Las Vegas Sun

Story archive for January 2006

Tuesday, Jan. 31

• Prison's medicine in short supply
• Letter: Democrats have not forgotten 9/11
• Letter: November elections offer slice of hope
• Letter: Plenty of terrorists right here at home
• Columnist Jeff German: On a dramatic day between business foes -- and who came out on top
• Editorial: Health vision a blur for poor
• History of Las Vegas, ancient and recent, is coming together
• Editorial: Growing up is hard to do
• Editorial: Dispensing medicine or religion
• Speed Reading: NASCAR's preseason thunder
• Goodman calmer about team talks
• Henderson planning for future development
• A whole new meaning
• Columnist Jon Katsilometes: Talking with James "Bucky" Buchanan, the star of a new reality show on Court TV, about the show's future
• Duly Noted
• Umeh's knees still a sore spot
• Regent Howard rips into Rogers
• A slow start for reform
• Interim nuclear waste site mulled
• This Green rookie knows his way around greens
• Flashpoint for Jan. 31, 2006

Monday, Jan. 30

• Letter: We have ourselves to blame for energy crisis
• Letter: Health is the real issue with smoking
• Letter: Fear of nuclear war should bring us together
• Editorial: A 'dummy giveaway program'
• Editorial: Admit that ANWR fight is over
• Editorial: Act swiftly on new mine laws
• Columnist Jeff Haney: 'Beat Boston' will continue even after the contest's namesake was injured in an attack on the Strip
• Columnist Ron Kantowski: The legacy of a university president once mistakenly considered 'anti-athletics'
• The Week Ahead for Jan. 30, 2006
• Slovenian artist's work rarely seen in the United States
• Career still on a high note
• Former dancer Petty remembered as 'the life of the party'
• Musical aims to change lives
• Flashpoint for Jan. 30, 2006
• Columnist John Katsilometes: Basking in the splendor that is the annual Nevada Ballet Theatre Black & White Ball
• Bush has new nuke plans in store
• Teamsters resist plan to open NLV offices on Fridays
• Young people's court
• No remedy in sight

Sunday, Jan. 29

• No surprises for new councilman
• Columnist Jon Ralston: On how too many cooks spoiled the brew in the search for a new Clark County superintendent of schools
• Columnist Tom Gorman: Getting a wealth of advice to pass along to friend
• Where I Stand -- Brian Greenspun: On why Hamas' history should put the world on alert to the danger posed to Israel
• Making the grade: Jim Rogers
• Making the grade: Ruth Johnson
• Seeing things differently
• Shetani sculptures displayed downtown
• Broadway in Vegas
• Columnist Jeff Simpson: On Michael Gaughan's straight talk about start-up glitches at his South Coast casino
• NLV looks to charge for false alarms
• Letter: An example of our failing school system
• Letter: Briefings shouldn't have been limited
• Letter: Let School Board members do their job
• Letter: We all have different tastes -- accept it
• Editorial: There is no nuclear nirvana
• Editorial: Assault on malicious software
• Editorial: Beware whirlpools of red ink
• Columnist Jeff German: On the cowardly inaction of the Taxicab Authority
• Columnist Hal Rothman: Wondering how much is too much to pay to see your name in neon lights across the Las Vegas skyline
• Flashpoint for Jan. 29, 2006
• Las Vegas display a big hit with mayors at D.C conference
• Columnist John Katsilometes: Catching up with new KLAS anchor Denise Valdez, who starts work Monday afternoon
• Columnist Jack Sheehan: How one smart girl grasped the difference between celebrities and heroes

Saturday, Jan. 28

• Homeless plan shifts to awareness
• Letter: School Board doesn't need Council's help
• Letter: Have Democrats forgotten 9/11?
• Editorial: Recalling the Challenger tragedy
• Editorial: Lawmakers fail to see red
• Flashpoint for Jan. 28, 2006
• Plans for college building reduced
• Rogers: Morgan should consider post
• Fellowship resurrected
• Rogers closer to his goals
• Mexican shows Brits
• New schools chief vows to improve grad rate
• Letter: Why Alito nomination should be rejected
• Editorial: Foster children on the run

