8-year-old painting prodigy is new art world star

HOLT, England — He’s Britain’s most talked-about young artist. His paintings fetch hefty sums and there’s a long waiting list for his eagerly anticipated new works.
It has all happened so quickly – he’s still getting used to the spotlight – and Kieron Williamson fidgets a little when he’s asked to share his thoughts on art.

Teen sex not necessarily bad for school performance

LOS ANGELES — There’s good news for parents who worry that their teenagers’ sex lives are affecting their school performance: A provocative new study has found that teens in committed relationships do no better or worse in school than those who don’t have sex.

Sheriff: Tequila says audience threw rocks, feces

CARTERVILLE, Ill. — A sheriff says reality TV actress Tila Tequila complained that audience members pelted her with stones and feces during an outdoor music festival in southern Illinois.

Hardin County Sheriff Tom Seiner told a Carterville TV station it happened early Saturday at the Gathering of the Juggalos. That’s a weekend festival based around the band Insane Clown Posse and other groups from Psychopathic Records.

Revisionist history on Mexico, the Southwest

To the editor: Wednesday’s letter from Robert Salas (“quick history lesson”) is a typical liberal revisionist history attempt to justify illegal immigration from Mexico.

UFL? You bet, Fassel says

Long before Las Vegas became his home, Jim Fassel always had an eye on what was happening here. He coached the New York Giants for seven years, and before each game he checked to see what oddsmakers thought of his team.

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Sandoval takes Reid’s debate bait

Democrat Rory Reid managed to cause a stir in Nevada’s gubernatorial race last week when he challenged his Republican opponent Brian Sandoval to an impromptu debate during a luncheon both men attended.

Lawyer’s custody case role criticized

Jeanne Winkler was suspended from the practice of law in March 2008 amid allegations that she had misappropriated more than $200,000 from her attorney-client trust account.

Wind power project’s impact on bats studied

At night in one of the darkest places on Earth it’s hard to see, and impossible to count, the hundreds of thousands of bats that boil out of Rose Cave after sunset.

Las Vegas woman among desert race’s eight victims

LUCERNE VALLEY, Calif. — The crowd at the off-road race could almost touch the trucks as they hurtled and bounced over the desert sand. They were close enough for one mistake to end eight lives.