GLVAR elects new board members, officers for 2011

The Greater Las Vegas Association of Realtors has elected new board members and officers to lead Southern Nevada’s largest professional trade organization starting in 2011.

Discovery to hold grand opening

Discovery Homes is offering preopening pricing and incentives today through the grand opening of its Mountain’s Edge collections to be held Aug. 7 and 8. Six floor plans will be featured in the Breckenridge and Cascade neighborhoods, including two single-story homes, with prices starting at $74 per square foot.

IN BRIEF

Stocks had a fitting end to a choppy July as prices seesawed their way to a narrowly mixed finish. The market still had its best month in a year.

THE HOT CORNER

DAN BEHRINGER LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL, 7-11 (overall record)

HORSE RACING

TODAY AT DEL MAR

Big seventh inning lifts 51s past Reno

A nine-run seventh inning carried the 51s to a 12-9 win over the host Reno Aces in a Pacific Coast League game Friday.

IN BRIEF

BASKETBALL

Harper a victim of phony Facebook?

Las Vegan Bryce Harper was the top pick in this year’s major league draft, won the Golden Spikes Award as the country’s top amateur baseball player and was a guest at this month’s All-Star Game.

RANKING THE REBELS: 17 – Bob Florence

Bob Florence, Years: 1971 to 1974, Career highlights: Ranks 11th with 1,674 career points and fourth in free throws made (432).

ON TV/RADIO

BASEBALL

Munoz establishes career in UFC from ground up

SAN DIEGO — The first time Mark Munoz stepped into the UFC octagon, his night ended with him flat on his back, staring up at the lights and having a brace placed around his neck.

Power lines endangered

PALMDALE, Calif. — A huge wildfire in the high desert wilderness north of Los Angeles jumped an aqueduct Friday, rushing toward hundreds of houses as firefighters also tried to keep flames from damaging power lines that bring electricity to Southern California.

In brief

The 16-year-old boy shot and killed by a friend on Thursday has been identified as Ivan Rodriguez.

Arizona looks at changes in new immigration law

PHOENIX — The fight over Arizona’s immigration law showed no signs of letting up Friday as the federal judge who blunted its force faced threats and the Republican governor who signed it considered changes to address any faults.

New program urges police officers to wear seat belts

Accidents involving Las Vegas police were down 14 percent in the first half of this year over last year, while speed-related accidents were down 68 percent, Clark County Sheriff Doug Gillespie said Friday.

Immigration raid’s timing ‘bizarre,’ Las Vegas activist says

About 30 suspected illegal immigrants were arrested by federal agents Thursday morning in the Las Vegas Valley, even as immigration reform advocates were celebrating a judge’s decision to block the most controversial sections of a new Arizona immigration law.

Nonpartisan voters ready to wield clout in November races

In the nail-biters like the Harry Reid-Sharron Angle race and the Dina Titus-Joe Heck race, the numbers to watch closely are these: How are they polling with those quirky nonpartisan voters?

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