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Phelps’ rival illustrates need for foils in sports

See. This is what sport needs more of, and I’m not talking about some golf fan playing a flatulence machine along a fairway to make it sound as if Tiger Woods cut a big one while waiting to hit a shot over the weekend.

Aaron urges release of steroid list

PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. — Hank Aaron wants the list of players who tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs in 2003 to be released.

Yankees solve Halladay, top Blue Jays

TORONTO — Even though the New York Yankees finally were able to hit Roy Halladay, they still don’t enjoy facing the Toronto ace.

IN BRIEF

BOXING

ON TV/RADIO

BASEBALL

Bartman remains foul topic

Chicago Cubs fans have a long memory, which they need to recall the last time the team won a World Series or even played in one.

Producer, stars screening ‘Spread’

Ashton Kutcher is in town for tonight’s screening of the romantic comedy “Spread” at Brenden Theatres at the Palms.

Homeless services get ax

A rigid budgetary cap and a union contract hamstrung Clark County commissioners who wanted to keep $7 million in social programs.

Task force to advise on Clark County finances

A 15-person task force that will offer ideas to Clark County leaders for handling next year’s projected budget crunch was formed Tuesday.

Firefighters’ offer hits snag

Clark County firefighters’ proposed contract change got a cold reception Tuesday from commissioners who called for more talks with the union.

Nostalgic, not noble: Mob Museum not meant to glorify organized crime, officials say

Elected officials, including Mayor Oscar Goodman, and former U.S. Sen. Richard Bryan were dressed as mobsters in suits and fedoras giving their blessing to a project they hope will energize downtown Las Vegas and give tourists a new reason to visit. However, “It’s important, I think, to emphasize that this is not to glorify the mob,” Bryan said. “They weren’t fun guys at all.”

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Fasting sect leader again fed by tube

KINGMAN, Ariz. — The leader of a polygamous church sect is being force-fed again in the Mohave County jail in Kingman after resuming his periodic practice of fasting while incarcerated.

Power line proposal dies before council

The Henderson City Council on Tuesday upheld a planning commission denial that prevents NV Energy from changing a small power line running through a rural community into a major electrical utility transmission corridor.

Suspect arrested in boy’s shooting

Las Vegas police on Tuesday arrested a 22-year-old man wanted in connection with a drive-by shooting that left a boy in critical condition.

CORRECTIONS

A story in the Nevada section of Tuesday’s Review-Journal should have said Philip Taft was held without bail in the Clark County Detention Center.

Suspect facing more charges

A Clark County Detention Center inmate held on a prostitution charge is the second woman to accuse a local man of impersonating a detective and sexually assaulting her, a police report said.

in brief

ROBBERY AT TIME-SHARE

Kenny lands at halfway house

The federal government’s star witness in a political corruption investigation, and perhaps the most controversial figure in the case, recently became the third former Clark County commissioner to land at a certain Las Vegas halfway house.

County OKs cuts in rental assistance

At a time of skyrocketing need, help for the poorest Clark County residents just became harder to come by.

TV veteran returning

Retired? Ridiculous. The man merely took a lengthy vacation.

Voter fury

Democrats’ plan to significantly expand the federal government’s role in the health care industry — legislation that would pave the way for a public sector takeover of American medicine — has inspired passionate activism among much of the populace, and outright panic in others.

No tax hikes? Oops!

Traveling the television talk-show circuit last weekend, Barack Obama’s aides and advisers tested the waters for likely public response should the new president completely gut his campaign pledge to middle-class Americans that, “You will not see any of your taxes increase one single dime.”

Healthy number, but homemade

You can keep the calories at or below three digits without breaking the bank.

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