Print edition for March 13, 2006

Editorial: Seeing ethanol as the future: Brazil's accomplishment serves as an example of what can be done if a nation is serious about energy change. The beginnings were not especially enviable - its dictatorial government ordered the revving up of an ethanol industry and its population was forced to drive ethanol-only vehicles.

Letter: No respect for R-J, John L. Smith: Years ago after my husband came home from World War II, we decided to go to Las Vegas to see what the place was like. As is my wont I purchased a newspaper to get the tone of the city and you can imagine my disgust and the revolting feeling I got when I read the bigoted, disgusting and hateful Review-Journal. I took the newspaper back to the counter where I purchased it and said: "Take this disgusting rag run by a bigoted and hateful family. It is not a newspaper and I don't want it dirtying up my room!"

Editorial: Protecting an endangered act: According to the Associated Press, in the letter sent last week to the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, scientists expressed concerns about a provision in a House bill passed last year that would give the interior secretary the responsibility to decide what constitutes appropriate scientific data for making decisions under the law.

Ron Kantowski braves the wind and the cold to catch a hot finish to the UAW-DaimlerChrysler 400 at the Speedway: You knew it was going to be an unseasonably cool day for racing Sunday when Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman strolled into the media center accompanied by a Saint Bernard with a cask the size of North Carolina draped around its neck.

Letter: Extrapolation punishes the good with the bad: I have worked in the construction industry for over 30 years in the Las Vegas Valley and I have never seen the type of shenanigans that are being perpetrated against honest, credible contractors. Many of the construction defect lawsuits are fabricated.

Jeff Haney gets a few tips from a pro on betting March Madness: Following are just a few of the strategy's dictums and how they might apply to this year's early-round games:

Letter: Stewart deserves an award for his candor: Kudos to Jon. Is there some award we can give him for his candor?

UAW-DaimlerChrysler 400 by the numbers: Career NASCAR Cup victories for race winner Jimmie Johnson.

Editorial: Stronger warning is required: The cases include drivers going in the wrong direction on roads, or slamming into streets signs, curbs and other vehicles, all while being in a sleeplike state.

John Katsilometes bypasses the Groucho lookalikes to take in the 'Champions of Freedom Dinner Gala': Funny.

For many, price isn't right: By Liz Benston; Myrna Huzan of Saskatchewan, Canada, has a strategy for how to find the best deals on the Strip.

Men are in the minority: Male enrollment in higher education has been on the decline since the post- World War II boom in the late 1940s, when men made up 70 percent of student bodies nationwide and earned 76 percent of all degrees.

Training program 'is not working': By Timothy Pratt; Arnaldo Font wanted a second job as a bartender to help meet his responsibilities as the divorced father of a 5-year-old girl.

Plant plans already drawing opposition: A sports park, a golf course and Nellis Air Force Base are among nine sites in the running to become the home of North Las Vegas' first sewage treatment plant.

Bodman in a bind over 'broken' Yucca project: Benjamin Grove; Bodman last week got in trouble with his own staffers after he told reporters the department had no intention of pursuing a temporary nuclear waste storage site while Yucca is being developed. (It turns out the department may pursue that.)

Workforce housing to be discussed: "Now the district tells them we'll help you find a good roommate," said Ken Lange, executive director of the Nevada State Education Association, the union representing the district's teachers.

Las Vegas' 'most dangerous building' headed for demolition: Dan Kulin; Today, though, Alpine Court is a haven for the homeless, one in which nearly every inch is covered by broken glass, trash, dozens of shopping carts and the occasional mattress.

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