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BASKETBALL

Rugby a big hit with ex-NFLer Peters

Because rugby players don’t wear pads, there’s a perception they’re tougher than their American football counterparts. But U.S. Sevens rugby player Leonard Peters begs to differ, and he should know: He played college football for Hawaii and in the NFL for the New York Jets and Chicago Bears.

CORRECTIONS

• A headline in Friday’s Review-Journal misidentified state Sen. Steven Horsford, D-Las Vegas. Horsford serves as Senate majority leader.

Another arrested in deadly attack

A second man has been arrested in the slaying of a man and the attempted slaying of his wife last month, police said Friday.

Councilman: Unions must sacrifice

North Las Vegas City Councilman William Robinson called out the city’s labor unions Thursday night, saying they must agree to cost-saving concessions to decrease the number of impending layoffs.

User-fee hikes considered at Red Rock

George Ralphs isn’t thrilled about the prospect of paying to jog in Red Rock Canyon. Three times a week for 20 years he and a couple of buddies have run free of charge on trails that wind through the canyon’s sandstone cliffs, even when motorists had to pay $5 a carload to drive the 13-mile scenic loop.

IN BRIEF

An 18-year-old has been indicted on one count of driving under the influence causing death.

Whistle-blowing Texan gives Nevada nurses hope

A nurse with the guts to blow the whistle on a well-connected doctor was acquitted Thursday on an absurd charge that never should have been filed. Jurors took about an hour to toss this silly case.

New plan to tax mining industry an uphill battle

It’s one of the clearest proposals yet to raise money for Nevada’s dirt-poor state government, but so far the initiative to raise taxes on the booming mining industry isn’t getting much traction with the state’s political establishment.

Coroner identifies crash victim as Wyoming woman

A woman who died earlier this week in a two-vehicle collision in the south valley was identified Friday by the Clark County coroner’s office as Hollice Hoffman, 56, of Rawlins, Wyo.

Students protest

About 400 to 500 students walked out of Desert Oasis High School from 8:05 to 8:35 a.m. Thursday to protest possible state budget cuts.

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BEIJING

RELIGION NOTES

MUSIC

Neighbor confronted man swinging ax in attack, called 911

The young woman pushed the baby stroller down San Pedro Avenue every day, Teresa Garner remembers. Garner never knew her neighbor’s name, and never had any contact with her aside from a wave or a nod, she said, but always recognized the stroller as it leisurely passed her home.

Singular insurance getting costlier

TRENTON, N.J. — People in at least three states who buy their own health insurance are getting hit with premium increases of 15 percent or more — and people in other states could see the same thing.

State budget shortfall now $10 million lower

CARSON CITY — State government caught a budget break Friday when it was disclosed that the budget shortfall will be $10 million less than earlier estimates.

Hall ceremony features call to end cuts

With an audience of businesspeople in front of him at Thursday night’s Nevada Business Hall of Fame induction ceremony, Paul Jarley made the case for his own brand of higher-education entrepreneurship.

Obama to visit Las Vegas next week

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama will visit recession-damaged Las Vegas next week, a little over two weeks after his awkward remark about the city fired up the mayor and even his Nevada allies in Congress. White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said the president will arrive in Southern Nevada on Thursday night after a stop in Denver, and will hold several events on Friday alongside Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev.

Legislators hear hundreds speak out on state budget crisis

For months, Nevada politicians have said “everything is on the table” when it comes to solving the state’s budget crisis. Today, it was obvious Nevada citizens took the politicians at their word. … More than 600 residents crammed the Sawyer Building near downtown Las Vegas to make demands or suggestions and to plead their case to nearly two dozen legislators seeking input on how to close a budget shortfall estimated at $871 million.



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