Kyle Busch rebounds from heartache to win Food City 500

BRISTOL, Tenn. — Kyle Busch was furious when his pit crew cost him a win at Bristol Motor Speedway, where he angrily ditched his car on the race track and headed to his motor home on foot.

Nadal breezes at Indian Wells

INDIAN WELLS, Calif. — Rafael Nadal was determined to overcome the tricky, swirling winds that made serving and hitting routine shots tricky.

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BASEBALL

Barton dominates at Bullring

Taylor Barton started the NASCAR All-American Series by winning the season opener for the second straight year.

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LAS VEGAS HOMICIDE

Meeting location outrages doctor

When Dr. William Ramos learned that the Nevada State Medical Association was going to hold its annual convention in Arizona, he didn’t cope with his anger by visiting a shrink or tearing off his stethoscope.

Efforts continue to free performer

A Las Vegas-based celebrity impersonator remains in jail in South America on fraud charges stemming from a live concert that was promoted as the real Toni Braxton.

Wolverine spotted in Sierra Nevada

RENO — A year after becoming the first documented member of its species spotted in the Sierra Nevada since the 1920s, a wolverine has been caught on research cameras again, only 15 miles away.

State Democrats to pick chief

The state Democratic Party, coming off a triumphant election year, will hold an election at the end of this week to determine its chairman for the next two years.

Herbst Gaming files Chapter 11 plan

Herbst Gaming filed a prepackaged Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization plan Sunday that will result in the company losing ownership of its 15 casinos but retaining control of its Nevada slot machine route.

‘Quite a spring storm’ delays traffic in Sierra

RENO — The calendar says spring, but it was more like winter in the Sierra Nevada on Sunday as a storm dropped up to 2 feet of snow and snarled mountain traffic.

CORRECTION

In Thomas Mitchell’s Sunday column listing cities in which major newspapers have been described as “endangered,” he mistakenly listed Minneapolis twice and failed to list San Francisco. In some printed copies he also wrote that the Tucson Citizen had been closed. At the last minute the Citizen announced it would publish at least through Friday.

‘Las Vegas: where you can’t afford a drink’

Spending on travel and tourism declined last year for the first time since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, the Commerce Department reports. “As Americans canceled vacations, a strong dollar kept foreigners away and businesses slashed travel budgets,” The Wall Street Journal reported last week.

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