Print edition for May 1, 2007

Letter: Why Reid should heed Mansfield's legacy: I was raised in Missoula, Mont., where Mike Mansfield and another great Montana peacemaker, Jeanette Rankin, the first congresswoman, both remain popular names today. Mike and Maureen Mansfield were well-known in Montana for their efforts as peacemakers and later (Mike Mansfield) as ambassador to Japan for keeping the peace.

Editorial: Shots over the bow: Being No. 2 by one-tenth of a percentage point is hardly a reason to weep, we wrote at the time.

New Tropicana owners alarm workers, rivals: Michael J. Mishak; The Culinary Union started contract negotiations with the major casino companies early this year, largely to see how the changing corporate landscape would affect its famously friendly relationship with the industry.

Editorial: Targeting tainted imports: A story by The New York Times on Monday says that melamine, the chemical that sickened U.S. pets, is made from coal and used in producing plastics and fertilizer in China. But scraps of melamine, although the chemical does not add any protein or nutritional value, often are sold to producers of animal feed in China because melamine increases the appearance of protein in testing.

Timeless Allen puts on a show for the ages: Timeless Allen puts on a show for the ages

Letter: Iraq occupation is waste of time, money, lives: The U.S. Army is more like a foreign police force attempting to bring about an end to crime and violence. Instead of saying the war is lost, maybe a more accurate statement is, "Our police action is not winnable."

Letter: America's wealthiest pay lion's share now: But Krugman is an economist by training, so we might also expect him to show some familiarity with the basic math of income and taxation in the United States. And here he fails us.

John Katsilometes on the fame sure to be bestowed on Dino's Lounge now that it is featured in a movie: Billie Offer (played by Drew Barrymore): "I got the job! I got the job, at Dino's! Do you know where that is?"

FLASHPOINT for May 01, 2007: When you cover politics, you get news releases from all over the place. But a couple of days ago I received my first one ever from Wells, Nev. And was it a doozy. The Elko County Democratic Club was proudly announcing its inaugural (they call it "first annual") "Kicking Ass Trap Shoot." The release touted it as the "first Democratic event of its kind within the state of Nevada" and quoted the party's vice chairman saying the event proves, "The Democratic Party is not anti-gun at all." Turns out Democrats believe in the Second Amendment and background checks, according to ...

LOOKING IN ON: EDUCATION: By Emily Richmond; Legislation that would have required the Clark County School Board to televise its meetings was downgraded to a recommendation by the Assembly Education Committee on Wednesday .

Editorial: FEMA under fire again: Leo Bosner, president of AFGE's Local 4060, which represents FEMA employees, said the union outlined its concerns in a letter to Eleanor Holmes Norton, the nonvoting delegate to the House of Representatives from the District of Columbia. He said the union wrote to Norton after failing in numerous attempts to get the attention of FEMA Director David Paulison.

Fight could generate record wagering, with most action on the underdog: By Jeff Haney; From a wagering perspective, the Oscar De La Hoya-Floyd Mayweather fight could emerge as the richest boxing event in Las Vegas' modern era.

American success - Vegas style: The business before the Las Vegas City Council was a strip club. Even in Las Vegas, that raises a few eyebrows.

Letter: Iraq war's absurdity cartoonish, not funny: The cartoon pictures some silly characters piling bricks in the middle of a street and topping them off with a lantern. A passer-by calls out, "why are you piling bricks in the street?" The bricklayers reply, "to hold up the lantern."

Make it or break it: Jeff Haney, Las Vegas Sun; Even to those outside the insular realm of professional boxing, the significance of Saturday's megafight between Oscar De La Hoya and Floyd Mayweather Jr. comes through loud and clear.

Nevada squarely in candidates' cross hairs: By J. Patrick Coolican; ELKO - A weekend of presidential campaigning begins with the four-hour drive from Reno to get here, one of the most remote towns in the lower 48. The absence of state patrol and a well-maintained Interstate 80 make for ideal driving conditions. The Great Basin Desert landscape, with its big sagebrush and occasional deer carcass, offers a stark contrast from typical presidential campaign scenery of New Hampshire bucolia and Iowa maize.

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