TALLADEGA, Ala. — Tony Stewart was the first driver convicted of dipping below NASCAR’s out-of-bounds line, learning a valuable lesson in 2001 at Daytona that he’s carried with him the last seven years.
In the past, Peyton Manning and the Indianapolis Colts made winning look easy early in the season. But this season, the story line has changed dramatically.
BOSTON — After 11 consecutive losses and two straight playoff sweeps, the Los Angeles Angels had grown tired of being a bump on Boston’s road to the World Series.
Besides Tiger Woods, the most important figure in men’s professional golf is unquestionably Jack Nicklaus, so when Jack talks, people should listen.
O.J. Simpson is being kept in isolation from other prisoners for his own safety, and is focusing on future hopes that hinge on a motion for new trial and a strong bid for appellate reversal of his conviction on kidnapping-robbery charges, his lawyer said Sunday.
It was never the Southern Nevada Health District’s intent to embarrass anyone when it determined what questions to ask former patients of two Las Vegas gastroenterology clinics regarding their past risk factors for hepatitis B, C and HIV.
In a trial marked by a parade of characters on the witness stand, it was the secret audiotapes that ultimately convicted O.J. Simpson of armed robbery and kidnapping, jurors said Sunday night.
Present and former court and police officials have stepped forward to defend Nevada’s record of prosecuting federal gun crimes, in the wake of a national study that suggested it had one of the poorest records in the country.
As if being bombarded by presidential candidate and political party ads weren’t enough, independent groups also are starting to flood the airwaves in Nevada as the election nears.
With one month to go until Election Day, the campaigns of Republican John McCain and Democrat Barack Obama have kicked into overdrive, preparing for the final stretch in the crucial swing state of Nevada.
Sandra Hofferth was so concerned about the welfare of over-scheduled, stressed-out kids that she sought to define the damage ambitious parents were doing to their offspring. “I started out with a pretty solid belief that lots and lots of activities are bad for children,” said the director of the University of Maryland’s Population Research Center.
To all those who’ve argued that public school spending can’t possibly sustain further cuts, that the bleeding from the past year’s budget reductions will result in the equivalent of amputations to district operations: The Clark County School Board just blew your bluff.
With the city’s housing market stumbling in 2008, you might expect local home builders to back off on extras such as ecofriendly construction methods and materials.
Don’t tell Victor Rodriguez the slow economy is bad for business.
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