and police. Now, however, the argument must be made that something mo
- PEER EVALUATIONS
- Four critical questions that face the United States as it enters a new era
- A drop in the bucket
- Reid reflects on a rough year
Saturday, Dec. 29
- DOD: 405 Military Deaths in Afghan Area
- US Military Deaths in Iraq at 3,901
- Saturday's College Basketball
- Internet Opens Elite Colleges to All
- Friday's College Basketball
- CLASSROOM STANDOFF
- Musical chairs on judges' bench
- In college, learning to stretch $10,000 or $12,000
- DID YOU SEE THAT?!
- LOOKING IN ON: CARSON CITY
- Editorial: Priorities askew
- Letter: Political activism by citizens needed
- Letter: Smearing Reid won't discourage followers
- Letter: District should steer more kids to military
- Editorial: Anti-terrorism funds wasted
- Editorial: The rage of the season
- TV Lookout: Highlighting Dec. 30-Jan. 5
- AP's Best Album: 'Rehab' Chick Winehouse
- Eater's Dilemma: Returning to Basics
- 'Old Men' Get Nod As AP's Movie of 2007
- Radiohead Ruled in 2007, at Any Price
- Hillary Clinton TV ad makes case to Nevada voters
- Life unpredictable along the Afghan horizon Most of life... is unplanned. It’s banal, capricious, a frustration to any puppet master — which does not make it any less precious, of course, or fragile.
- Faulty inference can turn a heartfelt reply into fighting words
- The rage of the season
- Looking in on: Carson City Famed tax protester wins minor victory Case sent back; Schiff not off hook
- Assassination reverberates in U.S. campaigns
- Anti-terrorism funds wasted
- Priorities askew
Friday, Dec. 28
- Hillary Clinton on Foreclosures
- Barack Obama on Foreclosures
- Christopher Dodd on Foreclosures
- John Edwards on Yucca
- John Edwards on Foreclosures
- John McCain on Foreclosures
- Alan Keyes on Yucca Mountain
- Mike Huckabee on foreclosures
- Ron Paul on Foreclosures
- Alan Keyes on Taxes
- Alan Keyes on Iraq
- Alan Keyes on Health Care
- Alan Keyes on Immigration
- Alan Keyes on Abortion
- Alan Keyes on Environment and Energy
- Alan Keyes on the Issues
- Alan Keyes
- US Military Deaths in Iraq at 3,900
- Yucca featured in new Clinton TV spot
- Toyota to Unveil Concept Truck at Show
- Adwatch: Obama Unveils 2 Ads in Iowa
- Radiohead Album Among Year's Best
- South Africa's Zuma to Stand Trial
- Another Night, Another Wings Win
- Hollywood Brings the Crazy in 2007
- In News, 2007 Was a Year of Frustration
- Thursday's College Basketball
- Clinton Ad Emphasizes Housing Crisis
- Regents schedule special meeting to discuss budget
- LOOKING IN ON: COURTS
- LOOKING IN ON: CARSON CITY
- Housing causes worry as state's growth slips
- Law, crime challenge students
- Letter: FairTax would be anything but fair to most
- Editorial: Build a better sidewalk
- Editorial: Growth carries a lesson
- Editorial: Tragedy at assassin's hand
- Letter: Las Vegas area needs diverse economy
- Letter: Raising taxes reduces total taxes collected
- SIGHT UNSEEN: OUR FAVORITE PHOTOS THAT DIDN'T RUN THIS YEAR
- THE ELEVATOR
- Jeff Haney on Kansas' advantage over Virginia Tech in the Orange Bowl and why Ohio State's a good bet in the top game
- TAKE FIVE: Ultimate fighting Championship 79, 'Nemesis'
- County mulls merger fight
- STRANDED STUDENTS
- Shepherding 'leftovers,' tracking parents
- A Look at the Bhutto Family Dynasty
- Countries Condemn Bhutto Killing
- Polls: Obama, Clinton Close in Iowa, NH
- The Elevator that we should have taken the stairs
- Decent service from an airline costs extra
- Law, crime challenge students
- ODDS ‘N’ ENDS Jeff Haney on Kansas’ advantage over Virginia Tech in the Orange Bowl and why Ohio State’s a good bet in the top game
- An opening for Clinton
- LOOKING IN ON: COURTS Cost of free lunch a felony charge
- Build a better sidewalk
- Tragedy at assassin’s hand Rage at Bhutto’s death has led to rioting by many of her supporters.