Friday, Jan. 27

• Columnist John Katsilometes: Marveling at how the ever-expanding Silverton manages to book its vast array of entertainers
• Columnist Jeff Haney: Saying if you like the Steelers, better put your money on them now for the best price
• Chip off the ol' block of ice
• Q + A: Professor Felicia Campbell
• Pop goes the culture studies
• Take Five: Las Vegas Gladiators
• Exhibit of Israeli artists planned
• Correction
• What's your name, Baby Jane?
• Columnist Tom Gorman: Preparing advice for a friend considering a move to Las Vegas
• Editorial: Same old spin on spying
• Editorial: Tests should first do no harm
• Editorial: Terrorists win election
• Flashpoint for Jan. 27, 2006
• Columnist Jeff German: Reports how one official isn't buying into Brugnara's plan for the Crazy Horse Too
• Columnist Jon Ralston: On how concert-going legislators put themselves between a rock and a hard place
• UNLV moving beyond 'techies'
• Lobbying scandal could dent tourism
• Staying the course
• Letter: School Board members should be ousted
• Letter: Refuge facts are not 'liberal spin'
• Letter: No shortage of nonsmoking slobs
• Letter: Firm should be further penalized

Thursday, Jan. 26

• Developer envisions $4 billion sports resort near Las Vegas Strip
• Higher utility costs hurt residents
• Mack defends 'going-away' party expense
• Flashpoint for Jan. 26, 2006
• Letter: Too much hot air over airplane noise
• Columnist Tom Gorman: On N.Y. candidate's folding while holding a winning hand
• Columnist Ron Kantowski: Witnessing a totally unspectacular basketball game, but notes, UNLV fans shouldn't lose hope
• Editorial: Don't settle for status quo
• Trucks with low-level nuke material withing safety levels
• Letter: There must be a better way to protect kids
• Letter: Spying should be further scrutinized
• Future will be magic
• Appeals court study to begin
• Aviation pioneer Murphy dies
• Columnist Jeff German: Learning that San Francisco businessman Luke Brugnara is ready to buy the Crazy Horse Two topless club from Rick Rizzolo
• Nursing teachers in short supply
• Editorial: Stop stonewalling on Katrina
• Columnist John Katsilometes: Reporting that a longtime LV staple -- 'The Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon' -- is returning to town
• Martin has his own tough at to follow in '06
• "Trustees were not ready for true reform"

Wednesday, Jan. 25

• Columnist Tom Gorman: Wondering after the death of a physician's daughter what it will take to recognize the importance of wearing seat belts
• Letter: GOP criticisms ignore their own history
• Letter: Drug plan encourages gouging of seniors
• Letter: Let's ban smoking in all public places
• Letter: Conserving oil is forward-thinking
• The Elevator
• Columnist Jeff Haney: On the Nguyen-Win situation enjoyed in Mississippi by the professional poker player from Henderson
• Making every minute count
• Jerry's Lounge: Todora shoots for stars
• Correction
• In search of shadows
• Public apathetic to liberal agenda
• Flashpoint for Jan 25., 2005
• Columnist Jon Ralston: Taking a skeptical look at the steps being taken to reform lobbyist relations with politicians
• Editorial: Lagging behind on Head Start
• Editorial: Why bigger isn't always better
• Editorial: Making property owners pay
• Education system settlements revealed
• Court rejects eminent domain amount
• Tours hope to bring kids closer to college life
• Casinos open arms for Asians with open wallets
• Board remains divided
• School official in N.Y. praised

Tuesday, Jan. 24

• Letter: Gas prices affect our cost of living
• Letter: Writer wasted his energy in oil letter
• Letter: What chances did 'Brokeback' take?
• Letter: Difficult questions in wake of girl's death
• Letter: Nadelstern is best pick to lead schools
• Two-shot win in Las Vegas sparked Ward's big year
• Take Five: C.J. Watson
• Golf developer might be asking too much
• Photos offer a post-9/11 feeling of fear in suburbia
• Columnist Jeff German: A big step to help gambling addicts
• Columnist John Katsilometes: The changes in Las Vegas' favorite Broadway-style production show, 'Mamma Mia!'
• Conservation to be pushed to cut use of water
• Iran 'needs to be stopped'
• Borrowing from core of the Big Apple
• Poor vs. property rights
• Unhealthy children's program is cited
• Henderson councilwoman will not seek a fourth term
• Flashpoint for Jan. 24, 2006
• Editorial: Losing the gun that won the West
• Editorial: GM, Ford in four-wheel dive
• Editorial: Scrambling to roll Easter eggs
• Higher utility costs hurt residents

