IN BRIEF

DOPING AND SPORTS

Official’s blow refs the passer

In what might be the first flashback from the 1960s involving football, Southeastern Conference official Wilbur Hackett Jr. — a linebacker at Kentucky from 1968 to 1970 — delivered a hit on South Carolina quarterback Stephen Garcia on Saturday in the Gamecocks’ 24-17 loss to Louisiana State.

Gorman junior loses state title in playoff

RENO — Nichole Corpus-Massucci had been steady all day, consistently finding fairways and greens, and it had her in position to win a state championship.

Pressure mounts for Utah to represent league in BCS

Brigham Young’s loss last week at Texas Christian shifts the pressure to Utah as the Mountain West Conference’s only undefeated team and its best hope for a Bowl Championship Series bid.

HORSE RACING

OAK TREE AT SANTA ANITA

ON TV/RADIO

FOOTBALL

Antolin gives ‘Cats relief

Oklahoma sophomore DeMarco Murray isn’t the only former Bishop Gorman running back making a name for himself at a major college football program playing for a coach named Stoops.

Palin courts the female vote

Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin cast herself as the heir to feminism’s legacy in her first visit to Southern Nevada on Tuesday, saying if Democrat Barack Obama were serious about respecting women, he would have chosen Hillary Clinton as his running mate.
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Believe it or not, Criss Angel’s a hit

Days away from the Halloween launch of Cirque du Soleil’s $100 million gamble on magic, Criss Angel is convinced he has a monster hit.

Voting controversy surfaces

With two weeks to go until Election Day, both Democrats and Republicans questioned what they called suspicious tactics aimed at voters.

Government: Man held documents hostage

A truck driver who last year obtained a pile of confidential documents that included personal information about Harrah’s Entertainment patrons contacted the casino company and told executives he wanted to do the right thing, one Harrah’s employee said.

Mauling inquiry finished

Prosecutors have decided not to press charges in the case of the 4-month-old girl who was mauled to death by her family’s two pit bulls last month.

Judges on call for election

Three Clark County District Court judges have been selected to hear legal cases that might arise on Election Day.

Newspaper sues for Gibbons’ e-mails

CARSON CITY — The Reno Gazette-Journal filed a public records lawsuit against Gov. Jim Gibbons on Tuesday, seeking a court order compelling Gibbons to release certain e-mail correspondence under Nevada’s public records law.

Tax cap supporters lose Supreme Court request

CARSON CITY — A request to the Nevada Supreme Court to reconsider an earlier decision that kept a proposal to cap property taxes off the November ballot has been rejected.

In Brief

ARIZONA SLAYING

Authorities seek tips in manhunt

A 32-year-old woman was sexually assaulted early Sunday morning after a man got in her car at a Henderson intersection and forced her at gunpoint to drive to a nearby park where the assault occurred, police said.

Paving the way to the mall

This week readers want to know about the construction on U.S. Highway 95, between Russell and Sunset roads; whether there are any laws governing jogging or walking in the streets; and who handles road kill in the valley.

Local Mongols held in sweep

Seven Las Vegas members of the Mongols motorcycle gang were arrested Tuesday as part of a seven-state sweep that shattered its two local chapters, police said.

Ensign: Senate Democrats may grab 60 seats

WASHINGTON — Nevada Sen. John Ensign, the chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, on Tuesday acknowledged Democrats have a chance to reach 60 seats in the Senate on Nov. 4, which would allow them to pass legislation over the objections of Republicans.

Judge’s removal ordered

RENO — Clark County Family Court Judge Nicholas Del Vecchio was removed from office Tuesday by the Commission on Judicial Discipline after he admitted to numerous sexual improprieties, including having sex in hotels with a staff member during working hours.

Arizona bypass contract quietly awarded

KINGMAN, Ariz. — It’s one of the largest contract awards in the history of the Arizona Department of Transportation’s Kingman District that covers all of Mohave County.

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