- TAKE FIVE: 3 doors down By Jerry Fink
- LOOKING IN ON: CARSON CITY Despite law, governor’s office closed early on Christmas Eve
- Growth carries a lesson
Thursday, Dec. 27
- DOD: 405 Military Deaths in Afghan Area
- US Military Deaths in Iraq at 3,900
- Method for AP-Yahoo Poll
- Recalls
- Islanders Spoil Blake's Return
- Countries Condemn Bhutto Killing
- Wednesday's College Basketball
- `Gospel of Wealth' Facing Scrutiny
- Though chapel's closed, wedding woes persist
- Teens tackle nuclear waste, prostitution, education law
- SIGHT UNSEEN: OUR FAVORITE PHOTOS THAT DIDN'T RUN THIS YEAR
- STOCKCARTOON YEAR IN REVIEW
- Ron Kantowski on winning Rebels, arena plans and Mayweather; losing Rebels, arena delays and Gladiators
- Letter: U.S. degraded by comparison to al-Qaida
- Editorial: Warnings went unheeded
- Editorial: Leave this act behind
- Editorial: Housing assistance
- Letter: This president hardly a fiscal conservative
- Letter: Smoking ban fair, should help business
- For sound bites, they're go-to guys
- Health merger's target date slipping by
- Going all out for Hispanic votes
- Giuliani Focuses on Sept. 11 in New Ad
- Text of Bush Comment on Bhutto
- Bhutto Stressed Her Belief `in Freedom'
- Bullets Cut Short a Life of Epic Sweep
- Warnings went unheeded Congressman calls situation “reminiscent of the Old West days.”
- Leave this act behind
- McDonald’s evolves along with America
- Health merger’s target date slipping by What’s next The Justice Department’s approval is the final regulatory hurdle, but Nevada’s attorney general could fight the deal. Opponents could band together
- Teens tackle nuclear waste, prostitution, education law where i stand
- Housing assistance
- Labor isn’t just another special interest group
- Pelosi’s portrait of Democrats’ ‘victories’ defies reason
- THE PUNDITS: A LOOK AT FOUR OF NEVADA’S Political EXPERTS For sound bites, they’re go-to guys Instant expertise offered up along with quotes ERIC HERZIK, a political science professor at the Universit
- Stockcartoon YEAR IN REVIEW — By Mike Smith NASCAR funnier on the drawing board
Wednesday, Dec. 26
- A Year-End Grab Bag of Bizarre Links
- UP DOWN LEFT RIGHT: Best of 2007
- A Look at the Early Voting State of Iowa
- A Look at Early Voting New Hampshire
- Tuesday's College Basketball
- Jeff Haney reflects on the most memorable high jinks, happenings and scandals of the past year
- SIGHT UNSEEN: Our favorite photos that didn't run this year
- Teens approach basic issues practically
- Letter: English can't be forced on Spanish speakers
- Editorial: Improved gun control
- Editorial: Too high a price
- Editorial: The truth about earmarks
- Letter: Smoking ban foe got one thing right
- Letter: Terrorist prisoners expect torture
- Letter: Atheists can have moral convictions
- LOOKING IN ON: EDUCATION
- A Christmas more about survival than celebration
- RISING TO NEW CHALLENGES
- McCain Ad in SC Plays on War Record
- List of Maulings by Captive Animals
- Tales From the Tour
- The truth about earmarks
- Putin thrives on need for order
- Too high a price
- Bill and Hillary play the crisis-and-rescue game
- Saving a species is not an either/or proposition
- Teens approach basic issues practically Where I stand Kaileigh Bingham
- Looking in on: Education Budget ‘Grinch’ hovers over School District Educators struggle over how to absorb cuts, with some millions already spent
- Improved gun control
Tuesday, Dec. 25
- Monday's College Basketball
- View from Iraq looks different
- Holidays slow, don't stop court business
- Letter: FairTax gets a bum rap from columnist
- Letter: Kids without health insurance out of luck
- Letter: Complete the gift cycle with a thank you
- Editorial: Emissions threaten oceans
- Editorial: Peace and good will
- Editorial: Higher ed plan badly flawed
- The quest: To dodge the slings and arrows of holiday cheer
- Christmas 'break' can just mean work
- Hunter S. Thompson, how all went wrong in Elko
- Ron Kantowski on the people, places and things that made his world of sports a wee bit wider in 2007:
- Define 'peace' before trying to achieve it
Monday, Dec. 24
- Waiting for a safe endorsement
- Berkley in Iraq: More to do
- SIGHT UNSEEN: Our favorite photos that didn't run this year
- TAKE FIVE: PIONEER LAS VEGAS BOWL
- Letter: Big spender Bush suddenly a budget miser
- Editorial: Can you hear me now?
- Editorial: Setting no standard
- Editorial: Making timely donations
- Letter: Smoking ban hurts business, is unfair
- Letter: Looking back on 'anti-alien' hysteria
- WEEK IN REVIEW: CLARK COUNTY
- LOOKING IN ON: CITY HALL
- LOOKING IN ON: GAMING
- HIGH-TECH ROAD SHOW
- We didn't mean what we wrote, School District says
- Harrah's can chase high rollers or stay midmarket
Sunday, Dec. 23
- SIGHT UNSEEN: Our favorite photos that didn't run this year
- Complaints lead doctors to dead ends
- Divisive issues call for listening, learning
- Letter: English proficiency essential for future
- Letter: University pay scale seems out of whack
- Editorial: Blocking progress
- Letter: Put waterboarding 'torture' in perspective
- Editorial: Constitutional fight
- Editorial: Focus on Afghanistan
- Week in Review: Washington, D.C.
- Jeff Simpson looks at some likely Christmas wishes
- Jack Sheehan talks to two women who left the sex trade and now target it with Christianity
- Union takes caucus down to the wire
- Gibbons' first year: A bumpy solo ride
- Doctors exploited; patients suffer, too
- Complaints lead doctors to dead ends
Saturday, Dec. 22
- Letter: Top higher ed officials put themselves first
- Editorial: Off road and off the books
- Editorial: Opening government
- Editorial: Cancer care gap
- Letter: Congress to blame for raiding trust funds
- Letter: Bush is one to talk about principles
- LOOKING IN ON: HIGHER EDUCATION
- At mobile home park, half a rent increase better than whole
- Widening pool could hurt juries
- Q+A: Mark Weber, BYU offensive line coach
- THE ELEVATOR
- A-Z look at Las Vegas Bowl
- Nevada steps closer to solar economy
- Caesars fires back with Web site, saying it wants to set record straight on union
- BIG MAN ON CAMPUS
Friday, Dec. 21
- Paychecks, then perks and perks
- Jeff Haney on how a tourney grew despite Web crackdown
- THE READERS SOMETIMES E-MAIL
- Young talent gets a pat on back, a helping hand
- Letter: Criticism of religious values is off base
- Editorial: Long-term fix needed
- Editorial: A shortsighted policy
- Editorial: Closed-door budget
- Letter: Salaries, not steroids, are the real shockers
- Letter: What Nevada needs is a state lottery
- Schools cut, leaders collect big paychecks
- 'We can change the world'
- Criminal pasts may leave families homeless
- Greenspun joins board of media conglomerate
- Project would give artists a home, a workplace, a world
- Last of dam builders dies, but Boulder City ethos remains
Thursday, Dec. 20
- Face to Face: Barack Obama (from 6-1-2007)
- Paul camp marches to own beat
- LOOKING IN ON: ENTERTAINMENT
- Another gallery makes its move
- In parking fight with Wynn, this round goes to Adelson
- ENGLISH ONLY, EVEN IF BROKEN
- Your last chance, city tells arena developer
- THE ORGANIZERS | PART TWO OF THREE
- Fans have more than one bowl game to be disgruntled about
- Ron Kantowski relives the 15-year history of major college football's postseason in Las Vegas, in all its iterations, and offers his rankings on ...
