Print edition for January 6, 2007

Who made history first?: Metro Police have a new mystery to solve, but at least the gumshoes won't have to go far to investigate.

LOOKING IN ON: THE COURTS: Sam Skolnik; Former Supreme Court Justice Nancy Becker is in discussions with the district attorney's office to work in its appellate division, District Attorney David Roger confirmed this week.

Job well done = Trip to Vegas: The Chunichi Dragons baseball team of Nagoya didn't win the Japan Series this year, but players still got a nice consolation prize - a trip to Las Vegas.

Editorial: Compounding identity theft: A Globe reporter who investigated their complaints found herself with a jarring follow-up story, focusing on the "glacial and ineffectual response of the three giant keepers of consumer credit records - Experian, Equifax and TransUnion - to any errors in their files, even those that appear to result from fraud."

Editorial: Managing land in secret: According to a story by the Las Vegas Sun on Thursday, BLM employees were notified in November that changes to the program's mission were afoot. But, in true Bush administration style, the BLM is revealing no details as to just what kinds of changes are being proposed.

Editorial: Stacking the warming deck: Uncertain, even though there is consensus among most of the world's leading scientific organizations that global warming is real, that it is caused by burning fossil fuels and that the consequences are being felt now and rapidly getting worse?

FLASHPOINT for Jan 06, 2007: The County Commission has this cute little part of its agenda called "good news" that was instituted to make everyone feel good before a meeting that may not make everyone feel good. Check out what happened this week on an item to praise a foundation that has raised millions for pediatric care at UMC: Foundation members Carolyn Sparks and Bill Flangas launched into a scathing criticism of the public hospital's administration for losing a contract with the Children's Miracle Network telethon. Flangas described "missteps" and "interference" that "poisoned the enthusiasm" of the board and caused its dissolution. Now that's good ...

Letter: Democrats took little time to show colors: Up until the time the Democrats took control of both the House and Senate, they promised "bipartisanship." Now that they are in, poof, all that goes out the door and the normal liberal BS begins.

Ron Kantowski wonders if UNLV can spend enough to join the Mountain West's upper echelon: There's this anecdote in auto racing where a race car owner approaches a race car chief mechanic and asks if he can make his car go fast.

Letter: Only a CEO could get rewarded for failure: Isn't there something wrong here?

Letter: Cloning has no impact on safety of foods: Food and Drug Administration labeling regulations ensure labels don't carry false claims, and accurately and clearly provide consumers with important nutritional information. FDA specifies there is no need to place potentially misleading and confusing labels on a food product that is nutritionally equivalent to its counterparts.

Closed Circle Park never looked better: Kasey Baker walks slowly, a trespasser in a world of her own making, past the curlicued labyrinth in Huntridge Circle Park, the rainbow-colored pipes to spray water on kids, and finally the spinning, martini glass-shaped picnic tables.