Monday, Jan. 23

• Editorial: Bert the Turtle, post-9/11
• Letter: Does God even care about our daily travails?
• Letter: Iraq has just diverted attention from Iran
• Editorial: Want to smoke? Blow it in your own face
• Editorial: Burning questions in Oregon
• Editorial: Ogling Google's user records
• Flashpoint for Jan. 23, 2006
• The week ahead
• Columnist Jeff Haney: An early look at some unspectacular but profitable Super Bowl 'props' likely to hit the betting boards
• Career at a crossroads
• For rent: Rooms with a view
• Columnist John Katsilometes: The Readers Digest version of the 'Big Daddy Burger' competitive eating contest at the Plaza
• Inmates learn to make it on the outside
• Bush eyes Yucca funds
• A prescription for disaster?
• Airbus wouldn't fly in Las Vegas
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Sunday, Jan. 22

• Film rings true for Las Vegas resident
• Outspoken Nobel laureate topic of lecture
• Letter: New flight plan would benefit many residents
• Where I Stand -- Brian Greenspun: Asking how far will we go with Iran
• Columnist John Katsilometes: Taking in a night at the improv with Miss America host James Denton
• Columnist Jon Ralston: Analyzing how political candidates and their donors routinely circumvent contribution limits
• Polarized forces
• Taking it to the minimum
• Columnist Jeff Simpson: On why, in Las Vegas, parking can be a not-so-sweet sorrow
• Ferris wheel puts a spin on New Frontier
• Flashpoint for Jan. 22, 2006
• Columnist Hal Rothman: Pointing out one thing Las Vegas could learn from Santa Fe
• Columnist Tom Gorman: On a son returning to his boyhood home for the most awful reason
• Columnist Jeff German: Questioning the means used to reach the decision to leave Las Vegas off the list of cities deserving anti-terrorism funding
• Letter: Rewarding films that take risks
• Letter: Safety supersedes nonessential freedom
• Letter: Preventing nuclear war should be first priority
• Editorial: Keep remotes in parents' hands
• Editorial: Personal information for sale
• Editorial: No need for mass deportation
• List of winners of Miss America Pageant dating to 1921

Saturday, Jan. 21

• Known versus unknown -- Rulffes supporters say there's no substitute for knowledge
• Brits bring it home
• New York Minutes: Vegans take on big apple
• Letter: Story illuminates invisible world
• Letter: Alaska oil extraction better late than never
• No takers for teachers' housing grant
• Editorial: New worlds of knowledge
• Editorial: A big job for new director
• Letter: Japanese market booms, but won't bust
• Letter: 'Brokeback' awards are well-deserved
• Editorial: Fighting fire with money
• Flashpoint for Jan. 21, 2006
• Mental hospital may be delayed
• Metro's homeless liaison still not hired
• Known versus unknown -- Local contingent travels to New York to see firsthand
• River water on states' agenda

Friday, Jan. 20

• Columnist John Katsilometes: On the more exclusive cable audience that will tune into Miss America on CMT
• Grieving L.A. sisters turn to Vegas
• Pappas engaged in land battle
• Columnist Jeff Haney: Favoring Morales against Pacquiao in a competetive super featherweight fight
• Take Five: Erik Morales vs. Manny Pacquiao
• Mayor's bank account is millions away from being campaign ready
• Excuse the interjection
• There they are
• Arts Note: Puccini's 'Tosca' at UNLV Sunday
• Bechtel opposes Yucca lawsuits
• Columnist Tom Gorman: Spending some time in Judge Mosley's courtroom and sees another story
• Flashpoint for Jan. 20, 2006
• Letter: Wishing that art actually did mirror real life
• Letter: Smoke-free zones in casinos can be done
• Avoid the mistakes made in California
• Editorial: Believe it when you see it
• Editorial: Protecting the climate of discovery
• Editorial: Bridging the health insurance gap
• Housing project for seniors gets no help from county
• Columnist Jeff German: Looking at a good but incestuous appointment
• Columnist Jon Ralston: Analyzing the results of the latest poll for top Nevada races, but takes their findings with a grain of salt
• Higher utility costs hurt residents

