In Brief

WINTER SPORTS

Cutler’s wimpy tap-out puzzles books, bettors

A mysterious knee injury and an allegedly weak heart have left Chicago Bears quarterback Jay Cutler tagged as a quitter. His reputation was not the best to begin with, but there’s nothing worse than this.

Ballot wraps up with some delectable choices

We’ve come to the point in our Best of Las Vegas banquet where it is time for dessert. And we promise it will be satisfying.

Officials offer advice on proper use, disposal, storage of medications

Paul Oesterman, a professor of pharmacy at the University of Southern Nevada, urges residents to clean out their medicine cabinets every six months. He lauded Las Vegas police for offering residents a place to bring their unused prescription medication.

UNLV cutting out grass to save water, tax dollars

Tara Pike is UNLV’s Solid Waste and Recycling Manager. She’s the founder and driving force behind Rebel Recycling. Part of her job is getting people to buy into a turf-reduction program that has ripped out a million square feet of grass from the 332-acre campus and replaced it with desert plants.

Most firms in R-J survey plan to keep staff at current levels

A Review-Journal survey conducted online in December and early January found that 55.5 percent of local businesses, most of them smaller operations, said they’ll keep staffing at current levels in 2011, while 21.1 percent said they’ll hire additional employees. Another 10.3 percent said they might cut workers in the year.

Simon says, ‘Woo hoo!’ to Las Vegas, charity

High rollers receive Caligulan privileges from casinos, in return for gambling big money. Well, here’s one thing a whale couldn’t score.

Early Super Bowl bettors back the Pack

It’s getting routine to see Ben Roethlisberger and the Pittsburgh Steelers in the Super Bowl. What’s odd about this one is the Steelers are the underdogs.

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