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Print edition for May 3, 2006

Ron Kantowski explains why Mike Metzger is doing back flips as he prepares for Thursday's assault on Caesars
Unsuccessful
Letter: Big oil companies not the bad guys
We have all seen the headlines and TV news teasers - huge profits, record profits, price gouging!
Letter: One response to May Day participants
It might be an attention-getter.
Letter: Outsider exploiting 'Nuestro Himno'
First, I must agree that complaints are likely to give this new recording more publicity than it would normally garner.
Immigrants celebrate 'this historic moment'
Timothy Pratt and Ed Koch
Spanish-language radio DJs blustered about "this historic moment."
FLASHPOINT for May 03, 2006
FLASHPOINT for May 03, 2006
UNLV search is a question of privacy
Imagine applying for a job elsewhere - and not only does your boss immediately learn of it, but everything you say, and is said about you, during the interview process is made public.
Jon Ralston takes a look back at 1994 to gauge the possibility that the balance of power will shift after this year's November elections
Bilbray was a lock for re-election, facing some unknown veterinarian. The Democrats held 29 of the 42 Assembly seats. No one thought it possible.
Letter: Gauging real cost from budget deficit
Walker is quoted as stating in a briefing that the $760 billion accrual deficit (the accrual deficit for 2005) "amounts to $156,000 for every man, woman and child in America." The $760 billion itself amounts to something over $2,500 per person, so one is left to assume that Walker is referring to many years of accrual deficit.
Editorial: Elma who? earned her due
Elma Gardner "Pem" Farnsworth was 98 when she died Thursday at a care center. For all of her adult life she was far too little known for the magnitude of the accomplishment she helped bring about. She worked alongside her husband, who had been intrigued by the science of scanning and transmitting images since he was a teenager.
Owner is tearing down eyesore homeless haven
Dan Kulin
Alpine Court, a former doctor and dentist office complex near Decatur and Charleston boulevards, was abandoned by everyone but the homeless more than four years ago.
THE ELEVATOR
GOING UP
Jeff Haney is betting that an upcoming two-week tournament will return Binion's to prominence on professional poker tour
But organizers have ambitious plans for the 14-day tournament, which debuts next week at Binion's downtown.
Postcards from the edge
Kristen Peterson
Photographer Jonnie Andersen has another story to tell. Same city. Same sights. But from a vastly different angle.
Editorial: No reprieve from trash cost
We cannot sympathize with their alleged plight from either practical or legal points of view.
Editorial: Imperial presidency is alive
The Constitution directs presidents to execute laws, but in these 750 cases, as The Boston Globe reported Sunday in an in-depth story on this little-known practice, Bush's statements signal he may instead disobey them. The statements are important because they are issued to the federal bureaucracy and willfully say: Just ignore Congress.
Phone system to help traffic violators pay faster
The system, which allows people to make full or partial payments or schedule a new court date, is expected to ease congestion that has frustrated people trying to take care of their traffic tickets.
Secada returns again to his roots
Secada, who will perform at Caesars Palace on Saturday, has announced he will be a celebrity judge on the Latin American version of "American Idol."
TAKE FIVE: ama supercross finals
When: 7 p.m. Saturday

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