Print edition for March 12, 2007

Henderson a major online port of call for eBay: By Mike Trask; Mark Szarzak owns the iSold It store in one of the anonymous strip malls along Sunset Road in Henderson. His little shop shares a sidewalk with a payday-loan joint, a Dairy Queen, and, of course, a bar featuring video poker.

A MOMENT CAPTURED: Tiffany Brown, Las Vegas Sun; Air hockey makes everyone an instant athlete.

Jeff Haney tracks the favorites from September to March and picks four teams to rebound from recent disappointment: At least at the top, college hoops played out true to form.

John Katsilometes joins Fonzie and Co. at the 'Champions of Freedom' gala: Fonzie was the emcee and one of the night's honored guests was a Nevada Supreme Court justice.

Ron Kantowski sees a scary road ahead for the Rebels in the NCAA Tournament: They didn't get it.

LOOKING IN ON: CARSON CITY: CARSON CITY - There are sub rosa talks among state senators about removing the Clark County Commission as manager of the debt-ridden University Medical Center in Las Vegas.

Rogers, regents agree to disagree once again: Chancellor Jim Rogers and the Board of Regents are again feeling strains in their relationship.

Editorial: Hazy reasoning: Legislation introduced in Congress last month would rightly give the FDA oversight of the marketing, sales and manufacture of tobacco products, including the authority to limit nicotine levels.

Editorial: Lives in the balance: Then you have a chance. Or should have a chance.

Editorial: Excuses are weak: The report, released Friday, says that Justice Department investigators found that the FBI has issued more than 20,000 so-called national security letters, which it uses to obtain personal information on people without their knowledge. But despite the high number of letters issued, the bureau lacks sufficient monitoring, management and recording procedures.

Letter: Suggestions to boost military personnel: Throughout the United States our neighborhoods and businesses are being terrorized by gang members running amok across our country. Since these gang members already have weapons and know how to use them, why not round them up and ship them to Iraq? We wouldn't even have to supply them with weapons, since they have their own.

Letter: Cut-and-run would create 'Pandora's Box': Ms. Steele wishes troops were withdrawn right now; "tomorrow", in fact. This war has been argued and argued to death and it's time to act, as I read Ms. Steele's letter.

Letter: Route structure is part of bus problem: I want to point out a problem that the movers and shakers refuse to address. Most people will not ride buses because of the rectangular crosshatch bus route structure.

FLASHPOINT for Mar 12, 2007: Extremism in the defense of tearing down a presidential debate is no vice. That is the message from the successful blogging assault on that proposed Fox/Democratic Party-sponsored debate scheduled for August and now apparently scuttled by MoveOn.org. Portraying the battle as if it were for the soul of the Democratic Party, the group collected signatures (mostly from out of state) and fired up the bloggers to do their thing. This will give legitimacy to Fox News, they yelped. This will say to folks that Fox is all right, they wailed. Perhaps the millions of viewers who make Fox the top ...