Similar abductions getting new look

RENO — Police are scouring records of unsolved cases in Northern Nevada to determine if any match the profile of the man charged in the abduction and assault of a California girl 18 years ago.

Reporters’ Notebook

AT A RECENT MEETING, COUNTY COMMISSIONER STEVE SISOLAK grilled sewer officials about how they went about buying a machine that cleans sewer lines.

Sex offenders get more scrutiny

CARSON CITY — Parole officers in Nevada these days are taking more time to check out the backyards of the sex offenders they supervise.

Horse removal goes on

RENO — A federal panel has rejected a request for a stay of the U.S. Bureau of Land Management’s plans to remove all wild horses from a large swath of eastern Nevada.

IN BRIEF

WINDS RULED OUT

Free parking, $1.75 airport ride still has way to go

Like many Las Vegas commuters, I fly frequently and dream of the day when public transportation provides a simple, convenient and timely ride to McCarran International Airport.

Gunman shoots woman, himself

A man shot and killed a woman in North Las Vegas before turning the gun on himself Saturday evening, police said.

Utahans to have voice in LV water plan

SALT LAKE CITY — Opponents of a plan to pipe water from a desert aquifer that lies mostly in Utah to Las Vegas will hold citizens’ hearings on the issue this week in Delta and Salt Lake City.

Trust us, it’s working

Vice President Joe Biden marked the 200-day anniversary of the administration’s “stimulus” package with a speech at the Brookings Institution Thursday, in which he spent nearly an hour ticking off the supposed achievements of the spending binge, to date.

We’d hardly know a leader if we saw one

The main point that probably deserves further mention about last week’s Dead Kennedy Funeral Parade was the behavior of the press, which wept and moaned and gnashed its collective teeth with hardly a dissenting soul to say, “Enough, already,” as though the corpse of a pharaoh was headed for its final hoedown with the sun god. I’m surprised they didn’t decide to embalm the guy so people could troop past and touch the yellowed cadaver like they’ve been doing with Vlad “The Impaler” Lenin in Moscow for the past 70 years.

Dysfunction in three easy steps

We need to find a way to blend the three wholly detached components of dysfunctional contemporary American politics, if, that is, we ever really want to do something important and difficult like health care reform.

Brian Sandoval’s political soft spot

A little more than a week from now, Brian Sandoval will officially resign his U.S. District Court judgeship to launch a run for governor.

Bully for you, dear readers

After last Sunday’s column detailing the bullying behavior of U.S. Sen. Harry Reid, the outpouring of support for the Las Vegas Review-Journal has been nothing short of phenomenal.

President Obama in the classroom

President Obama’s plan to address schoolchildren Tuesday morning is a reminder that this country’s political divide is growing wider by the week — and that his rock-star persona is wearing thin.

SAY WHAT?

“We’d exempt ourselves from gravity if we could.”

‘Melrose Place’ offers guilty fun with its dysfunction

The fall season starts early — with a flashy, sexy bang no less — with the return of “Melrose Place” (9 p.m. Tuesday, KVCW-TV, Channel 33), and I’m as giddy as a schoolgirl.

BOOKMARK

Here is a listing of events designed for book lovers. Information is subject to change or cancellation without notice. Additions or changes to this listing must be submitted at least 10 days in advance of Sunday publication to Bookmark, Las Vegas Review-Journal, P.O. Box 70, Las Vegas, NV 89125. For more information, call 383-0306.

‘Wolfenstein’ a WWII game where Nazis get gunned down

There’s a startling moral symmetry in the new Quentin Tarantino movie about Nazis. In “Inglourious Basterds,” a group of Nazi-era Germans cheers the brutal deaths of Allied soldiers as they get gunned down one by one. As a viewer, you think, “I hate Nazis.”

Local team bars ready to cheer a new season

It has been too long since hard-core gridiron fans have been able to turn on the TV and catch some of that organized mayhem we know as NFL football. With the season starting this week, we again present the annual compendium of Southern Nevada bars, taverns and restaurants that cater to fans of specific NFL teams.

List of area football bars

Class reunions grow sweeter with the years

They’re older, the hair is grayer and, as a fellow alumnus put it, there are more yesterdays than tomorrows for Las Vegas High School’s class of 1954.

Get ready to plant delicious fall vegetables

Let me introduce you to three families of vegetables to invite into your garden: greens, roots and cabbages. They are easy to grow, especially during our fall weather. Plant them before Columbus Day so they’ll pay for their stay. These veggies add nutrients, fiber and zest to your winter diet.

Ending marriage means cutting through many strands of life

Jay Haley is amongst my heroes in my chosen profession. I’ve read everything he has ever written. I’ve traveled to hear him speak. He’s brilliant. And I’d like to sorta quote him now. “Sorta quote” means I can’t remember the exact quote, but the gist is: “Divorce might be legally possible, but it might not be actually impossible. You just end up adding another person to the marriage bed.”

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