Plane makes forced landing

Candace Porter was driving north on Rancho Drive on Friday when she felt something heavy land on the sunroof of her Chevy Tahoe. … Confused, she pulled into the parking lot of Texas Station to check what had happened. When she stepped out of the car, scraps of metal fell at her feet. … The “something heavy” was part of an experimental aircraft in the process of making an emergency forced landing, authorities said.


Experimental plane scrapes woman’s SUV

Lower cash offers accepted over higher financed offers

Q: I’m wondering why lower offers are sometimes accepted on a bank-owned home? I hear a lot of homebuyers complaining about how their offer was $30,000 or so above the list price and the seller accepted a lower offer. It seems like many of these are cash offers. Thanks for shedding some light on this situation. — Tiffany J., Las Vegas

Summerlin celebrates ‘ghoulish’ fun

The Gardens Park in the master-planned community of Summerlin was transformed into one of the valley’s pumpkin patches Oct. 10 for the third annual Summerlin Pumpkin Festival.

HOT PROPERTIES Meg Ryan relists Bel-Air home at reduced price

Actress Meg Ryan, who will star opposite Timothy Hutton in the December comedy “Serious Moonlight,” also seems to be getting serious about selling her Bel-Air home. She has put it back up for sale at $14.2 million — a 27 percent price reduction from what she was asking in 2008.

Rhodes Ranch offers homes starting at $188,000

The Greens collection in Rhodes Ranch in the southwestern Las Vegas master-planned community is offering new homes starting at $188,000.

Bills pertain to foreclosure issues

EDITOR’S NOTE: Barbara Holland is taking a break in the Q. & A. format of this column to discuss bills AB 140 and AB 149 that pertain to foreclosures.

Agassi reveals more details

Andre Agassi used crystal meth periodically for “a year or so,” the eight-time Grand Slam champion revealed in an interview with People magazine.

IN BRIEF

GOLF

Rebels expect to get TCU’s best

FORT WORTH, Texas — Conventional wisdom might suggest UNLV is catching Texas Christian at the right time.

Rested Badgers set to rebound

It would appear Wisconsin and Purdue are teams headed in opposite directions entering today’s Big Ten matchup at Camp Randall Stadium in Madison.

Centennial rich in talent

The only question Centennial boys cross country coach Mike McGuire had going into the Sunset Region championship was concern about his team’s health.

Green Valley boys, Coronado girls win titles

The Green Valley boys and Coronado girls cross country teams won the Sunrise Region championships Friday on the 3.1-mile course at Veterans Memorial Park in Boulder City.

Hagan sets NHRA speed mark in Funny Car

Matt Hagan set an NHRA speed mark for a Funny Car on Friday at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, going 313.88 mph at qualifying for the Las Vegas NHRA Nationals.

Force Hood steers clear of easy road, excels

She could have marketed it beyond belief, promoting her brand on the whole skimpy bikini and leaning over the race car thing. She could have followed that television reality show with her family by launching a campaign of skin and dragsters to no end.

Packers poised for revenge

It’s tough to overshadow the NFL’s best running back, but Adrian Peterson almost seems to be an invisible man at the moment.

ON TV/RADIO

BASEBALL

Kalitta remains fighter

Conrad Kalitta always has had a tough-guy reputation in drag racing, but you probably need one if you grow up being called Connie.

HORSE RACING

TODAY AT SANTA ANITA PARK

Escaping danger comes naturally

Just making it to the PBR World Finals on Friday was a major accomplishment for bull rider Ryan McConnel, who was involved in a life-threatening car accident Tuesday.

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