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HORSE RACING

TODAY AT SANTA ANITA PARK

Lady Rebels make strides in loss

Coach Kathy Olivier was smiling after her UNLV women’s basketball team nearly upset New Mexico on Saturday.

THE HOT CORNER

MAL VAN VALKENBURG Review-Journal, 48-38-3 (overall record)

Fiesta Bowl matchup smacks of conspiracy

I’ve never been much of a conspiracy guy. I believe Oswald acted alone, that battleships don’t suddenly disappear in foggy weather off the coast of Philadelphia, that the quality control people really believed the new Coke tasted better than the old Coke and never planned to reintroduce the latter to sell even more Coke.

Road ‘dogs look sharp

After a one-year hiatus, the New England Patriots and quarterback Tom Brady are back in the playoffs. But for how long?

BETWEEN THE LINES

THREE REASONS TO LIKE THE PACKERS (+1) OVER THE CARDINALS

IN BRIEF

BASEBALL

West Wendover guard shines inside, burns Saints

Mountain View’s girls basketball team couldn’t complain about its perimeter defense on West Wendover guard Danika Sharp on Saturday.

Wranglers’ Lukacevic continues scoring tear

Ned Lukacevic, a fourth-round draft pick by the Los Angeles Kings in 2004, has had his share of success in parts of five seasons of professional hockey.

Unbeaten Magdaleno tests limits in eight-round bouts

Diego Magdaleno never was thrown into the deep end of the pool and told to swim. Instead, his boxing career began in the shallow end, letting him gain gradual comfort and confidence.

ON TV/RADIO

BASKETBALL

Feds delay road plan impact statement

ELKO — The U.S. Forest Service has announced a delay in the environmental review process for a management plan for national forest roads in northeastern Nevada.

Beware of I-15 near Sahara Avenue

It doesn’t take a genius to figure out something strange is going on along Interstate 15 at Sahara Avenue.

Reporters’ Notebook

THE REVIEW-JOURNAL GENERALLY DOESN’T WRITE stories about pawn shop stickups in faraway places. But we can’t pass on an armed robbery that sounds like an Abbott and Costello routine.

Animal rights groups blast coyote hunt

RENO — A coyote-hunting tournament set for this weekend in Northern Nevada is drawing howls of protest from animal rights activists.

Jobless worker hasn’t given up hope, even after two years

Larry Raybuck is fixing a cup of coffee in his mini microwave when he tells the nearly perfect anecdote, the one that almost, but not quite, encapsulates an entire story in a sentence or two.

Poll: Sandoval would top Gibbons in GOP primary, Reid in November

Former federal judge Brian Sandoval is leading the race to be the Republican nominee for Nevada governor over incumbent Gov. Jim Gibbons, who is showing faint signs of political life, according to a new poll commissioned by the Las Vegas Review-Journal.

Top News

A 66-year-old felon with a grudge against the federal government walked into the Lloyd George U.S. Courthouse with a shotgun on Monday and opened fire.

IN BRIEF

SNAKE VALLEY AQUIFER

MGM Mirage backing Reid, won’t contribute to Sandoval

A spokesman for MGM Mirage says the company won’t contribute to the campaign of Republican gubernatorial candidate Brian Sandoval, despite Sandoval saying it was a possibility.

THIS WEEK

MONDAY

Reid sorry about race comments

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada apologized Saturday after it was reported that he used racially outdated language to describe President Barack Obama.

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