Bad boy shakes up badminton

Smashing his sport’s stereotypes and swinging at coaches with equal abandon, Chinese Olympian Lin Dan has been labeled the “bad boy of badminton,” if you can believe that.

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Judge denies restraining order in Class 4A girls soccer case

A federal judge denied a motion for a temporary restraining order Tuesday in the Title IX case brought by the parent of a Green Valley High School student against the Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association, setting the stage for a crucial preliminary injunction hearing Aug. 22.

CORRECTIONS

• A story in Saturday’s Review-Journal included the wrong date for an upcoming water hearing. The state engineer has tentatively scheduled a hearing on the Southern Nevada Water Authority’s groundwater applications in Snake Valley for fall of 2009. The specific date has not yet been set.

In low turnout, voters pummel incumbents

It was a brutal night for incumbents Tuesday, as Nevada’s primary election swept several legislators and judges clean out of office.

No injuries reported in quake

WILKINS — Authorities have reduced the magnitude of a northeast Nevada earthquake to 2.9.

Board to hold hearing on chief health officer

The Southern Nevada District Board of Health will hold a meeting Thursday to consider the character, alleged misconduct or professional competence of chief health officer Dr. Lawrence Sands.

Scroggins bests nullified Woodbury

In a much-publicized race that made some pundits wonder whether a disqualified but long-serving Republican incumbent could pull off a win, a less popular underdog snatched a victory in Tuesday’s primary.

Magazine raves about Vogt wine

Kevin Vogt, one of about 20 master sommeliers in Las Vegas, is the toast of the local wine industry.

Sullivan top finisher in primary for Justice Court seat

Diana L. Sullivan, a private lawyer, small claims court referee and substitute justice of the peace, will advance to this fall’s general election for Las Vegas Justice Court’s newly created Department 12 seat.

VA chief gets tour, pictures ‘crown jewel’

Peering out the window of the first structure built for the veterans medical complex in North Las Vegas, Secretary of Veterans Affairs James Peake watched Tuesday as construction workers attached steel beams for the main facility set to open in 2011.

TV show’s host asks Obama campaign to pull commercial

The host of a Northern Nevada news discussion television program has asked the presidential campaign of Democrat Barack Obama to take down a commercial that uses footage from his show.

Amount raised in trooper’s accident

CARSON CITY — The state is adding $1.2 million to a $1.3 million settlement already approved for family members of four Mexican citizens killed in a 2006 accident involving a speeding state trooper.

Three House incumbents coast

Nevada’s three members of the House of Representatives all breezed past primary challengers in Tuesday’s election, setting up the general election contests for the state’s congressional seats.

Ruling rejects men-women price policy

When Todd Phillips looks to the future in Las Vegas, he says he sees a day when everyone, regardless of gender, will have to pay the same price to get into a nightclub.

Halverson ousted; Miley top vote-getter

While the Judicial Discipline Commission weighs the fate of embattled District Judge Elizabeth Halverson, voters delivered their own verdict Tuesday, deciding Halverson must go.

Wallace, Olsen advance

Events production company owner Chris Wallace came out on top in a primary election for state Board of Education District 7, a nonpartisan office left open by incumbent Merv Iverson’s decision not to seek re-election.

Former prostitute earns a win

Three years ago, Laura moved to Las Vegas from California for the simple reason that she had just turned 21 and it seemed like the place for her to be.

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