Shelter manager wants cats registered

RENO — The new manager of Washoe County Regional Animal Services says he would like to see pet owners voluntarily start registering their cats.

HORSE RACING

TODAY AT SANTA ANITA PARK

TCU slides to No. 12 after icy, dicey victory

AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. — The heaters were raging on the Texas Christian sideline, players taking turns toasting their frozen fingers and feet on an evening when temperatures dipped into the teens.

Backing Raiders deserves severe beating

Any handicapper who pumps up the Oakland Raiders is trying to breathe life into a corpse. There is no resuscitating coach Tom Cable or quarterback JaMarcus Russell, each auditioning to be the NFL’s worst at their respective positions.

ON TV/RADIO

BASEBALL

In Brief

LAKE MEAD BOULEVARD

‘CSI’ guru recalls doing homework

Anthony Zuiker, the Chaparral High School graduate who created the “CSI” franchise, has long been a prolific writer.

Nevada airspace sought

ELKO — Officials at Mountain Home Air Force Base in Idaho say Nevadans have nothing to fear about a plan to expand the base’s airspace deeper into the Silver State.

Mental health experts disagree on responses

A teenager with a mental illness holds a knife near his mother’s throat. Police have moments to decide how much of a threat he represents.

Poll: Trains have not left station

The debate over which high-speed train would best serve Nevadans is a hot topic in the political arena, but a recent poll shows that, by a slim margin, most voters aren’t overwhelmingly supportive of that particular mode of transportation.

Reno soldier’s funeral planned

RENO — Funeral services for a Reno soldier killed in Afghanistan are tentatively scheduled for Saturday.

School Hopes to End Streak

Von Tobel Middle School is haunted by a spirit of futility. It has the longest record of any school in Nevada for failing to meet the annual goals set by No Child Left Behind.

Measuring achievement

Make no mistake: The taxes spent on so-called federal stimulus funds would be better left in private hands. The marketplace is a far better forum for economic decision-making than the bowels of some beltway bureaucracy.

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