Print edition for September 30, 2007

Indentured Doctors: By Marshall Allen; The sign at the clinic says "walk-ins welcome," but a sick person would have had a hard time finding a doctor here.It's a weekday at the Health Care Center of Southern Nevada, a cinder block building on a dilapidated stretch of Lake Mead Boulevard. The office is open, the TV is on and magazines are fanned out on a table.But the place is empty of patients, and for good reason. The receptionist says no doctors are present. The physician who is supposed to work 40 hours a week here in this poor urban area is instead in the office only ...

Catching up to Las Vegas: By Liz Benston; When the Macau government opened its gambling market to foreign investment a few years ago, it sought companies that could help transform the Chinese seaport from a seedy outpost into a top luxury resort destination where gambling is but one of many popular attractions.

Making builders pay looks like a no-go: David McGrath Schwartz and Tony Cook; Southern Nevada has struggled for decades to keep up with the region's explosive growth.

INDENTURED DOCTORS: By Marshall Allen; By the time J-1 doctors start working in underserved communities, they have already traveled a long road.

Sun wins and wins, including top journalist award: The Sun won 39 awards overall. The results were announced last night at an awards banquet at the National Automobile Museum.

Editorial: Children left stranded: The vote in the Senate to expand the program was impressive - 67-29 - as it was in the House - 265-159 - but it didn't muster a two-thirds majority in both houses of Congress that would be necessary to override President Bush's promised veto.

Jon Ralston gauges the importance of the West - Nevada in particular - as presidential hopefuls prepare for the campaign season to heat up: My definitive, unequivocal answer: Maybe.

Letter: Morality has nothing to do with income tax: How does the letter writer think this country can operate without tax money to support the various government agencies that we citizens demand services from on a daily basis? Who is going to pay for the military, all the federal agencies that monitor our food, medicines, environment, safety, transportation, etc? Corporations pay taxes but they can't and won't cover all the costs.

Letter: GOP rhetoric aside, it's time to leave Iraq: Mr. LaBossiere sure got all of the Republican talking points right , such as: the surge is working; these are the al-Qaida who started the war by killing almost 3,000 of our citizens; there is no substitute for victory; to run away in defeat will create unbelievable problems for Iraq; and the harm to our prestige would be devastating.

Letter: People can't let Bush get away with this: Yes, President Bush is ignoring the people. He has always done so.

WEEK IN REVIEW: WASHINGTON D.C.: WASHINGTON - One Friday this month, as Washington was deep into concern over the Iraq war, Congress turned its attention to domestic policy and checked off a Democratic campaign promise.

Patients in Pahrump shortchanged, ex-clinic workers say: By Marshall Allen; Karen Nicholson and Bonnie Edwards say it's time to tell the truth about a clinic that was supposed to serve the medically underserved residents of rural Pahrump.

Catching up to Las Vegas: By Liz Benston; When the Macau government opened its gambling market to foreign investment a few years ago, it sought companies that could help transform the Chinese seaport from a seedy outpost into a top luxury resort destination where gambling is but one of many popular attractions.

FLASHPOINT for Sep 30, 2007: Caught in an exaggeration - or, perhaps, a lie - the Gibbons administration has moved swiftly to shore up a mortgage lending summit slated for Thursday. The summit will come two weeks after Gov. Jim Gibbons declared he "will be joined by principals" from the top five lenders. But the governor's folks couldn't come up with any lenders until Friday. Then this from Gibbons: "While I cannot promise that we will immediately have a plan that will solve 100 percent of the problem, I can promise that I will work with these lenders ... to find ways to address this ...

A Moment Captured: Photo and Story Tiffany Brown; Chloe Sluis fights back the tears as her coach, Amber Turner, left, and fellow Roseville Skate Town skaters Savannah Shoup, 10, and Donna Moore, right, rush to congratulate her.

Sponsor cheated her; doctor says: By Marshall Allen; Dr. Elsa Von Schulenburg is one of about 1,000 foreign doctors at any given time who completed their medical residencies in the United States and, at Uncle Sam's beckoning, stayed to work in America's medically underserved areas, treating patients who might not otherwise see a doctor. In exchange for this three- to five-year commitment, these so-called J-1 doctors are allowed to remain here as legal residents.

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