Print edition for December 1, 2007

YUCCA'S CROSSROADS: By Lisa Mascaro; The Yucca Mountain project will reach a milestone Wednesday - the same one it hit in 2004, when the U.S. Energy Department's plans to build a nuclear waste repository about 90 miles outside of Las Vegas became seriously delayed.

Culinary finds own path to growth: Michael J. Mishak; 'Card-check neutrality' agreements: Culinary has been uniquely successful in getting employers to allow organizing by card check rather than elections.

Marathon aims for Vegas image: World class, fun: SOME ADVICE FOR THE LONG RUN

Editorial: Army asking for problems: "Only 27 percent of the young people ages 17 to 24 actually qualify to be in your Army," Gen. William Wallace said. "The other 73 percent are disqualified either morally, intellectually or physically."

FLASHPOINT for Dec 01, 2007: Darren Mack may be a lot of things - he pleaded guilty to killing his wife and said the state could prove he tried to shoot a judge in Reno. But who knew he was a philosophizing deep thinker, too? Mack now wants to withdraw his guilty plea and has fired his lawyers. "And the truth shall set you free," headlines a news release his PR firm sent out Friday. And it has this, too: " 'Truth resides in every human heart, and one has to search for it there, and to be guided by truth as one sees it. ...

Editorial: Potentially disastrous travel: All 154 passengers and crew members aboard the Explorer were rescued from the frigid region after a chunk of ice pierced the ship's hull last Saturday.

Letter: Let's put lineman's penalties into perspective: Joe, true to his character, took the high road and wasn't upset by the column. His name has been in the paper quite often since his high school days (good and bad, but usually for superb downfield blocking) and he is widely considered among the best linemen to ever play at his school, and so he is used to the publicity. But we as parents tend to take the ugly stuff hard when it goes over the line.

LOOKING IN ON: HIGHER EDUCATION: By Charlotte Hsu; A paper outlining potential cuts at UNLV if the state mandates an 8 percent cut to public higher education's budget ends with a strong message, with capital letters to emphasize the point: "The impacts outlined above are DEVASTATING TO THE INSTITUTION."

Letter: Weekly has positive influence in county: Our daughter transferred to the public schools as an eighth grader that year after attending a private school in Green Valley for 10 years. She played basketball for Thurman White and went on to play for Green Valley High.

Editorial: Art in the airport: If those who seek to criticize Las Vegas for a lack of public art arrived here through McCarran International Airport's D gates, their disapproval might be tempered.

Letter: Take care when using fluorescent light bulbs: In addition, low-energy compact fluorescent lamps can last up to 12 times longer than ordinary light bulbs, so even though they are initially more expensive, those two facts add up quickly to an overall cost reduction.