CORRECTION

The Online Guy column in Saturday’s Business section contained an error. The name of the founder of eZanga.com, Rich Kahn, was misspelled.

IN BRIEF

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

Practice time limit rules only on paper

I don’t believe any college football program follows the weekly 20-hour limit of “football activities” to the second. I don’t believe any program follows the offseason limit of eight hours per week.

Favre draws ire, penalty

For a guy who said before the game that he feared he had a cracked rib, Brett Favre was pretty physical Monday during Minnesota’s 17-10 victory at Houston.

Contests fuel first run of football season — to books

It’s easy to see when football season has arrived. Las Vegas sports books, which sometimes resemble ghost towns during the summer months, become the busiest parts of many casinos.

HORSE RACING

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BASEBALL

Blue Jays call up three 51s players

Despite recording a 1.72 ERA in 12 relief appearances this season for the Toronto Blue Jays, 51s pitcher Dirk Hayhurst was demoted to Las Vegas on July 28.

Oklahoma is BYU obstacle

First-year Wyoming coach Dave Christensen has seen Oklahoma’s talent up close — a bit too close for comfort — and isn’t confident of Brigham Young’s chances of beating the Sooners in the teams’ season opener Saturday.

Heller presents ideas

Rep. Dean Heller, R-Nev., on Tuesday described what he thinks would make a good health reform bill, although as a member of the minority party he’s not sure it will even matter.

Henderson settles in woman’s death

The Henderson City Council has signed off on a $700,000 settlement with the family of an ice cream truck driver who was shot and killed by police in front of her husband and two children.

Killer apologizes to family

Judge Michelle Leavitt asked Thomas Richardson whether he wanted to speak to jurors before they went home Tuesday night. … “I don’t know if it would make much of a difference at this point,” he said. … The jury found the 42-year-old California man guilty of beating to death a 91-year-old cancer survivor and her grandson with a claw hammer. … The same jury will next decide whether he should be put to death for his crimes.

Two more die from swine flu

Two more deaths from the H1N1 virus were reported Tuesday by the Southern Nevada Health District.

With stoplights, timing isn’t everything

Brian Hoeft is the leader of the red light district in Las Vegas. OK, not really, but he does have control of when traffic signals turn red, or green, in his role as assistant director of the Regional Transportation Commission’s Freeway & Arterial System of Transportation (FAST).

In Brief

FELONY CHARGES

Pedestrian killed on Beltway

A pedestrian seen stumbling across multiple lanes of traffic on the Las Vegas Beltway was struck by at least one vehicle and killed Tuesday night.

Trial in teen drinking allegations delayed

A prominent Las Vegas doctor charged with hosting an underage drinking party for his teenage son and friends had his trial postponed until November.

Parental rights case weighed

CARSON CITY– The termination of parental rights in the case of an American Indian child was argued before the state Supreme Court Monday.

CLARIFICATION

A story in Sunday’s Review-Journal about homeowners bailing on their “underwater” mortgages and buying new homes requires clarification. A new law that lets homeowners walk away from their mortgages without further bank collection action applies only to mortgages made after July 1.

Air advisory stays in effect through today

Smoke and foul air from wildfires in Southern California will continue to drift into the Las Vegas Valley and elsewhere in Clark County, where local air quality officials have extended an advisory through today for people with respiratory conditions.

City attorney closes complaint against judge

The Las Vegas city attorney has decided not to prosecute a misdemeanor battery complaint filed in May against a District Court judge.

Public defender says cabby’s killer doesn’t deserve to die

CARSON CITY — A federal public defender said the 1990 killing of a Las Vegas cabdriver was “simply first-degree murder,” not a heinous enough crime to sentence killer Frederick Paine to death.

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