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Archive for July 10th, 2006


Monday, July 10, 2006
And how was your week?
By Len Butcher
As Yogi Berra once said, “It’s déjà vu all over again.” That’s just what it seems like as I look back at the previous week’s news. War in Iraq a mess but now it’s more sect against sect than terrorists against U.S. troops. Maybe our government should take a page from the cops during the [...]
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Monday, July 10, 2006
Hold on a second, Corporate Overlord!
By Steve Sebelius
We at Various Things & Stuff have not always agreed with our corporate overlords in the Stephens Media Group. But they leave us alone to do our thing on this blog and in CityLife, which is the highest praise we can offer for news executives. But a column penned by our corporate Overlord-in-Chief, Sherm Frederick [...]
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Monday, July 10, 2006
Quick Hits: On video games; Goodman; Jesus; and Greenspun
By Steve Sebelius
What? Las Vegas is under terrorist attack! Bullets are flying, martial law is being imposed and police are shooting even more than usual! Holy shit! Oh, wait, it's only a video game. That's right, the latest edition of author Tom Clancy's video game series Rainbow Six takes place right here in Las Vegas, both on [...]
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Monday, July 10, 2006
Movies are going digital
By Ian Mylchreest
The movie industry is raising big money to make its screens digital, reports the Los Angeles Times. National CineMedia — a joint venture of AMC Entertainment Inc., Cinemark USA Inc. and Regal Entertainment Group — has hired JPMorgan Chase & Co. to raise $1 billion from hedge funds, private equity firms and banks to finance [...]
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