IN BRIEF

CALIFORNIA FUGITIVE

IN BRIEF

BOXING

HORSE RACING

TODAY AT HOLLYWOOD PARK

ON TV/RADIO

BASEBALL

Arguello had so-so luck here

The late Alexis Arguello‘s success as a champion boxer is undisputed. And while Las Vegas played a part in Arguello’s Hall of Fame career, it also was the scene of a couple of his toughest defeats.

Champ back in swing

Layla McCarter has been missing from the boxing ring for so long, there was a temptation to look for the champion on the side of a milk carton.

Prep Athletes of the Year boast game for all seasons

Juggling homework, five sports between them and recruiting processes that netted both college scholarships, Marcus Sullivan and Johnna Brown didn’t have much downtime as high school seniors. … But that didn’t stop the multiple-sport standouts from enjoying the past year. … Sullivan, a football and track star at Cheyenne, and Brown, a volleyball, basketball and softball standout at Centennial, have been named the Las Vegas Review-Journal’s High School Athletes of the Year.

Fireworks shake up Bullring

The annual Night of Fire at the Bullring on Thursday featured two rounds of fireworks.

Horse betting can be cheap

Las Vegas figures to be brimming with holiday tourists this weekend. I suspect some will be placing bets in race books, many for the first time.

Speedster Oeltjen is Reno’s triple threat

Hank Aaron once called the triple the most exciting play in baseball. If the former home run king was correct, Trent Oeltjen has produced plenty of excitement for the Reno Aces.

George’s ouster clouds IRL’s future

If the reality saga “John & Kate Plus 8” goes where their marriage is headed — right down the drain — an Indiana family is poised to fill the time slot.

Suspect in assaults pleads not guilty

The Boulder City teacher and foster parent accused of sexually assaulting and videotaping young boys pleaded not guilty Thursday before Hearing Master Kevin Williams.

Police account is disputed

An eyewitness account appears to contradict police statements about the Wednesday officer-involved shooting that left a sexual assault suspect dead.

Police seek teenager in slaying

Las Vegas police on Thursday named a 15-year-old teen as a suspect in the slaying of an 18-year-old man found dead in the central valley last week.

Maglev rail project no longer attracts

Sen. Harry Reid on Thursday all but pronounced the death of a magnetic levitation train project proposed to connect Las Vegas to Southern California. “Maglev is going nowhere,” said Reid, D-Nev. It was an idea whose time he hoped had come, “but it hasn’t, and it won’t.” … Reid does support the privately funded DesertXpress project, proposed to connect Las Vegas to Victorville, Calif.

Two convicted in shooting

Two men on trial in connection with a 2007 bus stop shooting that wounded six people were convicted Friday in District Court.

Mother charged with murder

A 23-year-old woman was charged with second-degree murder Thursday after the drowning of her 5-year-old daughter, who was left in the bathtub unattended with the door closed, police said.

When live news shots turn bad

KTNV-TV, Channel 13, reporter Steve Ryan‘s live shot-gone-bad is all over the national news.

CORRECTIONS

A Fourth of July holiday closings list in Thursday’s Review-Journal contained two errors. It should have said that the U.S. Postal Service will deliver mail today, not Saturday, and that Las Vegas-Clark County Library District libraries will be open today.

Hope nothing happens to him

Painful things happen to the lead singer of Linkin Park. He’s become allergic to his own sweat. He needed plastic surgery for a tennis injury. And years ago, he ripped off one of his nipples accidentally.

Raku

You might think crispy fried shrimp and asparagus crispy tempura, on the same menu at the same restaurant, would be much the same. You might think it’s impossible (or at least improbable) that tofu could be lightly crispy on the outside and almost creamy (and most definitely not rubbery) on the inside. But if you were eating at Raku, you’d be mistaken on all counts.

Palms giving away Mustang; Silverton offering quality watches

From Saturday through Thursday, Palms players can guess the amount of money contained in a special display case located in the Race and Sports book. All Club Palms members receive one free guess per day and will be awarded additional guesses for every 25 same-day base slot club points ($25 coin-in) up to a maximum of 10 guesses per day. The winner (closest to the actual amount without going over) will receive a Muscle Mustang or $16,620 cash. Nine other players will receive $200-$2,500 cash.

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