Next stop for Titans: Title game

Las Vegas meet Shelby, N.C., a small Southern town of about 21,000 people. Or is it Shelby meet Sin City?

IN BRIEF

COLLEGES

Don’t count out Brady, Belichick yet

How important is a quarterback to an NFL team’s success? If it’s the preseason, and the quarterback not on the field is Tom Brady, the difference is as obvious as Bill Belichick‘s absent sense of humor.

ON TV/RADIO

BASEBALL

Mountain View climbs to 2A level

Heading into last season, Mountain View was an inconspicuous eight-man program that had never reached the postseason.

Football capsules

CLASS 3A SOUTHERN LEAGUE

Co-defendant seeks Simpson trial delay

The co-defendant in the upcoming O.J. Simpson robbery case will ask the Nevada Supreme Court to postpone the start of the Sept. 8 trial.

Slaying of man in NLV investigated

North Las Vegas detectives are investigating the slaying of a 24-year-old Las Vegas man outside the Fort Cheyenne Casino early Sunday morning.

Poll says Yucca not key to voters

More Nevadans said a presidential candidate’s stance on disposing of nuclear waste at Yucca Mountain would have no impact on their vote than said that it would have a major influence.

Poll shows energy cost acceptable

In six Western states, a majority of likely voters are willing to pay higher prices for energy from clean renewable resources such as wind and solar rather than continue to rely on oil, natural gas and coal for power, an independent regional poll has found.

Another Way To Learn

A 10-year-old boy probably would be uncomfortable walking into a fourth-grade classroom decorated with Tinker Bell cutouts.

Semester’s first day one big Q&A session

Carissa Koetter needed help. The interior design class she wanted was full. She decided to count on good fortune and hope for the best.

Pilot was licensed, fit to fly

The pilot flying a home-built experimental plane when it crashed into a North Las Vegas home Friday, killing him and two people inside the house, held a current pilot’s license, a flight instructor’s certificate and a medical certificate, Federal Aviation Administration records show.

School district may receive $13 million grant

The Clark County School District may receive a $13 million donation for empowerment schools with strings attached: To get the money, all district schools would eventually have to convert to the empowerment philosophy of giving school staff more freedom to make their own decisions.

Northwest residents up in arms about shooting park

A collection of northwest valley homeowners filed a lawsuit Monday against Clark County, attempting to stop the construction of a 2,900-acre shooting complex just outside their neighborhood.

Separate case nets shooting suspect prison

The man accused of attempted murder in connection with a December bus stop shooting was sentenced Monday in a separate case.

Storm strikes some areas of the valley

A blustery storm that brought more than a half an inch of rain and hail to some parts of the Las Vegas Valley on Monday also brought some lightning, much to the surprise of one local resident.

Braxton, Lucci go ‘Dancing’

NEW YORK — Susan Lucci, Toni Braxton and Lance Bass will hit the floor on ABC’s “Dancing with the Stars.”

‘Little Dog’ actor too self-absorbed

In Good Medicine Theatre Company’s “The Little Dog Laughed,” John Beane proves himself a peculiar sort of bad actor.

Petition on taxes faces challenge

CARSON CITY — As expected, the state teachers union on Monday filed a lawsuit seeking to disqualify an initiative petition to cap property tax rates from being included on the November general election ballot.

Man takes substantial sum from casino cage

An unarmed man robbed the main cage at Harrah’s Las Vegas this weekend by slipping a cashier a note demanding money and then walking out of the casino with a “significant” amount of cash, Las Vegas police said Monday. Police would not specify how much.

CORRECTION

An editorial in the Aug. 13 edition of the Review-Journal incorrectly reported the length of a term in the Nevada Senate. Those elected to the body serve four-year terms.

Poll: Nevadans open to water conservation

Half of Nevada residents would support restrictions on their water use to help stretch the region’s shrinking supply in the face of climate change, according to a Review-Journal opinion poll.

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