Print edition for February 3, 2001

New impetus for changes in Nevada election, campaign laws: Siobhan McDonough; "The only other thing that'll overshadow election reform in this legislative session is reapportionment," said Susan Morandi, deputy secretary of state for elections in Nevada. "Election law, in general, will get a lot of attention."

Rebels pounded by Colorado State 80-55: Steve Addy; FORT COLLINS, Colo. -- The Rebels had another brutal start Saturday, but this time there was no comeback to rescue them.

Writer finds new frontier for his magazine on the Web: "This is a way to link the best material around and provide for readers without having to put it all together in a publication," he said. "It encourages people to go to the source, to books, to newspapers, to other magazines."

Weekly radio program deals with hospice's focus on quality of life: Kirk Baird; To Michael Delaney, death is a dirty word. No one, it seems, is willing to talk about it until it's too late.

Columnist Kate Maddox: Club staff has a night out: Kate Maddox; I don't know when I became the ear/mouthpiece for insiders and disgruntleds at C2K, but I am. Or, I was. I try to get out, but they keep pulling me back in. So when we last left the beleaguered nightclub, management had been fired -- having been accused of skimming door profits and strong-arming patrons. Attendance numbers were miserably low, employees were being demoted and the threat of going to a weekends-only policy was very real.

Gibbons urges Bush to name Elizabeth Dole ambassador: Gibbons supported Mrs. Dole as a presidential candidate early in the 2000 campaign. She served as secretary of transportation and secretary of labor and was president of the American Red Cross from 1991-99.

Assemblyman proposes hi-tech learning center for college: "Nevada has a large untrained labor force," Marvel told The Humboldt Sun. He said the proposed center would include about 28,000 square feet of classroom, computer center and lab facilities.

Ticket buyer in Hudson County won state's largest jackpot: The previous record jackpot was $46.2 million drawn on Oct. 30, 2000. That was won by a Newark resident.

E-publishing offers hope for authors: Kirk Baird; When Stephen King turned to the Internet last year to distribute his serialized novel, "The Plant," the publishing world took notice.

Defense lawyer says slain father responsible for deaths of two infant daughters: The baby "was found to have died of natural causes," said Julian Soshnick, a lawyer and former prosecutor who once represented Frank Pope.

Bureau of Prisons: Prison plans in compliance with EPA regulations: Kathleen Hawks-Sawyer, the bureau's director, signed the record of decision on Thursday, he said.

Teachers drop charge against school district: The hearing was in response to allegations brought by the union during the 1999 contract negotiations.

Light, serious measures among unusual proposals facing Legislature: Siobhan McDonough; Lawmakers will deal with the dirt of designating an official state soil and wrap themselves in plans for a state tartan, among other not-so-routine proposals.

Columnist Jeff German: Reid is courting labor boss: NEVADA SEN. Harry Reid had many meetings last week on Capitol Hill.

Where I Stand -- Mike O'Callaghan: Different ways to help: PRESIDENT George W. Bush should walk a very narrow path as he promotes the federal funding of religious organizations delivering social services. Where do these church groups separate social services from proselytizing? This is a tough question for many churches, synagogues and mosques to answer because in some cases there is no separation. Joining the church or attending a prayer meeting is an unspoken requirement of many organizations. In other groups it is brought out loud and clear that the hand with food comes with a denominational blessing from the other hand.

Woman who testified against cop receives probation: Brown was arrested on drug trafficking charges after he nearly died of a drug overdose at Gorzoch's apartment.

Douglas County residents concerned about prescribed burn: The Bureau of Land Management's problems with last year's burn in the Mt. Como area was a focus of the arguments against the idea.

Reid walks fine line pleasing miners, environmental groups: Scott Sonner; "Norton's nomination is a giant reward to the oil, gas and mining industries that funded President Bush's campaign," said Jessica Hodge of the Southern Nevada Group of the Sierra Club.

Columnist Susan Snyder: Getting the scoop on dog waste: And you thought soccer parents were bad.

Operator error blamed for plane crash: A pilot on the ground hit the wrong key on a computer control panel and mistakenly cleared the aircraft's random access memory, according to the Air Force Air Combat Command report.

Family Woman: Stand-up comic Paula Poundstone's life story could be called "Eight is Enough."

Columnist Sandy Thompson: Child support hike devastates man: Sandy Thompson; SHOULD lifestyle and a disparity in income be major factors in determining child support payments?

Quiet speaker set to make political noise: Erin Neff; The vanilla scent wafting from a burning candle and the sounds of Sarah McLachlan cooing from a tape deck seem out of place in Henderson Police's homicide office.

Fake IDs can be tough to identify: A14-year-old Las Vegas girl recently took her 21-year-old sister's frayed work card to Metro Police and, because she resembled her older sibling, got it reshot with her photo.

Low Sierra snowpack fuels worry about summer drought: "Looking at the north Sierra precipitation index since 1922, the odds of us getting back to normal are about 1-in-10," said Bill Mork, climatologist for the state Department of Water Resources.

Editorial: It's time to step up to the plate: Cloobeck is on a roll. Last week he announced that a nonprofit organization, assembled by a consortium of valley businesses, would be set up to help explain that a nuclear waste repository in Nevada wouldn't just endanger this state's residents. Sometimes lost in the shuffle is that the Energy Department has suggested using federal highways -- through 43 states -- to send the waste here. It also has been estimated that more than 53 million people live within 1 mile of these routes.

Letter: Freedom of religion is undermined: To deviate from this principle, even a little, is to open the door to excluding those who cannot in good conscience accept or benefit from "government sponsored faith-based programs" -- i.e., prayer in the public schools, school vouchers to be used in private (church) schools, or government funding offered to church welfare programs -- because it would violate their religious beliefs. It is only in protecting the right of each of us to worship as our conscience dictates, without government "help" or interference, that we can ensure safety from the arbitrary dictating of how, when, or whom we worship.

Columnist Jon Ralston: Donors forced to fork it over: DICK BRYAN did it. So did Harry Reid. And John Ensign. And many, many others -- Jan Jones, Lorraine Hunt, Bob Miller and Jon Porter.

Religion's lobbying influence remains untapped: Stacy J. Willis; When God knocks on lawmakers' doors, he rarely carries much political juice.

Letter: Public schools accept failure: As for accountability, Kennedy is kidding, right? Only in the monopolistic upside-down world of K-12 public education does failure mean more money. The greater the failure, the more resources you receive. Some accountability.