Thursday, Jan. 19

• Letter: Alaska not the key to energy woes
• Columnist John Katsilometes: Don't expect to see any Miss America contestants at the tables
• County chooses not to sue
• Slow fire response blamed on short staffing
• Blues' popularity goes in cycles
• Kurt Busch is feeling like No. 1 with his new No. 2
• Columnist Ron Kantowski: Blowing bubbles can be serious
• Where I Stand -- Brian Greenspun: Bringing us Hank Greenspun's eulogy to the founder of the Showboat Hotel
• Last trip home to Mexico
• Columnist Jeff German: On the tireless efforts to solve girl's death
• Silence golden for UNLV senior
• Flashpoint for Jan. 19, 2006
• Editorial: Reprieve for assisted suicide
• Editorial: Partial scholarships for full loads
• Jeff German on the tireless efforts to solve girl's death
• Letter: Smokers who pack casinos are rude
• Editorial: Lobbyist training closer to home
• Letter: Hollywood continues to shun biblical themes
• County program criticized in audit

Wednesday, Jan. 18

• A super-sized career
• Back yard: Icing on the cake
• Columnist Jeff Haney: On a new GSN show, the $100,000 lost in one hand by one player and a million-dollar buy in for another
• Letter: U.S. should vote on states' issues
• Letter: Drug companies now control Congress
• Columnist Jon Ralston: On how Titus just may have put herself at the top of one gubernatorial list
• Flashpoint for Jan. 18, 2006
• Editorial: Lobbyist reports in shambles
• Editorial: Personal space in a public venue
• Jazz musician Davey Williams dies at age 80
• Letter: Smokers don't need more advice
• Nevada to miss federal deadline
• Letter: Where there's smoke, there's a casino
• Editorial: Growth holds no surprises
• Columnist Tom Gorman: Offering food for thought on some important missing elements in urban living
• Board to visit Nadelstern's New York
• Domestic violence court revisited
• Henderson leaning toward Strip resorts
• Reid to lead push for honesty
• Scholarship squeeze is on

Tuesday, Jan. 17

• Apartment-to-condominium issue is not going away soon
• The art of listening to God
• Amundson enjoys the thrill of L-o-o-o-o cheer
• Transit plans: Will it pay to ride?
• Editorial: National identity crisis looms
• Columnist John Katsilometes: The medical aspirations of Miss America
• Take Five: In-Bee Park
• County girding for battle over annexation
• Editorial: Neglecting children's rights
• Letter: Bush spells doom for America
• Letter: Don't expect the U.N.'s help now
• Letter: New teachers should be given more options
• Editorial: Solar brightening our future
• Board pushes for vote on new school superintendent
• Flashpoint for Jan. 17, 2006
• Columnist Jeff German: What brings polar opposites to Las Vegas
• Rebirth of the Riviera?

Monday, Jan. 16

• Player's talent on display at tourney
• Columnist Jeff Haney: Talking shop with a Las Vegas sports book manager who says the NFL underdogs will draw the early betting money
• The Week Ahead
• Give him props: Carrot Top still delivers
• County schools get more than $54 million
• State gets poor marks for student spending
• Scroggins says he'll remain in LV
• Letter: People responsible for their own weight
• Letter: Pre-humans don't have the same rights
• Letter: Smoke or no smoke, people will come to Vegas
• Flashpoint for Jan. 16, 2006
• Editorial: Remembering our nation's King
• Editorial: Nadelstern is best choice
• College presidents push Pahrump transfer plan
• Columnist John Katsilometes: Visiting the Fashion Show mall to meet the 52 charming young women vying for the title of Miss America
• Consolidation of health coverage recommended
• Conditions worsen for tenants
• Columnist Ron Kantowski: How one Las Vegan netted an impressive collection of table hockey games
• State fails to provide representation for many abused, neglected children

