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Archive for October 17, 2005

Flashpoint for Oct. 17, 2005: At least Jack Carter didn't bogart the information. Former President Jimmy Carter's son openly disclosed last week, in a story in the Reno Gazette-Journal that followed a blog report, that he smoked marijuana. Granted, Carter ...; 8:50 a.m.

Letter: Wake up and smell the deficit, Senator: He cited that Congress has set aside $62 billion for hurricane relief and that the additional $9 billion was just "wasteful and irresponsible additional spending."; 8:00 a.m.

Letter: Language letter strikes a chord: My father was born in The Netherlands and migrated to the USA at an early age. I went to a one-room school in a Midwest community where most settlers of German origin spoke that language ...; 7:59 a.m.

Letter: Comparing Bush to Nero is unfair, inaccurate: As he gained power in his own right, he spent lavishly in building campaigns not for the public good but rather to glorify his own image, a trait not uncommon for Roman emperors. This eventually ...; 7:58 a.m.

Editorial: A script for Keystone Cops: On Sept. 5 the first of several air shipments of packaged meals, 400,000 of them altogether, arrived in Arkansas as a donation from the British government. Tractor-trailers met the loads at Little Rock Air Force ...; 7:57 a.m.

Editorial: Justice Court in chaos: As Justice Court is on the eve of moving into the new Regional Justice Center and also about to come under the management of the District Court's administrator, Clark County ordered the review. It was ...; 7:56 a.m.

Editorial: Getting ahead of the curve: Gov. Kenny Guinn, chairman of the board, said the state's gas tax, which helps pay for road construction, may have to be increased to keep up with the demand for more roads. Guinn said the ...; 7:54 a.m.

The Week Ahead for October 17, 2005: SATURDAY; 7:51 a.m.

Columnist Jeff Haney: Nick Bogdanovich, type-cast as an aggressive bookmaker, but is on the job market: Longtime bookmaker Jimmy Vaccaro calls Nick Bogdanovich "the last of the renegade guys" in Las Vegas sports betting.; 7:49 a.m.

Columnist Ron Kantowski: All the missed predictions and dumb moves that led to disasters on the final day of golf's Michelin Championship in Summerlin: Tiger Woods wasn't playing. At least not golf, although he has been known to frequent Las Vegas during Michelin Championship at Las Vegas week to play high-stakes blackjack with his pals.; 7:45 a.m.

Several come up short, all but Short: Winner: Wes Short Jr. ($720,000; 67-67-66-66--266); 7:42 a.m.

Men of mettle: In addition to Steven Glenn and Clifton Anthony, 11 other Southern Nevadans have been awarded the Carnegie Medal for heroism since it was established in 1904. The ages and hometowns are those at the time ...; 7:38 a.m.

Animal activists: Pet rescue efforts coming too late: Benjamin Grove; Ensign sent the request to President Bush in a Sept. 14 letter. On Sept. 28, the veterinarian-turned-lawmaker flew to Louisiana to examine the animal rescue efforts for himself. Adm. Thad Allen, who is coordinating federal ...; 7:26 a.m.

Columnist John Katsilometes: The celeb-packed charity event at the Empire Ballroom: The tabloids sprung to life late Saturday night and early Sunday morning at the 6-week-old Empire Ballroom, which sits on the spot that was once home to Club Utopia on the Strip across from the ...; 7:25 a.m.

Pine numbers sapped: Millions of trees in Nevada and nearby states have been hit harder by this drought than previous droughts, and some researchers suspect one reason for the broader die-off may be global warming.; 7:21 a.m.

No harmony on the horizon in Metro contract dispute: J. Craig Anderson; Although Sheriff Bill Young describes Metro as "the Cadillac" of police departments, top union officials in other jurisdictions say the system Clark County uses to approve law enforcement contracts is a lemon.; 7:21 a.m.

NLV police reach out: By Timothy Pratt; Al Davis, a North Las Vegas landlord, stepped outside to smoke a cigarette, since he couldn't understand what was being said in the meeting of about 100 of his neighbors.; 7:19 a.m.

Prostitute ordinance is called too vague, arbitrary: A justice of the peace declared the ordinance unconstitutional last year, but a district judge disagreed.; 7:18 a.m.

Gaming's tangled web: By Liz Benston; The Internet gambling business is a study in contradictions.; 7:04 a.m.

The sexualization of culture: By Christina Littlefield; American's acceptance of sexual images on ads and in the media has led to a new sexual revolution of sorts.; 7:02 a.m.

Nuclear irony finds French power company ads in Nevada: Benjamin Grove; Nevermind that the state would not likely be home to any of Areva's "cleaner, safer, more efficient" power plants of the future and all that bountiful new electricity. But Nevada could be home to the ...; 6:59 a.m.

Background checks sought on students in health sciences: Criminal background checks are required by law for most licensed personnel, and several hospitals have internal policies that everyone, including volunteers and students, undergo the checks. But it has only been within the last year ...; 6:59 a.m.

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