Print edition for September 22, 2007

Letter: Latest charges no sweat for Teflon O.J.: Why should O.J. be concerned about simple armed robbery along with other numerous charges against him?

Ron Kantowski tosses around $752,467 worth of priceless ideas for Barry Bonds' 756th home run ball: So the guy's got that going for him.

TAKE FIVE: GRANDMA RETURNS TO ICE AFTER 45-YEAR BREAK: By Ron Kantowski; But the mother of all sports comebacks belongs to a grandmother named Sheila Cluff, who this weekend will be skating figures at the 2007 Ice Skating Institute Adult Championships at Fiesta Rancho's SoBe Ice Arena.

Letter: Simpson shouldn't get special treatment: Janet Swanborn, Calumet City, Ill.

That debate over whether to have a casino in megadeveloper John Ritter's Kyle Canyon gateway project...: By Jon Ralston; That debate over whether to have a casino in megadevel- oper John Ritter's Kyle Canyon gateway project was a classic example of a deal already being done. Yes, Ritter's peerless presenter, Mark Fiorentino, meticulously created a record (it will be appealed) for almost two hours. But Mayor Oscar Goodman, Mayor Pro Tem Gary Reese and Councilman Ricki Barlow made the point early on that no residences are within a half-mile of the new casino and that the council was going to hang the approval on future project residents being fully informed of the casino being there. When it became clear ...

FILM'S REAL EVIL: NOT ENOUGH VEGAS: A new movie opening this weekend portrays Las Vegas as a desert wasteland populated by grunting, soulless corpses with bloodshot eyes, beasts corrupting everything within reach.

Now, it's up to chance: By Abigail Goldman; After all that sacred technology - airplanes outfitted with specialized magnifying cameras, homemakers scanning online satellite photos for debris, pilots who exhausted themselves endlessly flying the same search-and-rescue grid - the person who finds missing aviator Steve Fossett probably won't even be looking for him.

Letter: Income taxes needed to pay for wars: By the mid-1960s this income tax rate ranged from 15 percent on the lowest brackets to 70 percent on the highest. Now, the income tax rate has been cut so low that the Iraq war is being fought on credit. It could be worse except for the surplus Social Security tax.

Nevada fades in the fray of caucuses: Michael J. Mishak; After a promising start, the Nevada caucuses have all but dropped from the national media agenda.

Editorial: Bag these laws: Crackdowns on baggy, low-riding pants - worn low enough to expose one's boxers or, worse, one's bareness - are cropping up in big cities such as Atlanta and small ones such as Opelousas, La., where wearing pants too low can lead to a $500 fine and up to six months behind bars. Similar ordinances have been considered or enacted in towns or school districts in Arkansas, California and New Jersey.

Calling cards get static from immigrants: By Timothy Pratt; For Adolfo Galvez, keeping in touch with his wife and 3-year-old daughter back home in Guatemala has meant learning a thing or two.

Editorial: Get those factories churning: That unpreparedness revealed itself shortly after Baghdad fell, when our troops patrolling the country in flat-bottomed, lightly armored Humvees found themselves unprotected against explosives planted along their routes.

Time flies, without explanation: By Timothy Pratt; In the spirit of intrepid investigative reporting, the Sun purchased two $5 cards to call Colombia, home to family and friends.

Editorial: Small pharmacies at risk: The last straw, many say, was the Medicare drug benefit, administered by private insurers that they say take months to pay claims. Long gaps in income, they say, force them to borrow heavily and incur steep interest charges.