- Letter: Politicians think of themselves, not our kids
- Editorial: An industry's clout
- Editorial: Yucca loses, state wins
- Editorial: Gibbons vs. Gibbons
- Letter: Nuclear, coal industries score wins
- Letter: Let commissioners help the people
Wednesday, Dec. 19
- Tancredo expected to drop out Thursday
- That holiday spirit
- Face to Face: Mitt Romney (from 8-21-2007)
- The quotable Harry Reid
- Little recalls the great ones
- Letter: Immigrants' drag on taxpayers understated
- Editorial: Enough secrets already
- Editorial: A bright idea in Congress
- Editorial: An accurate picture
- Letter: President Bush is hardly a role model
- Letter: Casinos should give back to community
- LOOKING IN ON: HIGHER EDUCATION
- LOOKING IN ON: SUBURBS
- Worries over right to name latest holdup in strip club deal
- CORRECTION
- Lavish parties fall victim to slump
- Students told to hold (native) tongue
- A SPARE FORTUNE LOST
Tuesday, Dec. 18
- Barack Obama on Yucca
- And the beat goes on
- County revenue picture darkens, too
- Titans clash, county cleans up
- Hillary Clinton on Yucca
- Face to Face: Hillary Clinton (from 8-13-2007)
- Joe Biden on Yucca
- MOUNTAIN WEST JUST BOWLED OVER
- LOOKING IN ON: ENTERTAINMENT
- Characters and music keep coming in one-woman show
- Editorial: No ducking tapes probe
- Letter: Media shouldn't lavish attention on killers
- Editorial: Greenhouse gas emissions
- Editorial: Look ahead, look away
- Letter: We need to make college affordable
- Letter: Save the state money - fire Gibbons
- CAUCUS MEMO
- Councilman's landlord wants help
- LOOKING IN ON: CARSON CITY
- Utilities push to grow but know little about how to keep air clean
- Sure, we'll take your money, Mr. Adelson
- Reid punches Yucca in the gut, but his legacy is still in the making
Monday, Dec. 17
- Crazy Math
- Reid pushes on coal, other Nevada lawmakers push back
- Face to Face: Inmate care
- Funding cut could doom Yucca plan
- What happened with Arizona's coach?
- Ron Kantowski would feel better if players just owned up to using steroids
- THE OPENING LINE
- The art of giving
- Editorial: When, sadly, no one's 'it'
- Letter: Teachers need real union for real results
- Letter: Serves those families right for being so poor
- Letter: Facts don't support right wing's hyperbole
- Editorial: Republican obstructionism
- Editorial: Hold charities accountable
- LOOKING IN ON: GAMING
- WEEK IN REVIEW: CLARK COUNTY
- LOOKING IN ON: CITY HALL
- Political stars go knocking, door after door after door
- Question is whether tuition idea would help or drive away students
- So sue us, you can still work for us
Sunday, Dec. 16
- Nevada roundtable
- Slots for a new generation
- LOOKING IN ON: SUBURBS
- Jeff Simpson agrees with New Jersey's decision not to renew the license of the Tropicana there
- FLASHPOINT for Dec 16, 2007
- Jon Ralston is awed by the levels of stubbornness, incompetence displayed by Gov. Jim Gibbons in his quest to keep his overarching campaign promise
- Editorial: Decimating state services
- Editorial: Arizona's patchwork policy
- Editorial: A watered-down victory
- Letter: Water plan must include controlling growth
- Letter: So now there's a rush to judgment?
- Letter: Party lines must be blurred to heal U.S.
- Letter: CIA's excuse raises security questions
- LOOKING IN ON: EDUCATION
- A MOMENT CAPTURED
- LOOKING IN ON: CITY HALL
- THE WEEK IN REVIEW: WASHINGTON, D.C.
