HORSE RACING

OAK TREE AT SANTA ANITA

Pollsters showing Cougars little love

There was speculation last week that Brigham Young might face a Bowl Championship Series ceiling even if the Cougars kept winning.

MOUNTAIN WEST FOOTBALL

The Mountain West Conference from top to bottom:

IN BRIEF

MOTOR SPORTS

L.A. fans on time for Manny

In Los Angeles, a time-honored tradition is going the way of free autographs, single-admission doubleheaders and the ballpark organist.

Simpson items should hold value — for life

The eBay item is listed as 87871, not to be confused with a different collection of numbers that identified O.J. Simpson’s latest police mug shot.

Public input on Yucca requested

WASHINGTON — Federal lawmakers are calling for public hearings and a broader review of the government application to build a rail line across rural Nevada for nuclear waste shipments to Yucca Mountain.

Reno to break up tent city

RENO — City officials have ordered men to move out of a tent city on the edge of downtown Reno. By next week, all women also must vacate the encampment where as many as 160 people have lived since the beginning of summer.

Nevada’s economy dead last

CARSON CITY — Nevada’s economy has declined more than that of any other state since January 2007 and could get even worse as the national economic downturn becomes more severe, a report released Tuesday indicates.

For I-15, no pain, no gain

This week readers want to know what is causing the slowdown on Interstate 15 near Russell Road; is there a law against televisions being installed on dashboards of motor vehicles; and when are they going to activate the message signs on U.S. Highway 95 north?

Child assault trial set for Oct. 27

The man accused of videotaping himself while sexually assaulting a child is scheduled to go to trial on Oct. 27.

Viewers give Obama edge

After watching Tuesday’s presidential debate, more members of a group of undecided Las Vegas voters thought Democrat Barack Obama won than his opponent, Republican John McCain, and many made up their minds to vote for Obama.

CORRECTION

A story in Tuesday’s Review-Journal on revenue shortfalls in Las Vegas gave an incorrect first name for City Manager Doug Selby.

Parvin, longtime Nevadan, dies at 96

Jack Parvin, a 44-year employee of the Nevada Highway Department and Las Vegas district engineer for 14 years, died Tuesday.

Red Rock Canyon fee hike in works

Bureau of Land Management officials said Tuesday that they are taking the first steps to increase entrance fees at Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area.

Alleging fraud, authorities raid voter group

State authorities on Tuesday raided an organization that registers low-income people to vote, alleging that its canvassers falsified forms with bogus names, fake addresses or famous personalities.

Child suicides, accidental deaths rise

Accidental deaths and suicide claimed the lives of more Clark County children last year than in 2006, and young black males fell victim to fatal shootings at a disproportionate rate, according to a report released Tuesday.

IN BRIEF

SUSPECTS SOUGHT

Mental health

Congress lards up every appropriations bill with treats for campaign donors, favored constituencies and special interests — federal lawmakers managed to pack more than 400 pages worth of goodies into last week’s $700 billion economic rescue package, and no member of either party could have possibly known every detail of the bailout bill.

The second debate

Tuesday night’s supposedly “town-hall-style” presidential debate was close enough to a tie to represent a missed opportunity for Republican John McCain to reverse Democrat Barack Obama’s current surge in the polls.

You’re bound to laugh at Rainbow’s ‘Kid’

The big question behind any judgment of Rainbow Company’s “The Kid Who Ran for President” — a new musical-comedy adaptation by former Rainbow member Jeremiah Clay Neal of two Dan Gutman books — is, does the show capture the spirit of the author’s world? As a Gutman fan, I easily answer “yes.” You can quibble with this-and-thats, but Neal understands what makes this children’s writer tick.

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