IN BRIEF

LAS VEGAS BLAZE

Las Vegas valley temp hits a mere 60 degrees

Saturday saw the lowest high temperature ever recorded for an Oct. 11 in the Las Vegas Valley, according to the National Weather Service.

Avoid auto repair problems

I’m pretty skeptical when it comes to mechanics. To an extent, I think we all are.

O.J. believes ‘he was … railroaded’

O.J. Simpson, locked in jail and pondering his future, feels hopeful he will win a new trial on appeal because he believes jury interviews show “he was absolutely railroaded,” his lawyer said.

Obama edges McCain in poll

In a presidential race that remains essentially tied in Nevada, Democrat Barack Obama has the slimmest of leads over Republican John McCain, according to a new Review-Journal poll.

Top News

Nevada investors reeled as wave after wave of jarring financial news rolled in throughout the week.

Porter’s lead slim against Titus

The results of a new Review-Journal poll in the 3rd Congressional District race were a surprise to everyone, except the candidate in the lead.

Scientists hunt cancer cluster

RENO — Researchers continue to look at tungsten in their study of a mysterious childhood leukemia cluster in Fallon, a military and agricultural town 60 miles east of Reno.

Entertainers in sync with Obama

Justin Timberlake isn’t one of those political celebrities, the oft-derided limousine liberals who seem to think an Oscar is a doctorate in public policy.

Here’s your election

Which do you feel more strongly: that Barack Obama scares you or that the Republicans disgust you with the unholy mess they’ve made?

Say what you want, Palin is a ‘real person’

You don’t need a Gallup or Rasmussen poll to know that regular people on the street — you, your family and your neighbors — are disgusted with politics today. The treatment of Gov. Sarah Palin is Exhibit A to illustrate that point.

Next in the bailout line: the states

Washington is throwing so many fiscal lifelines to so many sectors of the economy, taxpayers are growing numb to the numbers involved.

Right on the button

I don’t wish to overstate my powers, but it must be said — and I’m just the guy to do it! — that my last two Sunday columns have been, well, downright ouija-like.

Can we order the setting sun to stay up, too?

The impact of tacking the generally common-sense Sarah Palin onto the bottom of the GOP ticket has clearly not been enough to rescue John McCain from himself.

REVERSING THE ECONOMIC MELTDOWN: Transparency, confidence go hand in hand

Financial fears not seen since the savings and loan crisis in the late 1980s, maybe since the Great Depression, have swept the economic landscape. The world watched as Congress intensely debated and reluctantly passed an emergency plan to stop the financial meltdown in its tracks. The $700 billion authorization gives the Treasury the resources to purchase the bad mortgage-backed securities from the balance sheets of financial institutions.

Chronicling the nation’s history

Newspapers have a long, honorable tradition of playing a vital role in the important debates and dialogues in this country.

Sometimes, we just don’t know why a relationship ends

The man speaks in disbelief about the end of a relationship. He is certain that she loved him. That she still does. According to her, like she has never loved another man. And he loved her. Still does. “We should have made it,” he says defiantly for now, what, the seventh time in the session? He is a man trying to make 1 plus 1 equal 3 by the sheer force of his will.

Say goodbye to the same old thing

Anyone looking for a thrill in Las Vegas — a legal one, that is — can always buy a house.

OUT THERE

HIKES

‘Rock Band 2’ part of holiday releases

Companies already are releasing video games in time for holiday shopping. Yes, I know it’s only October. But there are so many new titles dropping, I’d like to take a deep breath and start telling you about some biggies.

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