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Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2008

Las Vegas Philharmonic executive director fired.

Why couldn’t it have been the guy with the cymbals?

Fry’s former executive charged with stealing more than $60 million to pay off gambling debts.

Wow! Fry’s has $60 million to steal? Recession, our foot.

New building codes mean fireworks will not be launched from rooftops of Strip hotels this year.

It’s all part of the city’s “We Can’t See Your Vegas From Here” campaign.

Suggestion box: Enjoy free money

Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2008

t’s a sorry time for our country, especially for our schools, but there’s a way to change that. If only anyone was taking advantage of it.

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Wednesday, Dec. 24, 2008

Las Vegas gets up to 8 inches of snow in biggest storm in decades.

Just remember—it’s not global warming. It’s ’cause God hates Las Vegas!

Schools close the day after snowstorm.

Finally, a day on which our school system is equal to all others.

David Copperfield’s assistant gets arm broken by large industrial fan.

This is far worse than the assistant who suffered the acute case of shame from working on "Believe".

Under the radar albums

Albums we dug in 2008, but didn't happen to review - until now

Wednesday, Dec. 24, 2008

The end of 2008 is the perfect excuse to clue you in on a few albums that have been appreciated, but previously un-reviewed, by the Weekly.

Tiny little rant: We're the bosses

Wednesday, Dec. 24, 2008

When we heard a mortgage broker in town had to close up shop because she couldn’t renegotiate her mortgage with her bank, we thought, what hope is there for the rest of us?

Year in Review: Current events 2008

It was brutal, but at least it was also grueling, with occasional hope sprinkles

Wednesday, Dec. 24, 2008

From the mortgage-crisised suburbs to the undervisited Strip, perhaps the best that could be said of 2008 is that it wasn’t as bad as 2009. Looking back at a very dubious year.

Ten years that shook the world!*

*Well, our world, anyway. So permit us a few minutes of celebration. Hey, it tastes better than the cheap cake we were gonna serve.

Thursday, Dec. 18, 2008

The highlight reel: some milestones in the life of the Weekly.

Amen Corner: It's about time

Thursday, Dec. 11, 2008

Maybe Clark County got as sick as we were of seeing tourists taking their lives in their hands, scampering across rush-hour traffic to get to the famous “Welcome to Las Vegas” sign to take that iconic picture that’s in nearly every scrapbook around the country.

Presents from the past

Rounding up some of 2008's notable music reissues, just in time for the holidays

Thursday, Dec. 11, 2008

Looking for a holiday gift for your favorite music lover? These reissues make some of 2008's best musical presents.

Action flashback

Thursday, Dec. 11, 2008

With this week’s release of the Jean-Claude Van Damme meta-comeback vehicle JCVD, we got to thinking about our favorite has-been action stars, and the highlights and lowlights of their careers. (Bare-chested Chuck Norris just ahead!)