Print edition for October 30, 2006

'At the end of my rope': By Ed Koch; Trash collector Derrick Graham has endured the unimaginable after his garbage truck ran over him 19 months ago, slicing off his right leg just below the knee.

John Katsilometes takes in the final show at the Stardust, appropriately featuring Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme: The Steve & Eydie shtick was sharp and tailored to a packed house that included Boyd Gaming Chairman Bill Boyd, who introduced the duo prior to the show by saying that Steve & Eydie were the ideal performers to play the old showroom's final show.

Answers off the map on Nevada Day quiz: By Emily Richmond; Click here for a printable graphic.

Mazzeo wants case reopened: Jeff German and Sam Skolnik; Amid questions over the authenticity of just-discovered video surveillance tapes from the night Chrissy Mazzeo alleges Republican gubernatorial candidate Jim Gibbons assaulted her, Mazzeo has decided to ask authorities to reopen their investigation.

Sex doesn't sell in Latino community: By Timothy Pratt; At an editorial staff meeting two weeks ago, Adriana Arevalo, news director at Univision, the Las Vegas Valley's highest-rated 6 o'clock news program, mentioned the tapes of calls to Metro Police about the alleged assault by Republican gubernatorial candidate Jim Gibbons.

ACDelco NHRA Nationals: Consecutive NHRA Pro Stock world championships for team owner Ken Black of Las Vegas (Greg Anderson 2003-2005, Jason Line 2006)

Letter: Occupying Iraq does not make us safer at home: But, on reflection, another couple of questions present themselves: Is Osama bin Laden, who is not in Iraq, but in the territory of our supposed ally Pakistan, unable to spare another 19 or so Saudis and Egyptians to do a horrific deed any time he wants?

Motorcycle master: What: Book signing with Paul, Paul Jr. and Mikey Teutul, stars of the hit reality series "American Choppers" and authors of "Orange County Choppers: The Tale of The Teutuls"

FLASHPOINT for Oct 30, 2006: Et tu, senator? You, too, Harry Reid, are going to vote early? How can that be? I am sure you are still deliberating on whom to vote for since you would never put party before quality. For instance, what a dilemma you must have in the governors race? You and Democrat Dina Titus dont get along, you supported her opponent (albeit quietly) in the primary and you did nothing to stop your son, Rory Reid, from taking the County Commission seat she thought she owned. And yet despite Jim Gibbons recent problems, you were thrilled when he decided not to ...

Jeff Haney counts cards with two MIT's alumni who beat Vegas: By Jeff Haney; Even now, 10 years later, Dave Irvine still gets a charge out of arriving in Las Vegas. He was a member of the team of MIT students who used sophisticated blackjack card-counting techniques to extract millions of dollars from Las Vegas casinos in the mid-1990s.

Letter: Planned withdrawal can salvage war effort: What sums it up for me is that poor planning, even before we invaded, at every level is what is doing us in. We are trying to help the Iraqis form a government. Not much seems to be happening.

Letter: Corrections needed to curb sleazy ads: Before the McCain-Findgold campaign finance law was passed, campaign funds were channeled through the Democrat and Republican National Committees, which were held accountable for the ad content, and we did not encounter sleazy ads to the degree we are seeing now when these committees are able to hide behind the independent groups.

Editorial: Ballot questions seek to change Constitution, laws: Question 1, sponsored by Republican gubernatorial candidate Jim Gibbons, is a throwback to the fight in the 2003 Legislature over Gov. Kenny Guinn's recommendation for increased taxes. The age-old process for the Legislature is to vote on the most expensive services, such as education, toward the end of the session when the funding picture is more clear. In 2003, however, this led a few anti-tax legislators to falsely claim that education was being held hostage to force a yes vote on the new taxes. Question 1 would amend the Constitution to require that the Legislature fund education very early in ...

LOOKING IN ON: CARSON CITY: CARSON CITY - Merritt (Ike) Yochum, a perennial candidate for elective office who has never won, says he has been humiliated by his own apparent mistake in signing up to run in the wrong state Senate district.