Tax free

IN BRIEF

The number of newly laid-off workers seeking unemployment benefits rose last week, a sign that jobs remain scarce even as the economy recovers.

HORSE RACING

TODAY AT SANTA ANITA PARK

IN BRIEF

boxing

Maia’s strategy clear in UFC 112 title bout

Few are giving Demian Maia much of a chance to take the Ultimate Fighting Championship middleweight belt from Anderson Silva on Saturday.

ON TV/RADIO

BASEBALL

51s prospect Wallace embraces high expectations

Brett Wallace can’t remember the last time expectations didn’t sit atop his shoulders on a baseball field. Maybe in T-ball, when coaches and teammates and parents probably thought his hits should one-hop the schoolyard fence instead of flying over it.

Historic Masters fuels drive to books

It was as if he had never left. Those who doubted he still had the game to win a major golf tournament must feel foolish now. Yes, Y.E. Yang is back, and he’s as good as ever.

IN BRIEF

case to be heard aug. 2

Kidney donors in Las Vegas share health

What they have offered to do — donate a kidney to a stranger — should not be regarded, they say, as “a big deal.”
It is, they contend, just the “right thing to do” when you find out someone needs help.

North Las Vegas begins to lay off 204 employees

They choke back tears and hug former colleagues as they box up personal items from their desks and say goodbye.
They’re the faces of the 204 North Las Vegas job cuts. To them it isn’t just a number anymore.

A Date with Joan

If you want a bad-date story, here you go: Two years ago, Joan Rivers went on a date with a guy at a fancy restaurant in New York, and the man died, she says.

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