Sunday, Jan. 15

• Columnist Jack Sheehan: On the gradual disappearance of the statuesque icons, symbols of Vegas
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• Backers, foes sound off on Alito
• Columnist Jeff German: Admiring Rep. Berkley's effort to keep the FAA flying right, but wonders where her wingman is
• Columnist Hal Rothman: Bemoaning the remaining void left by the assassination of Rev. Martin Luther King
• Columnist Jeff Simpson: Shedding some Light on strip club's Strip connections
• MLK will be the subject of oratory competition
• Vegas dog tale has a happy ending
• Columnist John Katsilometes: Wondering if Vegas as Broadway West is a concept that can become a reality in Sin City
• Columnist Tom Gorman: On viewing road bullies as social misfits
• Sun makes key additions to staff
• Columnist Jon Ralston: On why we might not reap a windfall
• Where I Stand -- Brian Greenspun: Why it's time to tune out Pat
• Who is George Chanos? -- The Man
• Who is George Chanos? -- The Deal
• Letter: Evolution isn't the only intelligent theory
• Letter: This land is our land -- even Alaska
• Letter: Smarter alternatives to prevent abortions
• Letter: GOPs fiscal epiphany too little, too late
• Editorial: Toxic chemicals at the North Pole
• Editorial: New funding plan has merit
• Editorial: Nevada law sets an example
• Flashpoint for Jan. 15, 2006

Saturday, Jan. 14

• Editorial: Good intentions not enough
• Editorial: Disclosing IRS' heavy-handedness
• Editorial: Dozens of unanswered questions
• NASL has novel plan
• Letter: Too steep a price to pay for progress
• Letter: Leave the abortion debate to biologists
• Letter: Assorted rants for the new year
• Price of water to consumers will surely rise
• LV says no 'Clear' cash flow
• Valley Muslims reach out
• Rulffes' stock is up for top post
• Ethics Commission on trial
• Flashpoint for Jan. 14, 2006
• Expanded courts would need 4,000 new employees

Friday, Jan. 13

• Pioneer LV lounge singer Ricco dies
• Correction
• Arts Notes: 'Midas Drowned' has golden touch
• Borgata Bob is Boyd's point man for Echelon
• Three remain: Scoping out the candidates
• Rowland, other big leaguers winter at CCSN
• Excuse the Interjection
• Columnist Jeff Haney: Explaining why we shouldn't feel too badly for sports books this football season
• Columnist Jon Ralston: On how the lesser of two believables kept Clark County's commissioner out of hot water
• Columnist Jeff German: Taking a look at the effect cameras had on crimes against taxicab drivers in Las Vegas over the course of a year
• Flashpoint for Jan. 13, 2006
• Columnist Tom Gorman: Asking 'as the Sons of Norway plan their annual lutefisk dinner: Oh cod, why?'
• Letter: Praise for those who spoke out
• Letter: Much more to learn about school woes
• Letter: Many groups feed off obesity problem
• Editorial: Finding the honest critics
• Editorial: Giving low-tech solution a try
• Editorial: Big traffic woes in a little city
• Carolla steps into void left by Stern
• Columnist John Katsilometes: Making a trip to Madame Tussauds Las Vegas at the Venetian for a visit with the wax figure of Dr. Martin Luther King
• Analysis -- Nevada draws line in Canada drug fight
• Rogers: Keep cash on campus

Thursday, Jan. 12

• Setting stage for superintendent
• The six candidates for Clark County Schools superintendent state their positions
• Edward Lee Vargas
• Bernard Taylor
• Walt Rulffes
• Peter Gorman
• Robert Collins
• Columnist John Katsilometes: Taking in the year's best demolition (to date) of an old Las Vegas hotel and casino and reports how spectators rated the fall of the landmark that once was the Showboat
• Daytona 500 is not a yardstick for sucess
• Take Five: Rob MacCachren
• Columnist Ron Kantowski: On the rag-tag American Basketball Association and on any number of reasons why Las Vegas' entry is no longer competing
• Letter: Plant owners deserve all the blame
• Flashpoint for Jan. 12, 2006
• Columnist Jeff German: Explaining why cops and their union are frustrated with arbitration
• Anticipating plans for Rx problem
• Letter: Dems didn't take Abramoff's money
• Letter: Freedom also applies to unborn children
• Letter: Traffic is even worse than you think
• Editorial: Skies are a bit too friendly
• Editorial: Iran's reckless nuclear plans
• Editorial: Targeting owners of aggressive pets
• 48 more judges needed in 20 years
• Homeless program missing mark
• Tropicana's owners take first steps toward redevelopment
• Acclaimed Jewish films showcased at Suncoast

