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Utes on rise but trying to stay grounded

Reverberations from Utah’s triumph over Michigan are still being felt as the Utes prepare to host UNLV on Saturday.

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Dodgers-51s marriage on rocks

Forget about the proposed name change from the Las Vegas 51s to the Desert Dodgers or some other nickname tied to the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Dean steps up to 4A challenge

When it was announced that Pahrump Valley would be moving up to Class 4A this school year, state cross country and track observers had only one name come to mind — McKenzie Dean.

Wannstedt stalls out in his Pitt

A failure in his time as an NFL head coach in Chicago and Miami, Dave Wannstedt is doing even worse at the college level.

Champ Couture returns to UFC

A freakishly fit athlete who is known as a cardio machine, Randy Couture finally ran into an opponent that wore him down.

Bridging funding gap

CARSON CITY — Assemblyman Joe Hardy has found a good reason for the 2009 Legislature to back his bill to facilitate construction of a $500 million toll road around Boulder City: Do nothing and traffic jams will become brutal.

Ron Paul’s Nevada delegates refuse to abandon their hero

MINNEAPOLIS — While the Republican convention was getting off to a delayed start across the river in St. Paul, one Nevada delegate was here in Minnesota’s other Twin City to see his hero, Ron Paul.

Poll says Scroggins leads commission race

A recent survey has Republican Brian Scroggins thumping Democratic opponent Steve Sisolak in a Clark County Commission race.

Judge’s methods reviewed

CARSON CITY — Nevada Supreme Court justices expressed disbelief Tuesday that District Judge Jackie Glass blocks public defenders from challenging her decisions on whether defendants are mentally competent to stand trial.

Patrol identifies crash victim

The man who died when his sport utility vehicle overturned Friday morning on state Route 160 just east of Pahrump has been identified as 60-year-old Everett W. Quinn.

IN BRIEF

FOUR DIE IN COLLISION

Group seeks meeting law change

CARSON CITY — Nevada county officials have decided an experiment in open government in which top appointed officials undergo performance evaluations in public just doesn’t work.

No Adjustments Necessary

This week readers want to know whether there are any plans to redo the roads outside the Eastside Cannery now that there’s all that traffic out there, are there any plans to widen Grand Canyon Drive, and when will the construction on the bridges on the Las Vegas Beltway, near south Decatur Boulevard, be finished? And the Road Warrior answers a bonus fourth question about the state of the Beltway at Far Hills Avenue.

Gunshot victim found dead in garage identified

A Las Vegas man shot and killed in the garage of a home near Sahara Avenue and Lamb Boulevard on Monday has been identified by the Clark County coroner’s office.

Panel of Hispanics for Obama announced

Though a recent poll found that Hispanic voters in Nevada and five mountain West states favor Barack Obama over John McCain by a more than 2-to-1 margin, Latino organizers for Obama in Nevada are taking nothing for granted.

Beckett plea: not guilty

Nye County District Attorney Bob Beckett has pleaded not guilty to a drunken driving charge stemming from two crashes he was involved in during a six-hour span on the same California highway.

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