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December 13, 2009 - 10:00 pm

Here are a few things in news, sports, entertainment and pop culture that we've been talking about lately.

• Alleged mistresses of Tiger Woods continue to come out of the woodwork. If you're keeping score, Tiger was hitting at least a sextuple bogey last week and was very definitely still in the rough.

• Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic will offer well-heeled amateur astronauts suborbital space flights for $200,000. At that price, the complimentary peanuts had better be made of gold.

• Billboard magazine names Daniel Powter's "Bad Day" as the decade's top one-hit wonder. Talk about your good news/bad news scenarios.

• Clark County buries a time capsule that will be opened at the county's bicentennial in 2109. Simply assuming that there'll be a Clark County 100 years from now is the most heartening economic forecast we've heard in months.

JOHN PRZYBYS (jprzybys@reviewjournal.com)

‘Study my brain’: Was NYC shooter Shane Tamura suffering from CTE?

By Mary Hynes / RJ

July 30, 2025 - 9:55 am

Shane Tamura, the Las Vegas man responsible for a NYC shooting that left 4 dead, blamed football and the NFL for his perceived struggle with the neurodegenerative disease chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE).

Las Vegas mosquitoes test positive for West Nile virus, officials say

By Spencer Levering / RJ

July 29, 2025 - 5:49 pm

The Southern Nevada Health District said it has ollected its first sample of West Nile virus-positive mosquitoes this year.

‘A big help’: Nonprofit helps Las Vegas residents prevent falls at home

By Isaiah Steinberg / RJ

July 28, 2025 - 8:00 am

The national nonprofit provides no-cost accessibility modifications and major repairs to qualifying seniors, veterans and people with disabilities.

Passengers flee smoking jet on emergency slide after apparent landing gear problem at Denver airport

By MINGSON LAU and JEFF MARTIN Associated Press

July 27, 2025 - 7:38 pm

American Airlines Flight 3023 reported a “possible landing gear incident” during its departure from Denver on Saturday afternoon, the Federal Aviation Administration said.

Las Vegas leaders are banking on trees for cooling. The science is complicated

By Alan Halaly / RJ

July 27, 2025 - 7:00 am

A Desert Research Institute study suggests tree planting may not be Las Vegas’ saving grace in extremely hot summers.

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Southwest pilot said flight plunged to avoid another aircraft

The Associated Press

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The Boeing 737 jet dropped hundreds of feet in a little over 30 seconds during a flight headed to Las Vegas on Friday, according to a flight tracking website.

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By Rio Yamat The Associated Press

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A Southwest Airline jet heading to Las Vegas from Southern California took a dramatic plunge shortly after takeoff in response to an alert about a nearby plane.