Las Vegas Sun

Story archive for May 2008

Saturday, May 31

• Protecting ancient heritage
• Summer at home?
• Give ethanol a chance
• Lower gas prices, not our standard of living
• Constant criticism of Bush is unfair
• McCain’s goals in Iraq are unrealistic
• Economic chill freezes Vegas budget
• Agencies’ good intentions, poor finances
• State OSHA boosts work site safety
• Signs of imminent death
• Hey, neighbor, try our hotel
• Rebels have to wait till next year
• To collar costs, Las Vegas will put its eight dogs out of work
• The Elevator: Nevada Sports Hall of Fame edition
• Women score team’s best-ever NCAA finish

Friday, May 30

• The truth hurts
• Smog begone
• The buzz over Mars
• We can’t drill ourselves out of this rut
• McCain, not Obama, is weak on Iraq war
• Obama didn’t buy Bush’s propaganda
• When will Jim Gibbons be set adrift
• Rogers boils over
• Track manager: Smith mum on second Cup race
• Jeff Haney discovers the ‘Big Three’ prop, an attractive bet for gamblers who think one of the favored teams in the NFL or college football will win the title
• The power of Sun City
• When Vegas tenors perform Sunday, original member won’t be singing along
• Places threatened by the times
• Contract for wood could fire up dormant power plant
• Ron Kantowski watches the consonants fly, and miss, at a spelling bee of sports names
• Rezko hires attorney in attempt to stifle warrant
• Casino plan may survive arena’s death
• Energy, budget on Gibbons' mind despite divorce distraction
• Political activism amid bacchanalia

Thursday, May 29

• Political cover for McCain
• Closing a racial divide
• Child obesity plateaus
• Don’t trust war’s backers on Iraq withdrawal
• ‘Carry-on’ charges make more sense
• Iraq exit strategy was nonexistent
• There’s still time to punish Bush
• Ron Kantowski says Las Vegans can’t let soda-drinking Cincinnatians show them up on the ice, or at the turnstile
• Feeling pain at the pump, agencies downsize, scale back
• Playoff excitement building
• With the dirt flying, party backing away
• Latino tribute show debuts
• Drama of Wright’s comedy is all about the understatement
• Term limits issue still unresolved
• Flash! Stealing electricity is risky business
• Fifth Street School soon to brim with students of the arts
• Fundraiser faces arrest in multiple gaming debts
• Crazy eight might be in Britney’s Las Vegas plans

Wednesday, May 28

• Health care cynicism
• Gaps in port security
• Ditch a bad rule
• Anti-drilling arguments ignore reality
• One way to keep
• Don’t dismiss young supporters of Obama
• Prison loaf should be the norm for inmates
• McCain’s about-face on Yucca
• Creepiest crime fighters
• Jeff Haney discovers razz isn’t a ‘miserable’ poker game, and finds an expert who says it can be the best way for many players to consistently make money
• Obama targets home issues in Vegas visit
• For hotel deals, shop around
• Pssssssst! Cut-rate rooms in classy Vegas
• Term limits a simple concept, a nightmare issue
• Subsidized apartments could change hands
• WAR. What is he good for?
• School choice program sparks interest, if moderate
• A cage match, literary style

Tuesday, May 27

• Lives are at stake
• Erase doubt about ‘Bodies’
• Joe Camel meets academia
• Illegals’ economic contribution immaterial
• Iraq policy holds cure for our energy crisis
• Obama’s backers are patriotic, not naive
• Clinton’s just hinting she wants No. 2 post
• Pundits go overboard on Clinton remark
• Gov. Jim Gibbons is not just getting brickbats ...
• Clean Crue member
• Underground gallery
• Plans burgeon for hot Henderson corner
• Man, woman, nurse, engineer
• Why high school coaches are quitting
• COACHING STALWARTS
• Teens report safer schools, but riskier driving
• Long-term goal for UNLV: Raise graduation rate
• Poll finds ill feelings on health care

Monday, May 26

• Remembering the troops
• Hold the mayo on that
• Audits are not insults
• American know-how could fix energy crisis
• Illegal immigrants drain economy
• Library Friends treated poorly
• Obama is the lobbyists’ puppet
• Mortgage fraud worse in nearby states
• Bon appetit!
• Barkley’s gambling debt makes you wonder ...
• Dems target Adelson’s politicking
• Fighters relish throwing their weight around
• Vegas vet’s death spurs VA reform legislation

