Print edition for May 27, 2006

DULY NOTED: During its viability study for putting a pro football franchise back in Los Angeles, NFL owners have learned that a new stadium could cost as much as $800 million.

Imparting happiness: By Liz Benston; Only Renaissance man Steve Wynn can comfortably discuss how to create casinos by invoking the centuries-old teachings of the dalai lama.

Letter: Teacher's sexual preference irrelevant: Please familiarize yourselves with "Always Our Children," a pamphlet put out by the Catholic bishops. We need good gay role models for our children in schools. It may not have been prudent, as a teacher, to be as specific as Jeff Crouse was on his Web site, but he said nothing about having sex. He was seeking friendship from those who had similar interests.

Las Vegas has own Sam's Army platoon: It's easy to determine the ringleader of what might be the most die-hard quartet of soccer fans in Nevada.

Beauty queens' catfight: Dan Kulin; There she is, Miss North Las Vegas. And there she is, sort of, again.

A surprising development: When surprise searches are carried out the way they are supposed to be, inspectors compare actual crew and cargo with records filed at the ports, according to the Times. Sometimes they use bomb-sniffing dogs or even radiation detection devices. They may delay a boat a half day, at a cost of as much as $40,000 an hour. In the wake of complaints by some commercial shippers, in some cases the Coast Guard is telling ship captains in advance that inspectors are coming aboard, giving them as much as 24-hour notice.

Nevada Supreme Court rules social worker need not give Miranda warning: On Thursday, the court upheld the conviction of Inmer Mejia, found guilty of seven counts of lewdness with a minor and one count of sexual assault with a minor in Las Vegas.

Bullies are at it again: "There are some statutes on the book which, if you read the language carefully, would seem to indicate that that is a possibility," Gonzales said Sunday on ABC's "This Week." Gonzales rationalized the alarming comment: "We have an obligation to enforce those laws. We have an obligation to ensure that our national security is protected."

Letter: Whining about 2000 election is tiresome: In the past, several other candidates for president have won the popular vote and lost the election. The popular votes don't get anyone elected. Only the electoral votes count. Then she says that had the Florida votes been counted, he would have won. Come on.

Editorial: Tell 'em to take a hike: In the first step, a bipartisan bloc of lawmakers approved an amendment last week aimed at forcing oil and gas companies to renegotiate more than 1,000 contracts they struck with the government for drilling.

Letter: Please just keep your smoke to yourself: I must say that my daughter and I had a wonderful time. We thank everyone who hosted this wonderful event. The entertainers were awesome and it was a grand time.

Board upholds Perkins ruling: Assembly Speaker Richard Perkins has won his lengthy battle with special prosecutors over whether he violated federal law by simultaneously serving as a Henderson deputy police chief.

Summertime is downtime on the Strip as trade shows, conventions take hiatus: Brendan Buhler; In June, July and August, convention and trade show attendance is less than half of what it is in January, February and March.