- Budget shocks may not be the end
- Brian Greenspun sees Yucca foe in Clinton
- Getting past the crises
- Republicans on Taxes
Saturday, Dec. 15
- Democrats on Taxes
- Chris Dodd on Taxes
- Fred Thompson on Taxes
- FLASHPOINT for Dec 14, 2007
- Going for the gold (buckle)
- In Vegas, blazing a trail to market to Hispanics
- Out to prevent next school shooting
- From street to discreet
- Doctors who abused doctors get off scot-free
- New houses, new look, bad blood in Henderson
- Editorial: Preparing for success
- Letter: Schools' 'achievement' nothing to brag about
- Letter: Go after speeders, not seat belt violators
- Letter: Clearly, clean energy is the smart way to go
- Editorial: Two-faced Facebook
- Editorial: A disabling system
- Doctors who abused doctors get off scot-free
Friday, Dec. 14
- Tom Tancredo on Taxes
- Ron Paul on Taxes
- Duncan Hunter on Taxes
- John McCain on Taxes
- K-12 and Corrections gasp while others breathe easier in today's edition of the budget-cut game
- Face to Face: Passionate support
- Does this mean no preface by Reid?
- A year later, a new U.S. Attorney
- Hopkins knows bad blood means big ticket money
- Ron Kantowski nearly nods off at 'Car of Tomorrow' testing
- Pianist returns for soulful encore of holiday music
- SEIU fumbling endorsement, could lose clout
- Strip heavyweight sees tough '08, but he's alone
- Dion, Vegas parting - but not forever
- Letter: How we are failing our future generations
- Editorial: Steroids in sports
- Editorial: The imperial governor
- Editorial: No more surprises
- Letter: Bush's ignorance plea wearing thin
- Letter: Downtown arena project is doomed
- High hopes in downtown Henderson
- LOOKING IN ON: COURTS
- Even without cuts, Medicaid and welfare programs are in the red
- FLASHPOINT
- Jon Ralston looks at creative lawyering by Gibbons, gaming
- Mike Gravel on Taxes
- Dennis Kucinich on Taxes
- Bill Richardson on Taxes
Thursday, Dec. 13
- Joe Biden on Taxes
- Democrats headed back to Nevada for second debate
- Barack Obama on Taxes
- John Edwards on Taxes
- Hillary Clinton on Taxes
- Rudy Giuliani on Taxes
- Mike Huckabee on Taxes
- Mitt Romney on Taxes
- Reality Check: Hillary Clinton
- Face to Face: Coal-hearted
- What price, fuel efficiency
- Marble made 'light and airy'
- Family shakes dark history, comedian lightens up
- Oh, say can you see ... some Brits are royally sorry
- Ron Kantowski watches the Mad Dash for seats at the rodeo that are like bucking broncos - you can be thrown right off
- In Nevada, Paul sees his chance to strike
- Merger foes may get extra muscle
- FLIRTING FOR IMPLANTS
- Rural campuses at risk
- FLASHPOINT
- Letter: More nuclear plants mean bigger problems
- Editorial: Real enforcement needed
- Editorial: A Christmas grinch
- Editorial: Auctioning history
- Letter: Will Bush follow the lead of Carter, et al.?
- Letter: Let Oprah and me pick our candidates
- Letter: Obama's diva train is on wrong track
- Opposition scrambles as Yucca dump clears a hurdle
- Step into Liquidity
Wednesday, Dec. 12
- Face to Face: Mixed bag
- Reality Check: Barack Obama
- TAKE FIVE: WORLD POKER TOUR AT THE BELLAGIO
- Hard knocks to hardwood
- From state fairs to stardom
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- FLASHPOINT
- Jon Ralston finds teachers union pitch tame by default
- Letter: Immigrants should adopt American culture
- Editorial: Improving traffic safety
- Editorial: Curbing college costs
- Editorial: Protect a great park
- Letter: No cell? Demise of pay phones will hurt
- Letter: Apathetic public to blame for problems
- Letter: Rules, red tape no fix for commission funds
- Boggs' lawyer: What does 'residence' mean?
