Print edition for April 11, 2006

They're not all painted with the same brush: Most Clark County commissioners insist they are not worried that the sleaze of some of their predecessors - now on public display in a federal corruption trial - will rub off on them in the court of public opinion.

Editorial: Rising star vs. lone star: But UNLV's progress toward its goal of becoming a nationally known and respected research institution is not yet viewed as a success.

Letter: Bush hypocritical on CIA leaks: Whether a president's authority to declassify intelligence in this instance is legal or not is not the underlying issue. That a president is able to release such information to punish or embarrass anyone who questions his motives is the more important question. To chastise "leakers" for undermining national security when one of those leaks came from the Oval Office is indefensibly hypocritical.

Letter: Offer green cards, but not residency: Put aside for a moment all the pro and con arguments, including our economy will go south when 12 million illegal immigrants are forced to leave or the irreparable financial and social harm they will cause if they stay. Assume that we do now, and will for the foreseeable future, require low-skilled immigrant labor. Then why give legal status to those who broke the law and still live here when there is a less complex solution?

Gibbons fuels nuclear debate: By J. Patrick Coolican; Rep. Jim Gibbons again announced his opposition to the Yucca Mountain nuclear repository last month, predicting the demise of the nuclear energy industry for failing to adequately solve its waste problem.

County mum on details of girl's death: David Kihara; County officials said they cannot release detailed information on the victim, who died April 2, because Child Protective Services workers never opened a case on her. Instead, they were investigating abuse allegations against one or more of her siblings.

Bush's denial of plans for Iran hit wrong chord before Test Site blast: "It is abundantly clear, at least to me, that the military has not given up the idea of a nuclear penetrator," said Christopher Hellman, a policy analyst with the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation in Washington. He noted that Congress last year killed funding for the nuclear bunker-busting program.

Montreux to replace the New Frontier: By Liz Benston; Ruffin says he's not sitting on his hands.

Editorial: Studying the perfect storm: According to the Associated Press, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has delayed upgrading the computer used for hurricane modeling and storm predictions because of a 50 percent budget cut. And the budget for the agency's carbon dioxide studies has been cut by 30 percent.

DULY NOTED: It's official: Kurt Busch now has no friends. The most despised man in NASCAR may have lost the last ally he had on the racetrack in Texas this weekend when he tapped the car of former teammate and heretofore chief apologist Greg Biffle and sent it careening into the wall.

Murder, she ate: New Vegas dish for Vegas: Murder is on the menu at the Artisan Hotel's restaurant.

Editorial: It's a mad Macrosoft world: The software, called Boot Camp, allows "dual-booting," which means people who own the new Intel Macs can launch either system. It allows two competing - and previously noncompatible - operating systems to run off one computer.

Letter: U.S. needs solution to immigration problem: Instead of spending billions on walls, moats and prisons, we should do something that works and is beneficial for most Americans.

Edwards criticizes both parties at Las Vegas union meeting: AP; "We've got enough politicians, what we need are leaders, " Edwards, the vice presidential candidate on the Democratic ticket in 2004, told a crowd of about 500 members of the United Mine Workers of America, which represents 65,000 retired and active coal mine workers in Canada and the U.S.

Q+A MIKE MCBAIN: He's one of three Wranglers who played on the franchise's debut team that lost to Idaho in the playoffs two years ago. The Wranglers make their second playoff appearance, against Idaho, tonight at the Orleans Arena.

John Katsilometes on whom Bill Boyd would present the Hotelier of the Year Award if the humble chairman of Boyd Gaming had the choice to give it to somebody else: But Boyd would not be Boyd's own choice for the award, not a surprise given his modest disposition.

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