NEON THIS WEEK

Punk rockers Rancid in town

Lindsey fuels 51s to win over Grizzlies

The 51s scored six runs in the first five innings, and John Lindsey had two home runs in a 7-4 Pacific Coast League victory over the Fresno Grizzlies on Saturday night in Fresno, Calif.

ON TV/RADIO

BASEBALL

Wade rebounds from injury

Dwyane Wade had the requisite ice pack on his left knee. But for the Miami Heat superstar guard, life was good Saturday.

Abbott has hand in motivation

Former Angels pitcher Jim Abbott is 40 and spends much of his time as a motivational speaker.

Pacquiao adds to title haul

Manny Pacquiao was looking to make history Saturday night at Mandalay Bay Events Center, and he did so in impressive fashion.

IN BRIEF

HORSE RACING

Architecture, food pricey Down Under

Editor’s note: UNLV basketball player Kendall Wallace is providing occasional postcards from the team’s six-game “Down Under” tour of Australia:

Upstart Lewis in lead at Open; Park lurking

EDINA, Minn. — Stacy Lewis was walking up the 16th fairway Saturday afternoon at Interlachen when she saw a leaderboard and turned to her father, who was carrying her bag in her professional debut.

Torres, Holt eager for rematch

Ricardo Torres has heard all of Kendall Holt’s complaining in the aftermath of their Sept. 1 meeting, and his advice to Holt is “shut up and fight.”

HORSE RACING

TODAY AT HOLLYWOOD PARK

Reporter’s Notebook

DAVID RIGGLEMAN, DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS FOR THE CITY OF LAS VEGAS, KICKED OFF THURSDAY’S SPECIAL NATURALIZATION CEREMONY at City Hall with a warning to the 103 people about to be sworn in as U.S. citizens:

Unsealing cases reveals details of woman’s case against priest

When the Review-Journal asked the Rev. William Kenny to discuss a lawsuit accusing him of bilking more than $200,000 from an elderly parishioner, the Diocese of Las Vegas reacted by relieving the popular priest of his duties, but quickly reinstated him.

Republicans hold renegade convention

RENO — A group of disaffected Republicans held a renegade state convention Saturday and exposed divisions that threaten to dog the party up to the national party convention and beyond.

Four die in plane crash

A single-engine plane crashed Saturday afternoon into the side of Mount Charleston, killing the four people on board and sparking a wildfire that forced the evacuation of some homes in the mountain community.

Buckley drops gauntlet

CARSON CITY — Before legislators fled late Friday following a relatively peaceful and brief special session, the stage had been set for a battle between Assembly Speaker Barbara Buckley and Gov. Jim Gibbons when they return in February.

TOP NEWS

The Nevada Legislature approved $275 million in budget cuts Friday in a rare special session to balance the budget for the fiscal year that starts Tuesday.

Bill funds wars, expands GI Bill benefits

WASHINGTON — The Senate completed action last week on a bill that continues funding the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, while approving new spending for veterans education, unemployment assistance and flood relief.

Construction job safety discussed

Construction industry veterans and local politicians held a roundtable discussion Saturday on worker and job site safety in the wake of a string of construction deaths around the valley during the past two years.

Judge sealed cases against psychiatrist

Prominent Las Vegas psychiatrist Robert L. Horne was the target of two lawsuits in four years, and both cases were sealed from public view by the same judge, according to newly unveiled court records.

Inching back up the path toward freedom

Following Thursday’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling on guns, sundry outraged mayors were fuming because the justices, “for the first time,” discovered in the Constitution an individual right to bear arms, placing in danger all their precious (though thoroughly counterproductive) local victim disarmament edicts.

Book broker to the rescue

There’s this lawyer in Washington who pretty much runs everything in that incestuous little company town where they do public service for personal profit. His name is Robert Barnett.

The Declaration of Independence

This Friday we celebrate the anniversary of the Declaration of Independence with fireworks and picnics.

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