Ex-Rancho star Hollins to coach Grizzlies

Lionel Hollins is working on a contract with the Memphis Grizzlies to serve as their head coach for the third time — but the first time without the interim label.

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GOLF

Lawsuit alleges MountainView negligence

On the night of Nov. 4, 2005, Morton Scheinbaum dropped dead in MountainView Hospital’s emergency department.

Gibbons’ proposal funds senior tax rebates

CARSON CITY — While budgets of many state programs have been slashed, a popular program to give poorer senior citizens annual grants of as much as $500 has received a 20 percent boost in funding by the Gibbons administration.

Police: Standoff ends in suicide

KINGMAN, Ariz. — Authorities believe a Lake Havasu City man committed suicide early Friday after a domestic violence episode unfolded over the course of several hours.

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NORTH LAS VEGAS POLICE

Rulffes, Rogers pan budget cuts

Gov. Jim Gibbons wants to invest in renewable energy to create jobs, but Clark County Schools Superintendent Walt Rulffes wonders whether those same jobs will have to be filled with workers imported from out of state.

Reality TV reinventing Miss America

It’s been slow and not necessarily painless, but Miss America is moving into the 21st century — one well-practiced, high-heeled step at a time.

Business of Chinese New Year

Its pageantry goes unnoticed in the ubiquitous, cheeky national ad campaigns for Las Vegas.

Dancing is a hit for Clooney’s ex

Sarah Larson had been flying under the radar, avoiding negative headlines and tending to her modeling career since her May breakup with George Clooney.

DOCTORS PICK UP THE SLACK

Listening to Vince Gill on her iPod and with a Danielle Steel book tucked close by as backup for potential boredom, Margaret Frye-Jackman sat in an infusion recliner, her legs propped up as if she was resting at home instead of undergoing a five-hour round of chemotherapy.

Killer sentenced

Raymond Garrett, whose criminal record dates to 1986, had a favorite mode of operation.

Las Vegas soldier dies

A soldier from Las Vegas died Jan. 17 when a helicopter he was riding in made a hard landing under combat conditions in the Konar Province of Afghanistan, the Department of Defense announced Friday.

Effects of cuts outlined

The warning came during a town hall meeting last month. The director of the state’s Division of Mental Health and Developmental Services said the agency might soon be able to afford only basic services such as food, shelter, medications and hospitalization.

State health budget trimmed

Despite a 4 percent injection into its overall budget, the Nevada State Department of Health and Human Services still faces some challenges in the next two fiscal years.

For the children?

In some rare good news from the frequently activist judiciary, the U.S. Supreme Court has refused to indulge the government’s wishes to restrict free speech — and in so doing, held that heavy-handed regulation is no substitute for good parenting.

Airport traffic tumbles 7.7 percent in 2008

About 44 million people arrived and departed McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas in 2008, a 7.7 percent decline from 2007.

Zappos.com garners kudos

Just to have a job these days is a pretty big thing for a lot of people. But to be working at the 23rd most employee-friendly company in the country is something else.

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MACAU

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