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Print edition for May 31, 2006

Jeff Haney antes up with the producer of 'High Stakes Poker,' which is entering its second season on GSN
"I could take any one person in this restaurant," Eskandani said in the coffee shop at Red Rock Resort, "work with them for a day, and give them a legitimate chance to beat Doyle Brunson in a heads-up, no-limit tournament."
Giving props to some old friends
When: 9 p.m. June 7-10 and June 14-17; 8 p.m. June 11 and June 18
Major urban areas to get Homeland Security grants
AP
A state-by-state look at what the cities got this year, compared to 2005:
Football group aims to give voice to ex-players
The fact that it offers a wide range of benefits to anyone who played or coached the game, at all levels, appealed to the players, who won a combined seven Super Bowl championships with the San Francisco 49ers.
FLASHPOINT for May 31, 2006
FLASHPOINT for May 31, 2006
State seeks to cut child deaths
Preliminary figures show that during the first three months of this year 41 children 17 and younger died in Nevada, 27 of them in Clark County and 14 in Washoe County.
Court: Home of girlfriend cannot be searched
CARSON CITY - Federal probation officers cannot search the home of an ex-felon's girlfriend for contraband without a warrant, a federal appeals court has ruled.
Otherwise may become the other band from LV
The next step is the finals competition slated for the fall. The winner of that battle will pocket $100,000 and a recording contract.
Goodman has his favorites
Dan Kulin
The showgirls are a must. And Elvis, sure, bring him, too.
Sides brace for legal battle over millionaire petition
The Coalition to Protect the Future of Boulder City announced Tuesday that it had collected about 925 signatures on its ballot initiative to sell 107,000 acres of Eldorado Valley and divvy up most of the proceeds among the city's residents.
CORRECTIONS
A story in Friday's Sun about a proposal to pump water from White Pine County to Las Vegas incorrectly stated the number of gallons in an acre-foot of water. There are 326,000 gallons in an acre-foot. The Sun regrets the error.
Orcutt lawsuit likely to be filed this week
Between 1994 and 1996, more than 500 investors, many retired and on fixed incomes, collectively bought more than $2 million in shares to build the two dozen mountain cabins.
Precedent could subject Rizzolo to added discipline
Dan Kulin
City Councilman Gary Reese said that the council's 2004 decision to fine Cheetahs for the transgressions of Michael Galardi established a precedent for other strip clubs under the city's jurisdiction.
Capitol offices are still smoker-friendly
WASHINGTON - Las Vegas residents may be accustomed to having smokers light up in casinos and nightclubs, but there are certain places where even maverick Nevadans might think twice about taking a puff.
Eye on the future
By J. Patrick Coolican
President Bush won 78 percent of the vote in Elko County in 2004, 76 percent in Esmeralda County and 77 percent of Eureka County. Small counties all, but Bush's dominance in rural Nevada was a big reason he won the state's five electoral votes.
Teachers feel betrayed by union's collaboration with School District
Emily Richmond
"They're taking the phrase 'in bed with' to a whole new level," one irate teacher said of how the teachers union and the district were working together on the survey.
For Barnes, playing the pipe organ was his life
Ed Koch
Three years later, Barnes was good enough to play the pipe organ for funerals and weddings at a church in his native Adrian, Mich.
Pinnacle, Harrah's plan to exchange damaged casinos
AP
Las Vegas-based Pinnacle said it would use one of Harrah's two dockside riverboat license to add a second casino to its L'Auberge gambling resort in Lake Charles, which has been a major hit with players since its opening a year ago, becoming the top revenue-garner among Louisiana's 12 riverboats.
Letter: Root of immigration problem is employers
Voters are demanding control over the intruders into our nation, not special concessions and appeasements to those who break our laws.
Letter: Bilingual ballots are an unnecessary step
I never thought I would agree with a conservative Republican about anything but, surprise, there are now 56 congressmen with whom I do agree. I even agree with George Will! They question the federal requirement obligating certain voting districts to provide bilingual ballots.
Letter: Electoral College is no sign of democracy
Why do we have an Electoral College? Is it perhaps that the Founding Fathers didn't trust the will of the American people in 1788? Many times it has been said that democracy can't work without an educated populace. Is it possible that the Founding Fathers realized the lack of an educated populace and established a buffer zone just in case the popular vote went wrong?
Editorial: Missing the real problem
Having worked four years in staff positions for the Pentagon and White House after earning a graduate degree in business from Harvard, Paulson joined the premier Wall Street financial firm Goldman Sachs in 1974. Today he is chairman and chief executive officer of the company.
Editorial: Tracking identity theft
According to a recent story by The New York Times, criminals in the Phoenix area stole identities from people whose names, addresses, bank account numbers and signatures were publicly accessible through divorce records posted on the county recorder's Web site.
Letter: Merit of election system in eye of the beholder
A major media consortium did conduct an exhaustive survey of all the Florida ballots - hanging chads, dimpled chads, no chads. They found that, had the Gore camp gotten its way and had an official recount been limited to certain contested voting districts, their man would have lost anyway.
Editorial: Research lacks proper funding
But, according to a story published Sunday by the Las Vegas Sun, Biswajit "B.J." Das' groundbreaking research in the field of nanotechnology is hampered by a lack of funding and red tape at UNLV that has, for example, forced him to store $250,000 worth of new scientific equipment in a hallway. UNLV hasn't yet been able to build even a temporary trailer to house it.
Jon Ralston sees a problem with Reid's response to fight-ticket storm
Not a chance.

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