Issue: October 09, 2008
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Supernatural
October is the month for ghosts, psychics and other denizens of the paranormal. Meet two of the speakers for TMCC’s fifth annual Nevada Ghost and Paranormal Conference.
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Frank Sinatra and Marilyn Monroe may haunt the Cal Neva Lodge at Lake Tahoe
To commemorate TMCC’s Ghost and Paranormal Conference, we go in search of two immortal ’60s icons.
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Democrats backed bill they blame for finance crisis
Democrats blame the financial crisis on a Republican sponsored 1999 banking deregulation bill that the Democrats themselves supported.
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Webcam taken off Obama at UNR
A webcam that normally shows the site where Barack Obama spoke last week was obstructed.
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Eye on Obama
A right wing publication in Carson City has dropped its decade-long targeting of Hillary Clinton.
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GOP form letters
The Nevada Republican Party’s website makes it easy to send form letters to newspapers.
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History program limps ahead
The UNR oral history program has been badly damaged by budget cuts but still hangs together.
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Bootlegger
Chad Strand is co-founder of Bootleg Courier Co., a bike messenger service for Reno-Sparks.
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Fast train coming
Say it now and say it proud, “I love Best of, and I’m loud.”
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Obama’s inexperience scares me
Obama is an empty suit who will sell this country a bill of goods.
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Palin sacrificed to McCain’s ego
You gotta feel sorry for Palin. She wasn’t even sophisticated enough to say, ‘No, thank you.’
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Letters for October 9, 2008
Love, hate, or indifference—readers express their opinions—sometimes about each other.
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A touch of glass
A new theater company takes on Tennessee Williams.
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Public images unlimited
Why bother with public art? Where does the funding come from?
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Earthy wisdom
The Annual Pagan Pride festival offered a variety of goods and spiritual persuasions.
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He of little faith
Bill Maher puts the “sac” in sacrilegious.
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Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist
Short review of the film Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist.
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Miracle at St. Anna
Short review of the film Miracle at St. Anna.
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How to Lose Friends & Alienate People
Short review of the film How to Lose Friends & Alienate People.
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Stranglehold
Suffocate the Day rock so hard, you’ll want to pull your pants down.
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Subterranean gardeners
Worm farmer Darren Murphey turns waste into black gold.
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Return to Urburbia
McMansion realtors ask, “You want a Prius with that?”
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Second wind
Wind turbines may not be as bad for birds as once thought.
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A new kind of gas station
A biofuels gas station and convenience store opens in Minden.
This article was published on 10.09.08