Sunday, May 25

• Father of the dump
• Consumers must take charge
• New energy policy should be top priority
• What makes Clinton so experienced?
• Young Obama backers show their naivete
• Sex handbills sully image of Las Vegas
• Conservative rise: It came from the ’60s
• Jim Gibbons reaps public embarrassment through private sowing
• And you thought no one outside of Nevada ...
• Brian Greenspun laments the loss of some of Nevada’s best public officials as a foreseeable result of term limits
• Kennedy among gallant fighters
• Get the room tax increase enacted now, senator urges
• Teachers show how to break through
• In varied Vegas, two buildings spark architectural debate
• Groups that help needy finding the need is great
• Their plans to cope with budget squeeze
• UMC painter blew whistle in ’05

Saturday, May 24

• Contamination for sale
• Teens lag on seat-belt use
• A promise made ...
• Other countries ahead of U.S. in energy race
• Candidates’ wives not immune to criticism
• On the president, golf and freedom
• The Elevator
• Pacman pays debts; case to be dropped
• Ultimate Fighting Championship 84, ‘Ill Will’
• Vegas' White House hope
• Bridge over troubled water
• Budgeting: County heeds, state bleeds

Friday, May 23

• A new push for oil
• Torture and the FBI
• Patients deserve to know
• Superdelegates belie principle of equality
• Obama’s youthful backers are naive
• Shining example of energy independence
• The shrapnel flying over term limits
• The initiative process in Nevada is a mess
• Ensign sticks to principle on money for GI Bill, health scare
• Takin’ it to the (Alabama) turf
• Report: Illegal immigrants contribute billions to state
• Lenders give Herbst Gaming more time to repay debts
• What's private, in public
• Fall-safety requirement may get OSHA enforcement
• Jeff Haney finds strong evidence the disgraced former NBA ref ensnared in a betting scandal was exerting major influence over games he officiated
• Gambling debt chases Pacman Jones
• NLV apartment plan yanked after neighbors’ protest

Thursday, May 22

• A failed approach
• Wildfire season upon us
• The hardest word
• Increase fuel efficiency and domestic supply
• Speak up if you see improper flag display
• Put an end to sex handbillers on Strip
• Educate students for life after school
• Despite cheap shot, ECHL no goon league, former chief says
• The price for fighting: Schools may owe millions
• Wilderness road upgrade has to wait
• Slots quiet as Macau observes 3 minutes of silence
• Glorified jock posters or art, project pretty cool
• Barkley settles up with DA
• Why stores still sprout in valley
• The art in UFC’s violence
• Uncertainty surrounding term limits
• Ron Kantowski says high-sticking in June is just weird, but Wranglers will take it
• What could be less Vegas?
• Library District has fallout with its Friends

Wednesday, May 21

• An initiative mess
• It’s really elementary
• Politics and clean air
• Yucca Mountain unknowns will sink project
• Nuke threat most effective deterrent
• Voters responsible for energy crisis
• Obama-Edwards team unbeatable
• Teachers-gaming deal substituting for policy
• No neighbors, no neighborhood
• Cher and Cher-alike
• Leave the wild burro be
• Wynn says he was obligated to try to recoup debt
• Jeff Haney, at an IRS seminar, explores the debate over expanding legal sports betting
• Nevada again will be presidential battleground, pundits say
• Chapel owners say ordinance is a win-lose
• Track suffers when big boys are on TV
• The best plan often goes awry
• Mencia says: If you don’t like me, don’t come to my shows
• Yucca father changes his tune

Tuesday, May 20

• Chipping away at safety
• GIs have earned this
• Expand mental health aid
• It’s time to begin reducing oil dependence
• Human qualities
• Real losers in energy crisis are Americans
• If Clinton loses, Obama our best bet
• Teachers give up gaming tax bid in deal
• Taxi regulator fought for, got, cameras in area cabs
• Eastern import catching on
• Doctor driven to start clinic for the uninsured
• Strip’s vaunted condo-hotels losing their luster
• Henderson museum plans taking shape
• Songwriter, singer finds the right mix for his life
• Foreclosure fallout
• SEIU disputes outcome of nurses’ vote, gaining time
• The winners and losers
• Barkley says he’s repaid debt; DA hasn’t seen check

Monday, May 19

• A conflicted court
• Oil trumps food
• Fighting Alzheimer’s
• GOP oil men responsible for energy crisis
• Campaigns take focus away from Iraq
• Democrats insecure about security issue
• Let’s try rationing, and not just of gas
• The feds have all but sanctioned it ...
• More commuters taking bus route
• Well-prepared students quiz governor’s staff chief
• Inspiration of Dusty Springfield helps land a gig in Vegas
• Technically, they’re a success
• This magician’s also a card
• Organizer’s tactics test limits, even for workers
• Just what sports needs: More Triple Crowns
• Post-9/11 cuts may have gone too far
• Gas ‘peakers’ set to kick in when weather sizzles

