Speedy Podsednik trying to regain footing with 51s

Speed always has been the strongest part of Scott Podsednik’s game. But the 51s outfielder has been slow to recover from a bout of plantar fasciitis that cut short his season last year.

In Brief

16-year-old Thompson holds share of lead in LPGA Classic: Sixteen-year-old Alexis Thompson moved into position to become the youngest winner in LPGA Tour history, shooting 5-under-par 67 in breezy conditions Saturday for a share of the third-round lead with Song-Hee Kim at the Avnet LPGA Classic in Mobile, Ala.

Kyle Busch’s fuel gamble pays off

RICHMOND, Va. — If Denny Hamlin could change one thing, he maybe wouldn’t have been so forthcoming about Richmond International Raceway in all those Joe Gibbs Racing team meetings.

This Week

Pacquiao conquers opponents in boxing, political arenas

If Manny Pacquiao has said it once, he has said it a million times, or so it seems — he wants to make the people happy. And for the 500,000 inhabitants of Sarangani Province in the Philippines, nothing says happiness like a new hospital. Or jobs.

Week in Review: Top News

Just six weeks after Dean Heller announced he would run for the U.S. Senate, he was handed the job on Wednesday, when Gov. Brian Sandoval appointed him to finish Sen. John Ensign’s term.

Week in Review: Reporters’ Notebook

A word of advice for people who write press releases: Don’t send us a release on Thursday to inform us that Friday is National Hairball Awareness Day. We generally need more than one day to prepare for something like that.

Las Vegas Valley bus routes caught in contract bind

Times are tough when you can’t afford a bus ride. We’re not talking about the passengers who board a coach every day. We’re talking the agency in charge of the Las Vegas Valley’s transportation system, the Regional Transportation Commission.

Devices would let drivers skirt ban on cell use

Cellphone and texting addicts have no reason to fret about Oct. 1 when Nevada is expected to implement a law prohibiting all drivers from texting and using hand-held cellphones. American ingenuity already has developed the technology that will allow drivers to continue to make hands-free calls and even text with little or no inconvenience.

Big bridge projects have highs, lows

The price tags were almost identical: $240 million and change. The Hoover Dam bypass bridge and the I-15 overhaul both were designed to move traffic more efficiently. But one was viewed as an historic event; the other, a hand-wringing annoyance.

Reporter displays busted moves as a B-boy (Break Dancer)

Everybody’s head is about to spin. Except mine, the one that’s supposed to. A crowd of 300 mostly adolescents has gathered at the Extreme Thing Sports and Music Festival to witness a performance by one of the founders of break dancing.

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