Print edition for March 7, 2006

Rulffes doing some Cabinet shuffling: By Emily Richmond; Clark County Schools Superintendent Walt Rulffes is cleaning house - and he's starting with his own executive Cabinet.

No picnic this time: By Timothy Pratt; An act of charity - feeding the homeless - has landed one local woman in court.

Trailer park meeting format called 'a zoo': J. Craig Anderson; Varallo, who represents the interests of local mobile home park residents, said he was shocked to learn of Clark County's plans to hold open meetings to iron out an agreement between park owners and tenants over the rights of those affected by park closures.

White power recruiting increases: David Kihara; Two white supremacist groups have stepped up recruitment efforts in Nevada, starting chapters in the wake of the National Alliance's high-profile battle over an anti-immigration billboard last year.

Letter: National ID cards would solve problems: If there ever was a time for national identification cards the time is now. Don't give me the garbage that identification cards harm the poor. I would like to see an estimate on how much quicker these hurricane victims would have received aid if they had identification cards. On the same note I would be curious to see how much fraud would have been eliminated by identification cards.

Editorial: Stylish return for pro tennis: The quality of play, which concluded Sunday, was exceptional. James Blake, having recovered from a serious illness, became a crowd favorite right from the start and went on to win the singles championship over former world No. 1 Lleyton Hewitt. Fans got their money's worth from all of the matches on the court, as well as from the professional air-hockey and table-tennis events played on the grounds of the Stacy and Amanda Darling Memorial Tennis Center.

Letter: Torture is a cancer growing on America: Rather than "a few bad apples" at work, the pictures from both Guantanamo and Abu Ghraib show CIA methods of torture-sensory disorientation, sexual/cultural attacks, self-inflicted pain and the promotion of individual phobias.

Letter: Public interest no longer concerns Congress: Instead we have a "new class" of bipartisan professional politicians whose members have only one objective: to retain their seats so as to continue the generous and lavish benefits that flow from incumbency, such as free trips all over the world, expensive parties at exotic locales, cash gratuities, full medical coverage, a healthy retirement benefit, investment opportunities and the ability to move from Congress into high-paying lobbying positions.

Officials pay to preserve more of Nevada's history: The state Commission on Cultural Affairs, meeting for the first time in Las Vegas to award grants, dispensed $3 million last week to 27 projects across the state.

John Katsilometes interviews a member of the high-energy act Zowie Bowie, the soon-to-be headliner at Red Rock Resort: By John Katsilometes; Or is it more a state of mind?

Red Rock solid: By Liz Benston; The $925 million Red Rock Resort, at the southeast corner of the Las Vegas Beltway and Charleston Boulevard in Summerlin, is Station Casinos' 15th property in the valley. It's also nothing like any other locals casino in town.

DULY NOTED: by Ron Kantowski; The $200,000 wax figure of the late Dale Earnhardt that has been intimidating guests at Madame Tussauds Las Vegas will receive some company Wednesday when a similar statue of current NASCAR star Jeff Gordon will be unveiled. According to the press release, the figure of Gordon will be displayed in an authentic driving uniform (unlike Earnh ardt's, which is outfitted with one of those fan jackets you can buy at the track). But if they really wanted realism, they would place Gordon's statue on the other side of the hall from Earnhardt's. The two didn't see eye to eye on ...

Letter: Another look at abortions, executions: They need to contact the doctors at the abortion clinics who perform the terrible procedure called "partial birth" abortion.

Q+A KYLE BUSCH: His second-place finish at Las Vegas Motor Speedway proved to be a harbinger for Busch, who went on to post two Cup victories, 12 other top-10 finishes and more than $4.7 million in earnings in 2005. Busch, a Durango High School graduate, also won the series' Rookie of the Year award.

Students steal the show: By Emily Richmond; Energetic dancers leapt and twirled to a medley of tunes from the past five decades. And the vocal styling of junior Veronica Domingo - singing Jennifer Holliday's "I Am Changing" - drew a standing ovation.

A short but rocky run in Henderson: As an outsider named last summer to head a police department that traditionally has picked its chiefs from within, Henderson Police Chief Alan Kerstein faced resistance - some personal, some professional - from the start.

FLASHPOINT for Mar 07, 2006: When a do-gooder group rates the elected junketeers who have been flying at corporate expense around the country and the world. PoliticalMoneyLine, a Web site that tracks political cash, has compiled a database of those who used corporate jets from 2001 to 2005. And Nevada's Harry Reid ranked 20th with 16 trips totaling $28,759. To put that in perspective, the president was second at $149,667 and Democratic vice presidential nominee John Edwards easily led the field at $313,749. Sen. John Ensign was a piker at 87th with only $3,012 in reported trips, according to the Web site. In this case, ...

Editorial: Reveal truth of Tillman's death: Tillman gained national attention in May 2002 when he suspended his career as a star safety with the Arizona Cardinals football team to join the Army. It was 9/11 that motivated him to serve. The day after the attacks he told NBC News, "My great grandfather was at Pearl Harbor, and a lot of my family has ... gone and fought in wars, and I really haven't done a damn thing as far as laying myself on the line like that."

Editorial: Talking tough on spending: "Forty-three governors have this line-item veto in their states," Bush said. "Now it's time to bring this important tool of fiscal discipline to Washington, D.C."