U.S. Supreme Court taking interest in Mojave cross

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to step into a long-running legal fight over an 8-foot cross that stands as a war memorial in the Mojave National Preserve in California.

Group protests public aid for church Twain assisted

RENO — A group that advocates separation of church and state is protesting Carson City’s decision to provide funding to a church that Mark Twain helped build as a fledgling writer in the 1860s.

Kyle is homecoming king

Kyle Busch had the car to beat in the Daytona 500 two weeks ago, but was sidelined by the race’s biggest crash.

IN BRIEF

HOCKEY

ON TV/RADIO

BASKETBALL

Kenseth not first, but first out

Matt Kenseth’s chance to make NASCAR history ended only seven laps into the Shelby 427 when his Roush Fenway Racing Ford engine failed.

Wily Busch shows car who’s boss

This is the kind of car Kyle Busch drove Sunday in the NASCAR Shelby 427 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway: One that was loose all afternoon, needed major adjustments, wasn’t the fastest, started from the back and was average enough for Busch’s crew chief to say the team needed to scratch and claw and kick and spit and fight just to have an opportunity at winning.

Ensign casts a wide fishnet

Sen. John Ensign might have been telling a fish story when he ridiculed stimulus funds for a supposed $150 million fish hatchery.

CORRECTIONS

The name of the law firm Bullivant Houser Bailey PC was misspelled in Jane Ann Morrison’s Saturday column.

MGM Mirage disavows sweepstakes letters

Casino operator MGM Mirage Inc. says residents of Nevada, California, Texas and other states are complaining that someone has mailed them fraudulent checks with the company’s logo on them as part of a scam.

Man suspected in murder-suicide ID’d

Police on Sunday identified the man they allege shot a police officer in the shoulder and fatally shot his girlfriend before turning the gun on himself Saturday.

Kyle Busch grabs first win at Speedway

Imagine Greg Maddux pitching in a pivotal game and getting the last strikeout for a major league victory on his old Valley High School diamond. Or Andre Agassi pounding a match-winning groundstroke to win a major tennis title here. Neither of those great athletes, who call Las Vegas home, ever had that chance. But NASCAR racer Kyle Busch has had that chance the past five years and on Sunday at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, he capitalized on the opportunity and won the Shelby 427 Sprint Cup race.

Fans flock to speedway, despite sputtering economy

A skidding economy was no reason for Las Vegas race fans to slam on the brakes for this weekend’s event. Some, however, have admitted to gently tapping on them.

Manager denies Roy had ailment

Siegfried & Roy‘s manager on Sunday rebutted a local news report that claimed Roy Horn is battling a condition that causes bleeding in his lungs.

Top officials’ quarrel persists

RENO — Gov. Jim Gibbons has criticized Chancellor Jim Rogers, only days after the two declared a truce of sorts following Rogers’ harsh criticism of the governor over his proposed deep cuts in higher education.

Not fair on the air?

The Senate voted Wednesday to bar federal regulators from reimposing a policy, abandoned two decades ago, that effectively barred partisan political gabfests like that of Rush Limbaugh, assuring blandness on the nation’s airwaves.

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