In Brief

MOTOR SPORTS

Lakers survive, but ride ends here

The Los Angeles Lakers put away the Denver Nuggets in Game 7 of their first-round series Saturday night, and the major storylines did not include controversy or Kobe. The better team won, fair and square.

Political Eye: Ex-lawmaker goes from Senate to sexy

Former state Sen. Elizabeth Halseth, who resigned last February in the wake of messy divorce, apparently has found a key to a new career: Win the Maxim magazine contest for the sexiest woman on the planet.

Project would use shipping containers for bars, restaurants downtown

Three large, corrugated steel crates stacked a few yards from the bustling Fremont Street corridor look like they would be more at home in the Port of Los Angeles than in the center of downtown Las Vegas’ biggest revival project in decades.

To build our state economy, we could start by hiring at home

Burson-Marsteller, a prestigious New York -based worldwide advertising and public relations company, was awarded a $3 million state contract to promote tourism in Nevada, a choice criticized by two Nevadans, who believe local companies should be given extra consideration in state contracts.

Daytime ban against animals on Strip elicits a cat’s yawn

Rebecca Lemon makes money on the Strip from tourists who want to take photos of her cat, Cheddar, a 2-year-old ginger tabby. But a new law set by the Clark County Commission bans animals on the Strip from noon to 5 a.m.

HEALTH Q&A

Q I am 66 years old and still work out regularly, but I am getting weaker. Why is this happening?

Philharmonic performs flawlessly in final show of season

After presentation of a $35,000 check to the orchestra from the Philharmonic Guild, an extended invitation to join the Guild, and the showing of a video promoting the orchestra (memo to The Smith Center: practice lowering and raising the screen without thumps and bumps), the evening finally got under way with what most in the audience had come to hear: “Symphony No. 9 in E minor” by Czech composer Antonin Dvorak.

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