Print edition for June 2, 2007

THE ELEVATOR: Who's going to the penthouse in local sports and beyond - and who's getting the shaft:

DUI arrest sidestepped in race: By Mike Trask; Boulder City Councilwoman Karla Burton's reelection campaign seems to be on course despite an arrest for allegedly driving under the influence in February.

Editorial: Mystery or metaphor?: All over the world, beekeepers say their hives are turning up virtually empty - with nary a dead bee body left behind.

Editorial: Pushing for fairness: But Sen. Terry Care, the Las Vegas Democrat who sponsored Senate Bill 66, anticipated that the governor would veto the measure, which would have increased the damage cap for the first time since 1979. So Care hedged his bets and slipped the language to increase the cap into another bill - Assembly Bill 483, a measure to expand Nevada's homestead law that Gibbons championed in his State of the State address.

'Ultimate Fighter' contestant gets kicks in the cage: What: World Extreme Cagefighting mixed martial arts card

Editorial: A question of preparedness: Nagin said the Bush administration has failed to ensure that federal aid has reached "the people who need it the most" and said Blanco should use the state's $3 billion budget surplus to help repair New Orleans.

Obama crowds thin out: Michael J. Mishak; Sen. Barack Obama has billed his presidential campaign as a grass-roots movement for change. In speeches, he often cites the sell-out crowds he has drawn across the country as a clear sign of an American electorate starved for a new kind of politics.

Letter: U.S. overrun with illegal immigrants: When the Constitution was written 220 years ago, things were different. Our forefathers had no idea what was going to happen to this country back when it was written.

5,000 autistic Nevadans, two bills that could help them: By Marshall Allen; The percentage of autistic children reported in Nevada school districts has increased nine fold in the past decade, according to a UNLV study - statistics that, health activists say, put even greater urgency on two legislative bills that would provide financial relief for their families and create a strategy to combat the problem.

Letter: Moderate Democrats beware of extremists: My impression is the liberal left, with its ideologues, is attempting to turn our country into an egalitarian society. To do this, it must gain control of the main entities of government, namely the presidency and the Supreme Court.

Ron Kantowski on why, at age 54 and with a surgically repaired neck, former major league pitcher Rick Rhoden is playing ...: Chris Berry, Las Vegas

FLASHPOINT for Jun 02, 2007: Rarely have so few decided something so important - well, sort of important. One of the nastiest Las Vegas City Council elections in years will be decided Tuesday, and from the looks of early voting, a remarkably small sliver of the electorate will determine who succeeds Lawrence Weekly on Oscar's Council. Stacie Truesdell, a lawyer with ties to His Honor, and Ricki Barlow, a city employee who worked for Weekly, have engaged in an unrelenting mudfest that surely has turned a low turnout into an even lower one. Barlow's domestic violence charges and Truesdell's big lobbying clients have been the ...

Letter: Reid can't spin away the harsh reality: Sen. Harry Reid can spin it all he wants, but he did blink when it came time to confront President Bush on the war in Iraq. "Weak tea" indeed. If he knew several weeks ago that he didn't have the votes to override a presidential veto, why did he continue with his tough talk and fiery rhetoric?

Bush pushes, but Nevada Republicans resist on immigration: WASHINGTON - When President Bush struck back this week at critics who say proposed legislation amounts to amnesty for illegal immigrants, he was sending a not-so-veiled message to congressional Republicans, including Nevada Reps. Dean Heller and Jon Porter.

'Green' tax breaks will bite Clark County: CARSON CITY - The Legislature's pending revision to its "green" building law, meant to take the sting out of huge tax breaks for businesses that put up environmentally friendly buildings, is still going to cost Clark County dearly.