Wednesday, Jan. 11

• Flashpoint for Jan. 11, 2006
• Dangerous dog crackdown
• Drought-induced wate cuts would affect Nevada, Arizona
• Columnist Tom Gorman: Singing the praises of a talented and good-natured family who count their blessings in Sin City instead of wallowing in their misfortune
• Chanos' land sale is 'not a done deal'
• Petrimoulx makes his point
• Columnist Jeff Haney: On the kings of the diamond looking for aces in annual celebrity poker tournament at the Palms
• Getting kids into the swing
• Letter: Reid is working to protect our civil liberties
• Letter: Judge's words speak for themselves
• Letter: DeLay has history of ethical impropriety
• Columnist Jon Ralston: Assessing fallout as Nevadans spar over Abramoff scandal
• Editorial: Trying to fight fat in Sin City
• Editorial: Spying defense rings hollow
• Editorial: Help students by listening
• State politicians have opposing views on Abramoff controversy
• Confusion over law stalls search for UNR president
• Mulroy to offer money for White Pine water
• Helping hand lent to quake victim
• Highlights of November 2005 revenue report on Nevada casinos

Tuesday, Jan. 10

• Editorial: Breaking the cycle of blight
• Editorial: Gaps in armor and planning
• Editorial: Shades of Michael Brown
• Letter: Enough from the evangelical fanatics
• Letter: Be careful when addressing big issues
• Letter: Nevada lawmakers need to join forces
• Letter: This nonsmoker won't be returning
• Letter: Chanos was out of line in attacking Buckley
• Flashpoint for Jan. 10, 2006
• LVI talks to new sponsors
• O'Connor happy to be back on ice
• After 34 years, a familiar face leaves the Strip
• Power firms planning $5 billion project joining north, south
• Columnist Jeff German: Shedding light on the fate of the Sapphire topless club
• Q+A: Cheryln Townsend
• Judicial committee to study jury pool diversity
• Columnist John Katsilometes: How Mel Larson was taken by surprise with induction into Las Vegas Walk of Stars
• Little Theatre won't be barred from having plays with nudity
• Improved authority in schools is proposed
• Canine actor comes up missing from salon
• New Arizona homes worry Boulder City

Monday, Jan. 9

• Letter: Patriot Act helps keep nation safe
• Letter: Bipartisan meeting just a charade
• Letter: Alito would set back women's rights
• Editorial: Light bulb comes on at Ford
• Editorial: Entertaining rules for Congress
• Editorial: Mine safety needs research
• On the Strip, drinking not free for all
• Board elects to make a quick pick for president
• NLV, feds locked in conflict
• Christmas trees can be recycled
• State grants $87 million to public schools
• Officials to get cracking on building problems
• Inmate's case raises mental health issues
• The Week Ahead for Jan. 9, 2006
• Columnist Ron Kantowski: Why 'Glory Road' rules, and how Don Haskins is rightly portrayed as a pioneer
• Columnist Jeff Haney: Breaking out the calculator to maximize your earning potential on a correct Super Bowl pick
• Flashpoint for Jan. 9, 2006
• Research on child fatalities hampered by law
• The long way home
• Columnist John Katsilometes: The corps of the story at Jay Leno's show at the Mirage
• Neighborhood watch

