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    The Street Where We Live

    Jan 05, 2010
    Neal Williams, local business owner Richard Cherchio, neighborhood activist Chris Leinberger, Visiting Fellow, Brookings Inst Lisa Morris, Deputy Dir of Neighborhood Svcs, City of LV ..
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    Tony Curtis

    Jan 04, 2010

    Actor Tony Curtis tells us about his new book "American Prince: A Memoir" released in October and his experiences growing up and in Hollywood.

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    Bill Cosby

    Jan 01, 2010
    He's been amusing Americans since the 1960s with his stand-up routines, television shows and innumerable guest appearances on the talk show circuit. He's coming to Treasure Island this Saturday for one performance.
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    Rick Faugno

    Dec 31, 2009
    Broadway singer and dancer Rick Faugno is about to launch his one-man show, "Songs My Idols Sang (And Danced)" this Sunday at the Southpoint Hotel and Casino. This weekend's show is already sold out but Faugno gives us a preview in a special music edition of the show, taped in Studio One.
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    Michael Uslan

    Dec 31, 2009
    He's produced the Batman movies that have taken the Gotham City crimefighter from a buffoon to a hero. No more Zap! Pow! Bam! And he's wanted to do that since he was in the 7th grade.
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    Rat Pack

    Dec 30, 2009
    Sandy Hackett has created a new show about the glory days of Las Vegas at the Sahara. The show is playing at the Sahara and the cast joins us in the studio to talk about the new show and the old memories.
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    Er Tai Gao

    Dec 28, 2009
    Artist and writer Er Tai Gao spoke out briefly in 1957 about the meaning of art and found himself damned as a rightist in Mao Zedong's China. He was sent for political re-education.
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    David Hopkins

    Dec 28, 2009
    David Hopkins is an Irish singer-songwriter who now lives in Las Vegas. He toured with rock legends The Who as their keyboardist for 2001's acclaimed "Quadrophenia" tour, and is a friend and contemporary of Damien Rice.
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    George Carlin's Last Words

    Dec 28, 2009
    The comic made those seven words famous. He also shared tens of thousands of words with his friend and fellow comic Tony Hendra.
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    Sick

    Dec 28, 2009
    The health care reform legislation is still struggling to get out of the Senate. Will it die in committee or die of compromise? Journalist Jonathan Cohn, author of Sick: The Untold Story of America's Health Care Crisis---and the People Who Pay the Price, joins us to give us his take on why reform is needed.
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    Sake Sommelier

    Dec 24, 2009
    Most of know that sake is a rice wine but there are varietals that suit some foods better than others. Las Vegas' only sake sommelier, Yuji Matsumoto brings his sample case and some glasses into the studio for us to try the Japanese wine.
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    Lion Princes and Princesses

    Dec 24, 2009
    They just can't wait to be king. The four middle-schoolers who play "Young Simba" and "Young Nala" at the Las Vegas production of "The Lion King" join Las Vegas Sun entertainment writer John Katsilometes to talk about how they got into show business, their fledgling careers and what they do when they're not on stage.
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    Religious Roundtable

    Dec 24, 2009
    A priest, a rabbi and an imam ..
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    Drug War Zone

    Dec 23, 2009
    Anthropologist Howard Campbell has been inside the cartel. He's also talked with those fighting the cartels in the drug war.
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    Neon Reverb Music Festival

    Dec 22, 2009
    This weekend marks the return of the Neon Reverb Festival on East Fremont Street and at other venues in town. We talk with the organizers - James Woodbridge, Thirry Harlin and Jason Aragon.
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    E.L. Doctorow

    Dec 22, 2009
    Novelist E.L.
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    Westside Schools

    Dec 22, 2009
    Students in historically black West Las Vegas are underachieving academically. They are behind their peers in other neighborhoods.
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    Frank Caliendo

    Dec 21, 2009
    He plays John Madden, Sir Charles Barkley and, of course, Dr. Phil.
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    Homeless Youth

    Dec 21, 2009
    Most of us can only imagine homelessness. But what happens if you're still in high school and you cannot live at home.
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    Pan de Sal

    Dec 17, 2009
    This Las Vegas band describes itself as "a world-beat experimental pop band that formed in the winter of 2006 as a collective where different musicians from many genres can come together to create music not found anywhere else." So they came to the studio to show us what that means.
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    Clark County School Superintendent

    Dec 12, 2009
    Clark County School District Chief Walt Rulffes joins us to talk about the host of issues facing educators and schools in Southern Nevada. We talk about the empowerment schools program, federal aid that will require a change in state law so that test scores can be used to assess teacher quality, raises for classroom teachers, school construction and pending budget cuts.
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    Lion Princes and Princesses

    Dec 10, 2009
    They just can't wait to be king. The four middle-schoolers who play "Young Simba" and "Young Nala" at the Las Vegas production of "The Lion King" join Las Vegas Sun entertainment writer John Katsilometes to talk about how they got into show business, their fledgling careers and what they do when they're not on stage.
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    Migration Slowdown

    Dec 10, 2009
    A new report from the Brookings Institution shows that people are moving to new homes within the United States at the slowest rate since World War II. The recent migration slowdown was the surprising, but in retrospect inevitable, by-product of an unprecedented run-up in both housing values and housing-related debt, say researchers.
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    Mike Kelley

    Dec 10, 2009
    Since the late 1990s, Mike Kelley has been managing editor of the Las Vegas Sun. He's seen it through its last days as a separate newspaper and he was present at the creation of the current Review-Journal insert.
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    David Hopkins

    Dec 09, 2009
    David Hopkins is an Irish singer-songwriter who now lives in Las Vegas. He toured with rock legends The Who as their keyboardist for 2001's acclaimed "Quadrophenia" tour, and is a friend and contemporary of Damien Rice.
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