IN BRIEF

HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL

NHRA ticket prices reduced

The National Hot Rod Association and Las Vegas Motor Speedway announced Thursday a plan to offer reduced ticket prices for next month’s Summit Racing.com NHRA Nationals.

Gaels, Bulldogs back in hunt

Bishop Gorman and Centennial thought their seasons were over when they were bounced from the Class 4A Sunset Region girls soccer playoffs Feb. 26.

MWC’s BCS plan is DOA

Overlooked in Craig Thompson’s push for an eight-team college football playoff is the potential leverage the Mountain West Conference commissioner possesses.

Pro scouts see that Summers has full ‘Tank’

Upset after not being invited to the NFL scouting combine last month, Frank Summers used the snub as motivation during UNLV’s pro day workout before 13 teams Thursday.

HORSE RACING

TODAY AT SANTA ANITA PARK

Rebels’ NCAA credentials lacking

It’s a constant buzz that begins in January and becomes deafening in early March. As unavoidable as it might seem, Lon Kruger claims he tunes out the noise.

Kyle Busch, LVMS biggest weekend winners

It’s time to share some stuff found at the bottom of my reporter’s tool box while cleaning it out after Sunday’s Shelby 427 Sprint Cup race.

THE HOT CORNER

[TODD DEWEY Review-Journal, 46-32-1 (overall record)]

Good in familiar territory

The West Coast Conference officially lists Loyola Marymount’s record as 3-27. Coach Max Good says his team is 2-4.

ON TV/RADIO

BASEBALL

Konerko seeks healthy swing

Before last season, his 15th in professional baseball, Chicago White Sox first baseman Paul Konerko hadn’t spent a day on the disabled list.

Utah company gets contract to improve Willow Beach

KINGMAN, Ariz. — The federal government has awarded a $20.3 million contract to a Hurricane, Utah, firm for a variety of work at a popular recreation area along the Colorado River about 12 miles south of Hoover Dam.

Gaming, mining industries tell tax panel to look elsewhere

CARSON CITY — Gaming and mining leaders told legislators Thursday that their industries have been hard hit by the recession and cannot afford to be targeted for tax increases as a way to bail out state government.

Nevada housing market still suffering

The number of residential mortgage loans in Nevada that are either delinquent or in foreclosure reached 18 percent in the fourth quarter of last year, second only to Florida’s 20 percent rate, the Mortgage Bankers Association reported Thursday.

Demand for Predator spy planes continues

With plans by President Barack Obama to withdraw U.S. ground forces in Iraq and end their combat operations by August 2010, air support from remotely piloted Predator spy planes controlled from Creech Air Force Base probably will continue, a Nevada-based commander said this week.

U.S. attorney expects to leave

RENO — Nevada U.S. Attorney Greg Brower says he expects to be replaced by the Obama administration.

High school rodeo group may lose some funding

CARSON CITY — Nevada teenagers who ride and rope in high school rodeo events said Thursday that fewer students would represent the state in national competitions if lawmakers approve Gov. Jim Gibbon’s proposed budget cuts for the state Agriculture Department.

Expansion of ‘Good Samaritan’ law sought

CARSON CITY — Lawmakers were urged Thursday to expand Nevada’s “Good Samaritan” law that protects many medical professionals from being sued as a result of their volunteer efforts during natural or man-caused disasters.

Official: Nuclear dump is out

WASHINGTON — Energy Secretary Steven Chu stood firm Thursday under sharp questioning from Senate Republicans, saying Yucca Mountain no longer is an option to store nuclear waste.

CORRECTION

There was one winning ticket in the Mega Millions lottery, which was reported incorrectly in Thursday’s Review-Journal. A group of insurance workers from New Jersey will share the $216 million jackpot. It’s the second-largest single-ticket jackpot in New Jersey’s history.

Report lists factors leading to crash of Fossett’s plane

FRESNO, Calif. — A man who believes he saw Steve Fossett’s plane moments before it slammed into a mountain said headwinds were so strong that the plane looked like it was “standing still,” a federal report released Thursday said.

Nurses call for safer patient ratios

CARSON CITY — About 150 nurses from across the state rallied Thursday at the Legislature, urging lawmakers to support a proposal that would set nurse-to-patient ratios to ensure safety in hospitals.

‘Apprentice’ avoids Trump’s ire

Brande Roderick, tonight’s slinky celebrity “host” at Tao nightclub inside The Venetian, has filmed most of this season’s “The Celebrity Apprentice.” But Playboy’s 2001 Playmate of the Year can’t tell me whether she will be one of two finalists The Donald chooses from in a live May finale.

Gibbons appoints two to Family Court seats

Gov. Jim Gibbons on Thursday appointed a private attorney and a deputy public defender to serve as judges in Clark County Family Court.

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