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Too ill to train, Lesnar withdraws

Brock Lesnar has run through each opponent that the Ultimate Fighting Championship has put in front of him.

TEXAS NATIVE EAGER TO RETURN HOME

Editor’s note: This is the latest installment of a feature in which the Las Vegas Review-Journal asks 20 questions of a UNLV football player. Today’s Q&A is with tailback C.J. Cox, a sophomore from North Garland (Texas) High School.

CORRECTION

A story in Friday’s Review-Journal about record warm temperatures in September should have said that a trace amount of rain was logged on Sept. 4 at Las Vegas’ official weather station.

Lawmakers allow stimulus spending in rural counties

CARSON CITY — Legislators on Monday authorized spending $9.6 million in federal stimulus funds on projects to improve energy efficiency in sparsely populated rural Nevada counties.

Cold War event set for Friday

Officials for the departments of Energy and Labor with members of Nevada’s congressional delegation will mark the first National Day of Remembrance for Nuclear Weapons Workers during an event Friday at the Atomic Testing Museum.

Cabbies learn to stay safe

Checker Cab driver Kenneth Marcum was carrying $45 in his pockets when he drove to an apartment complex in east Las Vegas to drop off two passengers.

Staffing worries hospitals

Hospitals in Nevada have the rooms to handle an excess number of patients if the H1N1 emergency worsens, officials said Monday.

Foe targets Republican candidate

A Las Vegas Republican will launch a political action committee to oppose Sue Lowden, a Republican candidate for U.S. Senate.

Rob Zombie comes alive for Halloween

I don’t think I’ve ever written a bad word about Rob Zombie or his ex-band White Zombie. I always liked Zombie’s hits, especially the opening guitar riffs. Now, I’m glad I never laid into Zombie, because he’s not passive about telling reviewers to suck it.

Police seek robbery victim

Las Vegas police are pleading for the victim of an early morning robbery to come forward and talk to detectives about the incident, which involved three suspects arrested in connection with a slaying that happened the same night.

High school students to go hunting at College Fair Plus

The 32nd annual College Fair Plus at the Cashman Center today and Wednesday can be described with a lot of numbers, including two different scavenger hunts and $1,000 scholarship prizes.

Brothers to be released in man’s death

Two brothers arrested on murder and drug charges earlier this month were expected to be released from jail because charges have not been filed against them, according to a representative of the Clark County district attorney’s office.

Carol Pappas, foe of eminent domain, dies

Carol Pappas, whose family waged a long-running legal battle against eminent domain that helped raise the issue to national prominence, died Thursday from leukemia. She was 82.

Soldier connected to NLV killed

Army Pfc. Kimble A. Han, a former Cheyenne High School student, was killed Friday in a roadside bomb attack in Afghanistan along with another soldier, Department of Defense officials reported Monday.

Smoke signals

Public smoking bans — very common now, even in live and let live Nevada — are usually justified on health grounds.

Station Casinos files for reorganization extension

Station Casinos has asked a federal bankruptcy judge for a four-month delay in proposing a reorganization plan for the company, a move attorneys for the Las Vegas-based casino operator hinted at last month.

NV Energy says rates could tumble

NV Energy detailed strong earnings growth in the third quarter, but company officials discussing the results Monday focused less on the past and more on trends that could curb rates and boost efficiencies in the years to come. … NV Energy posted net income of $182.6 million, or 78 cents a share, on revenue of $1.2 billion in the quarter that ended Sept. 30. That’s up from $150.8 million, or 64 cents a share, on revenue of $1.1 billion in the same quarter a year ago.

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