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Tahoe businesses hope holiday tourists won't stay away
By JIM WASSERMAN and CLAUDIA BUCK
Sacramento Bee
Confronted with a threatening wildfire, hotels, casinos and other tourist attractions in Lake Tahoe are not giving up on the Fourth of July -- and what they once hoped would be their biggest week of the summer.
Tahoe businesses hope holiday tourists won't stay away
By JIM WASSERMAN and CLAUDIA BUCK
Sacramento Bee
Confronted with a threatening wildfire, hotels, casinos and other tourist attractions in Lake Tahoe are not giving up on the Fourth of July -- and what they once hoped would be their biggest week of the summer.
Hilton coverage just a symptom of societal shortfall
Scripps Howard News Service
FROM THE HART
By BETSY HART
Scripps Howard News Service
Paris Hilton says that being in lockup for a few weeks was traumatic. I think being shot at in Iraq would be traumatic -- not taking a little time off from having every whim satisfied on a whim. Nonetheless, different folks have different levels of trauma-handling ability. She apparently reached hers. (The lovely Paris was sent to jail for driving on a suspended license following a DUI charge. And good for that judge.)
Flushing out 'toilet talk' behind bars
By GABRIELLE BANKS
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
PITTSBURGH _ Folks in the free world may chatter all they like about Apple's sleek new iPhone, but citizens on lockdown must rely on more antiquated forms of communication.
Should New Frontier owner share riches with workers?
By MICHAEL J. MISHAK
Las Vegas Sun
LAS VEGAS _ Kansas industrialist Phil Ruffin bought the New Frontier nine years ago for $165 million, a tidy sum at the time for a fading, low-rent casino in the midst of a bitter labor dispute.
San Francisco will try its own health care solution
By HEATHER KNIGHT
San Francisco Chronicle
As the national debate rages over how to fix the country's broken health care system -- with 2008 presidential candidates offering up their solutions and Michael Moore's documentary "Sicko" opening -- San Francisco will become the first city in the country to actually try to solve the problem itself.
Read fine print before opting for reverse mortgage
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REAL ESTATE WATCH
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By CAROLE MOORE
bankrate.com
Cash-challenged seniors who want to stay in their own homes have kept reverse mortgages high on the public radar. But, despite glowing testimonials from some customers, not everyone thinks they're such a good idea.
The best of the comic book world
By TERRY MORROW
Scripps Howard News Service
The Hulk is not in a good mood. Spider-Man is back in black. The Justice League has time hoppers on its hands.
Summer is a perfect time to get lost in the adventures of comic books. But if you've been away for a while -- or are just now being tempted to start reading them -- here's a primer on the best titles out there.
Pine beetles widen their menu choices
By MARK HUME
Toronto Globe and Mail
The small beetle that has already eaten its way through about 40 percent British Columbia's lodgepole pine forest since 1993, is developing new appetites.
'Extreme Makeover' leaves the past behind
By TERRY MORROW
Scripps Howard News Service
The Tennessee woman's jaw was so pronounced she couldn't speak clearly, and strangers assumed she had a learning problem.
She was turned down for jobs and shunned by the community. She ended up living with her parents on a farm, away from most people.
