Print edition for March 28, 2005

Expert: High-rise shakeout is likely: Jennifer Shubinski; There will continue to be a shakeout within the Las Vegas high-rise market as some projects make it and others fall by the wayside, an industry expert said.

Columnist Ralph Siraco: American-bred horses run strong at Dubai World Cup: Ralph Siraco; While Americans are paying record prices at the gas pumps here in the good old USA, our equine patriots got at least some of that stipend back from the oil-rich Persian Gulf region over the weekend.

Births for March 28, 2005: March 15:

Number of juvenile sex offenders is on the rise: Molly Ball; The accused rapist was unruly. He banged on the window of his holding cell and yelled.

Gaming briefs for March 28, 2005: Moody's Investors Service assigned a B3 rating to OpBiz LLC's $496 million senior secured term loan A and $10 million senior secured term loan B. Both term loans mature in 2010.

Letter: Helmet law saves many lives: Head injuries are something that people should want to avoid at all costs. Although it wasn't caused by a motorcycle accident, I have one. I was in a coma for three weeks and underwent three months of rehabilitation.

Nellis jets back in the air after crash of F-15: Jace Radke; Flight operations by Nellis Air Force Base's 57th Wing were to resume this morning after being stopped Friday morning following the crash of an F-15C Eagle.

Nevada Power's Enron case delayed: Kevin Rademacher; Nevada Power Co. will have to wait a little longer to make its Federal Energy Regulatory Commission case against disgraced energy trader Enron Corp.

State sued over actions taken against reformatory supervisor: CARSON CITY -- A lawsuit has been filed to hold Nevada in contempt of court for its action in its bumpy, two-year battle to fire the head group supervisor at the state youth reformatory in Caliente.

Aliante to get new library; satellite will close: As lawmakers in Carson City criticize North Las Vegas for neglecting more established neighborhoods, the city's library district is moving ahead with construction -- in one of its newer developments -- of the community's first full-service library to be built in 40 years.

Editorial: Overhaul is faltering: But these question-and-answer sessions are nothing more than cheerleading events. They are carefully choreographed, allowing only those who agree with the president's vision for Social Security to ask him questions. Such stage-managed events, in which there is nary a dissenting word and almost universal praise for privatization, are intended to give the illusion that the public supports the president's plan. Interestingly enough, however, this attempt at manipulating news coverage has fallen flat, as polls show that the more people hear about the president's plan, the less they like it. A USA Today/CNN/Gallup Poll last week found that 6 out of ...

Columnist Susan Snyder: Let your curiosity take the Lied: The Lied Library's special collections department is ground zero for the Las Vegas Centennial celebrations and exhibits, containing information on everything from railroad and mining history to showgirls, casino openings and entertainers.

Chicken recalled for Listeria: The only problem is that the recall may be coming too late to do any good.

Business briefs for March 28, 2005: CARSON CITY -- Nevada's unemployment rate remained constant in February at 3.9 percent, but businesses added 9,600 jobs, many of them the construction industry.

Preps: Monday's schedule: Baseball

Police, firefighters rescue man attempting suicide: Eric Leake; A liquor-store clerk was booked this morning on a charge of first-degree arson after officials said he locked himself inside his work place and set bottles of alcohol ablaze in an apparent suicide attempt Sunday afternoon.

Towns seeking casino licenses want jobs, money for schools: David Pitt; DES MOINES, Iowa -- For seven Iowa counties seeking casino licenses from state regulators, getting permission to build a new casino would be like hitting the lottery jackpot.

Obituaries for March 28, 2005: Vera L. Carson, 76, of Las Vegas died Thursday in Las Vegas. She was born Jan. 26, 1929, in Indiana. A resident for 34 years, she was a homemaker.

April Fool's food drive key to stock supplies for poor: Officials at Catholic Charities of Southern Nevada Family Services every day look at dwindling supplies in their pantry and wonder how they are going to provide nutritional food baskets for the working poor and other needy families.

Vegas Comdex canceled: The organizers of Comdex, a computer trade show that once was the largest convention to visit Las Vegas, have removed the show from their calendar and are producing a Comdex show in Greece during the November dates normally reserved at the Las Vegas Convention Center.

Letter: Safety net must not be destroyed: Here are some personal facts about me. I am a 51-year-old male, married with two small children ages 4 and 5. I was self-employed for nearly 25 years, and between the good years and not-so-good years I was able to save a little money that I invested.

Homeless gather beneath highway for Easter: On the darker side of Las Vegas, away from the glitz of the Strip and the pastels of suburban Easter egg hunts, a different kind of holiday celebration took place.

Inquest rules Metro officer justified in killing LV man: Stephen Curran; It took a Clark County coroner's inquest jury less than half an hour to determine that a Metro Police officer was justified in fatally shooting a Las Vegas man who held his mother and brother at knifepoint for more than seven hours early last month.

NRC says pool storage of nuke waste is safe: Suzanne Struglinski; WASHINGTON -- Despite recent findings by the National Academy of Sciences, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission is maintaining that keeping used nuclear fuel in storage pools is safe.

News briefs for March 28, 2005: Fatigue may have been to blame for a crash early this morning that killed a woman and injured two other people, North Las Vegas Police said.

AIDS drug waiting list is feared: CARSON CITY -- If additional money is not allocated for HIV and AIDS patients, their names will have to go onto a waiting list for medication, a legislative committee was told.

Nevada ranking climbs for percentage of degrees: Christina Littlefiled; The country as a whole also reported record highs for the number of students earning academic degrees.

Costello shows bite after surgery: Spencer Patterson; Novocaine couldn't dull Elvis Costello's impact Friday night.

Letter: End-of-life documents are a necessity: The one positive aspect of this case is that Mrs. Schiavo has given this nation a gift. She has shown to everyone how important it is to have end-of-life conversations with our loved ones and that we must all complete advance-care planning documents such as those found at the Nevada Center for Ethics and Health Policy.

Lawmakers anticipate opposition to tax plan: Kirsten Searer; A new plan would cap taxes paid on owner-occupied homes at 3 percent a year and cap other properties at the average 10-year growth in the county.

Columnist Ron Kantowski: The ABCs of MWC for TCU: In less than three months, the Crazy Eight, also known by its formal name of the Mountain West Conference, will add a ninth member and about 5.2 million TV sets, according to the latest census report, when TCU joins the club. Or rejoins the club, if you count the shortlived 16-team Western Athletic Conference experiment in 1996-97.

Las Vegans join debate over Schiavo's fate: Churchgoer Nancy Whistler, standing in the back of St. Viator's Catholic Church on Flamingo Road and Eastern Avenue because there were no more seats, couldn't understand why Terri Schiavo's husband, Michael Schiavo, wouldn't let her go.

Gladiators' 'D' gets second shot at No. 1 offense: Adam Candee; Enough battling for burgers. Reach up for the steak already.

Sports briefs for March 28, 2005: An opening-round 11-under-par 277 on Sunday at the National Invitational Tournament being played at OMNI Tucson National (par 72, 7,094 yards) left the UNLV men's golf team trailing TCU by just one shot.

Tourists flock to cathedral for holiday Mass: Eric Leake; Jack Penning watched as his Fighting Illini were down 15 points with four minutes to go Saturday, so he made a deal.

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Disabled man dies in mattress fire: Stephen Curran; A disabled Las Vegas man died this morning after a cigarette ignited the mattress in his downtown studio apartment, fire officials said.

Editorial: It's official: Bush wrong: Question 16 asks: "I think I could do better if you let me invest the Social Security I pay into an Individual Retirement Plan or some other investment plan. What do you think?"