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Kill Vegas
Claiming concrete on film
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Lights, Camera, Cook! And, Um, Watch!
Cheflive's tasty concept—gourmet food for mid-level prices—needs more people to bite
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NOISE
Wolfmother, Death Cab for Cutie, Playlist, Coming to Town
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What Would Jesus Watch?
If Van Wilder 2 was sold out, he might try one of these very different films about his religion
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ON THE SCENE: The Gang's All Here
Fashion show/gangsta rap event goes off without a hitch
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POP CULTURE: Sunday, Bloody Sunday
November 19, the day of fantasy-football reckoning
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We Are Gathered Here Today to Say Our Last Farewells to the Blogosphere ...
A eulogy of sorts, with explanations
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Drinking and Driving in Vegas: A Brief Analysis
Assessing our dangerous behavior in a city known for boozing
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LETTERS
Mash Notes, Hate Mail, Urgent Communiqués, Secret Messages, Thesis Pieces
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The State Should Believe In Our Artists
The Governor's portrait sends the wrong message
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ON THE SCENE: A Night with Dane Cook
Actually, a night with his DVD, in a theater, for $12.50 a head
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SCREEN
Driving Lessons
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PRINT:
The Outlaw Bible of American Essays
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Just Trying to Get Home
Ozzie's Tavern regulars witness the 134th traffic-related tragedy of the year
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HOROSCOPE
Pegggy Plots Your Planets
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FEEDBACK
Dixie Chicks
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Sign of the (War-Ridden) Times
From Napoleon to the Nevada Test Site: the history of our most enduring political symbol
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SOUNDCHECK
Yusuf, Incubus, The Game, Joanna Newsome
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BAR EXAM: Where There's Smoke, There's ... a Guy Taking Notes
Pondering drunken antics and public policy at Sierra Gold
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DANCE: 'Not Just Swans and Tricks'
Ballet can tackle many subjects—including war. A talk with CCSN dance master Kelly Roth.
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PRINT: Gift Books
Suggestions for pretty much everyone on your list
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COMICS: A World Tour
Take in Spanish philosophy, Japanese baking manga and Ukrainian graphic memoirs
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NIGHTS ON THE CIRCUIT: Drunk Turkey
Surprise—Thanksgiving Eve is stuffed with hot parties!
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TASTE: Pretty Good Italian
Like so much in a city where fine Italian chefs must serve spaghetti to an undemanding clientele, La Collina is steadfast and good, if not ...
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Mash-Up
Pencil in Studio 54 for Tuesdays Again
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Xania's Hot Spots
This Week's Special Events
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A+E
All the ARTS + ENTERTAINMENT You Can Eat
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Don't Go There!
Never leave America, or nasty foreigners will dismember you—that's the lesson of Turistas
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$61 Million To Fire a Gun
And nobody has any questions?
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Destiny Denied
A Tenacious D musical sounds like a great idea, doesn't it? Well ...
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FEEDBACK
The Rapture, James Blunt
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HOROSCOPE
Peggy Plots Your Planets
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Nights on the Circuit: A Prince of an Evening
At 3121, the audience gets the royal treatment
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It's a Perfect World
Vegas' hottest live-music acts are the work of one company
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Lost in Time
The Fountain hops from past to present to future but can't find a plot in any era
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Game On!
Our video-game wizard compares the new PlayStation and Nintendo systems. Verdict: Wii, Wii!
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A+E
All the ARTS + ENTERTAINMENT You Can Eat
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SOUNDCHECK
Jay-Z, Tom Waits, Rock Star Supernova, Damien Rice, Brand New, El Perro Del Mar
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Flaming Out
Will Question 5 extinguish Valley hookah lounges?
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TASTE: Peruvian Paradise
An authentic taste of South America in Vegas
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NOISE
Buzz Osborne of The Melvins, She Wants Revenge, Thanksgiving menu, Coming to Town
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COMICS: Eat This
Anthology Publishers serve up a tasty array of comic collections
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State of the Speech
Maybe someone other than the Super should assess schools
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58 Things You'd Damn Well Better Be Thankful For
An annual thankful listif we did compile one, this is how we'd do it
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ESSAY: A Night at the Philharmonic
History, propaganda and the authenticity of spirit
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Impressions of G2E
Joshua Longobardy and Gary Dretzka on the scene, issues, questions and people of the massive gaming conference
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POPPED: Bad Ballads
Where have all the slow jamz gone?
