Siemens fire system work scrutinized

The safety investigation into the practices of Siemens Building Technologies, a company with a multimillion-dollar contract to install fire systems at CityCenter on the Strip, is widening.

Suspect’s past revisited

A decade ago, Christiano DeCarlo was described as the “ultimate leader” of a mob-backed plot to take over the outcall entertainment industry in Las Vegas through extortion.

Bail denied in appeals by Simpson, Stewart

The Nevada Supreme Court Friday denied motions for bail from O.J. Simpson and his co-defendant while they appeal their convictions for kidnapping and armed robbery.

Land sales net $135 million for projects

Government land sales in the Las Vegas Valley generated another $135 million in funds for public land projects from Lake Mohave to Lake Tahoe, Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., and Interior Secretary Ken Salazar announced Friday.

Issues trail Reid in Nevada

Even Sen. Harry Reid’s childhood home in Searchlight isn’t far enough from Washington, D.C., for the Senate majority leader to escape the politics of health care, record-high government spending and public opinion polls.

Fremont Street still struggles

Every week, Debi Garrison drives seven hours from her farming community near Fresno, Calif., to deliver produce to several farmers markets in the Las Vegas Valley, ending her rounds at a newly established market on Fremont Street at Las Vegas Boulevard.

Get-out-of-jail-free card

Rep. Charles Rangel has been in the House, representing Harlem and neighboring environs, since 1971. He chairs the powerful Ways and Means Committee — the outfit that writes our tax laws.

U.S. unemployment soars

WASHINGTON — The unemployment rate jumped almost half a point to 9.7 percent in August, the highest since 1983, reflecting a poor job market that will make it hard for the economy to begin a sustained recovery.

IN BRIEF

DALLAS

State OSHA head picked

Nevada OSHA reached within its own ranks to find its new leader.

RELIGION NOTES

MUSIC

UNLV uses huge second half to blow past Sacramento State 38-3

LAS VEGAS (AP) — UNLV’s Channing Trotter rushed for 102 yards and three 1-yard touchdowns tonight to lead the Rebels to a 38-3 victory against Sacramento State in the season opener for both teams. UNLV quarterback Omar Clayton completed 13-of-17 passes for 213 yards, and senior receiver Ryan Wolfe, the school’s all-time leader in receptions, caught five passes for 67 yards.

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