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Archive for March 20th, 2006
Monday, March 20, 2006 Greenspun vs. Us: The Reckoning! By Steve Sebelius Well, screw you, Brian Greenspun!
That's what we at Various Things & Stuff were tempted to say after a friend e-mailed us to report that Las Vegas Sun Editor Brian Greenspun had called us out by name in his Sunday column in the "Sunsert" section of the Review-Journal.
Once again, Greenspun has taken to the [...]
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Monday, March 20, 2006 Monday Quick Hits! By Steve Sebelius • On the very day that a coroner's inquest jury found that police were justified in killing rapper Amir Crump, 21, in the Feb. 1 shootout that cost a Las Vegas police sergeant his life, the Board of Regents made the rare wise decision to reject member Stavros Anthony's bid to ban gangster rap from [...]
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Monday, March 20, 2006 Four-wallers speak out By Ian Mylchreest The hub of four-walling, where performers rent the theater and bear the risk of the show, is Las Vegas, reports the Los Angeles Times. Comedian George Wallace and Magician Rick Thomas tell the paper that it's a tough life but that they like the control the arrangement gives them.
On the other hand, Robert Goulet remains [...]
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Monday, March 20, 2006 William Lyon fights another day By Ian Mylchreest The founder and CEO of William Lyon Homes has again tried to take the company private, reports the Los Angeles Times. William Lyon is offering $93 a share to buy 51 percent of the company.
The stock skyrocketed on the news Friday and analysts say the final offer, if it is to succeed, will be closer [...]
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Monday, March 20, 2006 Washington at work By Ian Mylchreest A year of work in both houses of Congress that was originally designed to strengthen the private pension system, will, if passed, result in lower payments to pension plans that are already underfunded by as much as $160 billion, reports the New York Times. And a government report says it would weaken, not strengthen, the [...]
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Monday, March 20, 2006 Why don't we just jail smokers? By Len Butcher I haven’t smoked in more than 20 years and to be honest, I hate the smell of it today. But I have always felt that smokers are getting a really raw deal, one that started a number of years ago when workers had to leave the building and stand out in the oppressive heat, freezing [...]
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