Print edition for October 5, 2007

CORRECTIONS: The 2006 World Series of Poker champion was misidentified in a caption in Thursday's edition as Julian Gold. The winner was Jamie Gold.

Take a peep at what they were wearing: By Kristen Peterson; When: Noon to 5 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday, 6 to 10 tonight as part of First Friday

Fallout over foreign doctors: By Marshall Allen; Two U.S. senators, including Majority Leader Harry Reid, called Thursday for an investigation into abuses of a federal program that provides doctors to communities lacking adequate medical care.

Jeff Haney explains that betting on what's 'due' can be a big mistake: Power rating: A subjective, numerical representation of a team's strength used by some

Letter: Whoever leads needs compassion: As usual, Mr. Friedman is right on the number regarding what direction the United States should head in next year's election. Our nation used to represent the moral compass of the world, until 9/11 - the quintessential example of change being, as Mr. Friedman points out, Guantanamo.

Letter: Withdrawing troops makes sense to most: Second, I would like to point out that many of the arguments we hear about whether we should continue our efforts in Iraq depend on the reader or listener accepting the scenario predicted by the pundit. Withdrawing troops results in fewer deaths and less taxpayers' dollars spent. I challenge anyone to find a flaw in that.

Editorial: Harness the hired guns: On that day guards working for Blackwater USA opened fire in Baghdad while escorting a State Department motorcade. Early reports said eight Iraqis were killed. Later reports listed 11 and the latest report says 17.

LOOKING IN ON: HIGHER EDUCATION: By Charlotte Hsu; UNR snagged 10 National Merit Scholars this year - quintuple the number who chose Reno each of the past two years.

Heller's SCHIP vote aims right: WASHINGTON - Shortly after Nevada Rep. Dean Heller was elected , he talked about how the Republican Party had lost its way and needed to return to its conservative fiscal roots.

From afar, he grew up a Rebel at heart "Wink" Adams' UNLV career rests on the bedrock of his mother's strength: Rob Miech, Las Vegas Sun; Age: 22

Letter: America elected a terrible leader: Mr. Petika goes on to say (about President Bush) that he "is the most informed official in our country," "he is intelligent and has a high moral standard," and "he has every right to make a judgment or criticism about world affairs."

No big deal if we don't strictly follow the law, says doctor who oversees physicians on visas: By Marshall Allen; Three days after the Las Vegas Sun published stories highlighting how some employers abuse a system that's supposed to provide foreign doctors to medically underserved areas, the phone rang.

Jon Ralston on Gibbons' summit and what won't happen: All of this revelatory information the governor confided to the media before he disappeared into a conference room, his Dictionary of Cliches cleverly concealed somewhere, his programming intact.

No big deal if we don't strictly follow the law, says doctor who oversees physicians on visas: It was a former administrator at Summit Medical Group, one of the state's largest organizations of doctors, describing the way physicians required by the government to treat patients for 40 hours a week in North Las Vegas were being assigned instead to shifts in Las Vegas hospitals.

FLASHPOINT for Oct 05, 2007: High Point just hasn't gotten the point. The Greensboro (N.C.) News Record reported this week that the original center of the furniture mart universe isn't yet convinced the Las Vegas "upstart" has won the battle. Indeed, High Point has 180 more buildings than the downtown Las Vegas iteration and 35,000 more attendees, the newspaper says. And one High Pointer asserted: "I think Vegas will be a regional market. Everybody's going out there for curiosity or to have a good time. The amount of display out there is nowhere near what you see here. I like Vegas, but I don't see ...

10 bucks and you're a 'star': By Liz Benston; This is one thing that happens here that won't stay here.

Letter: Bars find ways to flout smoke ban: But we left when we discovered that taverns have found a simple way to circumvent the law and annihilate the rights of the voting public.

Editorial: Protecting the aged: Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, has asked nearly a dozen insurance companies to explain what he described as "troubling data" collected by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, an organization made up of state insurance regulators.

Editorial: Gateway needs an upgrade: Ideally this section of the highway, including a fair stretch beyond Sunset, would offer pleasant views. Nice landscaping, certainly. Some nice neighborhoods, too, featuring a mix of homes and apartments, and some offices. And of course some retail shops and restaurants, inviting enough to entice many motorists to stop and linger.