Locos aim to remain sharp for title game

There was no preseason for the United Football League when play began Oct. 8. But with the regular season concluding tonight, there might be one preseason game after all.

HORSE RACING

TODAY AT HOLLYWOOD PARK

Quality RBs available after rash of injuries

Most fantasy football league playoffs will begin in three weeks, so this is the time to make a final push to solidify your roster with quality pickups. Because of a barrage of injuries to starting running backs across the NFL, this week might have the most quality to choose from out of all 11 weeks.

Local kart race features F1 stars

Formula One racing fans around here dream that one day the world’s best road-course racers will return to the desert, like in 1981 and 1982 when the series raced in the Caesars Palace parking lot.

ON TV/RADIO

BASKETBALL

IN BRIEF

Mistreating customers no way to grow business

Two recent stories made me wonder if the people running horse racing understand the concept that mistreating your customers is a bad business practice.

Michigan can rescue Rodriguez

Scrambling with reckless abandon and throwing darts, freshman sensation Tate Forcier appeared to be the quarterback to lead Michigan into a bright future. Forcier was the savior as he stuck it to Notre Dame in dramatic fashion.

Groundwater ruling challenged

Advocates and opponents of a plan to pipe groundwater to Las Vegas from three valleys in Lincoln County are headed for a showdown in the Nevada Supreme Court.

Tourism promoters lobby against drill

No nukes, real or otherwise, would be great news to Sen. Harry Reid and the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority.

Brothel owner loses bid for release

A brothel owner who admitted to trying to bribe a Nye County commissioner has lost his bid to be released from a halfway house while he challenges the terms of his sentence.

Kahre wife gets probation in tax case

Danille Cline Kahre moaned and sobbed audibly in court as her husband, Robert, was sentenced Tuesday to 15 years in federal prison for tax crimes.

Black humor this weekend

Vegas strippers made national news recently, twirling on a pole inside a “strippermobile” — a see-through box on a truck that drove along the Strip. They were marketing two nude clubs.

LV police suggest charges

The thousands of Southern Nevadans who want to see Dr. Dipak Desai behind bars could get their wish.

IN BRIEF

10 TO 25 YEARS IN PRISON

Long line of Republicans make their pitches to challenge Reid

If their pitches to Boulder City Republican women are any indication, the jostling among Republicans who hope to face Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., in 2010’s general election will focus on the economy and taxes, as well as who is most devoted to the Constitution and liberty.

Police again mourn comrade

When Trevor Nettleton decided to follow in his father’s footsteps, the retired highway patrol trooper tried to talk his son out of it.

‘Twlight’ Time Again

Never mind what the clock says — it’s “Twilight” time. And now that the sequel “New Moon” has landed at local theaters, it’s the Twilighters’ time to howl.

David Copperfield

David Copperfield is talking again. So is his macaw.

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