THE HOT CORNER

TODD DEWEY review-journal, 51-37-1 (overall record)

Hauck quickly makes his point

Football coach Bobby Hauck’s message Monday morning in his first team meeting at UNLV was relatively brief — and that was the point.

Maddux to assist Cubs management

One year away from baseball was enough for Greg Maddux. The four-time Cy Young Award winner and future Hall of Famer from Las Vegas is returning with the Chicago Cubs as an assistant to general manager Jim Hendry.

Aztecs are often riddle for Rebels

Spotting up on the wing late in Monday’s practice, UNLV guard Kendall Wallace launched a 3-point shot.

Allure of campus life beats ‘Be home by 9’

A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, I made the mistake of staying out real late one night a few days after I had returned home from my freshman year in college.

ON TV/RADIO

BASKETBALL

Mountain View rides fast break to lopsided win

In the words of junior guard Justyn Anderson, Mountain View’s boys basketball team began Monday’s game against Calvary Chapel “at a little lull.”

IN BRIEF

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

Service celebrates life

Stan Cooper was many things: doughnut lover, harmonica player, dad, horseback rider, laid-back bluegrass fan, lifelong cop.

In Brief

NORTH EASTERN AVENUE

UNLV professor: Reid flap obscures real racial problems

A Nevada expert on African-American and ethnic studies says fallout from Sen. Harry Reid’s “Negro dialect” comment is as nonsensical as the so-called beer summit President Barack Obama held in July at the White House.

Emergency services valued by residents

While Las Vegas officials are meeting directly with residents in a series of town hall meetings, the city already has two other surveys indicating that, given the current budget crunch, residents value fire and safety services and programs for youth and seniors the most.

Gibbons extends aid for first-time home buyers

CARSON CITY — Gov. Jim Gibbons on Monday extended a 4-year-old program that assists first-time home buyers in Nevada’s smaller communities.

Reid moves to drop flap

Sen. Harry Reid sought Monday to put out a political brush fire that threatened to engulf his re-election campaign, saying he wanted to get back to work and was done apologizing for his private description of Barack Obama as a light-skinned black man who could turn his “Negro dialect” on and off.

Comedian not shy talking of breakup

Comedian Robert Schimmel and his second wife went through an ugly breakup last May. Yet she had the gall to come to Vegas four weeks ago with a guy and ask Schimmel to get them VIP passes into a club, he says.

Commissioners chided over Beltway project

A federal judge chastised Clark County commissioners for scrapping a contentious road-widening job on the northern Las Vegas Beltway.

Labor leaders attack plan

WASHINGTON — Labor leaders irate over a proposed tax on high-value health insurance plans met with President Barack Obama on Monday to express their frustration over his support for the levy. Some labor officials have warned Democrats of political fallout for backing the tax.

Double slaying, suicide shocking

Penny was alone in her west valley home about 8 p.m. Sunday when she heard a gunshot followed by a woman yelling for help.

Obama plans to visit Las Vegas in February

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama will visit Las Vegas in February, and likely will discuss jobs and the economy, the White House confirmed Monday.

Colleagues salute one of their own

Colleagues and friends of Stan Cooper saluted his coffin as it passed by the very spot he died one week ago.

Lowden’s stance a contrast to year ago

Republican challenger Sue Lowden is using incumbent Sen. Harry Reid’s awkward racial comment about President Barack Obama’s lack of “Negro dialect” as an opportunity to raise money.

Seniors can get rebates for tax, rent

Beginning Feb. 1, seniors needing assistance to pay property tax or rent can apply for help through the Clark County assessor’s office.

City workers turn out for town hall gathering

The first of a dozen town hall meetings to discuss the city of Las Vegas’ budget woes was attended mostly by those with a direct stake in the budget — city employees whose jobs could be cut if ways aren’t found to make ends meet.

CORRECTIONS

A meeting of the Las Vegas-Clark County Library District Board was mistakenly not included in the This Week list in Sunday’s Review-Journal. The meeting will be held at 6 p.m. Thursday at the Enterprise Library, 25 E. Shelbourne Ave.

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