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Print edition for January 11, 2002

Ensign on list of Enron recipients
According to a list published today on the Fox News website -- with no attribution of its source -- Ensign received $7,500 between 1989 and 2001. He was 30th overall among combined House and Senate members receiving Enron money.
Political notebook: Boggs McDonald cites mayors' endorsements
Erin Neff
Las Vegas Councilwoman Lynette Boggs McDonald is hoping 13 proves lucky for her congressional bid.
News briefs for January 11, 2002
Las Vegas Councilman Larry Brown has filed a lawsuit against John Staluppi Jr., claiming the East Coast car dealer filed an ethics complaint and lawsuit against him in an extortion attempt.
Environmentalists are ready to battle
Environmental groups say they will launch attacks on a number of fronts in their fight against a proposed nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain.
Busch 16th at Daytona testing
Jimmie Johnson, a rookie who is driving a Chevrolet owned by Jeff Gordon, set the fastest speed at 183.816 mph. Ward Burton, in a Dodge, was second fastest at 183.572 and Dale Earnhardt Jr., in a Chevy, was third fastest at 183.475.
Columnist Jerry Fink: Musician O'Shea continues to wait for hit No. 3
Trombonist Brian O'Shea, who is also a vocalist who sounds a lot like Joe Cocker, is looking for one more hit record.
Datebook
Cedric the Entertainer will sign copies of his new book, "Grown A$$ Man," at 7 p.m. Thursday at Borders Books & Music, 2323 S. Decatur Blvd. Call 258-0999.
Court weighs Indian casino future
Doug Simpson
NEW ORLEANS -- The Tigua Indians must shut down their Speaking Rock Casino near El Paso, Texas, because state law bans gambling and the tribe "agreed to be bound by the laws of Texas," state officials argued Wednesday in a federal appeals court hearing.
Williams still enjoying 'retirement' at 77
By Kristen Peterson
When you're 77 years old and still working, it's only natural that you would be bombarded with questions about retiring.
Ensign points to potential fallout for GOP
CARSON CITY -- Sen. John Ensign, R-Nev., says Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham's decision to recommend Yucca Mountain as the nation's nuclear waste repository could hurt the GOP's chances in the state's two contested congressional races.
Detroit casino process ruled unconstitutional
John Flesher
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. -- The city of Detroit violated the U.S. Constitution by giving two companies preferential treatment when issuing licenses for casinos there, a federal appeals panel ruled today.
Nuke companies have a lot to gain
Benjamin Grove
WASHINGTON -- Nuclear power companies may see noticeable long-term stock gains after Thursday's announcement by Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham that Yucca Mountain is "scientifically sound and suitable" for a national nuclear waste dump, analysts said.
It's Yuck-a: Nevadans upset, plan fight against Abraham decision
Nevada political, business, labor and community leaders expressed dismay Thursday at Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham's recommendation to make Yucca Mountain the site of the nation's high-level nuclear waste dump, and are mobilizing to fight the decision.
Maximum sentence sought for murderer
Kim Smith
Prosecutors could only convict Glenford Ennis of second-degree murder for killing his girlfriend, but they expect Dwight Whylie to spend a long time in prison for the act.
Resort's neighbors say plant meant to oust them
Adrienne Packer
Desert Inn Estates homeowners fighting to keep their property from being swallowed by Steve Wynn's newest resort believe a proposed cement and gravel mixing plant is the casino mogul's latest attempt to oust them.
Study predicts Vegas rebound through 2004
David Strow
Echoing previous reports, a study Thursday said Las Vegas' job creation engine has seen the greatest slowdown of any metropolitan area in the country as a direct result of Sept. 11.
Operator of LV stores bankrupt
"Problems were exacerbated by the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11," Museum Co. said Thursday in New York, where it's based.
Nevada gaming revenue declines
Cy Ryan and Richard N. Velotta
Winnings by Nevada casinos dropped in November, the third consecutive month of declines blamed on the terrorism in September.
Donation illustrates NCAA's tough battle with casinos
David Strow
While the National Collegiate Athletic Association was gathering its forces to ban betting on college sports in Nevada's casinos two years ago, one of the NCAA's elite member schools was accepting a big donation of stock in a casino operator to boost its athletic program.
Sprint leader touts new services, products
The chairman and chief executive officer of Sprint Corp. made the most of the national spotlight cast on him at the International Consumer Electronics Show Thursday with an entertaining hour-long commercial for the future of wireless communication.