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POP CULTURE: The Big If
What did we learn from the latest O.J. affair?
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COMEDY: Best Of The Fest
Wrapping up the Comedy Festival, down to the last laugh
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SCREEN
DÉJÀ VU
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TV: Not Very Funny
Two new TBS comedies fail to give the channel its desired makeover
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Off Target
Emilio Estevez's aim isn't true in his formless assassination flick, Bobby
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SCREEN
For Your Consideration
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PRINT: Big Day
Thomas Pynchons new novel is packedmostly in a good way
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Xania's Hot Spots
This Week's Special Events
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LOUD
Otherwise, High End Mystery Emporium, Valentine
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CULTURE CLUB: Political Bellwether
We continue to swallow lies and vote for fiction
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HOROSCOPE
Peggy Plots Your Planets
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Nights on the Circuit: Where the Runway Meets the DJ
Talulah G and C-Level bring the club to the boutique
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FEEDBACK
Tenacious D
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TV: Taking Pity
A website and book that dissect TV with brutal efficiency-it sounds good ...
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Five Questions About Prince's New Job
Looking for answers about the Purple One's surprising new stint at the Rio
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What About Local Fans?
We got the NBA All-Star Game! Too bad we can't go.
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Metro Watchdog
Texas attorney James Myart Jr. is a go-to guy for Las Vegans
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Old Site Archives
Study in Scarlett
She's the sexiest woman alive, but Scarlett Johansson has become a less interesting actress
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Blond on Bond
Daniel Craig gives us a leaner, more human 007. Don't worry, things still blow up.
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EDITOR'S NOTE
Last week, Americans issued a clear mandate for change, and we've responded with flying colors.
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Born in North Las Vegas
A cop, a pregnant woman and the side of Lake Mead Boulevard By Joshua Longobardy
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Mash-Up
Don't Put Your Glow Sticks Away Just Yet
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Caring for the Caretakers
Nurses and hospitals continue the war over union demands
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NOISE
Three questions with Lady Sovereign, Three questions with The Rapture, The Weekly Playlist, 136 words on James Blunt
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COMICS: Romance Returns
Love blooms among indie creators, Japanese commuters and Popeye
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SCREEN
Shut Up & Sing
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Xania's Hot Spots
This Week's Special Events
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Bad Taste
Fast Food Nation goes down easy, but has no nutritional value
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PRINT: Wrong Turn
Atkinson's literary thriller not so literary, not really thrilling
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PRINT: Also on Shelves
Two more notable books
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Beyond the Rope
Katie Putnam
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TASTE: No Rooster, But It's Good Anyway
Though far from France, Ambiance Bistro has a lot of Gaul
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SOUNDCHECK
Tenacious D, Ludacris, ... And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead, +44, Army of Anyone, Kid Koala
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SCREEN
Happy Feet
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STAGE: Post-Dramatic Stress Disorder
Believability is a casualty of war in Click-Boom
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Does James Bond Matter Anymore?
In a world of intelligence failures and loosely affiliated terrorist cells, where does 007 fit in?
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God's Quarterback
Former UNLV and NFL star Randall Cunningham could save a game. But as pastor of a church, can he save souls?
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NOISE: In the Pearl
A first look at the Palms' sweet new music venue
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A+E
All the ARTS + ENTERTAINMENT You Can Eat
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The Exit Interview
Sheriff Bill Young
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BAR EXAM: They're Playing Our Song
And making our margarita at Paradise Cantina
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A+E
All the ARTS + ENTERTAINMENT You Can Eat
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Tourgasmic Twosome
Dane Cook sidekicks Robert Kelly and Jay Davis dish the dish
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Mash-Up
All You Need is Love
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Xania's Hot Spots
November 9November 15
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ON THE SCENE: Free Hitler Jokes!
Comedy at Empire Ballroom
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Brilliant! Canceled! Revived! Then ...
Will Louis C.K.'s HBO comedy join these others in post-cancellation afterlife?
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The Rickles Effect
The King of Zing and those who followed
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Luxury Condo, Anyone?
Thousands are coming on the market. So who's buying them?
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ON THE SCENCE: Story Time
Saturday night with Chuck Palahniuk
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I'm an American
Exploring Mexican heritage and homages to the dead in Vegas
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STAGE: Yakety-Yak
They all talk back ... and talk ... and talk ... in Five Women Wearing the Same Dress
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NOISE
Three Questions with Joan Jett
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HOROSCOPE
Peggy Plots Your Planets
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Beyond the Rope
John "Moose" Mahoney
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TASTE: Let Saigons Be Saigons
Forget the faux pho in other Vietnamese joints, Pho Sai Gon 8's is the best
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LOUD!
