COTTO LETS FISTS DO HIS TALKING

The debate rages on among boxing fans: Just who is the sport’s best pound-for-pound fighter?

Team USA puts plan in action

From the moment the United States finished third in men’s basketball in the 2004 Athens Olympics, all of USA Basketball’s attention and energy have been devoted to putting America back on top.

ON TV/RADIO

BASEBALL

HORSE RACING

TODAY AT DEL MAR

Summer League on firm ground

NBA Summer League director Warren LeGarie took it as a promising and satisfying sign Thursday when he pulled into the Cox Pavilion parking lot in the early afternoon and most every spot was taken.

Judge dismisses defamation lawsuit

A District Court judge dismissed a defamation lawsuit against the Las Vegas Tribune newspaper after the publisher agreed to publish a front-page correction and promised not to write about the judicial candidate who filed the lawsuit for about six months.

Group says horses don’t have to die

RENO — Animal advocates opposed to a federal proposal to euthanize wild horses in Nevada say there are other solutions to the problems officials face with overpopulation.

Coldplay rocks packed arena

He looked like a muscle spasm incarnate, a drunken ballerina, twitching, trembling, leaping, lunging, posing and pinwheeling about the stage, as if his flesh were a prison he was trying to escape from.

Water rights fight won’t end soon

RENO — It took 17 years for the late rancher Wayne Hage to win a lawsuit against the U.S. Forest Service in a long-running dispute over property rights, water rights and grazing on federal land.

Welcome not what doctor ordered

In April, as he visited Las Vegas, Dr. Howard Hack thought he saw his future clearly.

History standards called lax

Late-night talk show host Jay Leno can make a history teacher flinch with his “Jaywalking” segment.

It’s so easy for public servants to get carried away going to conferences

No matter how worthwhile the conference, the suspicious in our midst always view travel by legislators as a boondoggle. Maybe it’s travel envy, knowing the taxpayer pays for their good times in good places, usually in high-end hotels. And July and August are wonderful months for Las Vegans to get out of town.

IN BRIEF

argument turns fatal

Poll has Obama over McCain

It’s still within the margin of error and thus a statistical tie, but the lead has changed hands in the latest Nevada presidential survey by a national pollster.

Free markets and a ‘fair, stable society’

There appears to be a conscious attempt underway to shift the grounds of the current American political debate in preparation for this fall’s presidential campaign.

Earth to Al

Al Gore, who fancies himself planet Earth’s savior, proved again last week he doesn’t even live on it.

SHOT CLINICS

Southern Nevada Health District immunization clinics are open each week in and around Las Vegas. A $16-$25 administration fee will be assessed per visit.

BLOOD DRIVES

Scheduled blood drives (listing subject to change):

SUPPORT GROUPS

The Barbara Greenspun WomensCare Center of Excellence offers Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance meetings at 6:30 p.m. the second and fourth Tuesday of each month at 100 N. Green Valley Parkway, Suite 330, Henderson (616-4900).

SOLE MAN (Shoeshiner)

EDITOR’S NOTE: Fear and Loafing is moving to the first Sunday of every month, beginning Aug. 3 in the Living section.

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