You’ll enjoy ‘River’ characters, whether you want to or not

As directed by Rick Bindhamer, Joe DiPietro’s “Over the River and Through the Woods” is an often sloppy, sentimental tale about the value of family. But there’s one thing that may hook you, no matter how much you try to resist the ickiness.

Lesnar’s UFC future in medical limbo

The timetable for Brock Lesnar’s return to the Ultimate Fighting Championship grows more uncertain by the day.

Potential replacements plentiful

Now that coach Mike Sanford’s status has been determined, UNLV faces a decision that will affect its football program for many years.

Sanford: Program neglected

Mike Sanford insisted he wasn’t frustrated or bitter, that he simply wanted to set the record straight for the good of UNLV football.

Coach gets defensive at last, but not the way we’d hoped

Jim Rogers has the right idea. If you want to be any good in today’s Bowl Championship Series landscape of college football, you buy the chicken first and then hope it can produce the golden egg.

Hawkins embraces Rebels role

Some freshmen expect a lot of playing time right away. Justin Hawkins came to UNLV hoping for some minutes and willing to work to earn more.

NIAA realignment tabled in favor of stopgap move

After six months of discussions and proposals, it turns out the Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association likely won’t realign — yet.

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Fundraiser cash for grades, some say

Walk for Science on Wednesday is an annual fundraiser for the science department of Henderson’s Green Valley High School, but some students and parents are treating it as cash for grades.

Brother didn’t act alone, sister says

The sister of a man gunned down as an intruder in a central valley home Thursday doesn’t mince words about her brother’s wrongdoing.

Deal spares Jackson doctor

Michael Jackson’s deathbed doctor left Family Court in Las Vegas on Monday a free man after reaching a last-minute deal with his son’s mother to forgive more than $15,000 in unpaid child support.

Diddy Casino? Maybe someday

Celebrities like to do business in Vegas. Floyd Mayweather Jr. has thought about opening a strip club here. Eva Longoria Parker becomes the latest famous restaurateur when her CityCenter eatery opens. But Sean “Diddy” Combs is thinking bigger.

Suspect pleads guilty in death of 4-year-old

A Las Vegas man who in 2007 staged a car accident to cover up the death of his former girlfriend’s child pleaded guilty to second-degree murder by child abuse Monday in District Court.

Police suspect link to family

The second deadly home invasion in three days, in which an intruder holding a 13-year-old boy hostage was shot early Saturday, might not have been a random act, Las Vegas police said.

Board to consider new speaker policy

“Willfully disruptive” and “unduly repetitious” public speakers could be ejected from the podium under a proposed policy to be considered today by the Clark County School Board.

Ex-teacher punished in child porn case

A one-time substitute teacher who admitted to police he was attracted to girls did not get the probation he was hoping for Monday after pleading guilty in August to possession of child pornography.

Parks joins commission contenders

State Sen. David Parks announced Monday he will take a run at the Clark County Commission seat that Rory Reid is vacating.

High school roof repair on agenda

Productions at the Las Vegas Academy have dealt with serious fictional material such as “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof” and “Fiddler on the Roof.”

CORRECTIONS

A story in Monday’s Nevada section incorrectly reported Annette Arca’s past income. She made $43,000 annually before being laid off from her full-time job as a commercial real estate saleswoman.

Personhood amendment would ban pill RU-486

CARSON CITY The leader of a Nevada organization that wants to outlaw abortion acknowledged Monday that passage of its Personhood amendment would prohibit women from using pills that induce abortion.

DMV office in Mesquite on the move

The Department of Motor Vehicles Mesquite office will be closed Monday as employees move their services to a new location.

New ads target Titus

After voting in favor of health care reform legislation, Rep. Dina Titus finds herself caught in the crossfire between special interest groups.

Police hunt for suspect in teen’s slaying

Las Vegas police are searching for the suspect who shot and killed a man Sunday night near an apartment complex on West Bonanza Road near Rancho Drive.

Nineteen chosen for panel

CARSON CITY — Nineteen Nevadans were nominated Monday to serve as members of a “stakeholder” group that will recommend plans to improve the quality of life in the state, but critics have said they will favor tax increases.

‘That’s the ticket!’

If Washington Democrats ever want a mouthpiece to match their complete lack of credibility, we’ve got the perfect guy for the job: pathological liar Tommy Flanagan of “Saturday Night Live” fame.

IN BRIEF

Herbst Gaming reverses loss, but revenue drops in quarter

EDS to retain workers, branches

EDS Credit Union of Plano, Texas, which took over insolvent Ensign Federal Credit Union of Henderson on Friday, intends to retain Ensign’s 33 employees and its four branches, a credit union executive said Monday.

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