Retired Ranger true to his country

Recognizing that I volunteered as a Ranger, fully knowing the hazards of my chosen profession, I will always endeavor to uphold the prestige, honor and high esprit de corps of the Rangers.

Longtime NAC assistant retiring

Whether it was taking notes at a Nevada Athletic Commission meeting or making sure there was an ambulance to take a distressed boxer to the hospital, Sandy Johnson took care of it.

Kyle Busch breezes to Nationwide win

GLADEVILLE, Tenn. — Kyle Busch punished the competition and a brand new Gibson Les Paul guitar trophy Saturday night at Nashville Superspeedway.

ON TV/RADIO

BASEBALL

IN BRIEF

COLLEGES

Phillips’ career gains speed

Kyle Phillips was ready to quit baseball and sell cars for a living after being released in March 2007 for the second time in his burgeoning career.

HORSE RACING

TODAY AT HOLLYWOOD PARK

Owner believes in Pocono future

LONG POND, Pa. — Joseph Mattioli understands Pocono Raceway has an unusual place on the NASCAR circuit — and that’s just the way the outspoken track owner likes it.

Local collector on a mission

Paul Jones was so shy when he was 11 that he wouldn’t make eye contact with anyone.

CLARIFICATION

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Reid says he was Obama whisperer

Now we know. President Barack Obama wasn’t just rooting for Harry Reid when he came to town last month to help raise money for his upcoming re-election campaign.

Report: Radon risks at Tahoe

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE — Elevated levels of radon pose a significant health risk to California residents around Lake Tahoe, according to a report released by the California Geological Survey.

THIS WEEK

MONDAY

Top News

Turnout was predictably low for Tuesday’s municipal elections, but the results were anything but predictable as two candidates won by razor thin margins that may prompt recounts.

IN BRIEF

SMALL TEMBLOR

Reporter’s Notebook

NORTH LAS VEGAS MAYOR-ELECT SHARI BUCK received an unexpected — and slightly creepy — congratulations on her successful campaign at Wednesday night’s City Council meeting.

Man who threatened president arrested in Laughlin

SALT LAKE CITY — Authorities have arrested a man who is alleged to have told bank tellers while cleaning out his savings account in Utah that he was on a mission to kill President Barack Obama.

NEON This Week

Vegas Deathfest not for the faint

House votes to limit airport body scans

WASHINGTON — The House voted last week to limit the use of whole body scans to screen airplane passengers, responding to objections that the technology invades traveler privacy.

Raggio, Buckley honored

CARSON CITY — Assembly Speaker Barbara Buckley, D-Las Vegas, has been selected the best Assembly member for the sixth consecutive session, while state Senate Minority Leader Bill Raggio, R-Reno, was named best senator.

Subpoena seeks names — and lots more — of Web posters

“Fear of serious injury cannot alone justify suppression of free speech and assembly. Men feared witches and burnt women. It is the function of speech to free men from the bondage of irrational fears. To justify suppression of free speech, there must be reasonable ground to fear that serious evil will result if free speech is practiced.”

Discussing guns dubbed ‘academic misconduct’

The forces of political correctness once vowed that, should they ever take over, their free expression on all kinds of issues — from gay rights to amnesty for illegals to space aliens inspiring the pyramids of ancient Egypt — would no longer be censored.

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