Edwards a repeat winner

WEST ALLIS, Wis. — Carl Edwards made the most of his one-day Wisconsin getaway, winning Saturday’s NorthernTool.com 250 at the Milwaukee Mile after taking a brief break from his Sprint Cup duties in California.

Bonanza standout earning accolades

Kris Bryant’s “crazy summer” has just begun, but the Bonanza baseball star is already making a case to join Bryce Harper as a probable first-round pick in next year’s major league draft.

ON TV/RADIO

BASEBALL

MGM could land Pacquiao-Cotto

Manny Pacquiao appears headed back to the MGM Grand Garden, the site of his two most recent victories.

HORSE RACING

TODAY AT HOLLYWOOD PARK

IN BRIEF

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

Adoptive parents give local prep star stability

Children will wake today and run to their fathers, to present them with cards and gifts and words of affection. Lance Ringler will feel such love from two, from the son he and wife Missy had six years ago and the daughter they wanted to raise since first holding her as an infant.

Sanchez wins in bloody split decision

Diego Sanchez brutalized Clay Guida for the entire first round during the main event of The Ultimate Fighter 9 Finale card at the Palms on Saturday night.

Papelbon considers pinstripes

The hearts of Red Sox Nation sank last week when closer Jonathan Papelbon said on Sirius XM Radio that he could envision playing for the New York Yankees someday.

Eye injury gives 51s catcher new outlook

After nearly losing his eyesight last season when he fouled a pitch off his face with the San Diego Padres, 51s catcher Michael Barrett said he feels fortunate to still be playing professional baseball.

Nuclear reactors feel squeeze

VERNON, Vt. — Companies that own almost half the nation’s nuclear reactors are not setting aside enough money to dismantle them, and many may sit idle for decades and pose safety and security risks as a result.

CORRECTION

A story in Saturday’s Review-Journal misstated satellite centers to be closed by the College of Southern Nevada. Only the Henderson Business Resource Center and the CSN Center across from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas will close. All other satellite centers will remain in operation in one form or another.

Voters weigh in on Obama, Reid, Nevada governor

Both Gov. Jim Gibbons and President Barack Obama have lost points with Nevada voters in the past month, according to a new Las Vegas Review-Journal poll.

Congress passes $105.9 billion spending bill

WASHINGTON — Congress last week passed and sent to President Barack Obama a bill containing $80 billion to continue paying for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Tahoe fire still mystery

RENO — Investigators said they lack evidence to arrest a “person of interest” in a 2007 catastrophic wildfire on Lake Tahoe’s south shore, but the case remains a high priority.

Reporters’ Notebook

LAS VEGAS POLICE RELEASED TWO PHOTOS LAST WEEK OF GREGORY WALLEN, the man accused of sexually assaulting and killing a 7-year-old girl in 1994. One photo, taken in the 1990s, shows him as a fresh-faced young man in a plaid shirt. The other is Wallen’s mug shot taken after authorities arrested him in Pahrump on June 15. He sports several tattoos, including one of a tear drop under his left eye and another depicting chains around his neck.

MGM Grand workers approve five-year deal

MGM Grand workers who are represented by the Culinary and Bartenders unions ratified a new five-year collective bargaining agreement Saturday that is similar to other Strip resort contracts ratified before the economic downturn.

NEON THIS WEEK

Blue Jungle at Double Down

Hiker discovers parts of skeleton

A hiker found parts of a human skeleton in a remote area of the northwest valley Saturday morning.

Actress giving CityCenter a kiss

Eva Longoria of “Desperate Housewives” and star chef Todd English are teaming up on a Latin-tinged steakhouse concept for CityCenter.

Ensign’s confession shows his conceit has no boundaries

Tanned and toned, with not a silver hair out of place, Sen. John Ensign went before local reporters Tuesday to admit his affair with a former close family friend and campaign staffer.

Exposure to swine flu now may have silver lining later

After four students at Marion Earl Elementary School were diagnosed with swine flu earlier this month, hundreds of parents, fearful that their children might be exposed to the virus, kept their children home.

IN BRIEF

FATAL ACCIDENT

TOP NEWS

Sen. John Ensign called a Las Vegas news conference on Tuesday to disclose what he called “the worst thing that I’ve ever done in my life”: an affair with a married woman from his campaign staff.

Ensign’s approval rating drops

Since admitting an extramarital affair with a former staffer, Sen. John Ensign’s approval rating in his home state has plunged. In a new Las Vegas Review-Journal poll of Nevada voters, 39 percent had a favorable view of Ensign, a drop of 14 percentage points from a month ago. … Yet most Nevada voters, 62 percent, do not think Ensign should resign from the Senate. … In fact, Ensign remains relatively well regarded in a state whose other two top statewide officials, Gov. Jim Gibbons and Sen. Harry Reid, were already quite unpopular.


Poll results

Socialism begets tyranny? Coincidence!

Today, the socialists have taught most Americans to expect lots of things — government schools, government fire and police protection — are and should be “free.”

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