Columnist Dean Juipe: Pro golfers find grind takes toll
Dean Juipe
Perhaps a moment of silence would be inappropriate.
UNLV promoting Frohlich for All-America honors
Steve Guiremand
Things are getting political around UNLV's women's basketball program.
Favored Casamayor faces noted puncher in Freitas
Dean Juipe
With a flurry of uncomplimentary and insensitive remarks directed toward his opponent, Joel Casamayor has taken it upon himself to carry the promotional duties for his Saturday fight with Acelino Freitas at the Cox Pavilion.
Columnist Brian Hilderbrand: Kroyer, Gaughan rev their engines
When Brendan Gaughan turned down a full-time ride this season with one of the top NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series teams in favor of his own Orleans Racing team, some racing observers thought the 26-year-old may have been guilty of wearing his helmet a little too tight.
Herbsts to start first in Laughlin
The No. 19 Terrible Herbst Motorsports Ford F-150 was the first vehicle assigned a starting position in the computerized drawing held at SCORE's headquarters in Los Angeles.
Weighty issues
Steve Addy
Age: 53 (Feb. 17, 1948)
Undercard to feature McCullough
Dean Juipe
Since Wayne McCullough last stepped into a boxing ring, 26 months have passed.
Chaparral's Johnson moves to Sierra Vista
Spencer Patterson
After four years at Chaparral, Cowboys football coach Ben Johnson has accepted the head coaching position at first-year Sierra Vista High School.
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Letter: Juipe right on the mark
By Ron Kantowski
I've had favorite sports columnists over the years in Los Angeles, San Francisco and Denver, but I've never read one that I agree with so consistently. Just keep on keepin' on, Dean. You are appreciated.
Planned power rate hike to be discussed
Meetings The Public Utilities Commission will hear public input concerning a proposed rate hike by Nevada Power Co. at three meetings
Rate hikes likely to hit disabled bus riders hard
The Regional Transportation Commission is raising fares for disabled riders of its paratransit bus service -- in some cases doubling the rates for morning and afternoon riders.
Business briefs for January 11, 2002
Home builders in the Las Vegas Valley set a record for home sales in 2001, with 22,940 units sold, Home Builders Research reported Thursday.
Water problems could kill project
A proposal to build a hydroelectric plant on Blue Diamond Hill may come down to the issue that would power the project: the water itself.
Letter: Federal spending is out of control
He requested that the ceiling be boosted to $6.7 trillion. The current limit of $5.95 trillion is the result of an increase made in 1997. O'Neill blamed Black Tuesday and "the ongoing war on terrorism" for the upsurge in borrowing that now "requires" an increase.
Letter: Airport leaves passengers with empty feeling
My husband and I were scheduled to fly Northwest Airlines on the red-eye (1:15 a.m.) flight to Cincinnati the morning of Dec. 26. We were told to arrive early to go through security, etc., due to long lines at check-in and the security gates. We arrived early to check in and were pleasantly surprised to find no long lines at either place. It was only 7:50 p.m. and we had at least 5 hours until we were to board our flight.
For Judas Priest, fact doesn't mirror fiction
Kirk Baird
It's a classic case of art imitating life imitating art. Only, in this instance, art only got it half right.
Letter: Blame customer who takes cart
I was in a city that had a barrier on the outside of the store. You had to leave your cart unattended while you got your car and drive it to the front of the store in order to get your groceries.
Nuke expert calls storage selection a 'historic error'
An independent nuclear expert says Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham's decision to recommend Yucca Mountain as the nation's nuclear waste repository is a "historic error."
Editorial: Goodman's views were a mixed bag
It is too bad that in the same State of the City speech where the mayor took such a progressive approach on medical care, the mayor's ugly attitude toward the homeless surfaced again. Goodman used the term "beasts" when referring to those homeless who he says refuse to accept social services and live on the streets, "robbing, killing and raping each other." It's tough to fathom why the mayor continues to stereotype and denigrate the people who are homeless, suggesting that most of the homeless enjoy sleeping outside during the winter when temperatures near the freezing mark.
Glimpses of greatness in 'Orange County'
Geoff Carter
A friend of mine once told the author William Kennedy to "get the (expletive) out of Albany." He thought he was doing his friend a favor in advising him to leave upstate New York, but Kennedy's output says otherwise: "Ironweed." "Billy Phelan's Greatest Game." "Legs." All these novels were bestsellers, all are respected, and all are set in Albany, N.Y., where William Kennedy still resides.
