Print edition for June 30, 2007

Letter: Critics of stem cell research miss the mark: Most people do not realize that human embryos (actually, zygotes or blatocysts, to use proper terminology) are required only for research. It is anticipated that for actual treatments, a nucleus of a patient's cell will replace the nucleus of a human ovum, and this will be used to grow tissue replacing the patient's tissue.

Editorial: Internet radio static: They are protesting a decision by the federal Copyright Royalty Board, which earlier this year approved a rate hike plan that would raise the royalties they pay 300 percent to 1,200 percent, according to the Internet radio operators. One of the contentious issues is that the board set a minimum payment of $500 per channel. Internet sites can run hundreds of channels, which would mean an exponential cost to the station operators.

LOOKING IN ON: GOLF: By Brian Hilderbrand; Being an assistant college golf coach - even with a nationally prominent program such as UNLV - isn't quite as glamorous as being a top assistant with a similarly successful football or basketball team.

LOOKING IN ON: LAS VEGAS WRANGLERS: For the second consecutive offseason, Las Vegas Wranglers coach and general manager Glen Gulutzan has lost his top two scorers to Europe.

Stagehands try to unionize, get unexpected drama: Michael J. Mishak, Las Vegas Sun; Paul Bordenkircher and his 15 co-workers were stuck.

Editorial: Crackdown is no comfort: According to a story by The New York Times on Wednesday, Chinese regulators say they have closed 180 food production plants after inspections revealed more than 23,000 food safety violations. The violations included a frightening array of food additives, such as hydrochloric acid, formaldehyde and other corrosive or toxic industrial chemicals.

Editorial: Bald eagles impart lesson: Listed as endangered in 1967, the year that only 417 mating pairs could be counted in the continental U.S., the eagles were given additional protections under the 1973 Endangered Species Act.

Letter: Enforce immigration laws already in place: The Internal Revenue Service needs to inform employers when payroll taxes are received under a fraudulent Social Security number, about identity theft or where a Temporary Taxpayer Identification Number has been issued without a "green card."

THE READERS SOMETIMES E-MAIL: Readers have opinions and fill my e-mail box, letting me know when mine are right (sometimes) and wrong (often). From time to time,I'll share their comments.

Letter: An issue that our leaders can't handle: I have only one problem with his letter. He said, and I quote: "Members of Congress must do their duty or resign in favor of someone who will."

Feds give Rizzolo one last shot at selling his Crazy Horse Too: Jeff German and Mark Hansel; Federal prosecutors held off taking action Friday to gain control of the Crazy Horse Too to give the topless club's imprisoned owner a chance to make a last-ditch effort to strike a deal with a buyer.