BYU’s Rose has spleen removed

Brigham Young men’s basketball coach Dave Rose had emergency surgery to remove his spleen after experiencing internal bleeding last weekend.

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Tyson remarries at Hilton chapel

Mike Tyson has married for the third time, two weeks after his 4-year-old daughter died in a bizarre treadmill accident.

Accardo awaits another chance to aid Blue Jays

When Blue Jays closer B.J. Ryan missed most of 2007 with an elbow injury, Jeremy Accardo had a career year as his fill-in for Toronto, compiling 30 saves and a 2.14 ERA.

Two die in crash near Mesquite

Two people died Tuesday when the sport-utility vehicle they were traveling in on Interstate 15 near Mesquite drifted into the median and rolled over, a Nevada Highway Patrol official said. The crash occurred around 10:20 a.m.

Strip project is seeking bankruptcy

The rumored bankruptcy of another financially troubled Strip project became reality late Tuesday night when Fountainebleau Las Vegas and two of its affiliates filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in Florida.

Governor may call special session

CARSON CITY — Gov. Jim Gibbons said Tuesday there is a good chance he will have to call a special session of the Legislature sometime over the next year and a half because he doubts the tax increases approved by lawmakers will produce the revenue they expected.

Bill changing police contract negotiating is vetoed

CARSON CITY — Gov. Jim Gibbons on Tuesday vetoed five more bills, including one to make the Clark County sheriff or his designee the sole negotiator for contracts with the police officers union.

Henderson gift allotted for science museum

It hasn’t been cleared for takeoff just yet, but the proposed space and science museum in Henderson now has $21 million worth of fuel in its tank.

Aspiring actress gets theater grant

When Paige Billiot was younger, she couldn’t decide what she wanted to be — a doctor, lawyer or something else.

Measure would offset lost income of citizen-soldiers

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is seeking to help families of National Guard and Reserve troops whose incomes as citizen-soldiers are reduced by deployments in support of combat operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Man killed in U.S. 95 crash

A man was killed Tuesday night when he crashed his car into the wall on U.S. Highway 95, forcing the northbound lanes of the highway to close for roughly three hours.

CORRECTIONS

A story in Tuesday’s Las Vegas Review-Journal incorrectly listed which local dealerships Chrysler was targeting for closure. The company announced in May that it wanted to cancel its franchise agreements with Jim Marsh Jeep at 8555 W. Centennial Parkway, United Dodge at 5750 Sky Pointe Drive, United Chrysler Jeep at 3250 E. Sahara Ave. and Integrity Chrysler at 6770 Redwood St. Integrity had already announced the day before Chrysler unveiled its list that it was closing because of poor sales. Chrysler is keeping its local franchise agreements with Towbin Dodge of 275 Auto Mall Drive in Henderson, Chapman Dodge at 3175 E. Sahara Ave. and Chapman Chrysler Jeep at 930 Auto Show Drive in Henderson.

Police seek information in slayings of two roommates

Detectives had few leads to follow Tuesday in the homicide investigation of two slain roommates found in their apartment earlier this week on Decatur Boulevard near Flamingo Road, a Las Vegas police official said.

Gans’ death ruled accidental

Impressionist Danny Gans’ death last month was caused by a combination of heart and blood diseases and a powerful prescription painkiller used to treat chronic pain, the Clark County coroner said Tuesday.

The Gasoline Tax: Break It Down

This week readers want to know why gasoline stations do not list the cost of fuel taxes at the pump; and do the Nevada and California motor vehicle departments exchange information with each other?

Inquiry asked in death of zoo lion

Because of a lion’s untimely death last week at a Las Vegas zoo, an animal rights group has requested an investigation from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.

Budget follies

Barack Obama was at it again Tuesday, highlighting his masterful ability to say one thing while actually doing something completely contradictory.

Maybe we’ll ‘allow’ you to pay it back

Anyone who’s ever borrowed money from the mob — or a credit card company, for that matter — knows that seeing you pay off your debt is the last thing such characters ever seem to want.

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