Sunday, Jan. 8

• Highway to Nevada tourist town reopens after sinkhole filled
• Columnist Tom Gorman: On getting mixed reactions as he hits the streets looking very Elvis-like
• Columnist Jeff German: How the Nevada Resort Association became larger than ever just in time for campaign season
• Now Appearing: Comedy hit nothing to laugh at
• Homeless man at UNLV inspires many to help
• Paris' beau may have been under the limit
• Columnist John Katsilometes: Observing the art of the deal with a Steve Wonder impressionist
• Columnist Hal Rothman: Why Elvis wasn't an immediate hit in Vegas, and how the city eventually came to love him
• Flashpoint for Jan. 8, 2006
• Letter: Read truth about federal budget, tax cuts
• Letter: Leakers, Times betraying U.S.
• Letter: Canadian drug plan risky, unsafe
• Letter: Let's clean house in the White House
• Editorial: What lies ahead for Israel
• Editorial: Let security be next big thing
• Editorial: Schools need genuine help
• Columnist Jeff Simpson: Why Wynn, Station are likely to pass on Penn
• Columnist Jon Ralston: A. G. Chanos is finding out that it's hard to sidestep controversy when the LV City Council is involved
• Where I Stand -- Brian Greenspun: Offering prayers and praise for one of the last of Israel's greatest generation
• Legality of state drug plan remains unclear
• Station's Econ 101

Saturday, Jan. 7

• Hold tight to the vision
• Columnist Tom Gorman: One man's view of Las Vegas in 20 years
• Letter: Grudge should not come before safety
• Letter: RTC working hard to satisfy traffic needs
• Letter: 'Brokeback' a hit at box office, actually
• Nevada Cancer Institute looks at expansion plans
• Akron's Sanchez accepts Rebels post in a zip
• Coach is bullish on Toros
• Flu hits hard in the West
• Flashpoint for Jan. 7, 2006
• Editorial: County comedy of errors
• Editorial: Criticism of mad cow rules
• Editorial: Cosmic time capsule returns
• Rawls flirted with hotel ownership
• Loss of an Icon a threat to market

Friday, Jan. 6

• Columnist Jeff Haney: On Brent Crow -- Does he know more beans about betting than Boston?
• Red Rock cleanup begins
• Flashpoint for Jan. 6, 2006
• Wait until next year
• Showroom: Vegas' gamble with Broadway is not always a sure thing
• Excuse the Interjection: Is the college basketball season too long?
• Arts Notes: Top organ aficionados pipe up at Rando Recital Hall
• Jerry's Lounge: Bell rung in as new host at Bootlegger Bistro
• Chicago fattest, Baltimore fittest, men's magazine says
• Las Vegas television pioneer dies at 82
• Letter: Film tries to validate destructive lifestyle
• Columnist Tom Gorman: One man's view of Las Vegas in 20 years
• Columnist John Katsilometes: Gearing up for the monthly downtown confab, First Friday
• Columnist Jeff German: On how the valley strip clubs' infighting has caused the courts to get involved
• Columnist Jon Ralston: Sharing some thoughts on questionable political donations
• Letter: High schoolers ignore crosswalks
• Letter: Jews for Jesus brings to mind an old lesson
• County blushes over gay comedy
• Editorial: Crowning a true champion
• Editorial: Slowing progress to a crawl
• Editorial: Debunking the SUV safety myth
• Nearly half of Nevada students need remedial courses
• Air quality improving throughout the valley

Thursday, Jan. 5

• Columnist Ron Kantowski: On why the UNLV's men's basketball team's games probably don't mean much until the MWC tournament
• Tracy expects to be running with fenders in 2007
• High tech stuff / Consumer Electronics Show
• Medicaid contracts hit with problems
• Marshal gets $115,000 in suit
• Decision on houses delayed by county
• Columnist John Katsilometes: Dropping in on rehearsals for 'Hairspray' in a dance studio at UNLV
• Letter: Who will the U.S. target after Iraq?
• Letter: Remember traffic, officials when voting
• Letter: Scientific theory means something
• Letter: It's not religion -- it's propaganda
• Letter: Not sold on mass transit in the valley
• Columnist Jeff German: Not alone in wondering why Las Vegas was denied homeland security funds
• Flashpoint for Jan. 5, 2006
• Editorial: A moment turns joy to agony
• Editorial: Crossed up on crosswalks
• Editorial: Federal security funding to be cut
• Storm victims face housing glitches
• Buckley, Chanos drop the gloves on TV
• Schools dispute rages on
• Breaking up is hard to do -- Mason says racism a factor in districting
• Controlled blasting to resume
• County seeks overturning of verdict
• Lawsuit to target bad check collection system

