Print edition for May 31, 2007

Letter: Summerlin residents: Get used to the noise: Yes, we hear it, and it makes noise as we are on our patios, back yards and sleeping. Have you ever heard any complaints from our residents about it? Complaining doesn't make any sense, let alone spending that money on lawsuits. This is prosperity for our city to bring in more tourists and help our economy.

Our neighbors did what?: Irene Wilson, 87, lives in a modest first-floor apartment, the sort with stucco walls and a gated entrance that doesn't keep out anybody who is half-determined.

Editorial: Ending the tragedy: President Bush's announcement this week of economic sanctions against Sudan is simply too little, too late. The Arab-dominated Sudanese government has supported the genocide of members of the ethnic African tribes of Darfur over the past four years, which is the horrific response to a rebellion staged by tribal members frustrated by decades of government neglect.

FLASHPOINT for May 31, 2007: So ex-Gov. Bob Miller has endorsed Hillary Clinton for president? Stop the presses! The man who stuck his neck out for Bill Clinton many, many times is now supporting Hillary Clinton? This is the definition of dog bites man. And, yet, it shows the relentlessness of the Clinton machine as it, Pac-Man-like, gobbles up endorsements and rolls them out. A day earlier, it was black leaders - albeit mostly second-tier players - to show she has, like Barack Obama, black support. And now Miller, the former Democratic governor. Obama hasn't shown much of a staff or big-name endorsement presence in ...

In detail, Clinton woos Culinary: Michael J. Mishak; No one prepares like Hillary Clinton.

It's time for 'Christmas trees,' 'Leg-O-Matics': CARSON CITY - State lawmakers meet for 120 days every two years, but it's during these last five days when bills land, almost stealth like, that can change the lives of every Nevadan.

Letter: Objection to pay hike no way to honor troops: Hours after I read the commentary I was still seething, as must have been the military, their dependents and relatives along with those who truly care to support the troops who had read or were aware of the column. An outrageous statement outlined in the column - "In a May 16 memo outlining a series of objections to the House version of the defense authorization bill, the White House Office of Management and Budget termed the 3.5 percent increase 'unnecessary' " - insults our heroic military. Unnecessary ?

LOOKING IN ON: HIGHER EDUCATION: Lesson learned: When the state's university chancellor tells you to come to a meeting with ideas, best that you come with ideas.

How our laws get made: Photos by Tiffany Brown, Las Vegas Sun; The computer solitaire, nail-filing and yawns on the Nevada Senate and Assembly floors perhaps tell you all you need to know about Day 115 of the Legislature's 120-day session. With exhaustion and boredom setting in, among veterans and newcomers alike, legislators found simple distractions during Wednesday's floor discussions. Clockwise from top: Assemblywoman RoseMary Womack, D-Henderson; Sen. Randolph Townsend, R-Reno; and Assembly Majority Leader John Oceguera, D-Las Vegas.

Editorial: Everyone is a winner: At Coronado High School this year there are 19 students who are tied for having the highest grade-point average, and, if that holds through finals, all will be valedictorians.

Letter: Planes overhead are the sound of success: I have lived for 23 years in the eastern part of the Las Vegas Valley. The planes have flown over and around my house for all of those years. I enjoy sitting out at night and counting the planes' lights as they come in and I say "thank you" to all the tourists for bringing jobs to drop our unemployment rate, and for coming to see a town I love and enjoy showing off, and, because of them, I don't have to pay a state income tax.

Boulder City candidates contrast in styles: By Mike Trask; Both are city councilmen. Both are longtime residents. Both are raising families in Boulder City.

Editorial: Governor stiffs education: As governor since January, all Gibbons has been talking about is keeping his asinine campaign pledge to not raise taxes or fees. It's all that is important to him. So important that he threatened to veto the Legislature's budget if it included the tiniest increase, even a long-planned 0.02 percent increase in the business tax, for example.

Vegas 'Producers' adds globe-trotting cast member: Bill Nolte has been inhabiting the wacky world of Franz Liebkind, the playwright who wears Nazi garb, for four years.

$35 million bet on pro soccer: By Rob Miech; Soccer has provided Paul Caligiuri with some indelible memories, from booting the United States into its first World Cup in 40 years to watching the fall of the Berlin Wall from the other side.

Letter: Immigration laws must be enforceable: Our elected representatives, from President Bush to Sen. Ted Kennedy, are in the process of determining the least damaging - to themselves - contrivance to sell us down the river to advance their selfish interests. Current immigration law is ignored by nearly everyone, including local police, school districts, welfare agencies and most federal agencies. How can anyone imagine that the proposed legislation advances American principles?

Jeff Haney tells how the World Poker Tour is out to improve its final table structure: No, it's a poker tournament.

Old hand steps into Hasselhoff's high heels: What: Mel Brooks' "The Producers"

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