Print edition for September 14, 2007

Finally, the new millennium: By Timothy Pratt; Yoseph Mengesha, decked out in a white soccer jersey and cap that said "Ethiopian Millennium 2000," wanted an outsider to understand something right off.

American drumbeat: Don't forget Greece: By Rob Miech; Spanoulis, Kakiouzis, Schortsanitis, Diamantidis and Papaloukas are household names around the Carmelo Anthony compound in Denver.

Jeff Haney shares one expert's view of the Pac-10: It's not just for the Pac-10's pro-style offenses, or its speed and talent at the skill positions.

LOOKING IN ON: ENTERTAINMENT: Comedian Gabriel Iglesias moves quickly for being so "fluffy," the term he prefers instead of fat.

No crooning, but Vale will make rare appearance in Las Vegas: Jerry Vale crooned his way through five decades, winning the hearts of millions with such songs as "Al-Di-La" and "You Don't Know Me."

Rarely has a news release tickled my fancy as did this week's...: By Jon Ralston; Rarely has a news release tickled my fancy as did this week's offering from John Edwards. So many nuggets encased in the announcement of his so-called Nevada Leadership Team. First, the team includes Assemblywoman Rosemary Womack, the most invisible lawmaker ever. Second, it includes someone named "Charlie Watterman," who actually is Charlie Waterman, the former county party boss. But the best part is that Waterman is on a team headed by Edwards campaign Chairman Tick Segerblom, an assemblyman who spent most of his early career trying to oust Waterman from power. Hillary Clinton can unite Jim Rogers and Carol Harter. ...

Jon Ralston on the shameful state of our disclosure laws: By Jon Ralston; I single out the governor - although many, if not most , elected officials do it - because, among other reasons, he is the state's highest elected official. Consider:

Editorial: Bridges need stable funds: Unfortunately, the extra money is contained in a $106 billion bill for housing and urban development in addition to transportation needs. President Bush is threatening to veto the whole bill on the grounds that it exceeds his request for funding in those areas by $4.4 billion.

Editorial: Faith in Justice a must: Having Olson take the reins from Alberto Gonzales, who turned the Justice Department into a partisan quagmire, would further diminish the department's credibility.

Editorial: Insurers paid too much: In a Sunday story The New York Times reported that an audit by the Government Accountability Office, the investigative arm of Congress, says the $59 million in overpayments could have been used to provide Medicare beneficiaries with additional benefits, lower co payments or lower premiums.

Letter: Reminded of our failure to catch bin Laden: How sad that the Petraeus report was launched on the anniversary of 9/11. How sad that the video of Osama bin Laden was also released in approximation to 9/11. President Bush said in regard to the bin Laden video (since Iraq was mentioned) that it's a remembrance about the dangerous world in which we live and a remembrance that we must work together to protect our people. Unfortunately the thing I remember most is that we took our eye off the ball of the capture of bin Laden and instead invaded Iraq, and created a haven for al-Qaida and the ...

Letter: Bush helped set tone for mortgage crisis: I seem to recall the Boy Blunder (currently masquerading as commander in chief) extolling the ownership economy in which more Americans owned their homes than ever before. What he failed to add with his trademark smirk was, "Not for long."

Letter: Bush, not Petraeus, is betraying nation: This administration's objective is to kick Iraq to the next administration. The Republican Party will be the one to face the music.

It's her story vs. her story in the case against Boggs: Tony Cook and Barry M. Horstman; When Linda Ferris got a job with Lynette Boggs' 2006 county commission campaign, she had no idea that it would end with Boggs essentially kicking her out of her home.

As law closes in, lobbyist in UMC case takes his life: Tony Cook and Jeff German; On Tuesday Chicago political insider Orlando Jones was in a fighting mood when he met his attorney for lunch and discussed their response to allegations linking Jones to corruption at University Medical Center.

Ron Kantowski is buoyed by victory as Clark High, which used to be a sports powerhouse, finally wins after 42 losses: I promised her I would do a follow-up when Clark finally won. I honestly thought it would be last year, because in the two games I watched Clark block and tackle, it seemed to be getting better at it.

Wal-Mart breaks the law, gets punished, wins anyway: By David McGrath Schwartz, Michael Mishak; Here is how Wal-Mart, at a cost of a couple of thousand dollars, illegally beat back an attempt to unionize its stores in Nevada: