Imperfect rule hurts good students

Napoleon Aniciete is caught in that frustrating place of holding the short straw with no opportunity to choose again.

ON TV/RADIO

BASEBALL

IN BRIEF

MOTOR SPORTS

HORSE RACING

TODAY AT SANTA ANITA

Faith Lutheran grows up fast

Faith Lutheran’s girls entered the tennis season with huge stars in their eyes.

Peppers Pride runs for record

With the focus of horse racing on the lead-up to the Breeders’ Cup at Santa Anita on Oct. 24 and 25, it’s easy to overlook the exploits of Peppers Pride.

Lessons from Lubick endure

When Steve Fairchild became Colorado State’s football coach last year, he refused to watch video of last season’s games.

CULTURED COWBOYS

Westerns were a cornerstone of living room entertainment during the 1950s and ’60s, and on the big screen before that.

Kaepernick, UNR won’t let up against lightweight

One week after making a mockery of the UNLV defense, UNR quarterback Colin Kaepernick is taking on a more obvious lightweight in what should be even more of a one-sided fight.

Legacy thrives after drought

When Arbor View and Legacy met Oct. 25, neither team had won a Northwest League game.

Fuller can’t catch sharp Schumacher

Rod Fuller’s NHRA championship dream was dashed on the last pass of the 2007 season, but there won’t be any drama like that this year.

Berkley to vote ‘yes’ on bailout

WASHINGTON — Rep. Shelley Berkley, D-Nev., will vote for the current version of a $700 billion economic recovery package when it comes before the House today, her office said.

Lineup gelling for golf tourney

Josh Duhamel, John O’Hurley and George Lopez will be among the celebrity lineup for the Oct. 15 Pro-Am for the Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals for Children Open.

Hospital contract awarded

WASHINGTON — When Secretary of Veterans Affairs James Peake visited the North Las Vegas site for the VA’s newest hospital in August, he declared it would be the “crown jewel” of the agency’s health care system.

Stiles admits pedophilia in letters

In intimate letters written to girlfriends, accused child molester Chester Stiles admits he’s a pedophile who sexually assaulted young girls.

Pahrump woman gets jail for DUI

KINGMAN, Ariz. — It’s 20 days in jail in Arizona and three years of probation for a Pahrump woman who guzzled mouthwash and became legally intoxicated before leaving the scene of a traffic accident she caused in mid-June in downtown Kingman.

IN BRIEF

ROADS COALITION

Wreckage, bone found at crash site

MAMMOTH LAKES, Calif. — More than a year after the disappearance of millionaire adventurer Steve Fossett, searchers have found the wreckage of his plane in the rugged Sierra Nevada along with a bone fragment suitable for DNA testing.

Businessman finds himself on wrong side of the net with Agassi, Rogers

Theodore Lee of Urban Land of Nevada must be nursing a wicked headache after tangling with University Chancellor James Rogers, his son Perry Rogers and Andre Agassi in a busted business deal over the future of the All-American Sports Park.

Simpson jury hears sides wrap up case

To prosecutors, O.J. Simpson was the criminal mastermind who planned and led the hotel room hold up to steal back his sports memorabilia.

Workers injured in Strip site accident

Two iron workers were taken to University Medical Center Thursday morning after being injured by a large beam at the Strip’s Fountainebleau construction project.

Married man cited for ‘falling in love’

WACO, Texas — A man who tied the knot with his girlfriend in Las Vegas before divorcing his estranged wife was surprised when he was charged with bigamy, saying he didn’t think it “was going to be a real marriage.”

Attorney’s ashes released at Yucca

WASHINGTON — Joe Egan’s dying wish was granted over the weekend, when the ashes of the attorney who led Nevada’s fight against nuclear waste were scattered at Yucca Mountain.

Advice price tag $77,000

Help for schools tagged as “needing improvement” under the federal No Child Left Behind Act segued to a no-consultant-left-behind discussion Thursday when Clark County School Board members approved payment of $2,200 per day to each of two out-of-state contractors.

Arizona corrections officer dies during wildfire detail

KINGMAN, Ariz. — A corrections officer died while helping battle a wildfire in western Arizona Wednesday. The Arizona Department of Corrections said officer Douglas Falconer, 46, collapsed Wednesday afternoon while supervising inmates assigned to the “Sacramento Fire” burning on the Havasu Wildlife Refuge near the Colorado River community of Topock.

Romney stumps on

He’s no longer a presidential candidate, but former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney still keeps a schedule that would put a presidential contender to shame.

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