Cubs fans get hopes up again

Not even a record plunge on Wall Street and looming economic doom can deter the optimism of Chicago Cubs fans.

Ex-Rebel Ware takes different route

Lenny Ware is one of those people who humble us. Who is making the kind of difference most can’t comprehend. Who is giving back in a phenomenal way.

HORSE RACING

OAK TREE AT SANTA ANITA

ON TV/RADIO

BASEBALL

Begay set for top competition

Derrick Begay wants this weekend’s 33rd annual Indian National Finals Rodeo to be the first of two major rodeos in which he competes in Las Vegas over the next 10 weeks.

A MESSAGE REINCARNATED

Five years ago, Andrew Sabori traveled to Ellis Island in search of some family history. What he found was a project.

Heller decries Wall Street ‘arrogance’ in bailout

WASHINGTON — A young Dean Heller got a taste of Wall Street mindset when he worked as a stockbroker and trader on the Pacific Stock Exchange in Los Angeles during the 1980s.

Obama urges 10,000 in Reno to support bailout plan

RENO — Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama quieted a crowd of more than 10,000 cheering supporters Tuesday by speaking somberly of the hardships facing the country’s working people if Congress does not act on a plan to rescue the ailing economy.

Mesquite out, Mohave County in for water park

KINGMAN, Ariz. — A unique enterprise mixing the attractions of a water park, tournament paintball fields, a roller rink and more is being relocated to northwest Arizona after the developer grew weary of obstacles in the Southern Nevada community of Mesquite.

12,700 marijuana plants seized in Esmeralda County

For the second time in a month, authorities in Esmeralda County have destroyed a crop of marijuana in a remote canyon in the shadow of Nevada’s tallest peak.

IN BRIEF

MOUNT CHARLESTON BLAZES

Bush to miss Reno appearance

CARSON CITY — President Bush will not make a planned Friday appearance in Reno because he needs to stay in Washington, D.C., to make sure Congress approves a Wall Street bailout bill, a spokesman said Tuesday.

Retired officer found dead

A retired Las Vegas police lieutenant whose name surfaced in connection with an ongoing FBI and police probe into possible corruption involving homeowners associations was found dead of an apparent suicide in Henderson on Tuesday.

Airport scanner peers through clothing

Managers of McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas on Tuesday unveiled two additions in a series of upgrades that will help the airport reach its maximum capacity of about 53 million arriving and departing passengers annually.

Judge decides doctors must give depositions

Dr. Dipak Desai and the three other doctors who owned the Endoscopy Center of Southern Nevada must give depositions this month in litigation related to the ongoing hepatitis C crisis.

Local hospital warned of lapses

In late July, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services conducted an inspection at MountainView Hospital, where surveyors observed blood spots on a floor, unsecured medical records, illegible physician notes and breaches in infection control policy and procedures.

Girl was witness, teen says

A relative in the Jane “Cordova” Doe murder trial testified Tuesday that a girl who reportedly saw the slaying told her: “If you saw what I saw, you would have screamed.”

Judge reconsiders retrial in killing

Eight years into a life sentence for murder, Geovanny Torres was granted a new trial last month by a Clark County judge who ruled that prosecutors failed to disclose vital evidence before and during Torres’ 2000 trial.

O.J. jury questionnaires to be released after trial

The judge in the O.J. Simpson robbery trial has agreed to release juror questionnaires after the trial, a reversal of her previous order denying their release because she had promised jurors they would be kept confidential.

Project will give relief to commuters

This week the Road Warrior goes spanning Las Vegas and answers questions from almost every corner of the valley. Readers want to know if the Lamb Boulevard exit off the Las Vegas Beltway is open yet in North Las Vegas. Is there an extension planned in Henderson for Warm Springs Road, from Boulder Highway to Lake Mead Parkway? When will Clark County build a bridge on Decatur Boulevard to go over the railroad tracks in the southern valley? And why were taxicabs dropping off passengers at a pickup point at McCarran International Airport on Sunday?

EPA sets Yucca radiation standards

WASHINGTON — The government on Tuesday issued long-awaited radiation standards for the proposed Yucca Mountain repository, setting a key public health threshold for experts to judge whether the nuclear waste site should be built.

Police name suspect in shooting

Las Vegas police on Tuesday identified a suspect in a slaying that left one man dead near Flamingo Road and Decatur Boulevard last week.

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