- CLARIFICATION
- The Organizers: Like a monk, for Edwards
- Months of investigating, no end in sight
- In race, downtown arena plan falls back
Tuesday, Dec. 11
- How to get the media here
- Face to Face: Animal Spirit
- CORRECTIONS
- Giuliani, penny stocks and Nevada
- Highlights of October revenue report on Nevada casinos
- Ron Kantowski remembers small-time basketball like it was yesterday, from the cheap seats of a van
- Vegas native wins with less
- TAKE FIVE: The IMPROBABLE SURVIVAL OF LYNYRD SKYNYRD
- FLASHPOINT for Dec 11, 2007
- Letter: Report aside, Iran has proved itself a menace
- Editorial: Letting judges judge
- Editorial: Talk about a bad cut
- Editorial: Spending taxpayer money
- Letter: We need leadership as well as fast trains
- Letter: Why does left trust intelligence now?
- In the works: How to avoid 'surprise' medical bills
- Teens on the fast track to executive status on the Strip
- No money, but minority panel gets another push
- Exploited doctors urged to speak up
- Camera-ready, Obama talks savings
- Downtown arena hangs fire
- Exploited J-1 doctors urged to speak up
Monday, Dec. 10
- Sweeping changes in works to curb abuse of foreign doctor program
- Four Democrats on Appealing to Nevadans
- Four Democrats on Water Policy
- Democrats on Yucca and Nuclear Waste
- Four Democrats on Increasing Gaming Taxes for Education
- Four Democrats on Mining Reform
- Clinton buys Nevada TV time while Obama numbers improve
- Keeping things in perspective
- Face to Face: The (Democratic) Challenger
- Tahoe casino owned by Sinatra ordered to fix fire alarm system
- C'mon, gentlemen, it's the holiday season
- MoveOn.org's 15,000 supporters
- Mayweather's 'brand name' fight
- THE OPENING LINE
- For Hatton's trainer: Bad night, bad view, good career
- BEHOLD THE APPRENTICE COMEDIAN
- FLASHPOINT for Dec 10, 2007
- Letter: Immigration problem calls for sacrifices
- Letter: Abide by our laws or suffer consequences
- Letter: President is reliving the Iraq lie with Iran
- Editorial: Air travelers at risk
- Editorial: Expanding night court
- Editorial: Government deceit revealed
- LOOKING IN ON: CARSON CITY
- LOOKING IN ON: CLARK COUNTY
- Airline key to Vegas tourism lowers its sights
- Campaigns rush, rush, rush
- Suddenly, rules on tax money look good
- The quest for redemption
Sunday, Dec. 9
- Life after civil service
- Peace in the Desert: U.S. Ambassador Dennis Ross
- Dennis Ross speaks at UNLV
- At last, a chance for peace
- A MOMENT CAPTURED
- Jeff Simpson says businesses that provide poor customer service are ripe for replacement by rivals
- Jack Sheehan recalls how, for a while, his fate and that of actor Patrick Dempsey intertwined
- FLASHPOINT for Dec 08, 2007
- Jon Ralston finds Robert Daskas not yet ready to give Porter a run for his money - and there's little time to spare
- Nevada can be a leader in push for clean fuel
- Letter: Stop Bush before he turns Iran into Iraq
- Letter: NRC not objective on Yucca Mountain
- Letter: Voting taxpayers have spoken: No new taxes
- Editorial: More accountability essential
- Editorial: Giving a real hand up
- Editorial: Supporting English instruction
- Audit, and its report, give Urban League a bumpy start
- WEEK IN REVIEW: WASHINGTON D.C.
- Budget cuts hamper ethics panel
- Is this meth treatment too good to be true?
- Democrats address a Nevada issue: Foreclosures
- TO GRIEF, LAWMAKERS ADD FRUSTRATION
- Brian Greenspun spots local points of light
Saturday, Dec. 8
- FOR LOVE OF THE GAME
- THE ELEVATOR
- Letter: Aluminum raiders discourage recycling
- Letter: Incompetence is as bad as dishonesty
- Letter: Nevada should not repeat nuclear mistake
- Editorial: Military injustice
- Editorial: FDA's dangerous failings
- Editorial: More oversight needed
- FLASHPOINT
- Snip, snip and still short
- School money not really safe from cuts
- Students make college campus no place to be on a Friday
- LOOKING IN ON: EDUCATION
- LOOKING IN ON: HIGHER EDUCATION
- CORRECTION
Friday, Dec. 7
- Obama's TV ad first in Nevada
- Ensign's call to investigate the latest intelligence report on Iran
- FLOYD MAYWEATHER JR. VS. RICKY HATTON, 'UNDEFEATED'
- COMPARE AND CONTRAST
- Jeff Haney on how the Brits in town are squashing the line on the big fight
- Q+A: ROBERT SCHIMMEL
- Letter: NRC neutral, not advocate, in Yucca decision
- Editorial: Treating inmates humanely?
