Playoffs? This Lion’s no coward

Detroit Lions running back Kevin Smith either has too much spare time on his hands or is too much of a wide-eyed optimist for his own good, but in a recent blog post, he predicted the Lions would make the playoffs this season.

ON TV/RADIO

BASEBALL

IN BRIEF

CYCLING

Stults pitches Dodgers over hump

LOS ANGELES — Eric Stults turned in his second career shutout. Center fielder Matt Kemp made three outstanding defensive plays. Juan Pierre finished with three RBIs.

Leadership no political football for Gaels grad

His father won an AFC Championship with the New England Patriots and yet he has seen the commemorative ring twice. It might be just once. No one thinks about it all that much.

HORSE RACING

TODAY AT HOLLYWOOD PARK

Higher education holding up budget

CARSON CITY — Nevada lawmakers have their hands full as they start their 15th week of the 2009 session on Monday, trying to resolve differences in a state spending plan that must be balanced by new taxes and other revenue sources.

Supply up, demand down

It’s getting to be that time of year when gasoline prices start creeping up.

IN BRIEF

FRIDAY NIGHT SHOOTING

Underwhelming oversight leaves workers’ compensation in bind

Nevada’s long tradition of marginal regulatory oversight generates compelling news stories any time there’s a hepatitis C outbreak, rash of construction deaths, or a billion-dollar mortgage company bustout.

Bills target mortgage problems

WASHINGTON — Congress took action on three bills last week responding to the mortgage crisis.

Reporter’s Notebook

WAS IT DEJA VU WHEN the historic Moulin Rouge, the city’s first integrated casino, caught fire on Wednesday? It sure seemed like it.

NEON THIS WEEK

Triple attraction at Double Down

Plane crash kills five in Nevada

RENO — A small plane crashed Saturday afternoon in a pasture in northern Nevada, killing all five people aboard, sheriff’s deputies said.

Top News

A Las Vegas police officer was killed in a collision early Thursday morning while rushing to a domestic violence call.

Hualapai juvenile jail open

KINGMAN, Ariz. — A new juvenile detention center for members of northern Arizona’s Hualapai tribe will end a long-standing practice of sending wards to a juvenile jail in New Mexico.

Heart problems in Gans’ family

Entertainer Danny Gans had high blood pressure “for years” and a history of heart problems in his family, his manager said Saturday.

Pay for government workers in Nevada are straining budgets

Nevada taxpayers support fewer government employees than those of other states, but give them more pay and benefits than most. In a budget crisis, the Nevada Legislature is revisiting that arrangement.

Ace war pilot and former POW dies

Col. Harold E. Fischer, an ace fighter pilot whose high-profile captivity became a symbol of heightened tensions between the United States and China at the end of the Korean War, has died. He was 83.

The president and the high court

Last week Justice David Souter announced his intent to resign from the U.S. Supreme Court, giving President Barrack Obama his first opportunity to appoint a judge to the highest court in the land. In our constitutional system, the president has the power to nominate judicial officers, but U.S. senators review those nominations and may approve or disapprove of them. This check and balance is the process of “advice and consent.”

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