Issue: July 24, 2008
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Short shots
Real fiction can take time to condense to its most basic parts.
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Local banks take some steps to try to reassure nervous depositors.
With major financial institutions going belly up, what public education should local banks do?
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Nevada Supreme Court uses court facilities to push creation of court of appeals
The Nevada practice of using tax-funded resources to lobby or campaign continues.
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Former Miss Wheelchair Nevada was lobbyist on Medicare vetoed by Bush
Nevada legislators got calls on Medicare veto as result of lobbying by former Miss Wheelchair Nevada.
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Gibbons keeps talking
Gov. Jim Gibbons gave five interviews around the state about his divorce and his dating.
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Manchurian Mexicans
The Mexican on Border Patrol, Germans and Jeff.
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Lean and mean
There are changes afoot here at this reality-based newspaper.
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Information, please
Give the Nevada Press Association 15 minutes. Offer your honest opinions. You might even win something.
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Conservatives make their own luck
It’s better to work hard than to depend on luck.
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I’ll try to see things your way
Who are the 28 percent who think Bush is doing a good job?
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Letters for July 24, 2008
Love, hate, or indifference—readers express their opinions—sometimes about each other.
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Bruce describes reasons to live in Reno.
An ode to lovely local places.
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Funhouse photos
Franz Szony’s elaborate photographs explore the worlds of circus freaks.
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Movie midterms
Film reviewer Bob Grimm picks the best and the worst of the year so far.
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Acne-ridden killer
A violent and humorous bildungsroman by Sherman Alexie, replete with time-travel and pimples.
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Of weedy wheat
Saint Catherine of Siena Episcopal Church meets in a oddly comfortable chapel at the Catholic high school.
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Fools these mortals be
Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream mistakes mysticism for magic.
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The killing joke
Holy maniacal villain, Batman! Is The Dark Knight even better than Batman Begins? Nerds everywhere are debating.
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Journey to the Center of the Earth 3D
Short review of the film Journey to the Center of the Earth 3D.
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Empire strikes back
China Empire strikes back with cheap-but-good take-out grub.
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Teens work for conservation with Great Basin Naturalists
Great Basin Naturalists get educated in dirt, sweat and conservation.
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Recycle CFLs from home
A responsible end for a responsible light.
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It’s not just the sugar in junk food that has kids bouncing off the walls
A petition to ban artificial food dyes linked to hyperactive children.
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Great Basin Mine Watch gets a new name and extended mission
New name and mission change for Great Basin Mine Watch.
This article was published on 07.24.08