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Stinnett helps light Bluejays’ way

P’Allen Stinnett, who helped Palo Verde win the state basketball title in 2004 and was Nevada’s Class 4A player of the year in 2006, returns home tonight as the starting shooting guard for Creighton.

IN BRIEF

HOCKEY

THE HOT CORNER

[MAL VAN VALKENBURG Review-Journal, 41-33-3 (overall record)]

These athletes are gifted

The tradition and honor of playing in a college football bowl game are intangibles, but the freebies and the swag that come a player’s way are very real rewards.

Willis’ aggressive approach proves positive for Rebels

Positive signs were hard to find in the way UNLV was playing a week ago. At the same time, though, sophomore Tre’Von Willis sensed the team’s direction was about to change.

Reid already preparing for 2010 fight

Sen. Harry Reid last week launched a year-end rally for his troops to help protect his Senate seat.

Texting, driving limits in works

CARSON CITY — Until she acquired a BlackBerry wireless device for her political campaign last summer, Sen. Shirley Breeden, D-Henderson, did not realize how unsafe trying to drive while typing text messages could be.

Domestic homicides on rise

A 16-year-old girl returned home from school in January to find her mother on the floor of their garage with a 6-inch metal spike from an industrial tree stand sticking through her skull.

IN BRIEF

CHURCHILL COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL

More horses abandoned in the wild

RENO — A growing number of owners are abandoning their domestic horses in the wild across Nevada and other Western states as the economy worsens and the cost of caring for the animals rises.

Regional Justice Center makes county, taxpayers two-time losers

Remember voting in 1996 for the $120 million bond question that was to help pay for the Regional Justice Center, expand the county jail and expand county juvenile facilities? Sixty-nine percent of Clark County voters approved Question 1 in a low-turnout September primary. Almost 20,000 of us voted for it.

Credit card reforms

Consumer groups last week hailed the news that federal regulators have adopted new rules governing credit card companies and interest charges.

When shall we three meet again?

Those who live through the turmoil of history might often be shocked at the few dry sentences into which succeeding generations boil down epic events.

Nation’s retailers start final holiday sales push

CHICAGO — Swirling snow, packed parking lots and massive markdowns greeted many shoppers across the country this weekend as retailers tried to woo consumers to open their wallets during the final holiday countdown.

Portfolio executive focuses on basics

John Ramous hit it off pretty well with Jordan Schnitzer during a job interview for regional manager of Harsch Investment Properties in Las Vegas.

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