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Ten (more or less) random sentences from Oscar Goodman's new book

Absolutely nuts! (p. 34)
His knees had been smashed and his genitals had been poked and crushed with a cattle prod before he died. (p.74)
I think he invoked the Fifth Amendment thirty-...

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Ten years of Iraq

Ten years: Visual commentary by Aaron McKinney

On the 10th anniversary of the start of the Iraq War. Topical art by Aaron McKinney.

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Quote of the week (so far)

“JOHN, YOU’RE GOING TO BE PAID FOR TWO MORE YEARS, NO MATTER WHAT.”

— County Commissioner Tom Collins, offering a single morsel of good news for Constable John Bonaventura on Tuesday....

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Bill-rush the Legislature

Among the 383 bills introduced in the Legislature during the five days before Monday’s cutoff were proposals that would:
• Pardon black heavyweight champion Jack Johnson, convicted by an all-...

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Yerington lawmaker thinks Vegas should keep its own revenue!

Clark County's chronically underfunded schools could see their money woes vanish in an instant if state lawmakers heed the advice of Assembly Minority Whip Tom Grady, of Yerington. Last week, Mr....

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Going through the motions at the school tax hearings

In a perfect world, legislators would convene hearings to ask probing questions on important issues, carefully weigh the facts and opinions from the experts and ordinary folks on the matter at hand,...
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Is the county GOP infatuated with a British ichthyologist?

The Clark County Republican Party is selling tickets to a Feb. 16 event called the Lincoln-Regan Day Dinner. We’d guess this was a misspelling of “Reagan,” as in Ronald, but it is repeated three...
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Gov. Brian Sandoval, Instagrammed

Gov. Sunny's State of the State

Déjà vu all over again -- education and tax policy will be the battleground issues for Nevada, according to Gov. Brian Sandoval and his Democratic opposition’s State of the State addresses Wednesday...
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Mitt Romney wins!

Had it gone another way: Alternate covers CityLife had ready ... just in case

To cover our bases in case Mitt Romney won or -- which seemed weirdly possible at the time, given talk of Ohio's provisional ballots -- no final decision had been made by press time, CityLife...

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Romney and Obama

Something wicked this way comes: thoughts on voting, Obama and Citizens United as Election Day dawns

There was one moment in the Frank Rich-Fran Lebowitz talk a few weeks ago at The Smith Center that, for me, at least, cut right to the bruised heart of the electoral freak show now spazzing toward...

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