Solution to door woes hinges on bent pin

: I have door problems. One of my doors closes by itself and it isn’t supposed to. The other door doesn’t latch correctly. How can I fix these?

Going green earns homes platinum rating

It’s exciting to see the transformation taking place in the home-building market. Perhaps the best example is the new Villa Trieste development by Pulte Homes. Located in Summerlin, this community of 185 homes is leading the way when it comes to responsible building in Southern Nevada.

Celebrate Romance

Valentine’s Day is just days away, but you needn’t fret. There’s still plenty of time to set the stage for romance.

Durango wins in overtime

Even with an eight-point lead in the final two minutes of regulation, Durango boys basketball coach DeShawn Henry was “sweating bullets” Wednesday night.

HORSE RACING

TODAY AT SANTA ANITA PARK

FISHING REPORT

LAKE MEAD — Only a handful of anglers took part in Friday’s trout plants at Boulder and Hemenway harbors.

Utah cools off San Diego State

SALT LAKE CITY — Shaun Green had 21 points and 10 rebounds, leading Utah to a 67-55 victory over San Diego State on Wednesday night.

Rare card nets more than $10

A Fresno, Calif., antiques dealer has hit a home run with the sale of a rare baseball card she originally thought was worth only $10.

ON TV/RADIO

BASKETBALL

HEAD OF THE CLASS

ARBOR VIEW Girls basketball player Jena Valenzuela boosted her season averages to 12 points and six rebounds. Boys basketball player Anthony Trepagnier averaged 22 points and five rebounds and made 9 of 10 free throws in two games.

Junior grows into elder

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Dale Earnhardt Jr. never wanted to be the voice of NASCAR, the one getting all the questions and shouldering the responsibility for speaking for teammates, colleagues and everyone else in the garage.

Steady shooters hit their target for Boy Scouts

Low-hanging clouds and periods of heavy rain could not dampen the spirits of shooters who gathered Saturday at Desert Lakes Shooting Club in Boulder City for the second Las Vegas Sporting Clays Classic. Neither could the wind, which sometimes blew hard enough to carry huge raindrops into seemingly protected places where shooters and event volunteers sought shelter.

Glory in senior’s grasp

Britain Longmire has won two state wrestling titles and earned a college scholarship since transferring from the Cincinnati area to Cimarron-Memorial as a sophomore. A team state championship is about the only thing missing from the senior’s resume and he said he can’t think of a better way to complete his successful high school career than to lead the Spartans to their first Class 4A crown .

Flawed idols offer teaching moments

You undoubtedly have heard this is one of those teaching moments, when we can educate youth about making better decisions in the wake of famous people doing bad things.

IN BRIEF

SOCCER

Republicans back Buckley’s foreclosure plan

CARSON CITY — Conservative Republicans, banks and almost everyone else expressed tentative support Wednesday for Assembly Speaker Barbara Buckley’s bill to lessen the foreclosure crisis in Nevada.

Yucca battle backed

CARSON CITY — Legislators told Gov. Jim Gibbons on Wednesday to back off from cuts in the state agency leading the fight against federal efforts to open a high-level radioactive waste dump at Yucca Mountain.

President to visit LV, Reid says

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama, a frequent visitor to Nevada while he was on the campaign trail, will return to Las Vegas in the coming months, Sen. Harry Reid said Wednesday.

Singer Brown reportedly in LV

Singer Chris Brown, who is being investigated in connection with allegations of domestic violence involving his pop star girlfriend, Rihanna, has been taking refuge in Las Vegas, according to an entertainment news show.

Authority keeps pipeline options open

CARSON CITY — The Southern Nevada Water Authority is making a major effort to get rights to water in rural valleys that could be piped to Las Vegas, but Pat Mulroy said Wednesday the pipeline project will be built only if “absolutely necessary.”

Portion of education funding for Silver State restored to stimulus bill

WASHINGTON — A $790 billion economic stimulus bill heading toward final votes in Congress restores some of the education funding that Nevada and other states are counting on to supplement their sagging budgets, senators said Wednesday.

Candidate pulls out, backs incumbent

Scott Anderson announced his withdrawal from the Las Vegas City Council Ward 6 race on Wednesday, saying he “will not compromise my integrity or my supporters’ integrity by involving my campaign in ‘dirty politics.’ “

Ballot measures worry downtown businesses

A group representing downtown Las Vegas businesses is raising money to combat the “collateral damage” of a campaign to force changes to the city’s redevelopment efforts.

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