Wednesday, Jan. 4

• Letter: More beneath the surface of oil issue
• Letter: Corruption of power is the real danger
• Letter: Metaphysics has place in argument
• Letter: Well-made 'Brokeback' deserves accolades
• Letter: Roadwork must catch up to development
• Corrections
• County to rule on mountain dwellings
• Columnist Jeff Haney: On veteran tournament poker player T.J. Cloutier and his significant insight into the game
• MWC's muscle is in Colorado
• Outlook is grim for small rabbitlike mammals known as pikas
• $91 million set aside for school innovations
• Man accused of tree cutting described as too feeble
• Columnist Tom Gorman: On the ugly task of going back to work after the holidays -- and worse, seeing his suffering colleagues
• Jury-selection criticism prompts new trial
• Justices rule that rabbi's lawsuit can be heard in court
• Court rules shoestrings can be deadly weapons
• Burglars' haul is more than Rogers' pay
• Editorial: Six months and counting
• Editorial: Paying off personal debt sooner
• Editorial: Clearing the air over closed plant
• Columnist Jon Ralston: Predicting what's in store for Nevada politics in the coming year
• Flashpoint for Jan. 4, 2006
• Agreement is in works on maintaining crosswalks in the valley
• Controversial keepsakes
• Breakup of School District is supported by Gibbons
• Fugitive from Indiana found dead at Las Vegas motel

Tuesday, Jan. 3

• Columnist John Katsilometes: Taking note of the opinionated license plates of Penn Jillette
• Icy roads create slippery commute in northern Nevada
• State-sponsored charter schools still have problems
• Letter: Liberals once again negate positive news
• Letter: Kudos to the Coast Guard are well-deserved
• Editorial: Don't be lulled by gas prices
• Editorial: Mileage can lull car buyers, too
• Editorial: Simply a matter of fairness
• Letter: 'Brokeback Mountain' a compassionate film
• Conference debut may help answer questions
• Debunking myth about suicides and the holidays
• Take Five: Gaston Essengue
• Warming raises scientists' concerns
• Survey cites teen smoking in decline
• Columnist John Katsilometes: The opinionated license plates of Penn Jillette
• Henderson will try experiment with new urbanism for homes
• Drawing the line
• Boxing still a lure for kids away from gangs, drugs
• High school sports governing group looks at cheerleader rules

Monday, Jan. 2

• Letter: Rates and revenues not hard to figure out
• Letter: Not leaving Iraq anytime soon
• Letter: Bush's debt will be paid for generations
• Editorial: Progress on payday loans
• Editorial: Hybrid pioneers on the rise
• Editorial: Katrina spin goes into overdrive
• The week ahead
• Columnist Jeff Haney: Despite the stories, Gaming Control Board figures show sports books are doing just fine, thank you
• Columnist Ron Kantowski: In any event, we'll be entertained
• Columnist John Katsilometes: A toast to thousands swilling wine from plastic cups
• Not so pumped
• What's in store for Guinn's successor?
• For now, lawmakers pull plug on utility proposal
• Developers offering a new kind of suite deal with condo-hotels

Sunday, Jan. 1

• Annual Vegas gadget show biggest ever, draws widening contingent
• Letter: A different take on nightclubs
• Letter: Homeless situation still bleak as ever
• Where I Stand -- Johnny Amiri: High schoolers make some surprising decisions
• Columnist Tom Gorman: On questioning the mayor's flamboyant behavior and its impact on the city's image
• Columnist Jack Sheehan: On a city that never stops providing inspiration, even after 30 years of writing about its bizarre characters
• Columnist Jeff Simpson: 2006 can only get better for LV gaming
• Arts Notes: Signs of the Centennial will be around for a long time
• Half a million reasons to smile
• Editorial: Hope amid year of disasters
• State's water debate rages on
• Letter: Save road rage for bureaucrats
• Letter: Make public officials accountable
• Editorial: The mounting toll of tax cuts
• Not pretty
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• Changes on tap for LV in 2006
• Columnist Hal Rothman: Explaining how New Year's Eve cements Las Vegas' new place in the world

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