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Prep brawl penalties assessed

Five boys basketball players from Sierra Vista and three from Bonanza were suspended Monday for their roles in an altercation that occurred during the teams’ game at Bonanza on Friday night.

Wide-eyed Cards touch down

TAMPA, Fla. — The pilot stuck a team flag out the cockpit window as the Arizona Cardinals landed in a place few ever could have imagined.

Poll shows Reid ‘extremely vulnerable’ in 2010 election

U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., is not popular in his home state as he heads into his next re-election battle, according to a new poll commissioned by a conservative political action group.

Mayor’s idea for a mob museum sleeps with the fishes in Washington

Review-Journal columnist John L. Smith says a subtler approach by Mayor Oscar Goodman might have worked in trying to get federal funds for “The Mob Museum” — officially known as the Las Vegas Museum of Organized Crime and Law Enforcement:
Sorry, Oscar. Your museum caught two behind the ear and was stuffed into a trunk in the name of politics. Maybe you should have called it the Stock Market Heritage Museum. It could have made a great score.

Also, see John L. Smith’s blog on the Mob Museum.

Some struggle to find care

CARSON CITY — Unemployed Las Vegas pharmacist Sheik Ellias told legislators Monday he can’t find doctors willing to operate on his two daughters, who both use wheelchairs. Doctors won’t operate on daughters Hannah, 8, and Zaynah, 5, because payments from the state’s Medicaid program won’t cover their actual costs.

Jobless finding more competition

Unemployed Las Vegans Steve Fose and Gilberto Torres aren’t asking for much. Fose wants a security-guard job that would earn him perhaps $11 an hour. Torres seeks a warehouse job that might bring in $10 an hour. Both have sought work since fall, with nary a nibble from any prospective employer.

Proposed closing of prison disputed

CARSON CITY — A move to close the old Nevada State Prison was questioned Monday by state lawmakers, who demanded more details and said the proposed shutdown might not produce the Gibbons administration’s estimate of a $37 million budget savings.

Expert outlines worries of nuclear proliferation

Speaking from his vantage point as a former Air Force secretary and atomic weapons scientist, Thomas C. Reed said there is plenty to be concerned about in a world where factions bent on destroying American life want to join the nuclear club.

Relatives mourn teen slain by officer

Tyrise M. Bell was the kind of kid his friends’ parents wanted to claim as their own, his family said.

Man sentenced in fatal shooting outside club

A 39-year-old man accused of killing another man outside a club in North Las Vegas was sentenced to six to 18 years in prison Monday.

Judge refuses to block work on mine

RENO — A federal judge ruled Monday a gold mine project could proceed in northeast Nevada despite a bid by a tribe and conservationists to block it on religious and environmental grounds.

Gang figure accused of rape

An associate of the Rolling 60s Crips who served time for a racketeering conspiracy conviction is back in jail after he was arrested on allegations he raped his mentally challenged teenage daughter.

Residents mourn slain pizza delivery man

A card decorated with a hand-drawn pizza was left next to five bouquets of flowers Monday evening in a North Las Vegas neighborhood.

University chancellor talks tough against proposed cuts

Not only will the state’s higher education system not accept the 36 percent budget cut proposed by Gov. Jim Gibbons, it won’t accept any cuts, the chancellor told a crowd of hundreds Monday night.

in brief

ABSENCE UNEXPLAINED

Three family members killed in two-vehicle crash on U.S. 93

KINGMAN, Ariz. — Three young family members from Las Vegas were killed when two vehicles collided and rolled over on U.S. Highway 93 between Hoover Dam and Phoenix on Sunday afternoon.

Killing Detroit

While still holding “president-elect” status, Barack Obama embraced handing Detroit automakers billions of dollars, calling the corporate bailout “necessary.”

Existing home sales jump in December

WASHINGTON — Sales of existing homes posted an unexpected increase last month, as consumers snapped up bargain-basement foreclosures in Nevada, California and Florida, closing out the worst year for the U.S. real estate market in more than a decade.

LV Chamber targets benefits reform

The Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce is stepping up its decades-long efforts to reform the state’s public employees’ retirement and benefits programs, which have a combined $10.3 billion unfunded liability.

World Series of Poker adds $40,000 buy-in game

The 40th version of the World Series of Poker will include a no-limit hold ’em game with a buy-in that marks the tournament’s anniversary.

IN BRIEF

Casino owner pledges $20 million to resort

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