Issue: January 01, 2009
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Choose your illusion
Hope and change. Hate and war. Out-of-control spending and sexual obsession. Any way you diagnose it, 2008 was a bipolar year.
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Voter registrar says election costs could break counties
The changes in voting after the Florida recount went too far, Washoe County’s voter registrar says.
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Gibbons plans 50 percent cuts
Agencies have been quietly told to cut again.
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Sparks Silver Club will close
Casino/hotel in Sparks closes after quarter-century.
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First lady aids jobless Nevadans
Two major grants go to out of work.
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Federal list heavy on big box stores
Local stores get short shrift on a U.S. Commerce Department list of locations to buy TV digital adapters.
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Federal Reserve allows continued credit card abuses
Credit card corporations are being permitted to continue predatory practices.
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Film of substance
Holly Welborn describes why the BBC is interested in doing a documentary about Bristlecone Family Resources, a local alcohol and drug counseling center.
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Push the button
We only have one resolution for the new year.
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Bad influence
Hate to end the year with bad news, but here we go.
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Nowhere to go but up
Get ready for a tough 2009. There’s nowhere to go from here but up.
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Can 2009 be a return to sanity?
You only get one chance a year to write a year-end column.
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Letters for January 1, 2009
Love, hate, or indifference—readers express their opinions—sometimes about each other.
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Bush policies whacked with paddle
Bruce tells about an activist with a sense of humor.
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Face the chaos
Julie Steiner has launched a secret career as an international artist.
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Healthy obsessions
For these three very ill patients, creativity is the key to coping.
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Dog day afternoon
This might be the best dog movie since Old Yeller.
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The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Going to the movies? Here’s your local guide to the highs and lows of Hollywood’s latest releases.
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Bedtime Stories
Going to the movies? Here’s your local guide to the highs and lows of Hollywood’s latest releases.
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Coincidentist
The owner of Sierra Sonics Recording Mansion is also a skillful songwriter.
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Sandwiched
Do we really need another sandwich deli on Cal Ave?
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Solar synagogue
Conservation and religion unite on the roof of Temple Sinai.
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Eat the White House lawn
Put an edible garden in the White House, urges EatTheView.org.
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Dubai hotel plans to artificially cool sand
Climate change, scmimate change …
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