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Merry Christmas

And now the bustling streets and malls fall strangely quiet. In many a home, the living room stands ankle-deep in an effluvia of ribbons and paper and bows, while in the background someone has left the TV running — Alastair Sim throws open his window on a bright and shining world for the 59th time and asks the lad in the street what day this is.

GOP retreat

A gift for labor

Big Labor got its Christmas present Wednesday when its stooges on the National Labor Relations Board gave the go-ahead for “ambush” organizing elections that union bosses hope will reverse decades of declining membership.

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The white whale

Perhaps one of the most senseless federal prosecutions of the past generation ran its course Friday when a judge slapped Barry Bonds on the wrist for giving misleading testimony to a grand jury.

Orange barrels: Road work, federal funds and oversight

For the most part — we’ll temporarily look the other way on the Galena Creek Bridge near Reno and the accompanying Interstate 580 — the Nevada Department of Transportation has done a decent job getting major projects finished on time and within budget.

You can’t make this up

With apologies to Sports Illustrated’s regular feature, “This Week’s Sign the Apocalypse is Upon Us”:

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