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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