Southern Nevada businesses pursue eco-friendly cost-savings measures

Green, the catchall eco-conscious term, increasingly means greenbacks for businesses. Companies are eagerly climbing aboard the sustainability bandwagon, as record unemployment, sluggish job growth and frozen credit markets sap business.

HORSE RACING

TODAY AT DEL MAR

Buck powers River Cats past 51s

Travis Buck hit a go-ahead home run in the seventh inning and a sacrifice fly in the eighth Saturday night to power the Sacramento River Cats to a 4-1 victory over the 51s in a Pacific Coast League game in West Sacramento, Calif.

IN BRIEF

GOLF

Three Up, Three Down

I received a photo, taken by a reader, that shows LeBron James sitting in the stands at the championship game of the Fab 48 AAU boys basketball tournament July 24 at Bishop Gorman High School. He was not surrounded by go-go dancers spelling out K-I-N-G on giant placards. He was not being served champagne by a waiter suspended from the ceiling by guy-wires, like Peter Pan or George Reeves.

RANKING THE REBELS: 16 – Larry Anderson

Larry Anderson, Years: 1979 to 1983, Career highlights: The 6-foot-6-inch shooting guard ranks eighth on UNLV’s career scoring list with 1,818 points.

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BASEBALL

Reporters’ Notebook

During his time as governor, Kenny Guinn developed a reputation for putting in long hours at the office.

With Henderson concert, Angle to make foray into key battleground area

On Saturday inside the tented Henderson Pavilion, Sharron Angle will be the headline speaker at a “Conservative Country Concert” starring Bryan White, the singer who teamed with Shania Twain on the crossover hit “From This Moment On.”

Survey: Shootings involving police agencies face tough questions

A solid majority of Nevada voters would prefer that police departments have someone else investigate when an officer is involved in a fatal shooting, according to a statewide survey commissioned by the Las Vegas Review-Journal and 8NewsNow.

20-year-old law has given disabled access to America

“There’s the cutout,” Amelia says, pushing toward the low spot in the sidewalk designed to accommodate her wheelchair. In a moment she’s propelled herself from the parking lot to the front door of the restaurant.

Nevada shows powerful potential

Sure, Nevada’s practically all desert, but in one area, the Silver State claims some of the greenest pastures on Earth. For green-energy potential, few places beat Nevada.

Out there

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