Sunday, May 18

• A deal is a deal
• Working against consumers
• We should do better
• Changing our lifestyle will change gas prices
• Bush’s legacy will be one of failure
• You can’t equate gas prices to Europe’s
• The art of entrepreneurship
• A Nevada primer for Campaign ’08 races and beyond
• There was much speculation late Friday ...
• No stopping history for tourists
• Frustration, anger among Republicans growing
• Standoff over landfill closure possible
• Brian Greenspun gives his mom the second-best gift ever
• Interpreting protections away
• Project required collaboration, old-fashioned digging
• Looking into the nuclear abyss
• License plates can help save history
• How Vegas became a city like no other
• Calls for unity draw different answers from Clinton voters

Saturday, May 17

• Listing in name only?
• Sparking interest in science
• Maestro or machine?
• ‘Party planning’ is the new basket weaving
• The more energy solutions the merrier
• Crack down on those not paying taxes
• You have to marvel at Mayor Oscar Goodman’s ability to ...
• Seven-time driver at Indy will see it on TV this year
• Fire settles casino’s fate for good
• UNLV building project has shot at funding, even in budget crunch
• The Elevator: UNLV edition
• Happier days for Democrats
• Suspended judge can’t even get out of jury duty

Friday, May 16

• Cher fans are the real show
• Compounding a disaster
• Looming questions
• Helping rape victims
• Drilling in wildlife refuge avoids real issue
• Arctic drilling, research both needed
• Outfit cars so they can't speed
• Was Eight Belles treated inhumanely?
• Can’t accuse either party of sanity
• Kidney transplant outcomes fell short
• Already, CityCenter’s scale, complexity unparalleled
• Virtuoso introducing America to classical music on the accordion
• UNLV nursing student earns one of state’s first Ph.D.s in field
• Army reservist throws early hat in NLV City Council ring
• One tough guy, even when he lost
• Sun wins award for top newspaper Web site
• All this talk about raising gaming taxes
• Stratosphere’s refusal to honor expired ticket gives sports books another black eye
• Ballet’s renowned pointe man
• Barkley says he’ll repay Wynn gambling debt
• A shoulder, or two, to lean on

Thursday, May 15

• Boulder City: A gateway to the past
• A Gamble in the Sand
• Rat Pack reveled in Vegas; revered by the world
• Tying the knot with ease or Elvis
• Siegfried & Roy: Las Vegas' magic duo
• Las Vegas Showgirls: Show and (a lot to) tell
• Bill that transformed a city
• The highs and lows of the World Series of Poker
• 'Eighth Wonder of the World'
• Desert oasis drying up
• Las Vegas weather can be a gamble
• Howard Hughes: A revolutionary recluse
• Mob Ties
• Where the fighter pilot calls home
• Atomic testing burned its mark
• Desert highway turned destination
• Fremont Street: A block with experience
• The other Vegas
• Battle-born Henderson now 'A Place to Call Home'
• The many colors of Mayor Oscar Goodman
• 'Bugsy' Siegel - The mob's man in Vegas
• A gambling world away from the Strip
• Wayne Newton owned the Strip
• Showtime: How Sin City evolved into 'The Entertainment Capital of the World'
• Elvis has yet to leave the building
• Home of Sin City's original sin
• Conscience of the community
• Boulder City: A gateway to the past
• Upholding dress code
• Operation Iraqi Corruption
• Mileage miracle
• This Democratic race isn’t over
• Big Oil witch hunt all for political gain
• Despoiling refuge for oil is futile
• Bush’s sacrifice of golf a travesty
• Porter: OK tax for GI Bill I support? I’ll see
• I get my shot at Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid
• Dropping out to go to work
• Petition seeks OK for hemp in energy research
• Don’t mourn what is gone; celebrate what has survived
• Whatever she had, Cher's still got it
• Blunders yield bonanza
• Landfill decree avoids big issue
• Embrace the role of the villain
• A guide to Las Vegas Historic Preservation Month
• Take Five: Tyler Mosienko
• The Wynn sues Barkley, claims $400,000 gambling debts unpaid

