Charges expected against doctor

LOS ANGELES — Prosecutors investigating Michael Jackson’s death plan to file a criminal complaint charging the singer’s doctor with involuntary manslaughter rather than seek a grand jury indictment, The Associated Press learned Tuesday.

Rebels sharpshooter Wallace to start for injured Jasper

LARAMIE, Wyo. — No insult intended to junior guard Kendall Wallace, but when he’s in the starting lineup for UNLV, it’s probably because of bad news. In this case, it’s another injury.

HORSE RACING

TODAY AT SANTA ANITA PARK

Hauck works quickly to tap local talent base

The telephone in the high school football coach’s office rang a few days after the announcement of a hiring at UNLV. The visit came shortly thereafter.

ON TV/RADIO

BASKETBALL

IN BRIEF

WINTER SPORTS

Late-closing Rebels gain experts’ praise

The rankings by the recruiting services don’t reflect how impressed they are with Bobby Hauck’s effort in putting together his first class as UNLV’s football coach.

NASCAR fan goes cuckoo; parrot pays

A New Jersey man has been indicted on a charge of animal cruelty after being accused of shooting and killing his African gray parrot with a BB gun because its screeching annoyed him while he was watching a NASCAR race on television.

SI models plan big Vegas splash

The Sports Illustrated swimsuit models are returning to Las Vegas, this time to make a bigger splash.

Obama deficits

Just two short years ago Democrats howled and shrieked over the Bush administration’s proposed 2009 budget. The $3.1 trillion spending plan was projected to rack up a record $407 billion deficit.

Impressive Obama takes on the Republicans

It’s a shame that President Obama’s working session with the Republicans on Friday was not carried on as many stations as his State of the Union address was on Wednesday. While the address showed the country that the president was up to date, knowledgeable and confident in his agenda, the Friday session substantially compared his leadership and ideas to the whining and hollowness of the Republicans’ “plans.”

Phone tax

Mr. Obama did get one thing right in his budget proposal.

Supporting actress carries weight of Nevada Conservatory’s ‘Sons’

Listening to the dialogue of a good old Arthur Miller play reminds you anew of why the guy is such a great writer. His ability to create mood, character and fill out the details in ordinary occurrences make him stand out from millions of competitors.

CORRECTIONS

Because of an editing error, a quote was attributed to the wrong person in a Monday story about the high number of black homicide victims in Nevada. Lt. John McGrath of the Metropolitan Police Department’s Gangs Crime Bureau said the reason there may be more violence among black gangs is that there are more black gang members in Las Vegas.

New ambulance service OK’d

Singing the praises of competition, Henderson City Council members approved a business license on Tuesday that will allow three city employees to launch a new private ambulance service.

Obama remark reopens wound

Add people saving for college to the list of folks President Barack Obama says shouldn’t spend money in Las Vegas.

RESTAURANT REPORT

Albo Pizza Restaurant, 1510 Las Vegas Blvd. South, received 40 demerits Jan. 22. Food stored in open metal cans in refrigerator. GRADE: C.

Fairhills Mendoza Vineyards Malbec

In the glass: Fairhills Malbec is a deeply opaque purplish-red color with a deep inky core going out into a light violet-red rim definition with medium-high viscosity.

It’s ‘Martini Time’

Buffet action stations? So 2009. What’s new for 2010 is a live TV-style food show, in a buffet, in a casino.

Sharp-eyed readers find Maui onion chips

Maui, wowee. Maui onion potato chips, with their mellow but assertive flavor, are available locally, fellow readers tell Barb Cherewaty.

IN BRIEF

LV housing market deemed most undervalued in poll

Survivor of Holocaust talks to students

Stephen Nasser waited for more than 50 years to tell his story of surviving the Holocaust, but his tale seemed more relevant than ever when he shared it Tuesday with Northwest Career and Technical Academy students.

Nuke group sets ‘alarms’

WASHINGTON — The nuclear industry’s trade group is signaling it might not go along with the Obama administration’s plan to withdraw from Yucca Mountain and make it difficult if not impossible to revive the proposed nuclear waste repository ever again.

Lowden airs first Senate campaign ad

U.S. Senate candidate Sue Lowden launched the first TV ad of the Republican primary campaign, a biographical spot that could force her opponents to grab early airtime, too, in a race that’s already breaking fundraising and spending records months before one vote is cast.

Analyst Lerner named to board at cancer institute

Casino analyst Bill Lerner has joined the board of directors at the Nevada Cancer Institute, a nonprofit that provides research and care toward reducing the condition.

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