IN BRIEF

SKIING

Kenseth drives leadoff double

FONTANA, Calif. — Matt Kenseth’s team has found some much-needed magic.

Tennis Channel Open another net loss for Vegas

Sam Querrey wasn’t sure what bothered him more: not being able to defend his Tennis Channel Open title or missing the chance to go to City Hall and get a bobblehead doll from Mayor Oscar Goodman.

ON TV/RADIO

BASKETBALL

THE HOT CORNER

[MAL VAN VALKENBURG Review-Journal, 41-35-3 (overall record)]

Unemployed, uninsured in need of care

Kevin Jarina was uninsured and unemployed, having been laid off from a series of construction jobs, when one morning last March he was hit with abdominal pain so severe it doubled him over. That began a nearly yearlong medical nightmare that left Jarina homeless, bitter, and, after hopping a bus to Las Vegas in search of help, finally grateful.

Activism springing up left and right

Spring must be on its way. On both sides of the political spectrum, activism is sprouting in Nevada.

IN BRIEF

CROSSING INTERSECTION

Mass transit rivalry rolling

WASHINGTON — The Republicans attacking President Barack Obama’s economic stimulus package point to a project they dub the “Sin Express,” a high-speed rail link between Anaheim, Calif., site of Disneyland, and Las Vegas.

Jacobs, friends walk red carpet

Usually TV reporter Alicia Jacobs is working the red carpet, not walking it. Sunday was a first: her first time on the red carpet for the Academy Awards.

Mormon cricket infestation expected

ELKO — Elko County is again expected to be a hotbed of Mormon cricket activity in Nevada this year, county commissioners were told.

Nevada’s per person share low

The stimulus bill enacted on Tuesday is supposed to give some relief to a nation battered by unemployment, home foreclosures and state budget shortfalls. Yet Nevada, where all of those problems are intense, is getting less help from the federal government than most other states on a per person basis.

High court on the air

Nevada’s state Supreme Court announced Wednesday it will begin broadcasting all oral appeals arguments over the Internet.

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