LV data storage firm sold
JMR Electronics, Chatsworth, Calif., is acquiring all assets of Trimm Technologies, a division of Verona, Pa.-based Robroy Industries. Trimm, which has 50 employees and is led locally by president James McCarty, is located on Pilot Road near Sunset Road, just south of McCarran International Airport.
Councilman seeks more casinos
The area currently has five casino boats -- two in Gary and one each in East Chicago, Hammond and Michigan City.
Editorial: Violating the privacy of students
The Sun's Jennifer Knight was the first to report on Dec. 26 that Nevada's two public universities and the Community College of Southern Nevada supply the names and addresses of their students to credit card companies. This is all done without first getting the consent of the students. The University of Nevada, Las Vegas nets a $100,000 profit annually from providing the mailing list of 47,000 alumni and students to MBNA, a Delaware-based credit card company; the University of Nevada, Reno receives about $58,000 a year from MBNA. The Community College of Southern Nevada receives $16,000 annually from First USA.
Columnist Jon Ralston: It was sound political science
-- George W. Bush in a statement, May 2000
Editorial: Abraham to Nevada: Glow to hell
Nevada Gov. Kenny Guinn said Abraham's decision "stinks" -- and we couldn't agree more. But while the governor is holding his nose, Guinn should remember that he and other prominent Republicans in this state are the ones who helped persuade a plurality of Nevadans in 2000 to give the state's four electoral votes to Bush. They assured us that Bush, even though he was embraced by the nuclear power industry, would treat Nevada fairly on the nuclear waste dump issue. If this is the Bush administration's definition of fairness, we'd hate to see what the White House would do to ...
Columnist Joe Delaney: Comic Wright makes light of everyday events
Joe Delaney
Steven Wright is conducting his very personal comedic seminars tonight through Sunday in The Orleans showroom ... Lanky, laconic Wright's approach is light years away from the setup and punch-line method of the majority of comedic cookie cutter-like practitioners working the comedy club circuit these days ... He paints sparse, Zen-like pictures, both mirthful and multidimensional.
Prep boys bowling standings
CLASS 4A
Where I Stand -- Brian Greenspun: No cable conspiracy
EXTORTION: n. obtaining of money, a promise, or other commitment, by threats, force, fraud, or illegal use of authority ...
Columnist Susan Snyder: Vegas is puttin' on the Ritz
But opening those ventures was cake compared to opening Marc's, his world cuisine restaurant in Summerlin. In a town where people love to eat, Ritz says he's frustrated that it seems they love to eat chain food.
Jeni offers a fast-paced, fun ride at New York-New York
Joe Delaney
Richard Jeni, appearing in the New York-New York Cabaret Theatre through Wednesday, is Brooklyn, N.Y.-born, an excellent start for someone in show business, particularly, a comedian. His act begins in high gear and accelerates from there.
Columnist Jeff German: Casinos finally heed call on dump
We can thank Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham for lighting a fire under gaming's brightest minds.
Columnist Muriel Stevens: Mina-Condy combo continues to impress
Dining at a Michael Mina and Charles Condy restaurant is always a joy. The twosome have created a number of outstanding restaurants. Aqua in San Francisco was the first, followed by Charles' Nobhill, and then Pisces in Burlingame on the San Francisco Bay Area peninsula. There is an Aqua at Bellagio and another at the MGM Grand, and NOBHILL, a San Francisco-style neighborhood eatery where diners can order everything from a tasting menu to macaroni and cheese.
Highlights of November win report on Nevada casinos
AP
-STATEWIDE: $721.5 million, down 7.5 percent.
Moulton unanimous choice as School Board president
Terry Webster
Sheila Moulton will serve this year as president of the Clark County School Board, following a Thursday night vote in which she was the unanimous choice among her peers.
Community news briefs for January 11, 2002
The Nevada Chapter of the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill offers a series of free classes for families and friends whose loved one is living with a mental illness.
Borders helped extend frontiers of LV reputation
WEEKEND EDITION
Aero-dynamic
Kirk Baird
Thirty-one years, 13 studio albums, one break up, one box set and the five original members are still intact.
Columnist Sandy Thompson: Concern grows for girl after custody change
Sandy Thompson
Today her grades reportedly have slipped to C's. She takes medication for depression and was hospitalized for allegedly expressing suicidal thoughts.
