IN BRIEF

     Man gets 18 years for
     bold 1994 casino raid
     
      The last of seven men charged with a bold raid of a Harrah's casino cage in 1994 was sentenced Thursday to 18 years in prison.
      Ronald Farris, 21, will be eligible for parole in five years.
      He was 17 at the time when he and four others, all members of a Los Angeles street gang, burst into the casino on April 24, 1994, and made off with $97,000.
      The group was arrested after a high speed chase. Members of the group who actually pulled off the robbery were charged in federal court along with two other men who organized the heist.
      Because Farris was juvenile at the time, his case was turned over to the state system, where he was certified as an adult and charged with robbery, kidnapping, burglary and conspiracy.
      Those charges were dismissed in 1995 but later reinstated by the Nevada Supreme Court.
     
     Clark County schools
     receive 96 computers
     
      The Clark County School District has received 96 computers from the U.S. Department of Energy that will be divided among various schools for student use.
      The equipment was part of the Energy Department's Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management program, which is studying Yucca Mountain, 100 miles northwest of Las Vegas. The department is considering the site for a deep geologic repository for high-level nuclear waste.
      The program gave 855 computers to various schools in nine Nevada counties, said program spokesman Erik Olds.
     
     Nellis Air Force Base
     staging war games
     
      Aircraft noise is is going to be more noticeable for residents around Nellis Air Force Base this month.
      From Monday through Feb. 10, the Air Force will be staging its Red Flag war games, the first of four planned this year. The exercises are intended to sharpen aerial combat skills by simulating battlefield conditions for pilots and other military personnel.
      Red Flag exercises draw participants from around the world. In addition to the U.S. military, units from Italy, England, Japan, Singapore and France will take part.