Angel earns Masters degree

AUGUSTA, Ga. — The cheers came from every corner of Augusta National, the kind of mayhem that had been missing at the Masters.

IN BRIEF

TENNIS

T.O. not upset at barbs tossed by Aikman

As a former Dallas Cowboy and current NFL television commentator, Troy Aikman has had much to say lately about his old team’s preparations for the 2009 season.

ON TV/RADIO

BASEBALL

No joke: Comedy TV show stays clean

Last week, a black-owned TV network called TV One transformed a Luxor hotel ballroom into a TV studio, and there taped the entire fifth season of “Who’s Got Jokes?” It’s similar to NBC’s “Last Comic Standing,” except funnier and the cast and crew is predominantly black.

Resorts closing slopes

RENO — Sierra Nevada ski resorts are starting to shut down lifts for the season after what some operators are calling a “very challenging year” because of the economy’s downhill slide.

Ballroom dancing boom helps couple

Timing is everything. In life and on the dance floor. Dance instructors Tony and Dana Delgado won’t disagree.

Bar owners, customers want less-complicated smoking law

Joe Wilcock, owner of the Brewery Bar and Grill in Las Vegas, blames the 2006 smoking ban for a drop in business, even though he spent $60,000 to remodel the facility to comply with the law. The Nevada Legislature is considering changing the complicated law, which has been criticized for being vague and difficult to enforce.

Cancer gene haunts women

Five women. Four were diagnosed with breast cancer.

IN BRIEF

CENTRAL LAS VEGAS VALLEY

Complaints point out waste

The budgetary scalpel is cutting perilously close to the Clark County School District’s muscle and bone, education leaders say.

Reid: Obama-Gibbons good idea

Gov. Jim Gibbons thinks President Barack Obama should meet with him when the president visits Las Vegas next month, and Sen. Harry Reid agrees.

Pedestrian killed in hit and run

A woman crossing Lake Mead Boulevard near Nellis Boulevard Saturday night was killed in a hit and run, Las Vegas police said.

Taking a toll

A proposal to allow a $1 billion privately funded toll lane project in Southern Nevada died Friday in a state legislative committee.

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