Horse Racing

TODAY AT HOLLYWOOD PARK

Gorman girls, Boulder City boys breeze to swimming titles

CARSON CITY — Having already qualified for the 2012 U.S. Olympic trials, Bishop Gorman sophomore Olivia Barker is used to experiencing individual success in the pool.

In Brief

UNLV ATHLETICS

Wildfire predictions could go up in smoke

Above-normal temperatures and droughtlike conditions dry out the forests, grasses and shrubs, raising the threat of fires from the foothills of the Sierra Nevada to the high-desert rangelands of Nevada and the Great Basin.

Lawmakers move toward home stretch

The endgame is near in the Nevada Legislature. With two weeks to go before the 2011 session adjourns, most of the action will be taking place in behind-the-scenes huddles as lawmakers try to strike deals to bring the session to a close.

This Week

Week in Review: Reporters’ Notebook

U.S. Air Force 2nd Lt. Ken Lustig came up with a great way to reassure a nervous female visitor to the Nevada Test and Training Range before she pulled the trigger on a .50-caliber sniper rifle on Thursday.

Week in Review: Top News

The slots fell silent and the doors were chained shut Monday, as one of the Strip’s last Rat Pack era resorts ended its 59-year run.

When troops get orders to move, some risk losing houses

Soldiers and airmen are battling a different kind of stress at home in the Las Vegas Valley — the chronic stress that weighs on them from being at ground zero of the mortgage crisis.

Paramedics say lawyer Quon found unconscious had overdosed

Newly released grand jury transcripts have deepened the mystery of whether Las Vegas lawyer Nancy Quon tried to kill herself to escape the pressure of a federal investigation into fraud and corruption at homeowners associations.

Dig This attraction fulfills kids’ sandbox dreams

Ken Ruge at last indulged his deep desire for large machinery recently, stepping into a five-acre sandbox called Dig This along Interstate 15 opposite Trump International tower.

Fighter’s link to alleged slaying plot creates Ultimate headache

The image-obsessed Ultimate Fighting Championship took a punch in the jaw this past week when mixed martial arts star Tito Ortiz stepped up to post a $500,000 bond for a Las Vegas man accused of attempting to have his son murdered.

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