All In Step

Mexico, U.S. revisit hostilities

It’s not such a big deal if Mexico defeats the United States today in a World Cup soccer qualifier in Mexico City.

Hoffpauir’s homer in eighth lifts Iowa to victory over 51s

Micah Hoffpauir hit a tiebreaking two-run homer with two outs in the eighth inning, sending the Iowa Cubs to a 4-2 victory over the 51s on Tuesday in a Pacific Coast League game in Des Moines, Iowa.

Fox sees Broncos making progress

Vernon Fox is entering his second season with the Denver Broncos. But it’s not the same team.

IN BRIEF

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

NFL preseason rouses sports books

After a six-month absence, the NFL is back. The preseason games don’t count in the standings, but the windows are open for wagering. Las Vegas’ sports books need the business following a slow summer — and bettors are probably ready for the adrenaline rush.

ON TV/RADIO

BASEBALL

HORSE RACING

TODAY AT DEL MAR

BMX rider digs Las Vegas dirt

Cam White made Las Vegas his second home about seven years ago, and the move has helped him develop into one of the world’s best BMX Dirt trick riders.

DEA agents raid LV pharmacy in Jackson probe

Federal agents searched a pharmacy in a Las Vegas strip mall Tuesday morning as part of the investigation into the death of entertainer Michael Jackson.

Homeless get swept up in corridor cleanup

Las Vegas’ homeless corridor around Main Street and Owens Avenue, which just weeks ago was teeming with scores of down-on-their-luck men and women, now has only a few holdouts after most were cleared out under a city plan to empty the corridor of homeless people — and their attendant problems. But where did the homeless go? Some say many of the corridor’s homeless have been steered into transitional or permanent housing. Others say they have simply taken up camp a few blocks down the road. Meanwhile, the American Civil Liberties Union of Nevada is concerned that Metropolitan Police Department officers might have violated people’s rights as they shooed the homeless out of the corridor.

Facing declining tax revenue, Gibbons warns of cuts

CARSON CITY — Gov. Jim Gibbons said Tuesday that he already has begun talking with legislative leaders about potential cuts that might be necessary because of declining tax revenue and could require action in a special legislative session.

Mascots go all out to show off

What recession? Budget cuts didn’t scare away this hardy group of conventioneers. In fact, it was a slam dunk that they’d be in Las Vegas, and they’re still doing back flips.

UCLA researchers: School segregation worsens in West Las Vegas

Despite “substantial investment,” school segregation trends are getting worse in the minority neighborhood of West Las Vegas, according to researchers from the University of California, Los Angeles.

Witness immunity focus of Gage hearing

SAN FRANCISCO — Attorneys and prosecutors in the case related to allegations of corruption involving Las Vegas doctors and lawyers argued before an appeals panel Tuesday over the relevance of granting immunity to a witness.

Man presumed drowned in Lake Mohave is identified

KINGMAN, Ariz. — The National Park Service has released the name of the Lawndale, Calif., man who is missing and presumed drowned at Lake Mohave.

Man, 62, held in slaying of woman, 65

A 65-year-old North Las Vegas woman with “obvious physical injuries” was found dead Monday in a Deer Springs Way apartment complex.

Board OKs $415,000 for Krolicki case

CARSON CITY — The state Board of Examiners voted 2 to 1 Tuesday to spend $415,000 to hire a Las Vegas law firm to prosecute Lt. Gov. Brian Krolicki.

Governor votes ‘no’ on funding

CARSON CITY — Despite Gov. Jim Gibbons’ objections, the Board of Examiners voted Tuesday to give a Washington law firm another $10 million to continue the legal fight against a high-level nuclear waste repository in Yucca Mountain.

Potholes, paving and repaving

This week, a reader wants to know what recourse she has if her car is damaged by a road hazard, an Arizona resident wonders why it is taking so long to improve the stretch between state Route 163 and Railroad Pass; and a man wants to know when the heck Eastern Avenue will be repaved.

Health care and pork

Congress rushed this summer to obey President Obama’s edict that they should enact a slow-motion government takeover of the health care industry before any of the members had to go home and start confronting an electorate that’s actually read the thing.

Just keep it coming

Since lawmakers cleared out of Carson City in early June, we haven’t heard much about the need to “stabilize” Nevada’s tax base. But rest assured, the rhetoric will ramp up again as we approach the 2011 legislative session — or even sooner, should a special legislative session be needed to deal with continued declines in sales and gaming tax receipts.

Johnny McGuire’s Deli inventive with flavor profiles

Despite the name, don’t think of Johnny McGuire’s Deli as a deli in the traditional New York City sense of the word — particularly if your idea of a “deli” is a place that offers a strictly defined roster of pretty basic sandwiches.

Sweetbreads plentiful in valley

What’s the difference between sweetbreads and sweet bread? Eons, if you’re unaware and mistake one for the other. The latter is suitable for breakfast and usually contains nuts. The former is the thymus gland (and sometimes pancreas) of a lamb, calf or pig, and when properly prepared, they’re a whole lot better than they sound.

Luzon Jumilla

Wine: Luzon Jumilla

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