- Editorial: Irresponsible proposal
- Editorial: Nuclear mistakes
- Letter: Don't fool us twice with amnesty
- Letter: Immigration debate often ignores facts
- PROGRESS (AT A PRICE)
- A view of World War II from the home front
- New library coming after long wait
- LOOKING IN ON: SUBURBS
- Stretching out the fun time
- Judges rethink upgrade, taxpayers clean up
- FLASHPOINT
- Jon Ralston is befuddled by Gibbons' 'decisionary process'
- All the Joy and Wayne
Thursday, Dec. 6
- Is that clean coal in your Christmas stocking?
- No nuclear loans! No nuclear loans!
- Face to Face: Conservation or construction
- FLASHPOINT for Dec 06, 2007
- Ron Kantowski explains it all, from 'arm jerker' to a rare 'zero'
- The people's poker pro
- THIEVES INSIDE THE MACHINE
- LYING IN WASTE
- Over protest, feds to stick with cuts for Nevada schools' English learners
- Editorial: The city's bad deal
- Letter: Republican, religious values in conflict
- Editorial: Whose agenda matters most?
- Editorial: Evolution controversy
- Letter: Yucca's benefits outweigh hazards
- Letter: Administration fails to see biggest threat
- LOOKING IN ON: CARSON CITY
- With zinger, Reid hits a sensitive spot
- Former operator accused of hindering strip club's sale
- Slots for a new generation
Wednesday, Dec. 5
- Republicans on Iraq
- Condo and hotel tower height lowered
- Republicans on Immigration
- UNITE HERE in the Midwest embraces Edwards, but HQ and Culinary are still chewing on it
- Face to Face: No-bid Deal
- Careful study vs. studied cool
- Q+A: Trace Adkins
- FLASHPOINT for Dec 05, 2007
- Jon Ralston on Nevada's rise to Division I in caucuses
- Letter: NRC's objectivity on Yucca is questionable
- Editorial: A better energy bill
- Editorial: A mess, courtesy of Bush
- Editorial: Another Yucca failure
- Letter: U.S. should build bridges, not walls
- Letter: Immigration laws should be enforced
- 'Green' perks progress, with questions
- Would art's gain be history's loss?
- Christian radio coming, in Spanish
- Elise Vallee: 1928 - 2007
- Q+A: Maurizio Trevisan
- Yucca forum gets loud, rude, does little
- Charter school vote exposes rift
Tuesday, Dec. 4
- Republicans on Health Care
- Republicans on Environment and Energy
- Republicans on Abortion
- Democrats on Iraq
- Democrats on Immigration
- Democrats on Health Care
- Democrats on Environment and Energy
- Democrats on Abortion
- Mike Huckabee on Iraq
- Mike Huckabee on Immigration
- Mike Huckabee on Health Care
- Mike Huckabee on Environment and Energy
- Mike Huckabee on Abortion
- Mike Huckabee on the issues
- Mike Huckabee
- Reid gets his man
- Ron Paul on Iraq
- Ron Paul on Immigration
- Ron Paul on Health Care
- Ron Paul on Environment and Energy
- Ron Paul on Abortion
- Ron Paul
- Duncan Hunter on Immigration
- Duncan Hunter on Health Care
- Duncan Hunter on Environment and Energy
- Duncan Hunter on Abortion
- Face to Face: Lawyer Motives
- Looking like a good idea, now
- Rudy Giuliani
- More than a mere marathon
- Glamour girls of the streets
- Holmes, Holmes, Holmes for the holidays
- LOOKING IN ON: ENTERTAINMENT
- FLASHPOINT for Dec 04, 2007
- Letter: Nothing but praise for the marathon
- Letter: Military can help turn lives around
- Inviting public distrust
- Editorial: Father knows best?
