Limited liability companies get bad rap

In 1991, then-Secretary of State Cheryl Lau urged lawmakers to make Nevada more business-friendly by passing legislation that recognized a hybrid corporate entity: the limited liability company.

Injury to Brady dramatically changes landscape

Only one week into the NFL season, a season-ending injury to New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady has dramatically altered the landscape.

ON TV/RADIO

BASEBALL

Rebels get grip on upset

TEMPE, Ariz. — Mike Sanford has experienced three painful two-victory seasons in a row as UNLV’s coach.

Letters to the Editor

‘Cheating chose:’ Brady’s

Manny being uncanny

With baseball’s regular season nearing its end, debate over who should win the National League Most Valuable Player award is heating up.

Malignaggi eager for bout with Hatton

Paulie Malignaggi acknowledged he wasn’t 100 percent sure Ricky Hatton would fight him, especially with Oscar De La Hoya dangling big bucks in front of the “Hit Man” from Manchester, England.

IN BRIEF

BOXING

No. 22 Utah pounds Utah State

LOGAN, Utah — Matt Asiata ran for three touchdowns, Brian Johnson threw for two more and No. 22 Utah blasted Utah State 58-10 on Saturday night.

BETWEEN THE LINES

THREE REASONS TO LIKE THE BILLS (+5) OVER THE JAGUARS

Injured athlete at heart of rally

The e-mails have helped. So have the telephone calls from family members and close friends and ordinary acquaintances and others Delphine Lakes never has met. Someone called from Canada. She didn’t know the person. It meant everything.

New York fortunes reversed

It was only a year ago when the New York Giants’ two most visible faces, coach Tom Coughlin and quarterback Eli Manning, were feeling heat.

This Simpson panel has different look

When it comes to race, the Las Vegas jury that will decide O.J. Simpson’s fate couldn’t be more different than the one that acquitted him in a double murder case more than a decade ago.

Bill Richardson touts Obama

New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson still has fans in Nevada.

Top News

Three men and nine women will judge O.J. Simpson. After a marathon week, the jury in his robbery and kidnapping trial was selected Thursday night.

Michael Jackson living near school

Michael Jackson‘s decision to live near a Las Vegas elementary school has upset some parents.

Pharmacist says doctor didn’t spot colon cancer

Kevin Rexford understands that a key mission of the Nevada State Board of Medical Examiners — to protect the public health from physicians not practicing medicine at the desired professional level — can be painstaking work.

$8 billion refuels road projects

It was a scary couple of days for transportation officials across the nation.

Nevadans get fired up by Palin

CARSON CITY — Until Saturday afternoon, Yerington resident Laura Tracy never had attended a political rally in her life.

$8 billion offsets gasoline tax losses

WASHINGTON — Congress voted last week to rescue the federal highway trust fund, which officials said was on the verge of going broke.

Foundation gives $20 million for cancer research building

The Nevada Cancer Institute, which recently laid off staff and said the worsening economy has hurt donations, got a big boost Saturday in the form of a $20 million pledge from the Engelstad Family Foundation.

This Week

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Reporters’ Notebook

SOMETIMES SILENCE IS GOLDEN. At a recent court hearing, U.S. Magistrate Judge Peggy Leen remanded a defendant to custody after learning she had tested positive for methamphetamine and tried to fake a drug test.

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