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Two Hand Jam

Two-handed bowler Jason Belmonte qualified for this week’s Tournament of Champtions event by winning a PBA tournament in March.

Aztecs hang on, beat Utes

SALT LAKE CITY — Malcolm Thomas scored a career-high 23 points and grabbed 13 rebounds to help San Diego State outlast Utah 70-68 on Tuesday.

Mayweather would be dope not to put Mosley to stiff test

Shane Mosley today is the intern trying to land a full-time gig, the freshman quarterback told to carry the senior starter’s helmet, the student with failing grades and no extra credit work completed.

MWC trip can lead to fall

FORT COLLINS, Colo. — While he sat out last season as a redshirt, Chace Stanback watched from a distance as UNLV took a few opponents for granted and was repeatedly embarrassed on the Mountain West Conference road.

Greenberg’s slip-up not nearly as costly

It was the philosopher and essayist George Santayana who once said those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.

IN BRIEF

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

Patriots girls squad rips Gators

There have been about 150 games in the history of Liberty’s girls basketball program.

Sweepers keep debris out of drainage system

With government agencies consistently threatening to cut jobs and services, everyone is a little more sensitive about how their tax dollars are being spent. I get quite a few questions about whether government agencies are efficiently spending money on various projects and services.

Gibbons’ coffer tally lags

The political future of Nevada Gov. Jim Gibbons is in doubt after he reported raising just $165,250 in campaign contributions in 2009, the lowest total of any gubernatorial candidate.

FBI arrests 21 in Las Vegas in undercover bribery probe

FBI agents arrested 21 people in Las Vegas as part of a 21/2-year undercover investigation into a bribery scheme involving the international sale of weapons, ammunition and other military and police equipment, the Department of Justice announced Tuesday.

Lobbyist picked to fill Hardy’s state Senate seat

A retired police lieutenant who has lobbied on behalf of both the Metropolitan Police Department and a police managers union will temporarily fill the state Senate seat that Republican Warren Hardy vacated last year.

FBI starts Ensign probe

The FBI has begun to investigate allegations of wrongdoing in the scandal surrounding Sen. John Ensign’s extramarital affair and his efforts to find the woman’s husband work as a lobbyist, sources said Tuesday.

Group seeks higher tax on mining

Calling Nevada’s tax system “a tragedy” for children and the poor, an activist group will ask voters to stake a bigger claim in mining, one of the state’s most politically entrenched industries.

Firefighters oppose report calling for cuts

About 200 firefighters wearing yellow T-shirts made a unified show of force Tuesday as Clark County commissioners received an advisory panel’s report that includes recommendations to reduce firefighters’ overtime pay and eliminate paramedic teams.

Coverage for injured boxers urged

The Clark County Commission passed a resolution Tuesday that encourages the Nevada Athletic Commission to examine options for providing coverage for medical expenses in the case of catastrophic injuries sustained by participants in boxing or mixed martial arts matches.

GOP hopeful Tarkanian talks against earmarks

WASHINGTON — Republican Danny Tarkanian said Tuesday he will not seek earmarks for Nevada if he is elected to the U.S. Senate, and will work to wean Congress from what he called wasteful pork-barrel spending.

District moves gym teacher accused of denying Holocaust

Lori Sublette, the gym teacher accused of denying the Holocaust to students at Northwest Career and Technical Academy, was reassigned Tuesday to Johnston Middle School in North Las Vegas.
Citing personnel policies, Clark County School District spokesman Micha

Man shaken after fatal shooting

An intruder is dead and the resident who shot him is still shaken after a home invasion in the central valley early Tuesday morning.

School plays survive cuts, controversy

Curtains soon will be pulled back for high school productions of “Rent” and “Alice in Wonderland,” but this year’s backstage drama rivals what will happen onstage.

Greene has choice words for Lewis

Don’t cross Las Vegas lounge legend Shecky Greene. The angst-filled octogenarian apparently waited decades to get even with fellow funnyman Jerry Lewis.

More tax hikes?

Lobbyists for Nevada’s mining industry entered the 2009 Legislature wearing bull’s-eyes big enough to cover an open pit. Lawmakers were hunting for new revenues and many were convinced that profitable mining companies — especially those digging up gold — should have much bigger tax bills.

Nevada needs the power of a Harry Reid

To the editor:

The next time members of the Review-Journal editorial board meet, they may want to have a discussion about what is best for the state of Nevada. If they are representative of the newspaper for the state of Nevada, they shouldn’t be pushing for the defeat of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid.

Spending control

With the Baby Boomers about to retire en masse, insolvency for the nation’s massive redistributionist entitlement schemes is no longer a distant threat.

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