Print edition for July 26, 2006

Congress members taking it to the streets: Democratic and Republican leaders are pushing representatives to talk up party priorities during the August recess, when members - especially those few in truly contested races - head home to campaign. The stakes are unusually high.

Letter: Life is an option for unused embryos: Actually, President Bush, along with a whole lot of other people, have thought of what to do with the frozen embryos stored at in vitro fertilization clinics. They can be and are being put up for adoption. There are plenty of people who desire to adopt babies - because they love children.

CORRECTIONS: A story in Tuesday's Sun incorrectly said that monetary awards in lawsuits over height restrictions on land surrounding McCarran International Airport potentially could increase the fee that passengers now pay per departure from the current $4.50 to $7.22. The potential fee increase in fact could raise the fee by $7.22 to $11.72. The Sun regrets the error.

Editorial: Canadian drugs under fire: Here, a program to send state inspectors to four Canadian pharmacies and license them to do business with state residents was approved by the 2005 Legislature. One 76-year-old Las Vegas resident told the Las Vegas Sun last month that she saves about $200 every time she refills her allergy medicine.

Jon Ralston explains how Barbara Lee Woollen's attempt to call lieutenant governor opponent Brian Krolicki a liar just doesn't work because she was renting film equipment to pornography companies: But when state Treasurer Brian Krolicki began to flay Barbara Lee Woollen in a new TV ad, I don't believe she was flattered. In fact, the heretofore unknown Woollen, the lieutenant governor aspirant who has peppered the airwaves with a frequency only fellow deep pockets hopeful and sheriff's candidate Jerry Airola could appreciate, has responded with outrage, recriminations and, of course, the two other sincere proofs of political flattery: A lawsuit and a news conference.

School Police in short supply: Emily Richmond; Its police force is stretched thin, with 32 positions unfilled out of a department budgeted for 175 officers.

Barbershops still a cut above: When most of the world had never heard of the Taliban, for instance, a visit to Kabul's barbershops would have provided ample evidence that something was terribly wrong in Afghanistan.

Letter: City has bigger needs than Indy-style race: The money would be better spent on getting signal lights along Sahara Avenue and Charleston Boulevard coordinated so that one could successfully travel for more than one block without having to stop for a red light!

Victor of dirty primary gets muddied but prepared: By J. Patrick Coolican; Friday, for instance, Gibson sent out a press release that said, in part, "Now, she's trying to tell you that Jim Gibson is slinging mud don't believe it. It's just another Titus lie."

Letter: Israel not to blame for current conflict: Mr. Quale justifies any Arab response to Israel under the pretext that Israel, although withdrawn from Gaza, still is in control. What he forgets, or prefers to ignore, is that Israel occupied Gaza as a result of a war started by the Arabs.

Editorial: Get tough on gas mileage: Yet despite the high prices, people are driving more than ever. The Energy Department, according to a story in USA Today, said gasoline demand is up 1.9 percent from a year ago.

Brian Greenspun welcomes little Oliver into the world with the thoughts of a grandfather: Actually, my dad was right about most things in life, even when we knew he was wrong. As it always turned out, though, he was way ahead of his time and most of us hadn't quite caught up with him to understand.

Not farming very profitable for some: When I inquired about the farm economy of my ancestral counties - my mother's pioneer family stretched across three or four of them - I was informed that sometimes these days, it is more profitable not to plant. That was confirmed recently by news reports detailing the enormous cost of farm subsidies handed out frequently to many who have no connection whatsoever to agriculture. The reported subsidy figures amounted to billions and billions of taxpayer dollars.

New voice calls on Hispanics: By Timothy Pratt; The potential effect of Adriana Arevalo's Las Vegas arrival may have been foreshadowed by just a few words.

Editorial: When progress is a failure: The news will be significant for principals whose schools are named for a fourth time to the "needs improvement" list of schools that have not reached standardized testing benchmarks. These administrators could lose their jobs, according to a story published Sunday in the Las Vegas Sun.

Regents running out of patience: The fight within the university system over whether to make public a heavily censored federal grant application submitted by the Institute for Security Studies has some regents questioning whether UNLV should sever ties with the secretive counterterrorism organization.

Jeff Haney tells poker fans how they can get a piece of the action in World Series of Poker, even if it's only for 29 cents: Saturday, Day 1B, 2,000 play down to 800

Ron Kantowski visits a Las Vegas pawnshop, where some special sports items come complete with a story, and others remain shrouded in mystery, waiting to be bought by someone who will put them in the p: Turning to my right, it appeared that Showgirl Video, with its promise of "Live Nude Girls," was doing brisk business. Ditto for the tattoo parlor and the "We Buy Gold" exchange store just down the battered sidewalk that is slowly turning black, either from years of neglect or from used chewing gum and cigarettes being discarded there.