ON TV/RADIO

BASKETBALL

Decade as UNR aide gives Carter head start as coach

It’s correct to refer to David Carter as UNR’s first-year coach. His record reflects one win in as many games, so much of what he’s doing is for the first time.

HORSE RACING

TODAY AT HOLLYWOOD PARK

Browns risk broken Cribbs

The Cleveland Browns waited until a few seconds remained in Monday’s loss to the Baltimore Ravens to show a little offensive creativity, and it almost cost them a key player.

IN BRIEF

BOXING

UNLV takes spin on ‘carousel’

The suggestions have been too numerous to count for UNLV interim athletic director Jerry Koloskie, who is collecting names of potential candidates for the Rebels’ football coaching vacancy.

Sanford’s firing not surprising

After his team held off UNLV 42-35 last season in Provo, Utah, Brigham Young football coach Bronco Mendenhall, while sharing an elevator ride to the press box with reporters, remarked how much the Rebels had improved.

Garcia avoids cell, much prefers cage

Losing to featherweight champion Mike Brown helped Leonard Garcia determine where his fighting career stood.

Commissioners OK national park plan

Clark County commissioners approved a resolution Tuesday to designate the fossil-rich Upper Las Vegas Wash a national park.

Commissioners escape bidding war

A heated bidding war was extinguished Tuesday after a seven-month court battle pulled two Clark County commissioners into the middle.

CORRECTIONS

• The age of a child abuse victim who was slain in December 2007 was incorrect in a headline in Tuesday’s Las Vegas Review-Journal. Trenton Quick was 4 years old when he was killed.

Henderson OKs rate increases

Henderson residents will start the new year with higher water and sewer bills.

Defendant’s disorder revealed

Before sentencing Robert Kahre to 15 years in prison, federal Judge David Ezra revealed that Kahre had been diagnosed with a delusional disorder.

Abortion foes doubtful of petition

CARSON CITY — Four Nevada groups that oppose abortion said Tuesday that they cannot support the proposed Personhood constitutional amendment because no guarantee exists that it would stop abortion.

Two face trial in couple’s deaths

Two best friends accused of conspiring and killing one of the friends’ parents will stand trial on murder charges.

City plans to lay off 19 workers

Because of further declines in sales tax revenue, Las Vegas will eliminate 20 positions, a move that will include 19 layoffs, and cut an additional $8 million from its budget by the end of January.

State reallocating H1N1 flu vaccine

If you’re at high risk for the H1N1 flu, you may be able to get vaccinated at your nearby pharmacy by this weekend.

Section of North Fifth Street expected to open by March

A 2002 traffic study resulted in the proposal to convert North Fifth Street in North Las Vegas into a super-arterial that will ultimately stretch from Owens Avenue to the Las Vegas Boulevard. This project, combined with the Nevada Department of Transportation’s Lake Mead interchange work at Interstate 15, is causing problems for motorists in the area. But in the end, it is expected to provide a swift and easy corridor similar to Desert Inn Road.

Documents seized in raid on Hells Angels sites

Las Vegas police obtained several items in its raid of six locations affiliated with the Hells Angels motorcycle gang last week, including knives and organizational paperwork, a search warrant obtained Tuesday said.

Code now bans strippers on wheels

A two-week spectacle in which strippers pole-danced in a rolling plastic box on the Strip prompted Clark County commissioners to tighten a code to prevent the stunt from being repeated.

IN BRIEF

RULING CALLED MORALE BOOST

Journalists detained as doctor goes

The Las Vegas Review-Journal and The Associated Press on Tuesday sent letters to court officials protesting the detainment of about a dozen journalists in a courtroom until Michael Jackson’s deathbed doctor had left the building.

Religious freedom

The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to review the case of 2006 Foothill High School valedictorian Brittany McComb, whose microphone was turned off by school officials at her graduation ceremonies when she spoke about the part her Christian beliefs had played in her success.

Held hostage

Dr. Conrad Murray, former personal physician to the late pop star Michael Jackson, is the focus of an investigation into Jackson’s drug overdose death but has not been charged in that case.

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