Print edition for October 4, 2006

Letter: Send in more troops: We could cut the length of this war, save more lives in the long run, and ultimately get it done less expensively. Or would this actual solution be too politically problematic? If we're supposedly there to get the job done, then let's do it right and move on.

Letter: Invent the Future campaign is on target: Invent the Future is an aggressive attempt to ensure the availability of resources to UNLV, an emerging research university, by raising $500 million in private contributions. Without private support, we cannot attract and retain leading researchers, faculty and students, or support the programs vital to our success. We are confident that the campaign is on track to meet its goal - approximately two-thirds of the way into the campaign, we are two-thirds of the way to $500 million.

Letter: Politicizing things not the right course: We read Democratic leaders rail against President Bush and fail to say anything constructive or innovative on how to make things better . Not one word is said that will improve anything of importance, and most of what they say is so very wrongheaded so as to be unbelievable. How do they hope to sway the independents and swing voters?

Editorial: Threats from within prison: This alarming breach of national security was first addressed last year in a report to Congress by the Bureau of Prisons' inspector general. The report stated that the bureau had discovered that about 90 letters had been written to extremists in foreign countries by three imprisoned terrorists convicted of the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center.

Editorial: An age-old slight: According to a story by Launce Rake in the Las Vegas Sun on Tuesday, the Bureau of Indian Affairs was among the Interior Department agencies that signed the agreement, which called for withdrawing the agencies' protests to a plan in which water would be pumped from Spring Valley. The Confederated Tribes of the Goshute Reservation says the Indian affairs agency failed to notify tribal governments before signing the agreement Sept. 10.

LOOKING IN ON: CARSON CITY: CARSON CITY - The companies that finance purchases of Harley-Davidson motorcycles and equipment must pay Nevada's 2 percent payroll tax, the state Supreme Court has ruled.

Editorial: Betting on a bad law: President Bush is certain to sign the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act that, according to a story by the Las Vegas Sun on Tuesday, could have a chilling effect on Las Vegas-based poker tournaments hosted by Harrah's Entertainment and MGM Mirage. Both companies, the Sun reports, have used Internet gambling sites as a way to lure players to Las Vegas for the real thing and such events as the wildly popular World Series of Poker.

Who knew what, when?: Rep. Jon Porter said, "Former Rep. Foley's actions are inexcusable and if anyone, whether that be a member or staffer, had prior knowledge about the gravity of this situation and did nothing to rectify it, they should be removed from their positions." Porter did not name anyone. He also called for House Speaker Dennis Hastert to suspend the page program until the FBI probe is complete.

In Henderson, the ones with badges are lobbyists: By Mike Trask; In Henderson it's easy to pick out the lobbyists working the room following a City Council meeting.

Federal suit targets Golden Nugget: Sun Staff; Downtown Las Vegas' largest and most upscale hotel, the Golden Nugget, has for years discriminated against some of its black and female employees by subjecting them to a hostile work environment, the federal government is claiming in a lawsuit.

UNLV Foundation loses two fundraisers: In an organization already reeling from high turnover, two more employees have resigned from the UNLV Foundation.

Jon Ralston on the escalation of cutthroat politics: But is it my imagination or is there even less substance than usual - a low bar to get under - in Campaign '06?

The Killers: Joan Anderman, Boston Globe; "For all its sonic grandeur, 'Hot Fuss' worked in miniature: A couple argued in the rain, a jealous lover sat daydreaming about his ex and her new beau, androgynous twentysomethings traded whispers in the moonlight. But 'Sam's Town' sees the world in sweeping Cinemascope: mountains, deserts, rivers, horizons, heaven ... 'Sam's Town' is a place where the difference between reaching and overreaching is as slim as the width of a card. 'Nobody ever had a dream 'round here,' Flowers sings on the title track, and though it's not true - Vegas is a city of nothing but dreamers, often to ...

Jeff Haney on how passage of bill will put a damper on Vegas poker tournaments: He later marveled at the skills of the opponents he encountered who had honed their game online.

FLASHPOINT for Oct 04, 2006: If the cops and the district attorney don't get to the bot- tom of what happened to Charles Augustine, the late controller's second husband, Dominic Gentile just might. The prominent local attorney, who defended Kathy Augustine during her impeachment, has been looking into Charles Augustine's death and has put two of his best men on the case - former homicide Detective Don Dibble and lawyer/doctor Tom Gott. Gentile was hired by the family to look into the death of Charles Augustine, who was cared for by Chaz Higgs, the nurse who became the controller's third husband three weeks after No. ...