Print edition for November 5, 2005

Dreams become Ultimate reality for fighters: Unbeaten Diego Sanchez squares off against Nick Diaz in the main event, and two Las Vegas fighters compete in separate bouts on the undercard of today's Ultimate Fighting Championship at the Joint at the Hard Rock Hotel.

Editorial: Trouble is a bruin in Lake Tahoe: A caretaker shot the 500-pound bruin as it emerged from a house on the lake's northwest shore. It had eaten a package of lollipops.

Editorial: On respect and retailing: The girls are asked to solicit proposals from other teenagers about projects that would help the youth in the community. They then study the proposals, decide which ones to fund, and then decide how much funding each will receive. One such group in the Pittsburgh area, the "Allegheny Girls as Grantmakers," is making national news with their heightened sense of public affairs.

519615777.html: What if the final decision to invade Iraq was made by Karl Rove because he wanted to keep national defense as the main issue for the 2004 election? President Bush's father had very high ratings after the first Gulf War, but they went down when the war was not on the front pages. After 9/11, Rove didn't want that to happen to the president.

Ancient Jewish mysticism involved in modern battle: Clark County counselor Felice Lipkint called herself a "Jew Bu."

Letter: There's simply no justification for torture: We all remember that when this War on Terror began Alberto Gonzalez, then President Bush's legal counsel, rendered an opinion that terrorists real and suspected did not come under the umbrella of protections mandated by the Geneva Conventions. Rather, they could be incarcerated, denied legal counsel and, for all intents and purposes, treated in any fashion that the Department of Defense deemed necessary.

Poker room supervisor Bruce Meierkord dies: As a poker room supervisor at the Mirage, Bellagio, Horseshoe and other major resorts for 30 years, Meierkord won the respect of players and dealers. On Internet poker chat rooms, news groups and poker blogs, when someone had a difficult question about the rules or etiquette of poker, Meierkord often would pop in with a concise and accurate interpretation of regulations and customs.

Wynn layoffs are not planned: By Liz Benston; "There is no organized layoff," Wynn President Andrew Pascal said, calling a published report to the contrary inaccurate. "There are no staff reductions planned."

Depot a desert diamond: Where: Take Interstate 15 from Las Vegas to the Cima Road exit. Kelso is 35 miles south of Baker, Calif., on Kelbaker Road.

Editorial: Bring safety to crosswalks: The result is that many adults, generally those who have children or grandchildren walking to school in their neighborhoods, act as volunteers at intersections on school days. Even this effort is not covering all of the busy streets that children have to traverse.

Where to put City Hall?: North Las Vegas officials' need for a new, bigger City Hall has touched off a debate over whether the building should serve as a catalyst for downtown redevelopment or be built farther north where the city is growing.