Wednesday, May 14

• Surge in transit
• Paying for education
• Joe Egan, 1955-2008
• We’re all responsible for gas dependency
• Republicans also reject green energy
• Democrats should now back Obama
• Gov. Jim Gibbons’ inner circle fawning over a frazzled boss
• Goodman changes face on state’s top job
• Urban League takes a shot at developing its own priorities
• Jeff Haney on New England’s unprecedented over/under line for season wins at one sports book, and why there are worthy arguments for each side
• Voters, pick your fix for gas prices
• Nevada not a progressive state?
• Letter to his boss faults Clark
• Theater makes the man
• Desai, colleagues may take the Fifth, stalling lawsuits for years
• The globe-trotting basketball
• Rogers giveth and taketh away, until he gets what he wants
• In anti-tax Nevada, policy can be pawned

Tuesday, May 13

• Klieg light on OSHA
• Mining the Grand Canyon
• Hardly an advantage
• Americans need to shed their gas addiction
• Solar parking covers aren’t yet economical
• Why riding the bus can be a pleasure
• Plan: Remove toxins, build homes
• Doesn’t he have enough problems
• Vegas slump hits Station Casinos
• Despite few layoffs, workers feel fear
• Board cuts its travel budget, a little more than asked
• Yucca foe fought till his death — and beyond
• Jack Sheehan on the rise of glass ceiling-shatterer Cindy Kiser Murphey, head of New York-New York
• Comedy is magician’s secret
• His priority: Protect rural water
• Guitars & Saxes adds feminine touch to cool jazz
• Bearded look cuts no ice

Monday, May 12

• A win for homeowners
• Disaster in waiting
• Unfit for combat?
• Government must tighten belt just like we do
• Obama unassailable on issues that matter
• Blame Democrats for high price of energy
• Over the last month or so Freedom’s Watch ...
• CityCenter signals a change in the very nature of development on the Strip
• United Way redistributing wealth to local charities
• Disney takes another pass at Vegas with filming of ‘Witch Mountain’
• A night of classic country, coming from Ireland
• Where credit is due
• One man’s theories on Vegas’ economy, then and now
• NLV’s annexation of industrial park expected to start within weeks
• Compared with ‘The Locust,’ she eats like a bird
• Officers are people, too
• Story, music of ‘Jersey Boys’ pop the lid off memories
• Last week’s Indiana primary brings back hometown memories
• Despite slowdown, casino giant spending big
• Osmonds, Osmonds everywhere

Sunday, May 11

• Not so magnanimous
• Energy all around us
• Public health problem
• Why workplace safety can’t be understated
• America is no longer the envy of the world
• No single cause of overpopulation
• The first week of filing is over ...
• Several games of political chicken converging at one intersection
• With that pay, no way, many would-be graduate students tell UNLV
• Intent on her doctoral dream
• New-route noise lights up airport hotline
• After public misfire on polygamy, Reid acts to help those he blasted
• Keeping the heat on OSHA
• Brian Greenspun has a proposal for a ticket to unite Democrats
• First, Democrats wanted clout on cuts; now they’re not sure
• A class's varied views of Vegas
• Eye-to-eye ends with the economy

Saturday, May 10

• Ditch the flip-flops
• The lost bees
• Making student-athletes
• Heller’s bill has sensible voting requirements
• Address greed, not overpopulation
• Don’t subsidize the foolhardy
• Chuck Muth doesn’t understand ...
• Clinic patients’ choice: Recourse or privacy
• Fact and fiction collide
• The Elevator
• Fremont East shows signs of regaining momentum
• The academics of party planning
• Candidates for board include insiders

Friday, May 9

• Abridging voting rights
• Ending credit deception?
• Help fight hunger
• Safety, building inspections are full-time jobs
• Obama has history
• Local hospital’s care, personnel were great
• The Perfect Storm
• Sun journalists win Best of the West awards
• Union pushed; Trop fell
• Beyond numbers and into the unquantifiable
• CityCenter still selling condos despite slowdown
• As zany as ever, Mayor Oscar Goodman is.
• CNA tips status quo, but doesn’t oust SEIU
• Bringing players back into game
• Safe Bets
• Council finds soft spot for needy
• Drama of biblical tale elevates music of ‘King David’
• Las Vegas ambassador extraordinaire
• Nevada Republicans bolt party line, support housing package

Thursday, May 8

• Outrageous stonewalling
• Another mess at UMC
• Prices at the pump
• Overpopulation drains world water supplies
• Tyrants responsible for world famines
• 55-mph speed limit will save gas, money
• True sign of the times: Vegas tips are slipping
• Overcome with the power of the green movement
• Divorce as political spectacle
• 30 years later, still hungry
• Eclectic musical mix makes familiar sound
• Has he made the grade?
• Board chief fires back, backs off
• Opening act has Las Vegas spirit with British accent
• Transgender killer torn with guilt, searching still for identity

