SUPPORT GROUPS

The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society has support group meetings for those affected by blood cancers on the first Wednesday of the month at 6:30 p.m. in Henderson and 7 p.m. in Summerlin (436-4220).

Pop, ska bands top local roundup

Nervy art pop and a ska band for people who hate ska bands top this month’s roundup of Vegas releases.

COMMUNITY WRAP

SAFEKEY, THE EDGE

Usually there’s no reason to shield child from gay relative

Q: I have a 46-year-old sister involved in a lesbian relationship. She told our family she was a lesbian 13 years ago and we have supported her through five “committed” relationships that have since failed. She is now involved with a new woman whom we have not met. Because she lives a great distance away, we don’t see each other but once a year and, yes, we have a close and honest relationship. I would like to visit her but don’t believe I should expose my (6-year-old) son to her lifestyle at this stage in his life. How do you feel about this and how would you try to explain this delicate decision to her? — S.P., Evergreen, Colo.

Making the Scene

A thumping bass line pounds rhythm into the dance floor where bodies contort and converge, men doing things to other men that, in the absence of music, might land them in jail.

Pac-10 expansion could sting MWC

Comparing the Mountain West Conference to the Pac-10 might be grounds for an insanity defense, but there is one area in which they are similar.

ON TV/RADIO

BASEBALL

Dodgers’ Furcal a hit in Triple-A debut

It’s not unusual for a player to want to keep the ball from his first Triple-A hit. But it is unusual when the player is a former major league All-Star in his 12th pro season.

Adams, Rebels capture another Aussie victory

Brisbane is 7,900 miles from Las Vegas, but the Australian city — and its basketball facility — felt a lot like home to Wink Adams on Monday.

Obama ad stresses service as state legislator

Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama on Monday began airing his second television ad in Nevada since beginning his general-election campaign.

Judge delays injury case

Assemblywoman Francis Allen’s preliminary hearing on felony domestic violence charges was postponed Monday because her husband didn’t show up to testify.

Elite competitor tosses darts in LV

In Britain, people pack arenas to watch dart championships. Some pros earn millions. Yet here in Las Vegas, we have the nation’s No. 1 female darter, and she may be famous in her sport, but she is obscure in her hometown. She keeps her day job to pay the bills.

IN BRIEF

NATIONWIDE SEARCH UPCOMING

Don’t be caught in rising floodwaters

Mobile homes crumbling like a house of cards, cars whisked away like toys, and floodwaters rising as fast as they’re rushing. These are images local officials don’t want to see this year.

School braces for more cuts

Drastic budget cuts are coming to the state’s largest educational institution.

Wild horse euthanasia considered

RENO — Faced with too many wild horses on the range and in holding facilities, federal officials are considering drastic policy changes that include ending roundups and euthanizing animals.

Reid says McCain echoes Bush in talk of Yucca Mountain

Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., said Monday that Republican presidential candidate John McCain is saying the same things about Yucca Mountain that President Bush once did, and Nevadans should not be fooled.

Federal judge halts sex offender law

A federal judge issued a last-minute order Monday that stopped Nevada’s new sex offender law from going into effect until constitutional challenges are resolved.

Crews contain wildfire

Firefighters early Monday fully contained a wildfire sparked by Saturday’s deadly plane crash on Mount Charleston.

Nevada taxable sales up a bit

CARSON CITY — In some rare good economic news for the state, taxable sales rose in April, though by a modest 0.3 percent, for the first gain since October.

Snippets from the special session

The notebook sure filled up with small stuff during the crammed 12-hour special session last week. So I’ll dump out some of the more interesting items that didn’t make it online or into my Sunday column. First, here are three “You Know You’re in Carson City When … ” items.

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