HORSE RACING

TODAY AT HOLLYWOOD PARK

Tough guy Graves fights through pain

Steer wrestler Lee Graves is competing in his 10th National Finals Rodeo and over the years has gotten to know Las Vegas pretty well.

BETWEEN THE LINES

THREE REASONS TO LIKE THE TITANS (+7) OVER THE COLTS

Broncos are back in business

Now that quarterback Kyle Orton is healthy and back in the huddle, the Denver Broncos appear ready to regroup for the stretch run.

ON TV/RADIO

BASKETBALL

Poll shows incumbent faces test

Former state Sen. Joe Heck went from lost cause to strong contender in just eight weeks.

Health care overhaul survives first test in Senate

WASHINGTON — The overhaul of the nation’s health care survived its first test in the Senate last week as senators voted to stand behind one of its major underpinnings.

IN BRIEF

ROUTE 95 NEAR LAKE HAVASU CITY

Nevadans doubt economic fixes

Almost two-thirds of Nevadans think President Barack Obama has hurt the nation’s economy or has done little to improve it, according to a poll of 625 registered voters.

Nevada consultant subpoenaed in Ensign ethics investigation

A spokesman for a U.S. Senate candidate in Connecticut says Nevada political consultant Mike Slanker is among those who received a subpoena from the Senate Ethics Committee, which is investigating allegations of wrongdoing against Sen. John Ensign, R-Nev.

Top Stories

A city built on risk welcomed its biggest and most audacious gamble so far, and the stakes could not be higher.

Reporters’ Notebook

THE REVIEW-JOURNAL’S RECENT TOUR OF CITYCENTER INCLUDED VIRTUALLY EVERY CORNER OF THE PROPERTY.

Medicare cuts focus of debate

WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans forced Democrats to vote in favor of cutting billions from providers of home care for older people as partisan debate flared Saturday during a rare weekend session on President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul.

Fewer back health reform

President Barack Obama has lost ground in the last month in getting Nevadans to embrace his health care reform package and, for the first time, opposition is above 50 percent and support is below 40 percent, a new poll commissioned by the Las Vegas Review-Journal reveals.

Getting to center takes twists, turns

With the economy tanking and experts predicting this will be the flattest sales season in years, the planners behind Centennial Hills apparently have extended a favor to those of us with wallets tighter than Tiger Woods’ lips.

Tiger’s jam puts sponsors on spot

The 13th edition of Tiger Jam might be in, well, a bit of a jam. An annual fixture at Mandalay Bay since 1998, the biggest fundraiser for the Tiger Woods Foundation is sponsored by AT&T, one of Woods’ biggest sponsors.

Animal moving proposal opposed

SPARKS — Dozens of wild horse advocates plan to go before a federal advisory panel Monday to try to persuade public land managers to change their plan to relocate thousands of the animals from the West to preserves elsewhere.

Reid’s chances look really dim

Remember what “Dandy” Don Meredith used to sing in the early days of “Monday Night Football,” when the game fell out of reach?

Clubbing SEALs

Navy SEALs secretly captured one of the most wanted terrorists in Iraq: the alleged mastermind of the murder of four Blackwater USA security guards in Fallujah in 2004.

Totally out of touch with middle America

I was blessed to spend Thanksgiving in my beloved home state of Oklahoma, and had the chance to visit with real people in small towns during that welcomed break from the craziness of Washington, D.C. During those few days of respite, I saw up close and personal how entirely out of touch Washington is with middle America.

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