Print edition for October 21, 2006

Editorial: End of an era: According to a story by the Associated Press, an internal U.S. Postal Service memo outlines plans to eliminate the service's 23,000 stamp vending machines by 2010. The machines, many of which are nearly 20 years old, are breaking down with increasing frequency. Replacement parts are hard to find, making repairs too costly.

Ron Kantowski puts Jim Gibbons' bold claim to the test and makes like Rick Neuheisel, crawling from McCormick & Schmick's to the Marriott: Perhaps most will be answered by attorneys at some point. Or by voters on Election Day. But as a sports writer, I don't have time for all that. My chad is hanging and I need to know now.

On the road with Jimmy and Jack: Michael J. Mishak; Few things can boost a political campaign like a former president.

Mortgage fraud blamed in more foreclosures: By Brian Wargo; An increase in home foreclosures in the local housing market is revealing a growing number of mortgage fraud cases.

Young says he told Gibbons about probe: Clark County Sheriff Bill Young said he personally informed gubernatorial candidate Jim Gibbons last Saturday that he was the subject of an investigation into allegations he assaulted a woman and suggested that he consent to an interview with his detectives.

CONVENTION CRASHING: AMERICAN DENTAL ASSOCIATION: Imagine that each dentist projects a sort of energy field.

Wanted: Moms and dads to lobby for school funds; travel required: By Emily Richmond; The Clark County School District is thinking of recruiting parents to go to Carson City, to personally lobby politicians for more education money.

Space pen inventor's big idea was helping poor: Millionaire businessman Paul C. Fisher told the Sun in 1988 that his goal in life was to be happy, maintain good health and "believe that your life is worthwhile."

King relives UNLV's greatest win: The architect of the greatest victory in UNLV football history was about to dive into a plate of chicken and rice in a booth at P.F. Chang's China Bistro at The District in Henderson on Wednesday afternoon, although nobody seemed to recognize Sam King.

Letter: Don't let Bush subjugate us any longer: The two-party system has caused the real problems and important issues to be overlooked, while the parties play their blame games. The far right has gone too far this time, and our president has lost all sense of reality and our moral high ground. He's always preaching to us like we were all a bunch of nincompoops, when in fact the only language he knows is rhetoric, and he has to have that written for him. We never get the real truth; we get a constant dose of spin. It's disgraceful.

Letter: Weapons, humans a deadly combination: I have, after careful study, arrived at a theory that it is the combination of a weapon with a human that really causes death and injury. If we could only avoid that combination!

Letter: Legal marijuana a recipe for danger: If a person has one or two beers or alcoholic drinks, the chances are they do not become impaired in any way. Have a cigarette or a cigar, no likelihood of intoxication. Light up a marijuana "joint" and the very first inhalation gets you high. Not only does the person who lights up the joint get high, but so does anyone in the immediate area. That is called, by anyone who knows facts, a "contact high." Without giving any consent whatsoever, a person within mere feet of a marijuana smoker gets intoxicated.

Editorial: Fighting the wrong fight: Homeless activist Gail Sacco received her third citation Friday for the dastardly deed of feeding the homeless in a city park.

Editorial: Die-hard fans can rest in peace: We wonder what future archaeologists will think when they explore our cemeteries generations from now and find dear old Uncle Fred buried in a Chicago Cubs casket.

FLASHPOINT for Oct 21, 2006: Cowboy Tom is now Lawyer Tom. At least for the purposes of the debate over whether TV stations should be accepting joint TV buys for half of the 30-second blocks available. Democratic Party Chairman Tom Collins, who moonlights as a county commissioner, wrote a letter to TV stations this week raising legal questions about Brian Krolicki and Mark DeStefano jointly buying time. Treasurer Krolicki, running for lieutenant governor, and businessman DeStefano, running for treasurer, split the cost because they are handled by the same GOP consultant and it saves money. Naturally, this creativity upsets Democrats and so they will raise ...

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