- Letter: U.S. is in an abusive relationship with China
- Editorial: Paying too much
- Slum gets a second chance
- LOOKING IN ON: CARSON CITY
- Another celebrity graces the courthouse with his presence
- To know candidates, know their advisers
- Does lead make gaming chips hazardous to your health?
- Soft-spoken Reid criticizes Bush, and it comes through loud and clear
Monday, Dec. 3
- Duncan Hunter on Iraq
- Ron Paul on the issues
- Duncan Hunter on the issues
- Duncan Hunter
- Tancredo on Iraq
- Tom Tancredo on Immigration
- Tom Tancredo on Health Care
- Tom Tancredo on Environment and Energy
- Tom Tancredo on Abortion
- Tom Tancredo on the issues
- Tom Tancredo
- Fred Thompson on Iraq
- Fred Thompson on Immigration
- Fred Thompson on Health Care
- Fred Thompson on Environment and Energy
- Fred Thompson on Abortion
- Fred Thompson on the issues
- Fred Thompson
- Mitt Romney on Environment and Energy
- Mitt Romney on Health Care
- Mitt Romney on Immigration
- Mitt Romney on Iraq
- Mitt Romney on abortion
- Mitt Romney on the issues
- Mitt Romney
- Rudy Giuliani on Iraq
- Rudy Giuliani on Immigration
- Rudy Giuliani on Health Care
- Rudy Giuliani on Environment and Energy
- Rudy Giuliani on abortion
- Rudy Giuliani on the issues
- John McCain on Iraq
- John McCain on Immigration
- John McCain on Health Care
- John McCain on environment and energy
- John McCain on abortion
- John McCain
- John McCain on the issues
- NY Times examines how Nevada benefits by the sale of federal lands
- Good week if you need a Yucca fix
- Bush, Reid go at it
- THE OPENING LINE
- Ron Kantowski considers what goes through the mind of a marathon runner
- Sometimes both sides have winners
- Q+A: Brian Dewhurst
- FLASHPOINT for Dec 03, 2007
- Letter: Nothing wrong with immigration process
- Letter: Cameras are no substitute for officers
- Letter: Unqualified politicians making big decisions
- Editorial: What's bugging Lake Tahoe?
- Editorial: Battling over immunity
- Editorial: Don't ask or tell
- LOOKING IN ON: CITY HALL
- LOOKING IN ON: CLARK COUNTY
- Unions claim violations of cab drivers' 12-hour day
- Downtown's Plaza fights for its name with upscale Strip resort
- UNION SPLIT OVER LEADER
- It's like voting, only a lot more complicated
Sunday, Dec. 2
- Cesar's story
- Robbye's story
- Schools down to last $175 million
- Jeff Simpson responds to readers who oppose his stance on illegal immigration, and to the Republican presidential candidates who are taking a hard line
- FLASHPOINT for Dec 02, 2007
- Jon Ralston on why only a select few have enough pull with our imperial governor to persuade him to bring Nevada in out of the rain
- Editorial: Close, but no citizenship
- Letter: Who's running this nation? Us or China?
- Letter: Moon camp proposal far too ambitious
- Letter: Those who pay the bills have right to search
- Editorial: Scientific data tainted
- Editorial: Applying public pressure
- LOOKING IN ON: EDUCATION
- Secrecy backed by regents is 'self-serving'
- WEEK IN REVIEW: WASHINGTON, D.C.
- A MOMENT CAPTURED
- CELLO, A CHOICE FOR LIFE
- Tension builds as Gibbons cloaks budget cuts in secrecy
- Step by step, weaned off public housing
Saturday, Dec. 1
- Ron Kantowski suggests ways to expedite winners' pay
- FLASHPOINT for Dec 01, 2007
- Editorial: Potentially disastrous travel
- Letter: Take care when using fluorescent light bulbs
- Letter: Weekly has positive influence in county
- Letter: Let's put lineman's penalties into perspective
- Editorial: Art in the airport
- Editorial: Army asking for problems
- LOOKING IN ON: HIGHER EDUCATION
- Marathon aims for Vegas image: World class, fun
- YUCCA'S CROSSROADS
- Culinary finds own path to growth