Taking a Powder
Kirk Baird
WEEKEND EDITION
Help for historic buildings sought
Meetings will be held in Las Vegas, Henderson, Mesquite, Panaca, Goldfield, Tonopah and Hawthorne by ArtsMarket, Inc., a consulting firm gathering information on behalf of the commission that distributes $2 million annually for the rehabilitation of historic buildings.
Analysis: Yucca dominates Nevada politics
Benjamin Grove
WASHINGTON -- Former Sen. Richard Bryan, D-Nev., remembers well the year that Nevada got screwed.
Customers crying foul over credit
Jeffrey Libby
WEEKEND EDITION
Amargosa Valley residents are mostly indifferent about dump
Jace Radke
AMARGOSA VALLEY -- Riding fences on a shaggy brown mustang with a black Labrador trailing behind, Merlyn Turner cuts a startling, solitary figure against the backdrop of the jagged mountains that ring the Armagosa Valley.
Trial begins for man accused of trying to hire hitman to kill wife
Kim Smith
Prosecutors say a 72-year-old Las Vegas man tried to hire a hitman to kill his wife because she turned him in after she wouldn't hire a hitman for him.
Prep girls bowling standings
CLASS 4A
Descendants of Union soldiers find a home in Las Vegas
WEEKEND EDITION
Ethics panel to review cases of election-filing violations
CARSON CITY -- The state Ethics Commission Thursday selected a two-member panel to review public officials' requests to either reduce or wipe out their civil fines for filing financial disclosure reports past the deadline.
Columnist Susan Snyder: A genuine seal of disapproval
OK, I get the neon signs, but where is Las Vegas' Joshua tree other than on the official city seal?
Deal nears on downtown arena
Diana Sahagun
An agreement between Las Vegas and Idaho developer Larry Leasure to build a downtown arena could be finalized within 30 days, Mayor Oscar Goodman said.
Columnist Kate Maddox: Flamingo to fly by Knight
Kate Maddox
It may have taken months of planning, but Gladys Knight has finally signed a deal with Flamingo Las Vegas. Knight, who has spent the past several years touring, says she is thrilled to be settling down in a showroom in her hometown.
Atkinson Gates forms ticket for black leadership
Adrienne Packer
Yvonne Atkinson Gates' term on the Clark County Commission isn't up for another three years, but she has been campaigning as aggressively as any of her colleagues who are seeking re-election or higher office.
The 'X' factor: Younger generations search for purpose after Sept. 11 attacks
Stacy J. Willis
WEEKEND EDITION
Letter: Las Vegas needs more sympathy for the homeless
It's very easy to pick on people who can't fight back. There are people out there in our fair city working to help the homeless. I am talking about the Nevada Health Centers, Straight From The Streets, and Metro's HELP Team Outreach, all of whom are doing such a fine job without city dollars.
Columnist Kate Maddox: Was Mick in Strip quickie?
Kate Maddox
Following his appearance at the Radio Music Awards in October, the Rolling Stones star reportedly took a liking to an 18-year-old local stripper who called herself " Iris." Iris claims she went to Jagger's suite at Aladdin and, whoopsie, dropped her video recorder on the floor (triggering the "On" button, of course) before proceeding to get to know him better.
Obituaries for January 11, 2002
Frank Avila, 50, of Las Vegas died Thursday in Las Vegas. He was born March 21, 1951, in Mexico. A resident for five years, he was a drywaller.
Where I Stand -- Brian Greenspun: Fight Yucca decision
You are all a bunch of left-wingers whose political grandstanding against the high-level nuclear waste dump at Yucca Mountain has prevented millions of nuclear power users across the country from cashing in on their hard-earned investment. So sayeth the speaker of the House of Representatives, Dennis Hastert.
Letter: Clinton basher deserved worse
Obviously, Gorin's development was arrested in an embryonic stage, due to a sluggish thyroid, no doubt.
Altman's latest no walk in the park
Geoff Carter
"Gosford Park" is a misfortune, a plodding and incoherent work from the Robert Altman who brought you "OC and Stiggs" and "Popeye," as opposed to the Altman who made "Nashville" and "The Player." He coasts on the sumptuous photography of Andrew Dunn, terrific production design by his son Stephen Altman, and the expectably reliable performances of his cast, which more or less amounts to the Merchant-Ivory Variety Pack.

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