Print edition for August 14, 2007

Q+A: Judge Valorie Vega: Judge Valorie Vega's chambers is full of awards from more than two decades on the bench and as a prosecutor in Clark County.

For those with tips, crime can pay: Metro Detective Mike Hope doesn't like putting his callers on hold. The second he presses that HOLD button on his timeworn telephone the caller starts, well, wigging.

Terror task force's loss called a risk: A decision to remove a state Taxicab Authority investigator from the Southern Nevada Joint Terrorism Task Force is drawing fire from law enforcement officials.

What a photo op: Goodman, FBI playing nice: The FBI will cut the ribbon on its new Las Vegas office this morning during a ceremony that should provide a remarkable image: Standing next to guys with guns in shoulder holsters and mirrored sun glasses will be Mayor Oscar Goodman.

Good school, good kids ... not near me!: Emily Richmond and Mike Trask; Las Vegas Sun

Not your old man's roller derby: By Ron Kantowski; Gonna tell you a story that you won't believe

Letter: Blame employers for bad records: If employers have for years ignored letters from the Social Security Administration that notify them of a discrepancy between the name of an employee and the employee's Social Security number, what do you propose they do? How else can the "recordkeeping" be solved if employers continue to ignore the letters? What do you propose when hundreds of employees across the country are using the same Social Security number?

Guess who's coming to dinner and to work: By J. Patrick Coolican; Sen. Hillary Clinton and Michelle Estrada were standing at the nurse's station, as the Democratic presidential candidate was learning one of the frustrations of being a nurse - bad penmanship.

Letter: Teachers + guns = a very bad idea: Having been a teacher for 40 years, I am a product of the "old school , " which stressed that teachers are to be impeccable models for their students. That Clark County School District teachers would be encouraged to aspire to be eligible candidates for serving as reserve campus police officers by being paid an additional sum of $3,000 is an insult to academia.

LOOKING IN ON: HIGHER EDUCATION: Attendees at the Board of Regents meeting Thursday and Friday in Reno might get a sense of deja vu.

Commentary: Can Las Vegans learn the art of appreciation?: By Kristen Peterson; You learn that Max Beckmann's "Paris Society" is coming back to town and you can hardly contain yourself.

FLASHPOINT for Aug 14, 2007: They are at every event where a presidential candidate alights in Nevada. From Las Vegas to Reno and points (Elko) in between, they are there. They come with their T-shirts emblazoned with the cause's logo, ready to ask the questions no one wants to ask about a subject too few care about. There was one asking a question Tuesday of Hillary Clinton in Pahrump while another trailed Mitt Romney in Elko. They were there last week when John Edwards and Barack Obama were here, and I am sure they will be back when all of them return. They are relentless. ...

Editorial: Not in the public's interest: That was the case when it gave Southern California Edison a $40 million rebate in 2005. The commission has never detailed its actions and never publicly disclosed the amount of the rebate. The amount was ferreted out by Cy Ryan, the Sun's Carson City bureau chief.