Wednesday, May 7

• A case for openness
• Voters in the dark
• No amnesty for deadbeats
• Let’s chart our nation back to greatness
• Don’t blame Obama for Wright’s rantings
• Despite sour ending, conference a success
• Regressive tax system won’t work
• Jon Ralston feels their pain, but would ask Jim and Dawn: Why now?
• Better baseball betting
• Medical board refuses to release Desai complaints
• UMC thefts on overtime alleged
• For Dina Titus, it's good to be anointed
• Community champion shows with pluck, little guy can win
• Retired teachers’ health plan pact reached
• They’ll always be champs
• Top ‘popera’ names in Vegas lights
• Through the valley of darkness
• Adelson won’t relinquish fight to block Palazzo club
• Peddling medical getaways

Tuesday, May 6

• OSHA needs help
• Too much secrecy
• Deceiving the public
• How could we have been so wrong about war?
• Mortgage bailout unfair to majority
• Obama changes tune on minister too late
• Let’s vote on issues, not trivial sidelights
• Seven high schools could start drug tests
• ‘Jersey Boys’ is all about the music
• The upside of anger: Neighbors meeting neighbors
• They have overcome
• Given $50,000, he decides to run
• Nurses unions’ showdown starts today
• So Gov. Jim Gibbons chooses Cinco de Mayo, of all days, to propose an amnesty plan …
• Planned coal plant gives up its water source
• Sideshow stars fondly recognized
• Teamsters may undercut members

Monday, May 5

• $1 billion boondoggle
• An unappetizing review
• Keep those guns packed
• Issues surrounding Obama now are superficial
• Overpopulation puts a strain on Earth
• Economy a lot worse than Bush, Cheney say
• So here was the lead paragraph ...
• Staging a comeback
• Mischief-making blockers are signature gatherers’ bane
• Music company scraps plan for theater space in historic building
• It’s Barkley’s bag (maybe), but it doesn’t say much about him
• Businesses scurry to build defenses for possible unionizing onslaught
• Revamped Pogo’s will be a cleaner place, maybe more musical
• Juleps, giant hats and cigar smoke
• Ross’ green light has shades of gray
• Porter’s nudge greenward

Sunday, May 4

• A greener Exxon Mobil?
• FDA in bad shape
• A real difference
• McCain is the best choice for our nation
• Rebate checks are a flimsy Band-Aid
• Air traffic must catch up with the times
• Honoring mobsters is the wrong way to go
• Blame GOP for the downfall of education
• Here’s a novel idea, Senator — a sequel
• On safety, we could learn from NYC
• In politics, spoils go to those who have fun
• Brian Greenspun knows a leader when he sees one
• A coal-fired discussion
• Rent hike redux at Cactus Ridge
• Everywhere, they are talking politics
• Congress goes extra mile for homeowners
• If you don’t think some hunters have issues ...

Saturday, May 3

• Voters left in the lurch
• The public’s health
• No more delays
• Energy crisis beyond leaders’ comprehension
• Ignoring Clinton votes is just plain wrong
• Fallen heroes deserve special recognition
• Now that the (mostly) subterranean drama ...
• The Elevator
• Longtime school official to run for board
• Surprise! Strip’s an urban place
• Prosecutors drop charges against Selimaj
• Planning official up in arms over putdowns of Las Vegas
• Mending, one day at a time

Friday, May 2

• Bush’s same old rhetoric
• Mortgage changes needed
• Billable hours?
• Why overpopulation isn’t the real problem
• Clinton’s war vote disqualifies her
• Obama would best answer 3 a.m. call
• So now that a judge has decided yet another initiative ...
• Jon Ralston lauds Gibbons’ spending commission, with a few conditions
• Local government safety role to get a look
• Sorry, Oscar, you’re wrong
• Our concentration of resorts is cited as economic model
• Jurors, don’t expect any shut-eye in these courts
• Cruel world, unusual spirit
• Wisdom went with the words at Native Son
• State agent quits amid missing evidence inquiry
• Expo to introduce best-known, less-known arts groups
• No crossing over

Thursday, May 1

• Give OSHA more teeth
• Win for open government
• Aviation disgrace
• Setting kids on right path starts at home
• What exactly has Bush accomplished?
• Obama, Clinton not in McCain’s league
• On Iraq war, don’t blame Congress
• Disputed charter school can’t be barred
• It’s over, but what a way to go
• Richards CSN’s likely pick, pleasing higher ed chief
• Fixed-game drama uses Rebels clip
• Desai tried but failed in car transaction
• Losing ground
• He may fold ’em to just be Dad
• Rep. Shelley Berkley has an opponent?
• Motocross weekend
• Poor people’s advocate may need a little help itself

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