Print edition for January 1, 2005

Optometrists turn eyes on glaucoma: Glaucoma can attack anyone's eyes at any age without warning. People can develop the disease without symptoms.

Field of learning: Benjamin Grove; Las Vegas can learn a lot from the deal struck last month to bring the Montreal Expos to the nation's capital.

Where I Stand -- Brooke Paulson: War divides students: This forum is organized for students to passionately debate controversial issues in our world today. The group I am representing contained some of the brightest young adults I have ever met.

Editorial: Keep fighting against Yucca: The payoff came in 2004 when the state scored major administrative and legal victories in its battle to stop the government's plan. Finally, the momentum that had been building for so long to permanently bury high-level nuclear waste at Yucca Mountain, 90 miles northwest of Las Vegas, was forced to a halt. The Energy Department's plan to file an application by December 2004 to open Yucca Mountain was put off indefinitely. This alone was reason for all Nevadans to celebrate on New Year's Eve.

Nevada president defends school against animal abuse allegations: It was Lilley's first public comment about this week's series. Lilley did not return phone calls to the Gazette-Journal for the series, and he had ignored requests made to university officials for an interview.

New Year's Eve imbibers warned not to take sobriety for granted: David Kihara; Call Designated DRivers at 456-RIDE (&$##) if you want the service.

Top 25 Fared: AP; No. 1 Southern Cal (12-0) did not play. Next: vs. No. 2 Oklahoma, Orange Bowl, Jan. 4.

Letter: Time to rethink support for Bush: All forms of organized labor exist only to take advantage of hard-working entrepreneurs.

Letter: Problems won't be solved until troops are out: At best, Iraqi citizens will not be able to vote on "their government" until the end of next year, if then. A poll in May showed most Iraqis would feel safer if our troops left immediately. Eighty percent said they had "no confidence" in the U.S. civilian or military authorities. If we believe in democracy, we should pull most American troops out by the end of next year.

Editorial: 'Simply unacceptable': The governors' fears are legitimate: Although he ultimately was unsuccessful, Bush in 2003 sought to cap federal Medicare payments to the states. It's not just Democrats who are concerned what might happen to this critically important program -- Republicans are worried, too.

Top 25 Fared: AP; No. 1 Southern Cal (12-0) did not play. Next: vs. No. 2 Oklahoma, Orange Bowl, Jan. 4.

Top 25 Fared: AP; No. 1 Southern Cal (12-0) did not play. Next: vs. No. 2 Oklahoma, Orange Bowl, Jan. 4.

Sewing up good works: Phil Welland is pleased that his designer cloth bags and patchwork blankets were a big hit with homeless and underprivileged children on Christmas.

Fireworks opens Las Vegas' new year, centennial: Stephen Curran; Las Vegas brought in 2005 Saturday morning with an eight-minute fireworks and laser show over 10 Strip casinos. The city also opened the celebration of its centennial year.

Columnist Susan Snyder: We're having a couple of issues: There's a growing rift in American society.

Scientist: Disaster films can help raise public awareness: Molly Ball; On a recent episode of TV's "The West Wing," the president had just 46 hours to deal with a giant asteroid headed for Earth. In the movie "Armageddon," the world had about two weeks.