Print edition for April 11, 2007

THE ELEVATOR: A special Grand Prix edition of who's going to the penthouse in local sports - and who's getting the shaft:

Jeff Haney on a very excited chief executive, who gets his wish to bring the World Poker Tour to cable channel GSN: Last week, he finally got them.

A few bumps in the road: By Brian Hilderbrand; Some notes, quotes and observations wrapping up the inaugural Vegas Grand Prix on the streets of downtown Las Vegas:

Q+A: Wayne Brady: By Jerry Fink; Wayne Brady gained national recognition when he joined the cast of Drew Carey's improvisational TV series "Whose Line Is It Anyway?"

Audience plays a part in the mostly improv show: By Jerry Fink; Who: Wayne Brady in "Making It Up"

FLASHPOINT for Apr 11, 2007: So the governor said this week he would veto the public edu- cation bill if it contained funding for all-day kindergarten. "I would have to," the governor was quoted saying in the Reno Gazette-Journal. "In the next biennium, we would not be able to meet those needs because the cost of full-day kindergarten would rise so rapidly in the next two years." So now he is not going to sign the bill because all-day kindergarten is too expensive? Previously, the governor had said it was because its efficacy has not been proved. So what if it were proved effective and ...

Jon Ralston on the governor's conspiracy theories and why they just aren't funny: If there weren't comic interludes, it might truly be excruciating. But even the laughter has become uncomfortable as many people surely are asking themselves: Is there something seriously wrong with Gov. Jim Gibbons?

Editorial: Expanding DNA's use: Just last week, Sergio Hugo Hernandez, 30, was arrested in connection with the rape of a 13-year-old Henderson girl, based on the match off the victim's clothes with a DNA sample taken from Hernandez after a burglary conviction in California, the Associated Press reported.

Editorial: Stroking business interests: A story by the Las Vegas Sun on Tuesday reports that the state Business and Industry Department review could affect the regulation of a wide range of areas - including worker safety, consumer affairs, real estate, mortgage lenders and taxicab companies. About the only industry that will be left alone is gaming.

Letter: How is Imus worse than Chris Rock, rap?: How is what Mr. Imus said any worse than the racial "jokes" from the likes of black comedian Chris Rock? Oh, yeah, right ... Mr. Imus is white and shouldn't be allowed to say things like that, while it's all fair game for Chris Rock and other black comedians.

Letter: Arming teachers is a worthy step: If the proposed legislation by Sen. Bob Beers, R-Las Vegas, to allow teachers to be armed is a bad idea, as Mr. Schmid asserts, then what isn't ?

Letter: Iraqis need to start helping themselves: My own theory is that it's time to help ourselves first - as long as there's one person living on our sidewalks, and as long as there is one child starving here, as long as we don't hand out rewards as well as punishments, our American home needs help more than that on the other side of the globe. Iraq has been fighting and being dictated to for thousands of years - since when is one old dog going to change things?

Letter: Many mistakes have been made by Bush: A war waged with profoundly flawed assumptions has cost the lives of more than 3,200 brave American men and women of our armed forces, forced more than 1.5 million Iraqis to flee their country and generated more than 1.6 million internal displacement of its citizens. Recent polls and demonstrations in Iraq reflect, as here, a consensus that life in Iraq is the worst.

Letter: Bringing our troops home - with honor: As the leader of the majority party in the U.S. Senate, Sen. Harry Reid is attempting to see closure to the never-ending war in Iraq and provide for the safety of our troops as we bring the troops home in a timely withdrawal with honor. It's interesting that the writer, Ms. Soden, takes issue with the pork that has been added to the military support bill, but does not mention the fact that President Bush has signed hundreds of bills into law over the past six years that were "dripping wet with pork." For the most part, those bills were ...

Editorial: Gibbons plays pitiful victim: Clipped sound bites, beginning when Gibbons was a candidate for governor and carrying through after he was elected, are what the public has received instead.

LOOKING IN ON: CITY HALL: Interim Ward 5 Las Vegas Councilwoman Brenda Williams has the backing of at least two influential Ward 5 residents - the candidates vying to fill her seat on the City Council.

Schools: Take back money, give us more: By Emily Richmond; Normally, Clark County School District budget workshops focus on how to spend money from the state.

LOOKING IN ON: CARSON CITY: By Cy Ryan; CARSON CITY - A compromise has been reached over a controversial bill to change a 1965 Clark County ordinance that requires firearms to be registered within 24 hours of purchase or transfer.

Dems get to media ... now Gibbons?: By J. Patrick Coolican; The two men on the scratchy audio are sharing a dark secret:

Gibbons, Rogers cool the heated rhetoric: Cy Ryan and Christina Littlefield; CARSON CITY - A looming showdown over the state's higher education budget - played out over the past week with terse letters and public statements - cooled somewhat Tuesday with a 30-minute chat between Gov. Jim Gibbons and university system Chancellor Jim Rogers.

Surprise: No nays to higher gas tax: CARSON CITY - Give us taxes or give us ... taxes?

Which medicine to give UMC?: By Tony Cook; As Clark County commissioners discuss University Medical Center's future during a workshop today, lawmakers in Carson City are discussing what kind of state intervention is appropriate at the troubled public hospital.