Holy Hip-Hop Crusade, Local CD Blitz, Vegoose: Down But Not Out?
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IN PRINT: King of Wishful Thinking
The master of horror tries for romance and ends up with the same old scares
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Nights on the Circuit: Come Out and Play
Vixens strut their stuff at Play
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Soundcheck
Various Artists, Keith Urban, The Who, Lindstrom, Nellie McKay
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(Bringing the) Funny
All you need to know about the second annual *Comedy Festival
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SCREEN
A Good Year
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A Bloody Mess
Steer clear of these
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TV: Another Bad Day
No matter how many times it tries, Day Break cant get it right
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POP CULTURE: Attack!
The cure for toothless advertising
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Everything's Connected
From Morocco to Mexico to Japan, Babel goes a long way to make its point
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Seconds!
John Heffron on things that didn't happen first
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Sal's Celebrity Selectors
The Battle for the Golden Nerf
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SCREEN
Stranger Than Fiction
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Sex and Comedy
Mario Cantone and a brief history of Sex and the City's stand-up cameos
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COMICS: Controversy Cavalcade
Check out the Chinese-American coming-of-age story and the gay superman
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Sexual Healing
Unfortunately, the feely overwhelms the touchy in real-sex drama Shortbus
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SCREEN
American Hardcore
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ON THE SCENE: Those Crazy, Crazy Girls
Never mind the topless dancing girls—bring back the juggler! A night at the Crazy Girls anniversary show.
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Gimme the Coke
In which we put the 'controversial' energy drink to a test
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LETTERS
Mash Notes, Hate Mail, Urgent Communiqués, Secret Messages, Thesis Pieces
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COMICS: Superman: The Movie Meets the Comic Book
Director Richard Donner returns to the Man of Steel
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CULTURE CLUB: How We Glorify War
Do movies reinforce or question the propaganda?
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The Reading Issue
A grab bag of words about books and the writers who write them: essays, interviews, snippets and more
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Snippet Fiction
In which we ask writers to summon the muse for exactly 117 words
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TASTE: Mexican Devolution
A new location finds the legendary La Barca going backward
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NIGHTS ON THE CIRCUIT: Year of the Bunny
Halloween club-hopping makes for a titillating tail
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LINE PASS: Ice Melts Away
Little club that could closes its doors for good
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The Birth of the Snark
Back when the media was young—the '80s—Spy magazine tutored a generation of ironic smartasses. A new book charts its history and influence.
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Can Hot Chicks Solve This Problem?
In search of monorail ambassadors and financial health
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Not Smokin'!
Why smoking bugs me
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Nevada Noir
Eight films that take a dark look at the Silver State
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Vegoose Wrap
What was this year's festival like? These excerpts from the Weekly's Vegooseblog.com coverage will make you feel as though you were there
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Out of Africa—and Back
Talking with Dave Eggers and Valentino Deng about war, the Lost Boys and their nonfiction novel'
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Laugh! Cringe! Laugh!
By amusing us with the humiliation of American dorks, Borat shows us ourselves
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Sal's Celebrity Selectors
The Battle for the Golden Nerf
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Xania's Hot Spots
November 2November 8
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Words and Music
Talking with Vegas Valley Book Festival author Jim DeRogatis
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Cigs, Pot & Politics
We examine the November 7 ballot measures and ask the questions you need to know
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VIDEO GAMES: This is Not Columbine
It's satirical teen alienation!
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HOROSCOPE
Peggy Plots Your Planets
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We Asked Questions About the Ballot
Questions The Weekly gets some answers about pot, schools, taxes, farm equipment and your land
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A+E
All the ARTS + ENTERTAINMENT You Can Eat
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Mash-Up
Oh Gee!
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Political Pages
Books about the war, politics and current events are swamping bookshelves. Here's why.
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Smokin'!
The love and the betrayal of my habit
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NOISE
Three Questions with Gerald Casale Of Devo
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Tyrone Nesby
The former UNLV star returns from Europe and the NBA to lead the Las Vegas Venom
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SCREEN
Flushed Away
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This School-house Costs
In defense of spending a mint to build a high school campus