The death of a Kennedy or Rockefeller is a non-event to the taxmen. Such ultra-wealthy families have retained the best estate-planning lawyers and bankers for generations. Their assets are held in virtually immortal family trusts and foundations.


EDITORIAL: The purity police?
The Nevada Gaming Commission has unanimously rejected a proposed $300,000 settlement in the squabble over the edgy, double-entendre ad campaign of the Hard Rock Hotel.

Instead, the matter is now scheduled a full trial beginning July 29.

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LETTERS: The Strip's as historic and scenic as they come
To the editor: T.R. Reid of The Washington Post recently visited our city and publicly slammed us with negative comments about designating Las Vegas Boulevard as a national historic and scenic byway.

EDITORIAL: The purity police?
The Nevada Gaming Commission has unanimously rejected a proposed $300,000 settlement in the squabble over the edgy, double-entendre ad campaign of the Hard Rock Hotel.

THE BIG THREE/COMING ATTRACTIONS
Subjects generating the most reader response: 1. IRAQ WAR: U.S. policy. 2. YUCCA MOUNTAIN: Kerry vows to kill repository.

EDITORIAL: Kill the death tax
The very rich aren't campaigning against the death tax, because they don't pay it. The death of a Kennedy or Rockefeller is a non-event to the taxmen.