UNLV fends off Air Force

When junior guard Derrick Jasper crumpled to the court with a knee injury late in the first half, UNLV was faced with the possibility of suffering two major losses in one game.

Desert Shields post up Spartans

Guard play has been the focal point for Cheyenne’s boys basketball team in recent years.

Rebels’ Jasper suffers knee injury

Just when it appeared Derrick Jasper was on the verge of finally getting comfortable on the basketball court again, the UNLV junior guard suffered what could be a major setback.

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BASKETBALL

Anderson caps Lady Rebels’ comeback win over Air Force

The UNLV women’s basketball team erased a nine-point deficit in the final two minutes to beat Air Force 77-76 in a Mountain West Conference game Tuesday at Air Force Academy, Colo.

in brief

President Barack Obama called John Calipari on Tuesday to thank the Kentucky coach and his players for their help in raising more than $1 million in the “Hoops for Haiti” telethon.

Henderson stays active

Neck deep in the worst recession Henderson has ever seen, city officials will gather Saturday to mark the grand opening of a new senior center and indoor aquatic facility.

Police chase ends in arrests

Las Vegas police arrested two people who led officers on a high-speed chase through the valley in a stolen Scion xB Tuesday morning.

Jobs on line for state, schools

Nevada’s budget outlook is so bleak that lawmakers doubt whether state government can remain afloat without drastic cuts to everything from prisons to schools to state parks and services for the poor and elderly.

High schools from four states in science bowl

More than 30 teams from high schools in four states are scheduled to compete this weekend in a Nevada Regional Science Bowl at the Atomic Testing Museum and the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

Longtime equal rights activist dies

Delia Martinez, former executive director of the Nevada Equal Rights Commission and a 54-year resident of the state, died Jan. 19. She was 61.

Yucca project assailed

Nevada’s lead attorney took a stab Tuesday at killing the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste project, arguing before a licensing board that the Department of Energy neglected to consider the failure or absence of a key safety feature.

Gun in backpack leads to teen’s arrest

A 16-year-old was arrested early Tuesday morning after a pistol was found in his backpack at a bus stop, Las Vegas police said.

CORRECTIONS

A story about Nevada’s budget woes in Tuesday’s Review-Journal contained an error. The proposed Ivanpah airport near Primm would be a commercial airport.

Move over when you spot police

Alvida shipped me an interesting incident that happened to a friend in California. She said her friend passed two police officers who were ticketing a motorist on the shoulder of the road. After the man slowed down and passed the two police cars, one of the cops jumped into his vehicle and tracked Alvida’s friend down. He was ticketed for not moving over to the next lane while passing the police.
Alvida’s question: Do you know whether this is a law in Nevada?

Woman killed in accident

A 79-year-old woman crashed a pickup into the back of a Fremont Street Experience stage and died Tuesday afternoon.
Witnesses saw the woman driving fast and erratically and through red lights as the truck careened north on Third Street toward Fremont Street.

Here they come: Pageant kicks off

If they hand out points for commitment to cause, Miss Oregon CC Barber would score high marks in the Miss America pageant this week.

Ensign comes out against Bernanke’s Fed reappointment

WASHINGTON — Sen. John Ensign plans to vote against awarding Ben Bernanke another four years as chairman of the Federal Reserve, saying the appointee has become "far too political" to be effective.

IN BRIEF

HELD ON BAIL

Creating jobs?

Declaring America’s middle class is “under assault,” President Barack Obama on Monday unveiled proposals he believes will help hurting families pay their bills, save for retirement and care for their kids and aging parents — by loading on more taxes and government spending.

‘We might … close’

Last year, a Review-Journal report exposed the abuse of University Medical Center’s emergency room by 80 illegal immigrants with failing kidneys. The dialysis treatments provided to these noncitizens costs more than $2 million per month, with the bills forwarded to Clark County taxpayers.

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