Print edition for May 15, 2007

As far as Bogden knew, no voter fraud: WASHINGTON - President Bush's Justice Department has made voter fraud such a priority that the president and adviser Karl Rove made sure to mention it to state officials during a campaign swing through Las Vegas just months before the contested 2004 election.

Bill out to change often-heard question: 'What election?': Ask people outside of Las Vegas' Ward 5 whom they are going to vote for in next month's general election and you will probably get one of two responses.

Trash rehash: Give us money: By Tony Cook; Republic Services has asked Clark County officials for a garbage collection rate increase to help pay for its closure of Sunrise Landfill, even though it received a 15-year contract extension worth hundreds of millions of dollars for agreeing to do just that.

Editorial: Preventing cancer: "These compounds are widely detected in human tissues and in environments, such as homes, where women spend time," the researchers wrote in a study funded by Susan G. Komen for the Cure, a group that stresses breast cancer prevention.

Letter: Democrats will learn hard lesson in 2008: I see things exactly the opposite, and at least one house of Congress will return to Republican hands in 2008 because of the Democrats' inability to act in the nation's best interests and because the electorate overall sees that it was a national mistake to install such a hollow, domestically cynical party to "lead" the legislative branch in this dangerous era.

TAKE FIVE: 'HAVENS IN A HEARTLESS WORLD': What: "Havens in a Heartless World"

Letter: Bush's rejection of science embarrassing: Grant Couch, North Las Vegas

Gibbons gets a 'no' on terror center: Jeff German and Cy Ryan; With the Legislature winding down, the heart of Gov. Jim Gibbons' homeland security plan for the state is in limbo.

Letter: President has dug a huge hole for America: Almost 3,400 Americans have died in a war that goes on and on with no sign of closure. We have spent more than $400 billion on a war that should never have been. We now know that Saddam Hussein had no weapons of mass destruction and he had no connection with the terrorists who struck on 9/11.

VALERIE PRUDEN: 1936-2007: As a young woman, Valerie Pruden taught herself to play the organ, and she studied the Bible cover to cover.

FLASHPOINT for May 15, 2007: Nevada Democrats are excited. They get excited a lot. And then they get depressed - usually after major elections in the state. The current cause of the Democratic ebullience is the appearance of national party Chairman Howard Dean at a Jefferson-Jackson fundraising dinner next month in Reno. Dean will be joined by the somewhat more low-key Nevada party boss, Jill Derby. The party is touting Dean's appearance because of his so-called 50-state strategy and, as a release said, his outreach to "rural areas." This may work well in other states, but reaching out to rural areas in Nevada is a ...

LOOKING IN ON: CITY HALL: The co-founder of DLC UrbanCore, the company that had an exclusive negotiating agreement to bring a grocery store to West Las Vegas, thinks he got a raw deal from the city.

Kruger in the paint: Ron Kantowski, Las Vegas Sun; Anyone looking to get his hands on an original Kruger will have to settle for a commemorative print.

Letter: Vice president's mission accomplished: Well, Mr. 9 Percent Favorable Rating, Mission Accomplished.

Editorial: Draining Iraq: The Times in its Saturday story reports that the discrepancy could be a sign of what is believed to be widespread corruption and smuggling in Iraq's primary industry. It also could be that the oil production numbers are inflated or incorrectly calculated.

Sides only this far apart on how to pay for K-12: By J. Patrick Coolican; CARSON CITY - Assembly and Senate negotiators have made significant progress and are moving closer to an agreement on K-12 education funding, according to legislative sources close to the conversations.

Letter: Flight path doesn't harm residents' 'rights': Timothy James, Las Vegas

Editorial: Make way for Boomers: According to a story by USA Today on Monday, streets with brighter lights, wider sidewalks, traffic signals set for people who walk slower and so-called "senior living zoning districts" that place homes and such services as grocery stores closer together are among the changes that could improve life for residents as they grow older.