Print edition for June 27, 2007

THE ELEVATOR: Who's headed toward the penthouse on the local sports scene - and who's getting the shaft.

Jeff Haney on how professional poker player Outhred found out the real money is on television game shows: But it wasn't a poker tournament.

Sorry stats tell season's story: When it comes to dissecting the Las Vegas Gladiators' 2007 season, the numbers don't lie.

Letter: U.S. needs to reestablish relations with Cuba: Step 1: Close the military detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and transfer the alleged "enemy combatants" to federal prisons in the United States pending trials or transport them to their countries of origin.

Letter: Immigration bill needs some work: As the immigration bill now stands, it would punish small - business owners by holding them accountable for the hiring decisions made by their subcontractors. In effect, along with other U.S. employers who rely on subcontractors, America's homebuilders would be required to join a national posse charged with verifying the legal status of millions of workers they never hired in the first place and may have never met.

Editorial: A burning debate: President Bush has promised to veto the overall $27.5 billion Interior and Environment Appropriations measure because it increases federal spending by $2 billion more than he has proposed. And while the House seeks to increase spending for fighting and preventing wildfires , such as by removing excess brush and other fuel, Bush wants to cut wildfire funding by $96 million.

Editorial: Safe at any speed?: The yearlong investigation into the hundreds of accidents and the company's operations found:

LOOKING IN ON: SUBURBS: By Mike Trask; Boulder City's world - famous Bootleg Canyon mountain bike park is about to give its users a new adrenaline rush.

They'll be jobless - should tycoon share?: By Brendan Buhler; By Brendan Buhler

Congress hears from other side on illegals: WASHINGTON - The fruit baskets from migrant farm workers started arriving first in the Senate offices. Then today, bouquets of American flags are scheduled for delivery, each Old Glory representing thousands of illegal immigrants. Always, the phone calls, e-mails and faxes stream in.

Editorial: Identity stolen? Be patient?: Inside there is a description of how the program works, along with an overview, which states: "The Nevada attorney general now has a new way to help victims of identity theft ... Beginning January 1st, 2006, the program gives ... victims a new way to demonstrate to creditors and police that their identity has been stolen."

Letter: Let's not stifle our newspapers: Would they rather stifle the fact that two newspapers, each with opposite views and the publication of different selection of events, keep us aware of local, state and world happenings? Perhaps they would rather live in a society in which the government controls the content of the media?

Don't show her 'Missouri Plan': All eyes were noticeably averted from beleaguered District Court Judge Elizabeth Halverson as she grilled an expert on judicial independence who spoke at a Clark County Bar Association luncheon last week.

'Pacman' wants to do the right thing, his lawyer says, but isn't sure what that is: By Jeff German; District Attorney David Roger wants suspended NFL player Adam "Pacman" Jones to do the "right thing" and help police identify the suspect in a shooting outside a Las Vegas strip club that left a bouncer paralyzed.